Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-13

Faro BIZ can fartle through u LITTLE
jamboree O thet natur, nobody kin
you hear me, now"
The idea was happy one, and Bill
was Immediately sent for, when lie
was introduced to Dawson, the old
man shook him warmly by the hand,
and said:
Pard. want yer to come over
to Rattlesnake an marry my darter. y
Faro looked foolishly, turned red
and then vehemently replied:
NO yo don't, old man. You
can't cap me inter any sich a snide
game rs that in broad daylight.
amt on the marry, and wouldn't
hook on to the best woman thet ever
made track in the ground. Swim
out, now, an dry yerself, an don't
try to steer an old gam agin new
game!
The crowd fairly roared, much to
Bills discontinue. When the laugh
ter had been suppressed sufficiently
to allow him to speak, Sam said:
"Oh, pard, let go, an take a
tumble wont yer? You don't ketch
onto me at all. The boys hyar hev
put you up to me as a gospel pun
isher, an, as sich, I want yer to
git hoss an so over hum with me
an yoke up my darter Mag an Tom
Parker, accordin' to the rules O. mat
rimoay. Do you drop on the little
trick now?"
81 git thar now, old man. Tn
dead onto you-but this is kinder
outer my line O business, fur 1 new
er spliced couple in my life. If
you felt the need of heavenly conso-
lation an wanted sum preachin'
done, I could 90 over an sling ye
the livin word till ye can't rest, an
l kin grind out as hefty q single
! handed prayer as ye'd want to hear,
but as fur undertaken to manufac-
ture family I'm 'feard I'd play a
losin' hand. I guess you'd better
let that job out to some one that
saveys the biz, old man, for 1 must
beg to be excused"
=. But the old man would make no
denial, and assisted by the crowd,
ho urged the matter so persistently
that Bill finally yielded, and pro.
missed to perform the ceremony.
True he was not an ordained minis
ter, but no one in the mountains
would ever question the legality of
the marriage. Dawson informed
the preacher that license had al
ready been procured from the county
seat, and was then in the hands of
his prospective son-in-law, Every.
thing having been satisfactorily ar
ranged, Sam said:
An now, boys, 1 hereby extend
to all IN invite to go over an stan
in with us on the hoo-doo. Thar's
plenty O good liquor thar, m lots
O. grub. I've hired a fiddler, an
we're goin' to have the smashinest
dance the world ever heard on. It's
fourteen mile over thar on plain
trail, an I want every cuss in this
camp thet kin borrow, hire or steal
a hoss to fall inter the procession,
an cum along. Thar's a hull brig
ade O females a cumin' up from
down on the river, an I kin promise
ye bang-up time. Well flourish
the light gymnastic hoof all night
long, an give the young folks thet' s
q goin' to tackle matermony send
OFT thetll last 'em life time"
AT least dozen of the boys sue
ceeded in securing horses, and the
cavalcade was soon on the trail.
Sandy Snyder, faro dealer, rode
beside Bill, and having witnessed
the solemnization of several mar
riage in the States, posted him as
we'll as he could as to the modus
operandi to be pursued.
The cabin was reached in due
time, and the Nugget Gulch deleea-
ton were soon mixing with the
crswd of mountaineers who were COL
lected i'll front, Sandy took Bill by
the arm, and escorted him into the
front room of the cabin, where sat
the bride and groom, arranging some
of the minor details of the coming
event. She was q handsome speci,
men of the rugged mountain girl.
Her really pretty face was as brown
as a berry, caused by exposure to
the sun and wind. Beneath droop-
ing lashes, black as the ravens wing,
flashed pair of eyes which appeared
as the windows Of a soul that knew
no fear. The groom was Drawn y
youth of about twenty Summers
clad in the customary suit Of rough
buckskin, and like his chosen one,
Drowned by the mountain winds.
Marching the preacher to the cou.
pie. Sandy thus introduced him:
Mag, this air the Reverend Faro
Bill, o'Nugget Gulch, the man tbet't
> goin' ter set you an Tom up in
biz. Give him the grip, fur he's q
good 'un if he is on the gospel lay. ;
al The bride extended O plump little