The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-11-08
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 These are geed many siaeulAr isci- denes connecssd witA tAe administration ss uasSimosy, especially as t :s 4sAlt out oy | justice of the yeace h yuung CT. Eisory. During sigAt ysars iu my olkcial eapaciv e eeneFal agszt foe snhafaneiAl juseice and dnsahle wedleck, vas called upoa great many timss to lAdie out my e,sssing at % much per blsss under vesy peculiar circumstancsa I've done a noele work e . coupler and spliclsG Looking back over thoss eighs years. |, seems almost kks . dream. Wherever was callsd to %. cheeffulH pu, on my overcoat and uent.
 married people h the lieh, and the dark of the uhoon, in the office and al Aoue, on horsehack and aioos, young and old, tender and tough. married them all. was never inquisitive b. yoad what the statute required. and l never had any oae come back to me or complain. h always seemed to give sat isfAction.
 The ceremony wasn't very imposing, though. used to think sometimes that the groom was imposing on the bride. { (This is little epiguAu. have quite a number ot this style which 1 am keeping fos the holidays
 We never had much oi the orange blossnn and swallow-tail coat business in my studio. tenerally invited the couple to ait on the wood-bos till got through with the simple drunks, and then we would call in the marshAl and the )anitor as witnesses and proceed.
 l remember. one day, A gentleman named Shilbiain Henry. came in from the head of the Chug Water and bsough, with him Mss,can woman commonly called Beautiful Suow Colorado Maduro. She vas of rich nss-brown color with a vondedul wealth of faven haiu. which she combed whenever the sign was right. but h hadn't been right for a good while. She vas dressed plainly. bu, neatly in an old lapsobe, caught back with safety. pins and held in place by means of a broad horse-hair cinch, which had been an heirloom in the family. She vas abou, forty-eight ysau old, and asked ta santering tone if she had her parents consent. She did not understand me, as she only knew a little broken eigAr. box English.
 Thinking perhaps she might be more familiar with .bs early history of her race, 1 asked her If ahe remembered p.IAIro, but ahe oaly laughed and displayed her tottering rum oi mouth.
 believe she vas the most sosrowful- looking hulk ever saw. She was rather thin in heah, and her nose looked like the breast bone of sand-hlh crane.
 Her union with Chiblaln Henry did no, seem to sa,urate her with q great wild Joy. She stood there through the imposing ceremony with her cute listle Mesican feet just pceptng out from un- der the heavy dfapesy oi her lap-rohe, and mechanically ars~escd the legal questions psopounded to her in rich. deep and resonant toae of voice. Some hos could mol help wondering fl she did not love another. Perhaps she had given her young heart to some neigh boring greases and smiied on hun, per haps. and m had thrown him into con- vuisions rom which he never had feeov- esed.
 When 1 got through. Chilblain Henry saluted his br,de. ] had heard before that he was . very brave man. Then he invited me to ditto. told him that 1t might occasion talk. He sad he didn't want any foolishness os iunny busi- meas. He allowed that magistrate had the riRht to salute the bride and it looked kind of ou,Te to waive t. lie would not pay ma, he said. uleas salu,sd the bride.
 "Nsves mind the pay, Henry" said. " between old friends; SO it don't matter. Hand u ia any time. don't care Il you never pay i; but to tell you the truth, Henry, I'm afraid to kisa Colorado MaduSo. ] am man of strong impulsss, and do not dare to salute her. When caught her in my arms 1 might forget my own home ties and kidnap yous far young bride and dash away with her to the mouptains know my own fAilings, Henry, better than you do. II woaldnt be right, and u would certainly make talk. However, II you insist, will give my psoEy to . friend of mine, who m totally blind, and who is accustomed to all kinds of horrors"
 He vent away with his wife, intending to come back and kill me, he said but aftes l had stayed in the off,cs, behind lhe hrepSoof safe, two days. with the doors locked, some fsieads came and told me Henry had done the whole thing on bet that he voaid ges mssried sed that ] wouldn't charge hsm . csat.
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