The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-12-08
WAS NOT BLESSED.
A Peaccmaker who Did Not Reap an
Immediate Reward.

a Peaccmaker who Did Not Reap nh
Immediate Reward.
A traveller in Scott county, Ark,
came upon lank, grizzly-bearded and
Notwithstanding man, who sat on a
log near the roadside. His broad straw
hat lay on the ground and near him
lay red bandanna handkerchief, twist
ed into that indescriptive shape so sng-
gestive of a convulsive movement of
despair.
"How are you?" said the traveller,
refining up his horse There was some
thing in the mans appearance that
would have halted North Arkansaw
farmer, who, having sold his only
cooking stove for money enough to
take his family into circus, is hurry
ing to the scene OF the great hypolim-
piad.
The man slowly raised his head,
gazed for a moment at the stranger,
and replied:
'Did you know Alb Sarver?"
mo, SIR"
"Then you KANT understan' whut's
the matter with me-"
why SOP"
"Bercase eff yer didn't know ole man
Sarver it amt likely that yer know his
daughter Lie"
ayes, but what has she to do with
itp"
Everything. married her."
..Ah, see; and she is dead, is shep"
dead! No, by the hind leg NV er
red fox. she amt Eff she wuz yer
wouldn't ketch me er moapin' roun'
thiser way"
"You have had trouble with her, l
suppose"
"You suppose! Blast yer hide. do look
like err man whut has iist come from er
prertracted. meetin' whar baked shoat
an con light bread wuz free fur alp"
mo, 1 can't say that you doP"
"Wall, then. don't come round here
or supposin'."
II meant no harm. How did the
trouble between you and your wife
originated"
Didn't 'rigernate err tall. We got
ter jowerin', an then the fust thing l
knowed she had dun slapped me over
with er long-handled shovel"
my friend. l am a member of the
Boston Peace Association. anG nothing.
to me, would be more gratifying than
to know that l had been the humble
means of bringing about an under
standing between you and your wife.
l am snre that you are both at fault and
that with little explanation and for
giveness on each side. happy relation
ship may be established. You live up
yonder. / suppose.
Yes"
"Well, permit ME to 60 TO your
house, introduce myself, escort your
wife hither and assist you in adjusting
your troublesP"
"Fm agreeable.
The traveller, filled with that almost
divine feeling which swells the breast
of the peace-maker, approached the
house. A lean, black-eyed woman.
with a nose like the beak of hawk and
with a voice that sounded like dis
tressed fiddle, met him at the door.
Madam, am Ralston j. Buckner.
of Boston, active member and ex-secre-
tary of the world renowned Peace AS
ISOLATION of that city. lmet your hus-
band down there and through my kind
inquiries, elected the information that
he and you live very unhappily together;
that, in fact. you have had serious
trouble. Madam, this state of affairs,
in the sight of advancing civilization, is
disgraceful. You seem to be woman
of intelligence. Accompany me to your
grieving husband and let us see if we
cannot arrive at an understanding"
BLESSED little Zeb Granger is er
grievin'," she snapped.
HE is sorrowful, madam, assure
yov that he is. and more than that.
am convinced that he loves