Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-21
How SHE FOUND HIM,

1t was on the last stage of the long
and tedious Tide from Fort Craig to
Santa Fe. We had takon up the last
relay of frlsky mustangs, said good.
night to the last sleepy hostler, and
were dashing away into the darkness
With the noses Of the leaders pointed
square toward the city Of Holy Faith.
We had had been under way an hour
before any attention was attracted
toward the driver. He might have
been fifteen and he may have been
seventy.6ve He was cooked and
primed with all the slang of the from.
tier, which he interlardered with bits
of lingo from the mines, qu,int quota.
lions from the familiar poets and
humorists, and when at a loss for a
word or so to point a sentence slung In
a Latin or Spanish phrase with an In.
imitable pronunciation and q graceful
wave of tho hand that fiznifed his
utter disgust with a mother tongue
tina was so paltry of fitting words In
an emergency.
"Now, let me tell you," he would
remark close on the heels Of some long
and astonishing yarn; "now let me
tell you what occurred to me one night
On the Yellowstone" or the Brazos, or
the South Fork of the Canadian, or
the Sea of Galilee, or other 90 ually
distant locality, and off he would gallop
at at q break neck pace, keeping time
with the scampering team In front OF
us. I wa In the midst OF this astound.
log adventures by field and food tina,
he spun the quaint little yarn that 1.
excuse for these paragraphs:
"One night out from Los Animas,'
he began, after carefully lighting q
preferred cigar, and shying the burpins
match at the off. wheeler, "a beautiful
moonlight night, 1 remember, n OF
those nights, you know, Cap, when the
prairies all aglow with mellow.
ness, l found when I had mounted
the box aud fastened the lines from
the handle of the brake, the stranges,
outside passenger In my experience.
1t was woman--that Is, !
thought her a woman when she drew
herself up with dignity, Is 1 babe he,
a hearty good evening" and turned
up her little nose at the Idea of being
~accosted so Familiarity by a driver, but
when I said something about the night
being filled with music, and the cares
that infest the day, etcetera, etcetera,
etcetera, you savez2 she turned a clear
cut, thoroughbred profile toward me
and opened q pair of the biggest,
blacklist eyes I ever looked Into with 9
most wondering expression. 1t wal
only a moment, however, for then she
opened her lips to show tvs rows oil
the smallest, whitest teeth as abe sent
cut a peal of childish laughter tina,
rippled and rang over the prairie.
"She had come from Boston, sht
told me, and was bound for Tucson
where she expected to meet o friend,
the dearest friend In the world she
intimsted, with a proud little gesture
and he loves me to distraction. fan
not alone, you know. Max Is with
me, and with him I wouldn't be afraiG
of anything. Would I MAXI Nov
who the devil is Max I wondered, ant
looked up and down and all around
expecting to see some fellow, yor
know, that I hadn't noticed before
And just then l felt a cold, wet some
thing come against my cheek tina
felt for all the world like the barre
OF q derringer, and turned around sud
denly to see the biggest, blacklist New
foundland stretched out on the roo
behind me.
"And now let me tell you abo u
Jack. You see Jack and I alvey
loved each other. He was awful,
mischievous, and when he grew up ant
we were married he was Just as Will
as ever. He got Into some foolisl
scrape, and the people around Their,
were all 80 stupid and intolerant tina
he could never have any peace of hi
life, and n day the sheriff cam
around to see Jack about something
and Jack didn't care to have any word
with him, and SO he went away
Don't you know I hadn't the slightes
Idea where he had gone for the long
est timer But one day I got a lette
from Chicago, and 1t was from Jack
and he had been having such a har'
time, poor fellow, and he said II h
only had some money he could go t.
the mines and dig lots of gold, an
then come home, and we would be q
happy as two bugs In a rug. Now
wasn't that nice of Jack2 Well
SO as I had been saving up eve
since he went away, I just sen
him the money, and then l dldn'
hear from him again until abou
a week ago. Then q letter came fror
Arizona, and 1t was from Jack, and h
had been having more trouble, an
unless he could have more none
within two weeks they would put hir
In jail. l can't understand why ever
one is so down on Jack. So you see
drew all money from the bank, and q
I was afraid the mall might mlscarry
I just thought 1t would be safer /
bring 1t myself. And so here I an
and and that's all. But won't he b
glad to see me, the dear old darling
and won't it be splendid when l &c
there to face those wretches who ar
80 down on him, and pay them thei
old, nasty money. and say, "Thert
!, your old r~ascals, I'm a little woman
as you see, but I am Jack Seymour
! wife" Oh, won't 1t be nice, driver
, "Great God! 1 thought. 'Jac
SEYMOUR the toughest desperate
the southwest and the biggest rascl
u~nhung! Jack Seymour's wife! Sh
had better have been the wife of til
3 old Nick himself. And then 1 hal
. pened to think that sure enough th
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