Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-06-24
William and Susan.

lovoso in the lone star State, one calm
nigh3 all snug and shady, side by sid'
| in oOhversc safe. Twas on old mar
Browns piazza; stars wero brightninl
all Nc skies, and the moon above thu
pianh was jnst upon the rise. Twas
theKhour for love or liquor--calm
swdtt hour in early June; love mol
wincwill never flicker on such might
with such q moon. eNa
Su,an was as fair us Hcbe dressed
in all her Sunday clothcs--faircr than
her, cousin Phoebe, who is fairer thar
thcrose AS for William---nevor wild
wNa sheltered youth moro stout and
hale he was from his very childhood
what tho Texans called whale
There they sat for hours talking ol
Their Joys and hopes ana fears; talk
ing of their loves, and chalking out
their plans for all the coming years
Talking also they Of their marriage
limiting at distant day, when little
crib and carriage might pcrchancC
come into play
Thus they sat, her hand in prison
not prisoner harsh and stern--for il
was merely locked in his'n, as his lips
were pressed to her'n.
But alas the course of true love
smoothly runs, oh never, never :
Hearts enlinked in old or new love
soon or late must sigh and sever Oh
that IN sea Of rapture, where the
heart most swee.ly floats, fate piratic'f
sure to capture half our joys and cuI
our throats
Hark i--tho smell OF shot and pow
der rises like funeral knoll Loud
er louder, and still louder rumbles
that heart rendering smell Susan's
sybil soul prophetic knew that rumble
meant but ill-knew that old man
Brown erratic was upon the hunt ol
Bill ! Bill the load star, Whom she
follows, withdrawing, caring not
now Sue feels that $50 were poor pay
to see him shot.
Oh, the earnest love OF woman
Little for itself it seeks; it is not q
thing uncommon for its flame to last
six weeks
All at once a door is busted close To
where the lovers sit-William had got
up and busted, but it was too late to
git. Ere he dreamed of fright or fear
once, or had time to start and run,
old man Brown made his appear
anco with his double barreled gun
Susan's knees shook fast and faster
William also shook It's said, till they
tumblod down the plaster from the
ceiling overhead.
Susan screamed, her dark hair fly
ing like meteor streaming tar,spring.
ing TO her feet and crying, please
don't shoot, 0 cruel pa !" But that
pa, so cold and cruel, swore he'd send
Bill to that cline where there's too
much FIRE and fuel for to have pleas
am time. Then he raised his shoot
ingiron, raving much and swearing
moro, till the air was-blue, but why
run on thus telling how ho swore p
What, oh, what was William doing
While thus raved the old galootl sec.
ing plainly what was brewing ho was
likcwise on tho shoot.
"Hold, rash pa, "cried out the daugh-
ter; all unheeded were her cries, as
also the sweet salt water streaming
from her lovely eyes. Standing there
in all tho rigor old man Brown now
aimed his gun, pausing ere he pulled
the trigger, thinking maybe Bill would
run. Bill though was not OF that cat
tel, which neither dare nor do; but,
once showed into q battle he was sure
to sec it through. Never since tho
siege OF Hum was suspense felt moro
profound; for q moment moro and
William had been made to bito the
ground.
Qickly drawing his repeater, which
ho carried two or three, cooking il at
shortest mctor, drew bead on 0. NJ.
B. Few things swift as lightning arc
there. Swift thus came tho pistols
roar, and poor Susan's haplcss father
hy there wcltering in his gore Will
Hams sure unorring bullet--an infer
nal slug no doubt, took O. NJ. b. in
the gullct, and he waltzed right up
the spout.
And the coroner living nigh him,
came but William didn't run, feeling
sure they'd justify him in tho deed
that he had done, which they did for
papa's fury, Susan, weeping, told it
Ger, and to William,.said tho jury,
''Go, my son and sin no more"
Here my muse must stop and tarry;
all she knows in this doth lay: wheth-
tr Bill and Sue will marry, she is not
prepared to say. But as Bill-who
Is no joker with stocked cards, you
Understandable the game of lcadcn
poker played n square and honest
hand.
Should he, when there Is no traces
left Of his unerring shot, meet Sues
hand with but four aces, he will no
doubt take the pot, for Sue knows
that her pa was able, and had done it
With a rush, with bis full to sweep tho
.able had not William held q flush -
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