Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-16
TWO HAIR RINGS.
A Story With Neither Beginning or
End.

A Story With Neither Beginning or
End.
FRAGMENT TOLD On THE TRAIN.
Yes, sir, it's queer thing about
that ring, as there's mate to som'eres.
| dunno as | ever told any one how
come by that ring, which the way of it
was little peculiar, hut ] dent mind
telling you you'd like to hear ii.
All right, then, sir; put your feet
up onto that box O mine if you can ride
any cOmfortabler that a-away. Thankee
sir, ] don't care if ] do, seems you offer
it, lou carry better cigars nor mine, |
suppose, but then you see, sir, mine is to
sell an yours is fer your own smoking,
won'erIul difference that makes-you
bet.
"Well, as you zee, sir, my bizne8s is
riding up an down the line seliin'
newspapers, weekly ana monthly pubs,
'yaller backs and sich. Make much
at it Well, yes, a goodish pile in the
long run, but not very much at a time,
sir. Well, an so in the course of my
route, you know, | zee sight O different
people course nothin' naturaler, you'll
say-but what mean is, see the diff
rance in 'em, Now a good many reg
lars we have, goih' up an down, an Ter
all hardly speak to any of 'em, nor
them to me, 'cept in the way of maxim
change or SIGH like. Still ! believe |
could tell you as much about the nature
of them fellers as their own families
could p'raps more. That comes O takin'
notice. Hows'eyer that hain't the story
OF this here ring, tho bearin' on it..
The first time ever laid eyes on this
yere ring was about-lemme see--yeep-
about seven years ago. | was new on the
line then an took powerful sight Of
notice O what was goin' on, tho p'raps
| take just as much now, On'y in diff
terent way.
at was in the fall o the year, Jest
about this time, mebbe little earlier,
nebbe 4 little later: any way the drop
| PIN leaves was thick on the track where
Ia .nliles it runs through that stretch o
woods as we'll come to presently, an 4
recOlleck of standin' on the rear platform
watchin' them a futterin', red an brown
an gold. colored, some of 'em, an the
draft Of our FLYNN Forty ketchen' 'em
an tumblin' 'em over an over, till, way
in the back distance with the sun a
shinin' on 'em they looked like red-h0t
Goals a hobbin' along after MS, tryin' to
Eetch up fer to have it out ith lis Ter
disturbin' 'enl. Queerish kind of fancy
that, too, come to think of it, but that 5
the way they looked to me, any way.
"There's little shanty about midway
in them woods-we'll come to 'em soon
now, an you can see for yerselt-as the
train hands call 'stump Station COS
there haintnothin' there sides the shanty
but stumps. Sometimes the shingle-
weavers and bark-peelers as camp cut
way back in the woods come out there
10 board the train, or to Kit provisions,
which is expressed up to them from the
city, an sometimes in the shOotin season
q city felIer or two come up to hunt, gifts
OIL theTe' out II halht 10 reg lar station,
Sn hooouy stays 'AeFe an SO iVS very
seldom we stop .r..,
But this time I'm telling you Of, and
While l was sIahuih 0uG mere on lhe
platform, ttyh 70 calculate now long
II Woulu De az the Ia'e l was maxim
money (tlmes was Det'eT tneh) before
coulu say some words mao III my mih1
70 say, as soon as ; Wa9 weil enough
hxfd, 10 a certain NIUE Gark,eyed gali
as was sure was waitlh patlent ana
expectln OF me 10 say en- Don MIND
telln you tins now you see, SIR COS
that came cut all fght l4DS ago. an
I've never had cause to DC sorry foT
sayin' them words, but kinder thlnk
they was the most sensible ones l ever
SAID wen, as was stahulhg therei
out comes young teller as had come uf
with US from Phliadeiphia' lie was 4
nobby-loooklng teller, dressed out all
regular in shootin' coat, peaked hat,
high-top boots, dogs an guns, an big
hamper IN the bagga,ge'car; quiet and
civil, reg lar blooded gentleman you q
say at tirst sight, an, ne was very good
lookin' with ms wlde open piue eyes
and brown, curly halr ana beard, oul
still l dldn t luilellKe I'M not put Whal
he was pleasant an decent enough t'
me, but whenever ne spoke his upper
LIP had fashion OF lifting up, kina o
snarly Ilke an wneh ne iaugneu' wnlcl ,,
he dld oten au easy, IL , was reg IA al
out an out snarl, an looked lISV IKE llA'
one OF them ere dogs you've mepDe @ seel
with thelr upper teetn SIlcSin KIN gu. love. owe.
the. under ones--tney can Que, no ways
but they're. fearful on a Snaf' b1c
had my notions that tais lelleT couIu Oh! 9l"
tOo, 4S wen '.S 'na.i if If !. ~ ~ ~ h;n,
and | says to myself, thinking 0I MN
1ouU bear watchlhg; you WILL all
KeP & eye o.; On lil mn4 "ooorui~ opt ,oro ~ ho II,
Wen, SIR, tnat gent wore on the III III
tie hnger OF MS Ielt hanu lnls same Ia l4ti' ~
tical hmr ring IL TOOK my noVlce whil
a,talkin, to hlmI though peins made GU Ti
o two kinds o mar, an one sort !,
swear was OIL ms own curry PATE %
by and by, talkih o one tnlng al
another l works around 70 rings al
finally maze DoIo 10 say 10 MN
"' That's Gurus Klnd OF ring iOr