The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-08
IONG-HORN
has something More to Say About the
Past of the Texas Democracy.

H. IN A three months trip to the frontier
4 fnd il so much better and more aromat, (
r. when parched at home by the tea-cu,
that delight in the early morning Il
mi sp the inspiring liquid, with Gaia.
Il as NV companion. Such was my
Eoion when the HERALD came and
harina stumbled on my article.
TSaw the pint and was anxious, but said
Hing and seemed ''pious-like." / could
Ithe blood come and go as she read.
Il cheeks told every vibration Of feminine
in the organism of Catarina. As
kas my first attempt at newspaper litera-
n and knowing Catarina to have been q
Iblv educated woman before Vassar
N dreamed of founding the female coll
4 m two hundred acres of rocks adioin-
Poughkeepsie, on the river OF
Bndrick Hudson, | watched the coming
II going OF blood on her snow white
feks. No cranky husband ever felt more
licitQns as to results. knew Catarina
HI me, because, in our honeymoon,
Il learned her how TO make home
ple soap, how to milk old
Ende so she would not kick,
4 how to make hens lay two eggs per day
|three months without wanting ITO set. .
Ii sat and watched Catarina as she read
\ article in the HERALD. She went over
A second time and then, oh mother OF
ICES there came whiz and whirl |.
III Catarina
FIong.horn didn't you write that piece
hhe HERALD"
imagine my situation, in doubt as to the
preston made upon her delicate consti-
ion Imagine the condition of SUIT
Eengood when he walked up in the loft
III the starched shirt gluing him to the
brl SUIT said his prayers. SO did l..
tarina stood before me as an angel of
retributiye justice-halE
bwl, half-merciful and two-thirds of the
Ekest doubt as to whether devils or
ees ruled-her eyes firmly
XII on mine, only mine dropped under her
&c. That is, my eye-lids refused to rest
Bed up under the brow, but languidly
bpped over the pupils of vision, like some
PERSONS, when they close their eyes in
Pakins of the joys Of old apple-jack and
ech-and-honey in North Carolina.
ban those old parsons who have migrated
|m that dear old land among new people,
ln Arkausaw and Texas, where no chris
b is allowed to touch, taste or handle
Rle.jack or peach-and-honey--a transition
h has ship-wrecked the spiritual hopes OF
Rny good christian tar-hcel, not TO men
b the ancient dealers in Jamaica rum,
fn in Newburyport, Nantucket, New
b, Bristol, and other hallowed places
New England, whose sons,
fentaly enriched in the rum
u African slave trade, mixed with beads
ribbons, have come south to be wrecked
This inhibition.
Catarina broke the solmn silence by Il
EDITION of the query-"Long-horn,
|n's you write that piece in the lIERALD?n
~, Editor, what could | do? | could
tell u lie, and yet dreaded the truth.
llOwing the example Of SUIT Lovengood,
becky responded
'Iis, me darlint, in an unguarded mo-
'nt, when Mister Piouts asked me to
ltea piece for the HERALD, and there
no time Catarina, TO consult YOU,
/ tina; piece, but | didn't think you
nld object, my darllnt
When ! said that, Editor, my heart went
y.a-pat, and out of the corner
|my two eyes watched that pre-
b darint, Catarina, and was
tous but fearful to hear the sounds
dulcct voice. IIalEsmiling, hut most
ouSly, Catarina said
Long-horn, my beloved husband, my
pIe'sauce, my ginger-pop, my sweet
ntci gcranium, am proud Of what you
4 written; but you have fallen far short
he truth"
Electrified and relieved, seizing Catarina's
VI, and impressing upon her rosy cheeks
sweetest kiss that ever came from a long
b, ! said in the native language of my
ntry; God bless me darlint. Catarina,
rein did your love fail to state factsi"
FAIL said Catarina, fall Why, mo
}, You fail to state many things atlectin.
trials and tribulations OF the long
rs. You never said that Us soon
the poor little government
formed in 1886, Immediately after the
at OF the McXicans and capture of Santa
IA, Il charter was granted to DR.. Branch
Archer to build railroad from the
nth Of the Brazos to the head of the Col
To- that grants were made to build a
al along the coast from Sabine Pass tn
mouth Of the Rio Grande; that subsi.
were granted and paid for building
lmbOats on the coast; that lands were
nted in 1880 to build u university and
iuty somiuarips u little later, for endow.
'asylums for the blind, the insane, the
u and dumb, and the orphans of the
", You never said that from annex.
pn IN 1916 down To this date,
state OF Texas had paid out immense
hs of money TO keep troops in the field
lho protection of life and property, aud
Iel doing so, You never SAID that while
shor,-horns. who INTERCEPTED here In
IhiOgud got control Of the legislature,
,nct debt on the state OF Sl2 100000 in
soi 10 per cent. running thirty years,
fralng, IN the long run, SlS,0nD, 900, to
Wrung from the people of Texas. | say,
''horn, said Catorinn You never stated
the moment the long.hornS got con.
o' the state government, they wiped
,ls destructive incubus, aud 50 granted
!, ~ lieu of bonds rs to make every rail-
y N this state an efficient i'm.
ettion bureau. Why didn't you
all these facts, Long.
IN so thu people would understand the
Y aud not be humbuggcd by political
l,,heNklteS, who ARE yRriously known ~
appendicitis free republicans the
piles party ctc2 Why did you not tell
whole TRUTH said Ca,arina. A pause
ued aud | took three good, long breaths,
EN- feeling relieved | said;
'atartna, dear, this portion of the world
'lOt prepared to receive all the truth q,
PEI 80 much short.horn nonsense, hum.
ssery and food have been injected into
innocent, unsuSpccting multitude that
Is aifaid to tell all the truth ut once. "ru
gNrAlc said |, 'Catarina do you see that
lyol : lark across the street-thst win
s'o99klng bird with stovcpipe browning
SHALLOW pate, his Goa, butioncd UP close
MS step Ia Grey Eagle. Look
IaTlha, do YOU see him" Am | blind,
,lFhorn,' said Catarina, "that cannot
wat creature2' WELL said |, "he I.
,llr,'horn, from Mc-h county, Is,
wei ten days ago aud seems to know
tTet this country than did sam Hous.
Y hnpresaria Austin, or any of the men
\ came herr and hy vpara nj toll da,,,,r