Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-07-30
NE WAS AWFUL WITH A GUN.
HOW the Course OF True Love Run
i'm AFkanRaw.
Arkansaw Traveller.

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YER This acquaintance, so pleasantly
begun. skipped friendship aud bound
ed into love. They became engaged.
Watson had no idea that the old man
would oppose him, but he soon learn
ed that he had lightly estimated the
old fellows character.
"Mr Sackmeyer," said the young
LAWYER. meeting the old man in the
field. II suppose you have noticed
the attachment which has sprung up
between your daughter and myself. y
"Whatp exclaimed the old man,
throwing down his hoe and staring at
the lawyer. mo, sir. l haven't no
tied any such blamed thing, and /
don't want to notice it, nuther, let me
tell you. !"
''Why, my dear si', l did not think
that you would object to our mar
riage.
II don't object to your'n, but 1 don't
low that you shall marry my daugh-
ter. | didn't spend so much money
on her education to fling herself
awav."
"You don't know what you are talk
ing about, replied Watson. Il start
ed high at the bar, even if | do say so
myself. | have an income more
than sufficient for the support of a
wife
"Oh, you ken blow your own horn,
| ken see that, but don't kere how
much money you ken make, it don't
take away the fact that you air law
yer, let me tell you"
what have you against lawyers2'
"The back of my head, that's
what"
"What is your reasouT"
treason enough. A COMPOUNDED
lawy er tuck case agin me some time
ago an beat me outen the best steer l
ever seed"
81 have nothing to do with that,
Mr.. Sackmeyer. You cannot con-
denim all lawyers for wrong which
you fancy"
Fancy thunderation. Don't l
know when man does me mean
trick2 Don't 1 know when he works
agin meP
so you declare that / shall not
marry your daughterl"
"Wuss than that | swar it"
Suppose we marry anyway T.
''If you do 1t won't be good for you.
Wy I'd follow you 10 the end of the
world to get q shot at you, an I'm
awful with the rifle, the neighbors
say"
Watson turned away. He loved
the girl, but he did not want the old
man 70 get a shot at him. He doubted
not but that the girl would run away
with him, but he could not afford to
lose a business, which to build up,
had required years of hard work. de
went to the house. Minnie, with an
anxious face and an ill.at-ease man
ner, met him at the door.
"What did he say, Harryg'
"Oh, how hateful; but, precious,
can we not run awayl'
Yes, we could run away, but"
But WHAT"
"Well, you see I limited something
of the kind, and he said that if we did
he would follow me to the end of the
world To- get a shot at me. d"
"Oh, how hateful"
do you suppose that he would do
lt?o
Yes, precious; he would shoot the
top Of your head off. He's awful
hateful with rife"
81 think" said the lawyer, after a
few moments of perplexed meditation,
that we'd better worry along with
him for a while. Perhaps we may
gain his consent.
Yes, that vill be the best. Re-
member that 1 would run off with you
il a minute if he wasn't so hateful
with a rife.
Several weeks afterward, Watson
won a railroad case. The report that
he had received fee OF So, 900 was
circulated throughout the country.
Hoping that Sackmeyer had heard of
the decision and that it might have
influenced him, Watson hurried to
the farm. He found Minnie in state
of happy expectancy. She knew that
her father could not longer oppose
the marriage Watson went out into
the field where the old man was at
work.
How do you do, Mr.. Ssckmey>
err"
',Middlin'; how is it with your
selfW
First rate suppose you heard of
my recent SUGGEST"
"Yas.
DO you still object to our mar
riageG'
''Yas. Don't kere if you wuster
gain ? hundred cases, you shouldn't
have herr
Augered beyond expression, dis
gusted and Inundated, WatsoH went
to the house. Minnie met him a. the
gate.
What did pa say1"
said no, confeund him"
"Oh, how hateful. Did he say any~
thing about shooting9"
No but l believe that he would. "
"Oh, yes, he would, and he is aw>
full hateful with ride. What shall
We dor"
Worry along with him. If it
wasn't for that rifle, Minnie, I"
"Oh. yes. the rife; and he's so