Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-12-09

tt@fr AnA t"ta me thAt X Na~ True. tef
father ~as goin' 70 run her OF Says |.
'D,ck. look here. DO you want n mar
~ me. just As ! am. and to.nigh, And
she us, come up and put her arms around
ny neck. and hid her face on my shoal.
der. and says, 'Gforge. III marry you
any time. and the sooner The better. for |
cant b. parted from yoa agsin.' says I.
'Ihsts al right. little girl jus, you
pat on your san. bonnet. - a. the folks
~ont think noihin' about !, 4 they do see
you. and 10 down TO headquarters, and
III go and gei The ohaplain
"Nell. a. soon a. Ne 20, the thing
dSej up, | took her down 10 the hotel
they'd at goi little hol.e started there.
and give the landlord a hundred dol
lars, told him that wss my wife. and
that he must keep her al | come back,
ior IA got % 70. and there might be-
sons tfoablc. ba, II there was he mus,
see her ttroagh. Then | weat With Dick
% hsr r,om. took % her sun bonnet.
kissrd The tears cat Of her eyes, and then
mounted ny horse. and struck oai.
The old man come dosn after | wAs
gone. bat he found oui ii was all over,
and no u.e fai.in fos. 20 be- ils, made
che bet Of 10. and give D.ek hs blessin'
like a sensible old davy a. he was. loa
see. such Oh fello~s hate % 81 bat.
ike The very devil. bat jlsi you clean
en- olt. on the square. once OF twice.
and they u come down a. handsome a.
you please.
"D.ck and silii q, the hotel Coz a
couple o weeks of 81. and then we went
90 kcspia' house. lol see. the chances
as that ne should have 10 stay ~hefe
~e wss o. god While. anyhow. and
D.ek ~Aa'el d KEEP house. 90 lei her.
! was pretty a4sh fof a While after my
run o. lack on poker. and made the
most o. ~ha' goi oa that hsul. We
sotA nice l'tl, brick, that ! oosld ren'
cheap. and boughi loi O CONDEMNED
R,b iarui'arc. and -, gp Ia gooi style
Toe flfniiurs ~as some Of t Al. We
bad a mahogany bcds'eal. bis high head
board. yol kuos. and t,il po''s ilf cat-
tua.. aud roscsooi dresser. aad foe
chair. and ali tat sof, o. thing II ~as
isi nobhy ani the way Dirk used 20
hx up that Lolsc wasA caution. | tell
,ol go a niger woman 20 DO The
~ork. ani &c 6fsi thing Ne knoscd.
shy here We Va. al sst up, as u for
kcp
"Bli yoa sec I kep' o iiinkin' pretty
Steady ail me wh,lr. Inst nighi ~h~n
D.ck and was nauird. aud ven, fidia
OF alone. dlsu che uvef there. go' TO
ttinkia' over tais dfinkia basiness, snd
.ho4' coaciadci "a Gait. bat ~hen ]
so' back. of coar.e ihr boys made me sct
On up 'o- the ~cdiin'. and that soi me-
started sg.ia. sad When teller geis
started once. stranger. yoa see ~ pretty
bard 10 stop Bat took o. kini easy.
aad was careful neser % gci chuck fall,
sni / -, al,ag 30 vel. thst nay. that
I lsi aoouf .brgln % think cold do
tta' thing. ughi sloag. Jlsi drink enough
anl iei co. fr.i alone. bat | tell yol,
sanser. ia frllcr think, bee asoia' 90
play that game. and Win. he's 'oo.ed'
.aolei 90 later. ,ol bet, n'N beat the
ilc oiiess man that ever lived
"Blt everything went on smooth ssA
a H-. a.. - - 49,. 10Th. arN D.rk
sres better and better. svery day. aud
~e 49, .. happy a. the day VAS long
all only my dunkin.
"Bli oae day. aloag IN August. u
AS all.kiiha' boz. and | goi 20 goin'.
aai va foil aflrr kae~ i', NJ The boys
took me home q, nigh, drunk a. the
devil Oh. my Col. stranger F, ii doa't
seem a. though ii could BE- true, bat t
is.I~a. i.i bcasily drank-mad drunk.
Iyslied. and cursed. ani tore 'folnd
sen' ally. Bat Dick jasi ~, the boys oil
that bal b'oaghi me home as quick a.
she c3lM. aai then she 10; my feet into
ho, water. aad baihei my head, and
boaaI Il up wiih cold elDhs, A. tender
a. thoush Ia been baby. After a while
she 40, me qa,t, and ~ent % slssP,
and I .lep, hkc lex. ,ill morning.
"Whsn woke up. sboai four clock,
was lying on thr froa' o. the bed. ~i'h
ms face o. the back There was lamp
blrnin. anl sooa a. ever opened my
ewes. I .aw Dick lyin' there lookin hight
a. me. anl she says. George. do you
want anything Just A. though ! was
the ~eak,si and sickest man IN the world.
ani .he jas, dyin With piiy iot me. Ny
bead ielt a. thosgh Il was about a. hig
q. The m on. aad my throat wAs dry and
ho, a. ths road 20 bell 50 told hef ID
Ike a dfink o. ~aier bat that | d get up
and set u. Bat sfre eolld sii', she d
bounced oli over the 10, o the bed, and
hai 4 for me. II was the first time Dck
had ever seen me drunk. Or anything hut
il.t a. KIDD and gentle a. knew hos to
be- bai she never aid cross wori 10
me. She never cried and took on. the
way sone w0nen dos; bat was isi as
kind md llyin' 70 me, ss though was
the b-st man In the whole business. Oh,
/ tell yol. D.cks woman. she i
BAT. stranger. you cant have much
no'ion y ho~ felt, about that time.
You Sc Il ~oman shafls roand. AMI
er,-.. aal sasffl =, and call. in the
preacher 10 pray With you. and talks TO
ne nsizhoou about such things. Why
t,ea. il kind o. gives a feller some ex'
eu.- fir goin' % the devil bat 10 have
her do a. D.ck di. i.--aeyer say one word
o. blame.-shy. then, yoi see u don !
give icller anything 70 go on, Ani X
ii.i ca, me up wOrss'n anything ever
struck beioe Ia my life.
"weI. We 70, up snd 20, some break
f.s,. aud then We went into the little
parlor We had. and | took piek on my
i.p. and pulled her head down on my
shoulder. and pa, bo'h'arms around her,
and then / couldn't stand !, any l'nee (;
and | las, broke ighi out. On. DICK :
bat tia, vas as Ear ss got. for then We
both broke down and eried. Lo'd'
stranger to think o Dick dcia' that
and my making her do II.