The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-06-30
A Crout Romance from Laramie City.

1t will be remembered that at tn,
spring term of Court, in one Of the Iii
vorce suits entitled Crout vs.. Crout, tn,
plaintiff urged that she was entitled To 9
divorce on the grounds that ''Crour
didn't pet her enough; that Crout did
not buzz the requisite amount of sweet.
ness into her ear, nor shed the required
number Of beaming smiles onto her
which her clinging fondness seemed ia
demand and that Crout was morose,
or, in other words, he was a sour
Crout,n and so she soured on him.
But with the blooming of the cactus,
and the signing of the mountain zephyr,
came the true knight for whom Mrs.
Crout had sighed. He was poor but
honest, withsl he had a place in his
heart for Mrs. Crout, and "A raging hum
ger in his pocket for the contributions
of his friends. His name was Cameron.
And according TO the tale of Cameron,
some Of the noblest blood of Scotland
circulated through his capillaries in the
proportion of eight parts Highland
blood TO ninety-two parts of very poor
whisky, or, to put it practically, the
boss blood of bonny Scotland was
s'comin' thro' the rye.n
But in an evil hour he skipped. His
views were blood; he could not brook
the narrow limits of Laramie. So one
bright May morning he bounded lightly
into the train, and, gently putting his
thumb upon his ruddy nose as a parting
salute to the friends who had generous
ly contributed toward paying for his
hash and whisky straights, he hied him.
self away 10 other fields. But after
awhile he came back. He didn't really
want to, but he took the advice of the
Sheriff and came back. The City Clerk,
the City Marshal, the Prosecuting Attor-
ney, the Sheriff, and quite a large mum
Der Of citizens, got up a grand meeting
for him at the City Hall. Hon. n. l..
Andrews made some very appropriate
remarks, and was then followed by
Hon. G. w. Bramel and others. Then
the occasion seemed torequire that Mr..
Cameron should make some acknowl-
edgment of this attention. He rose
with evident emotion and said-"Not
guilty. Although not very loquacious,
he seemed TO fully appreciate the kind
ness manifested toward him, more
especially when he became the guest of
Sheriff Brophy for the remainder of
his stay in the city.
But, to cut a long story short, Mr.. c.,
on a writ of habeas corpus, once more
became a free American citizen, with
out a mother-in-law. So he went with
his grief to Mrs. Crout. And did Mrs.
Crout look upon him coldly? Not by a
bushel and a half. The fellow who took
her TO be a cold Crout didn't know the
party in question.
She smashed the off rim Of her new
spring hat on his shoulder and cried
till the paper collar of Cameron hung
around his neck like a wet bandage on
a sore toe.
Then they planned that they would
elope. They had both had nearly all
kinds of experience, but neither of them
had ever eloped. So they ran away,
and registered at Rawlins as John Cam
eron and wife. Thus, these two, who
seemed TO be made for each other, were
at last brought together, and lived hap
py ever afterwards. So the green grass
waved, the mountain blast blasted, the
zephyr sighed through the sage-brush,
the lambs whisked their little tails, and
Cameron softly whispered in the a Of
Mrs. Crout.-Ldrdmie Sun.