The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-04
HOW SHE EoUSa HIM


 ltwas CT the last sage oi ,..e ion5 and tedious fde iiom Fort 6yas n Sau,1 Fe Me had taken ep ,'se ias, relay ot frisky mustangs, sad seo5-nicht tn the las; sleepy hestlef. and was dasAias away into the darkness with the noses oi the leaders pointed square toward the ci;y of the Holy F,.lth. Ne E,.d been tn ter way an hear before my attention was a,- ,rao,ed toward the dr.ver. lie might have been ht:een and he mi sht have been seventyhre. He w1s cooked and primed with all the slang ot the frontier which he interlardel with the bis uf lingo from the mlnes. quaint quotations from the familiar poets anI humoi,s,s. and when a, 4 loss for a word or so 10 poln, l sen tcnoe. he sllns ia q Latin or spanish phrase with m inimi.lble pronunciation and a graceful wave oi the hand ,ha; sisnIhed his utter dissus, with mother tongue taa, WIS 50 scant q: f::lng words ln ap emey y,ency.
 Now. let me tell yoa" he would re- mark, close or the heels et some long and astonishing Narn now le: me tell you what occurred ,o lae ane night on the Yellowstone, or theA lirazas. or the south fork of the CanaiIang or the Sea of Galllee. or other equally dIstan, locality. and o;' he would gailop II break-neck pace, keeping tune with the scamperns team in iron, ot Us. !, was in the mids. of this medley of astounding adventures by field and flood that he spun the quaint little yarn that Is the excuse for these paragraphs.
 "one nigh, out from Las Animas." he began, after carefully lighting ! prof. cred cigar. and shying the burning match at the otf.wheeler. "a beautiful moonligh, night, l remember. one of those nights, you know. Cap. when the prairies are all aglow with mellowness, found when mounted the box and un fastened the lines from the handle of the brake, the siranges; outside passenger m my expenence. l, was woman -tha, Is, though, her a woman when she drew herself up with dignity, IS l bade her a hearty sood-eyenins, andtusned up her ht,ie nose a. the !aea ot be,ns accos,ed 50 famillarly by driver, but wheh said something .bou, the night being filled with music. and .he caies tha, intes, the day. etee,era. e,ceierA. etce,erl-you save = she turned a cleai-cut. thorough bied pfoa!e towards ne and opened q pair oi the bIs se>;. blsekes: eAes ever looked into. M:;a a mos, wiSndc,inS eN- preston. itw,s onl, moment. now ever. Tor Then shc opened her hps ,o snow iso to@s ei :..c smallest. whites; teeth .ls she sent oui pee q; childish lau .hter tha, tippei AZ ranS all over the prairie
 ' She had Cc.3e from Boston. sasss told me, ard was bound for Tucson. where she expected .o nee; a .ricE,,. ,he deu- est friend in the world, sAe ia;Ima:ed, with a proud l,t,'e scStare, and ne loves me 70 distraction | am 10; alone. YOU know. Max i with me and with him l wouldn't Dc afraid of anything. Would l, Max Now who ;he devil Is Max. l wondered, and looked up and down and all around, expecting 10 see some fellow. you know. ;ha, hadn', noticed before. And Just then ;e.; cold. we. some thing come asains; my cheek ,ha, fel, for all the world like barrel of derringer. and turned around suddenly 10 see the biggest. 5.acl,eS: Newfoundland stretched on the roof behind me.
 And now le, me tel you about lack. . said she. You see lack and always loved each other. He was awfuily mis- chievous. and when he grew up and we were married he was just as wild as ever. He got in'o some foolish serape. and the people around there were all 50 stupid and in;olerant tha, he could never have any piece of his life. and one day the sheri:! came around to see lack ahou, something, and jack iidn', care to have any words with him. and so he wen; away. Don't you know hadn't the slightest idea where he had gone for ,he longest timer But one day l got a le,,e, from Chicago, and il was from lack. and he had been having such a hanl time poor fellow, and he said If he only had some money he could go to the mines and dig lots of gold. and then come home. ansi We would ee as happy as two bugs !n ! Vag. NON, wa>n', tha. ai1e ui Iaek Well, as l had been saving up ever since he had went away, ius, sent him the money, and then SiiGn', hear t.em hir, again until a5ol, 3 wees age. Then . letter came from Arizona, aad twas fron,