Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-05-12
WILLIAM AND SUSAN.
A Very hournful Texas Ballad run
In" for Convenience.
II.oal.rllle Coarl.r.Ioarn,l. !

Susan brown and william Brady,
lovers In tho Lone Star State. one calm
night, all snug aud shady, side by side
la converse safe. Twas OH old man
Browns piazza; stars were brighten
Ing all the skies. aud the moon above
the plaza was just upon the rise. Twas
thu hour fer love or llquor-calm,
sweet hour In early June; love nor
wine will never flicker on such night
with such moon.
Susan was as fair as lIebs, dressed
In all her Sunday clothes, fairer than
her cousin PhUbc. Who 10 fairer. than
the rose. AZ for William-nover wild.
wood sheltered youth more stout and
hale he was from his very childhood
what the Texans call q whale. There
they sat for hours, talking Of their
Joys, and hopes aud fears (; talking sf
their loves, and chalking out their
plans for all the coming years. Talked
they also OF their marriage, limiting at
q blatant day, whom a little crib and
carriage might perehancs como into
play.
Thus, ,thoy sat, her hand In prison
not Prisoner harsh or stern-for
twas merely locked la hls'n, ~ his
lips were pressed TO her'n.
But. alas. the course OF true love
smoothly runs, oh, never, never.
Hearts enlinsed In old or new lore.
soon or late mus, sigh aud saver. oh,
that In a sea of rapture, where the
heart most sweetly floats, fate piratlc's
SURE TO capture half our joys and cut
our throats.
Hark.-the smell OF shot and pow
der rises like funeral knell. Loud.
or. louder, and still louder, rumble,
that hesrt.rendlng smell Susan's
sybil soul prophetic knew that rumble
meant but ill-knsv that old man
Brown errstic was upon the hunt VI
Bill. Bill. the lode-star, whom sh0
follows, whlther-asklng, caring moi,
now she feels that iifty dollars wsro
poor pay to sse him shot.
oh, the earnest love OF woman
Little for itself IL seeks; it is not n
thing uncommon for its iisnc TO last
six weeks.
All at once door Is busted closc 20
where tho lovers slt-Willlan had got |
up aud busted, but lt wai too late to !
git. Ere 10 dreamed OF flight or fear
onco. or had time 10 cut aud run, old |
man Brown made his appearance with |
his double.barrslrd Eun. Susan's |
knees shook fast and faster, WI
liam's also shook, It's said. I'LL they |
tumbled down tho plaster from tlis
ceiling overhead.
Susan screamed, her dark hair fly |
Ing like meteor streaming far, spring.
Ing TO her feet and crying. "ples.e
don't shoot, y cruel pal" But that |
pa so cold aud cruel, swore he'd send |
Bill 10 that cline where there's tos
much ilre and iusl for To have pleas
ant time. Then he raised his shoot
Ing Iron, rayin. much and swearing |
more, TIL tho air was blue-but why |
run on thus telling how he swersg |
What, oh, what was William doing: |
While thus rayed the Old gsloot. see-
Ing plainly what mas brewing, he was
likewise on the shoot.
"llold, rash pa :" cried the daugh- |
ter; all unherdei were her cries, as
also the sweet salt water stresmln. |
from hor lovely eyes. Standing there |
IA all tho rlgor old man Brown now
aimed his gun, pau,lng ers he pulled
the trigger, thinking maybe Bill would
run. Bill though was not of the cat
tle which neither dare nor do but,
once showed into a battle, he was surs
10 SEQ lt through. Never since ths
siege Of ilium was suspense felt more
profound; Tor u monen. more aud
william had been made 10 bite the