The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1879-04-19
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very crcditablc examination before
..the Army Medical Board; was conf
missioned an assistant surgeon in
thesUnitetl statcs Army i'll 1S-,
and. ordered ftosreport; for duty to
tic commanding officer at Fort
,NIcKavott5 Texas: There were we no
railroadslinIthc western country at
that time, antl5tho usual way Of
getting TO Texas ,Was,byS tho Mis-,
sissippi lriversto Nov Orleans, and
then crossing tic gulf to stage it
apthropgll! tie State. Dr. Graliam
wlsEery tlesirous ofexaminingtlie
Western country logically "
30 applied and rec eeiSel permission
from the War Departmental D 70 60 BY.
wayof Arkansas and the Indian
Territory tolhis post.
Onihis arrival at ST Louis he
shippcdTtle greater part fillis bag;
gageibylway oftllo river and taking
onlywliat he!could ,carry!o horse
back, started; son his journey,
While i'll st. Louis, at the Planters
Hotel hc formed the acquaintance
.of entleman5 WHO, learning where
he eswas going; gave him aFlctter Of
introduction toiglis brother, who
was a farmer living on. Ills routc3in
Arkansas.
It is:not necessary f6rsus 70: fol-
low him on his road, or toll sSshat
discoveries he made iathe interest
Of science; sufficient tits that Sono
day, about dusk. lie reached the
the gentleman to- whom
he had the3letter, and sdismounting
.kn6eked'at tile door and presented
hisiletter 10 the judge (evcns in
those days every one was aejudge
in Arkansas who would not have.
needed tito have. accorded shim.an'
open handed welcome; for travel
ersswere q golseld and news was.
asim6ehs ss6ugll after them as now.
4lfter! short visit IhoS proposed
togo, ont stoitic next town, about
four.miles Of, where lie intended
to!puNupz for tho q nigllt.The
judge would not listen to his #loav..
ing, and was SO cordialin his desire
for him to remain that he would
have been rude not TO have done
so. The Judge, after directing one
OF tho servants to attend 10 his
horse, invited $ him to the din
ing room, whero llo;was introduced
TO the, wife and daughter Of his
host, and also to a substantial |
Western supper to which he did
ample justice - .pr
After supper they adjourned to
the parlor, and lie entertained Ills
new made friends with tho latest
ifromsltho,n outside 5world.
The judge brcwed some stiff whis-
key punch, which Graham, socially
inclined, imbibcd quite freely.
The old couple retired, and left
their daughter, to entertain him !:
and whether il was the punch or
what, at all events he made hot
love to her and 3 finally asked her.
tobe his wife" "and 50 10 Texas
with him, 10. Which she consented
She. being very 1lnsolisticated and
innocent, took everything lie said
down right earnest, and with herit
was q case Of &loscat first, sight"
But I am anticipating. During
the night our /. friend, tho doctor,
woke up. and remembering what
he had said, it worried him.. but
he said to himself, after emptyihg
his. water. pitcher, ".Noycr mind, I'll
make it all right! in the morning.
1 must lnsve made a fool of myself.
She's lovely, but what must she not
think q, mel' and hc rolled over
and went TO sleep again. /. ! = ~
Morning came, and upon his
going downto the rdrlor ho found
the young lady alone, for which lie
blessed his luckys stars, and was
about to make an apology, when
she said: -t Ia
/" "Itold mamma, and she said it
was all right at tho same time
giving, llimsarkissv which almost
took histibFcatll away. "Papa is
going to,town- this morning; dear,
and you ritlein with him and talk
it over, but n wont object, |
know IL III. .-qiss a,