The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-10-31

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"But-another match, II you pleas
how she ever got to be a swagol
master is mystery to me. She ha'
q train Of wagons and hauled cotton t
Mexico and brought back goods +,
return. You see this was in the day
of the Confederacy, when every ma,
and woman had to be up and doioe
and our folks were put to their trump
to get something to wear beside home
3 spun. Goods were goods In those days
tell You! But how woman eve
took to wagoning Is mors'n I can tell
some said-She'd been disappointed IL
love, and had taken to that wild If;
in order to forget sorrow; Others sait
she had killed Der first and secon(
husband, aud feeling little lionel,
had gone on the road for amusement
And don't know but what wagonina
is more sensible work for a woman
than this perpetual embroidering Of
silk lions and snakes"
Here the Land Admiral paused and
gave glance half contemptuous, hall
playful at the dainty white cashmere
which I was skillfully wreathing with
silken nondescripts. I good-humored-
ly shook out the soft, fleecy folds, and
explained, that It was not lions and
snakes that I was embroidering, but
lilies OF the valley and trailing arbutus.
He smiled, lit another match and pro-
ceeded : gfs.s.. ;r-.f. -, - -.
"Froln another source heard less
romantic and probably more truthful
account of Sally Scull, namely, that
she was a'spoor but honest widow,
with several children to support, and
had no means OF making living ex-
cept by the hard life she had adopted.
All! there's no knowing what a wo.
man will bear for the sake of her chill
dren! But no matter what the mo.
tive was that prompted Sally Scull to
her unnatural mode of living, I tell
you she was keener.: She had several
Mexfcans In her service as wagon
drivers, and no spaniel ever covered
before Its master more than did those
swarthy fellows in her presence. With
them her lightest word was law, and
the crook of her little finger was \
royal mandate, from which there was
no appeal. How she ever obtained
such power over them is mystery
to me, and to all who ever saw her.
She camped on the broad prairies,
miles from human habitation, her
wagons drawn up in q circle arounu
her, and no earthly protection except
that offered by her faithful Mexican
servants and her trusty pistols, for she
was always splendidly armed. An
other match, please.
"1n 1868 / was returning with a
train of wagons from Matamoras to
San Antonio, and being on horseback,
would frequently get tired of the slow
movements of the wagon and ride
some distance ahead. One evening
when thus acting the role of SOLITARY
horseman,' beheld, far over the green
pilAows OF the prairie, something COM
ing toward me. I knew it was, no
WHO animal from the fact that It kept
the road that wound like great faded
riDoon over the prairie, and my inter-
est was somewhat aroused to know
what the coming event was that
was about to meet. It is surprising
now much curiosity a man of the
world can feel over the most trivial
matters on such trips. At last. after
sinking from view behind one of the
big waves, 1t rose to the surface a.
camel, and such it continued to be for
about five minutes, when after another
disappearance it came to the surface, a
horse. In the pure, dry atmosphere Of
western Texas distance lends not only
enchantment but long legs to the
horses, and they are all camels Mt :,
little distance if the light is favorable.
Another five minutes revealed the
fact that the horse had a rider, a skilled
one at that, for he swept along like a
tornado incarnate. A jayhawker, bv
lingo! thinks to myself-for they
We're plentiful In those days-and I
seated myself more firmly in my sad
Ole, 1nbelted my six.shooter and pre.
pared Tor war. AS / nerved for the
ray, compared this meeting to that
OF Kenneth and Saladin on the mains
OF PALESTINE; of course I was the Kars
meth of theoccasion. Nearer ana rsera,
and nearer he came, aud INV h";,
stood on end when ], saw that he was
better mounted than I. Friuhte,s We
No, not exactly, but q little ioneso,ne
You see, the wagons were miles he
hind, and Il was right desolate i on
there on the great, dreary, motionles
prairie, and resolved never to ven
ture SO far by myself again. Solitutl,
had, Inspired me with sense of m,