The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-04-04


Bucker snied or we'd have given her
hoofs and no mistake"
"Her? Who? Intoxicated Injun
squaw?"
Here Charley burst into cursory
remarks which | shall not repeat, and
then went on:
mo, the dariingest, dearest little
atom of feminine humanity that ever
claimed the assistance of mortal man."
Bravo! Encore So you did not
pass by on the other side, like the
man who fell among thieves 7"
mo, l got off aud tied Bucker to
tree, and then picked her up"
"What did she sayg This is be-
coming dramatic"
"Shc didn't say nothing. She was
in faint, and all over mud"
II pardon your grammar. But
what did you do?"
"Well, | took a chaw, and then |
went down to the river and filed my
hat with water, aud splashed it right
in her face"
"What did she say to that?',
"She said 'Ohi'"
Don't wonder much. What next"
"Well, I thought she might have
got too much water, SOL poured some
whisky down her throat"
Spiritual consolation for temporal
misfortune. How did she take it p
"She coughed like fits, and then sat
up straight and looked up"
"What next?'
"She said oh, dear and tried to
get up, but she couldn't do it, and
then she screamed and tell back"
pleasant. How did you proceed ?"
Il talked civil to her. Id almost
forgotten how, but my 'Sunday-go-to-
meeting manners came back wonder
fully. and tried to persuade her l
was not Hoodlum lot"
I'm which presume you sue
ceeded."
Yes. After n while she put up
her hair. and then told me that she
had tumbled off her horse and sprain.
ed her ankle, but didn't know how to
get Hutchings' Hotel"
Charming situation. You enacted
the role of ministering angel ?"
"You bet. Whipped out my bowie,
and had her boot and stocking in tat
tiers in two minutes. Took the
sleeves of my shirt, and bound cold
water bandage on. Then kicked
Bucker in the ribs. and when he was
getting his breath hoisted her up, and
so we proceeded along the trail until
we got to Hu,chings, where we found
the house in muss, and papa awful
skeered."
$50 there is papa in the business
ayes; good old fellow, too; was
tremendously obliged to me, and OF.
fered me some coin"
THE reward OF merit"
II got riled at that, showed him
my six-shooter, and asked him if he
wanted TO insult me, whereupon he
apologized like a gentleman, and We
all had drink"
"Including her ladyship."
mo, coniound you, the womer
folks had taken her off"
Proceed with papa"
1--WE had another drink, and got tc
talking. and ] found out that he wa.
Tom Kemble's father"
What Tom that was in our year
That delicate little fellow you used tc
make such pet OFF,
That's about it. Poor Tom had pc
tered out, and the old gentleman ant
his daughter had taken trip West.
-"The family acquaintance facilitated
friendship"
Il suppose it helped. At any rate
/ stuck to them, and we went arount
together, and Nellie and / Chats he
name, Nellie Kemble) got nuts, and
spoke out to the old man and showed
him my hand, and told him heart!
were trumps, but that l could spo
diamonds if I'd a mind"
"What cards did he call to that! !!
"He told me to come to New Yorl
and he'd see about it,"
"Provident paternal. So you CAM
up, accordingly"
SCOT in this morning. Went ant
got fined up square, and started righ
off to Gramercy Park"
"To be received with outstretchet
hands, and open a,ms?"
"Missed the post that time. Sen
up my card, but they'd gone to
matinee at the opera"
"Where you followed without de
lay?"
"Straight off That fellow at tn
office owes me some change, for
gave him fifty, and didn't wait 70
my stamps"
| "Prices are high, but not so bad a
fifty"
~ ran around the house until the
wanted to put me out. Said l wa
mad"
ga conclusion uncharitable in tn
extreme, but pardonable under tn
circumstances.
i ave were having talk about tha
| when the people came out, and the
let me go, and I watched to see th
: crowd pass, and Jack, when she an
her father came along, I felt all OF
heap, and stood still and looked righ
at them, and she's forgot me, and Tn
going back to California" Here poo
Charley covered bis face with hi
hands and broke down.
"Hold on, did you get shaved tc
day?"
"Pretty much all over"
"The tonsorial operation may hav
altered your identity"
He lifted his face up, and CLEAR
: OF hope flashed over his features.
took down the photograph and lie
him to the glass.