Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-11
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IT was on the last age 81 the long and.
tedious ride from Fort Craig to Santa Fe.2
We had TAX en- up the last relay of risky
mus 60, said good night to the last asst
sleepy hostler, and were dashinag away
into the dark ness with the noses OF the the
leaders pointed square toward the City.
Of the Holy Faith. We had been under DEL
way an hour before my attention was at az:
Stracted toward the driver. He might
have been Is and he may have been7'5.3
He was cooked and primef. with all the.
slang OF: the frontier, which he inter
larded with bits Of lingo from the mines.
quaint qnotations from the familiar
poets and humorists, and when at q loss
for a word or SO to point a sente nee slung
in Latin or Spanish phrase with an IN
imitabie pronunciation and q graceful.
wave of the hand that signifies his utter
disgust with mother tongue that was 50
paltry Of fitting words man emergency.
"Now, let me tell YOU" he would re-
mark close on the heels Of some long
and astonishing yarn; ''snow 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 Ga},lee, or other distant locality, and
off he would gallop at a break-neck pace,
keeping time with the scampering team
in front of us. It was in the midst OF
this medley of astounding adventures by
field and flood that he spun this quaint
little yarn that is the excuse for these
paragraphs: 49, +
zone night out from Los Animas,'' he
began, after carefully lighting prof
ferred cigar, and shying the burning
match at the ofWheeler, "a beautiful
moonlight night. you know, Cap, when
the prairies seem all aglow with mellow
ness, I found when had mounted the
box and unfastened the lines from the
handle Of the brake, the~strangest out
side passenger in my experience 1t
was woman-that is, thought her
woman when she drew herself up with
dignity, as / babe her hearty good
evening, and TUNED up her little nose at
the idea ofbeing accosted SO Familiarity by
driver, but when / said something
about the night being filled with music,
and the cares that iniest the day, etce-
ira. electra, etcetra-you savez? she
turned cIear-cut, thorough profile
toward me and opened a pair of the big
gest, blacklist eyes / ever looked into
with most wondering expression. 1t
was only moment. however, for then
she opened her lips to show two rows OF
the smallest, whitest teeth as she sent
out peal of childish laughter that rip
pied and rang all over the prairie.
:"She. had come from Boston. she told
me and was bound for Tucson, where
she expected to meet a friend, the
dearest friend in the world she intina-
ted. with proud little gesture, and he
loves me to distraction. am not alone,
Won know. Max is with me, and with
him I wouldn't be afraid Of anything.
Would l, MAXI Now who the devil is
Max wondered, and looked up. and
down and all around, expecting to see
some fellow, you know, that | hadn't
noticed before. And just then | felt
cold, wet something coming aglinst my
cheek that felt for all the world like the
barrel of derringer, and turned around
suddenly to see the biggest, blacklist
Newfoundland stretched out on the roof
behind me.
"tAnd now let NE tell yon about Jack.
You see Jack and always loved each
other. He was awfully mischievous, and
when he grew up and we were married
he was just as wild as ever, He got into
some foolish scrape, and the people
around there were all so stupid and in
tolerant that he could never have any
came around to see Jack about some
thing, and Jack didn't care to have any
words with him, and so he went away
Don't you know hadn't the slightest
idea where he had gone for the longest
time. But one day got letter from
Chicago, and it was from Jack, and. be
had been having such a hard time, poor
fellow, and he said if he only had some
money he could 90 to the mines and dig
lots of gold, and then come home, and
we would be IS happy as two bugs IN q
rug. Now, wasn't that nice of Jack?
Well, so had been saving up ever since
he went away, just sent him the money,
and then didn't hear from him again
until about week ago. Then letter
came from Arizona, an" it was from
Jack, and he had been
having more trouble, and unless he
could have more money within
two weeks they would put him il jail.
/ can't understand why everyone is so
down on Jack. So you see | drew all
my money from the bank, and as | was
afraid the mail might miscarry, I just
thought it would be safer to bring it my
SELF And so here am. and-and that's
all. But won't he be glad to see me, the
dear old darling, and won't it be opten-
did when I get there to face those
wretehes who are SO down on him. and
say, ''There, you old rascals, Pm a little
woman. as you can see, but l am Jack
eeymour's wife, 0, won't it be nice,
driver?"
"Great God" Thought. "Jacl1 Sey-
mour! the toughest desperate in the
southwest and. the biggest rascal I'M
huns!' Jack Seymour's wife! She had
better have been the. wife Of the old
MIX himself. And then happened to
think that sure enougis the sheriff had
taken him a. few weeks before, and that
ii Judge Lynch didn't try him in tile
meantime he would certainly swing by
due process of law, and all the wives in
the world wouldn't save him. am
afraid nay face, even in. the moonlight,
must have shown something's my no ror
at the thought, ior she peerad curtously
into it, ana grasped my arm with little
driver? May be you have seen him
He is tall and fair, and his hair IS ever
SO light, and curs all over his head in
the cunningest little tight ringlets." Oh,
yes, I groaned to myself not the least
doubt ii the world but your man and
mine are one and the same internal
scoundrel. But tc her ( said something
altogether different, as you may ilnagIne,
and did my best to keep up the con-
versation, and listened to all her queer
little plans and condolences, and am
afraid I forgot all about the truth in
listening to that merry little voice as it
chatted all night long to plumb day lisnt.
= "a half hour after sunrise we drove.
into the little ranch where We were to.
change horses and breakfast. noticed
a crowd around the relay-house long be-