The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-01-18
A Girl Who Knew Some Law.

look on the dark side of the picture
They smile at misfortune, make merry
with sorrow, and laugh when the heart
is the saddest. They may not be happy
but they appear to be, and that is good
deal"
This sentiment was given to me by
Lucky Fred Ware" as he was called
by his friends, a generous young fellow,
who had seen more than his share of
service in the profession.
g But that isn't telling me how you
won your wife," / said, knowing some
thing of the past history of the couple
You found her in Arkansas, 1 be-
lieve."
"Well, yes; found her, sort of though
she wasn't lost. hear there are some
good people down there. Her old man
that Is, her father--owned nearly half of
one county,an Bettie-that's my wife
has had every advantage in the world to
make lady of herself. From her tenth
year up to the time L met her, seven
years, she was at school, off and on, in
the North and what she didn't learn
about books in that time isn't worth
knowing.
But you want to know how came
to marry her, and though it is sort of
giveaway to myself, I'll tell it.
'' You see L didn't understand the
ropes then as L do now, and it was about
my first trip with regular company,
and there wasn't very much regular
about them, either. They were a picked
up crowd, and called themselves the
Dashaway Combination. but why
Dashaway' l never could tell, unless it
was that they understood so well how to
dash away from delinquent board bills,
and other current expenses of travel
ing show.
Well, we started and gave a rattling
show for while; now and then we
would pick up considerable more than
enough to pay our expenses, and then
again we would get down below bed
rock, and no chance of pulling through
without assistance. Once L thought we
were gone sure. 1t was in Springfield,
Mo-, and we played two nights, and
were making nothing; then came the
usual pests of travelling show, impa-
tient landlords, inconsiderate washer
women, and bowling hall agents, and
we were on the eve of total annihilation
when there came to us protecting an
gel. 1t wasn't a very handsome angel,
but an angel all the same, of the male
persuasion, with plenty of money. He
wanted to become an actor; he was stage
struck completely, and we encouraged
him in it; it would cost him sixty dol
lars. Did he have it : Yes, twice sixty
and he shelled it out at once, and we
were saved.
g 1 need not tell you what sort of an
actor he made, and will only add that
three weeks following with this addition
to our force, the Dashaway Combination
went to pieces at little town in Mis-
souri,, not far from the Arkansas line
1 don't know what became of the rest of
the crowd, but all that remained of the
jolly Dashaways on the morning of Oct.
18th, 1871, was Jack Masterman, SUI
perb banjo player, and myself, and
neither of us had either money or
friends.
"'And we are left to settle the bills
said Jack mournfully, looking at me for
an opinion.
" suppose so,' replied; and it will
take about all the property belonging to
the crowd
Jack felt in his pocket, and produced
silver ten cent piece, with hole In it.
thought he was going to contribute his
share toward paying our Indebtedness,
but he didn't; he coolly asked me to
have cigar
e" 1t is the extent of my pile,' he said,
and we may as well get rid of it in
smoke as any other way
While we were smoking we philoso-
phized. What should we dop Jack
solved the problem.
Lets go to Little Rock
How far is it p
" One hundred and eighty miles, may
be further. There is some business for
us there, or at least, we may strike some
thing. Here there is nothing
How shall we go?'
"Afoot.'
Lord help US. You do not mean
it?
" Yes,I do. Let nae see, twenty miles
day, one hundred and eighty miles
we can make it in nine days
:" 1t did not seem so very absurd after