The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-21
a NUMBER ONE

might came creeping under the ever
greens. galopcd a lean bronco 40 q head
long gait His rider. d big bearded
miner glanced around under his bushy
eyebrows and now and then gave gruut
~ satisfaction.
"Ilc oid place don't see you no more.
h.u." lo wutttrcd. as the bronco painted
up "a short incline. fur you've struck lt
rich. as q certified check fur way up ODD
the thousands Rim testify
lie gall0DCd into breckenridge. leit lis
bronco at the hotel ana went along 60
the shoe shop
"Same ola sign. TIT Dee doncd, he
smiled. "Ev 'uin Member.
"Huno BiH. thought you was dead. .
Amt seen you these three years. Same
buies. Too. I made WAL ] alius done
good work
"Nou did but ist clap patch 0n iliis
one whilst wait fur / aut a-e0in 90
torture myself Of ] hcs struck DC rich. .
Ny feet is liable o. swell in tio keers. /
IN leave ve an order. too, Mondor, fur
butes is good ernuil with me. No lace F.
shoes, like a jude.
"Ntho you ropcd iu ou thc mine. Biz .
"No one; they ildouhle ttlov give
me-tnroe hundred thousand hut amt
no hog, I know when I've got eHulf'
"Few does muttercl Member waxing
his thread
Tho miner looked around the shop
then his eye ieA on that shabby little .
shoe
"Beats an what sawed on feet wim- .
men hes. though ! Amt mentioning .
Norwelgiuns.
"Ihe Lord made em so.'
"Prabl~ An' this now Cunning the .
sloe over in hi. big iaull cess aal 5, not .
gr1wel w0mans<
IAN Of tWeuir-eiehti quite 3D. yarn
about that. too Three years ago was .
h -ettn here hC.Neust lay an dark.
when mv door buats open au DO runs
uhat I took Co hea ral bat 0lterNmd .
zee was O little miteoi Croncd woman.
with lri .hl oIrllkc eyes anl curly hair.
Them miners is a-ll..ru mo. she .
cries. drops inter thot cheer an iania .
dead away.
Gosh. this very clor' echoed Bill
iu an awe stricken tone
"Same-sct right there opens The .
door: B'vs. ] says, I've got tle drop ON .
ve. an its duru sham. to act like tncI' f
au'-git.' which they done. al. I went .
back am give ler whisky. ll she come .
% am Jest ktched mg ham up an kissed .
it,
"Lorim cried the miner
AN IT. wasn't oger clean. ful mcndin' f
amt over rer.Eler uurA. Val. she f
hadn't no ffans aH Was come h.ro to /
settle an bem weak an hysteucky, .
took her home io 81 ter Jane. Pears 90 .
me- she Saws t9Jue. 'al the troubles OF +
my lio s. liu caused by mon
"They DE- mncry. said the miner, +
Dmpatha.ic3lv.
we KEEP hef week. an thea she f
vent o. wuk sewin'. m' Insisted 90 +
rayin' her board am made Jane the F
frimme5t gowns an caps. and me q .
5ressin' gown lie ] was female.
wears &c % please her. bot J aiIua feels .
looks like ono % them old patrlra5-int Z. i
we never arskcd her hiatry, but Jane .
-el slo was bruised from blows. n SEQ
che trained her pretty clrs orcra scarce .
healed scar on Der forehead. Gaze i3ie4 .
she was one of them thoroughbred hll .
viii stan emmy amount al oilNnl out F
its q smash on q runaway u you iiI .
'em."
"Thore's some men as ought Oh De shot
on aght." muttercl tie miner. An .
tlet shoe was hcu.
Yeah am I've GOT 90 Eeer fur Der so
much tibet I've allus been glad was mere .
Std ~ Caleb. be want never neigh
borlv. When ! como here says, u II
give Sc fifteen dollars lW tlo place.
Saws he Take &c loriour'een an. barr. .
'Whyy savsI Did you' says be. ever .
know "a man vOt become "a sewer lu
gabs Wal. look 40 me Evry crank as
las breath egnuH ter Cit up cher bank
comes in am talks 80 me. cN rs hummer
who kin walk slagcels DID ana Ft.i7 hi7
rum soaked remarks on me, an et -
sun bunnited or shawl headed female
woman comes 10 tell mo Der troubles
with tho cid man or the neighoors.
Wal I says, SIS compnyf ah,
bate 'em. growl3 lie. know Whei' / pm
going not you. You're tho kind as Tells
about gal you loved, named oaiIy, Woi F
died fifty year ago. Wal, lm to" 20
be- a sheep hcrder, where l ~uut see one .
u human kind fur months on slfelch' F
an' where / can 60 bareiooiel ihe year .
round So DO gees an / stays.
when / was % Arizony salt ihe f
miner. laying th3 shoe down, WIN a .
sigh, "a boarded o. tho house 81 niile
woman as could q wore them shoes Inc +
vitiles was awful Some Of The biscuits .
would took a blast ~ open EN-, am the +
pee might a soled them butes, Dul she
want but young thing, an Der nus
land was the onneI.cst
They allus hes thyt n9mo in them
cases. suggested Member afy.
This want 10 eases iie never F
keercd only that the wufa wee done' on. .
l did"-the minere late saddened an
! cold out as good ieaminS business "'
you ever see. ,..~
Nav, thare's queer things no "a man
life; an ef I'd stayed ld killed her F
husband, an that would bin no way - /
git her affection, an wouldn't looked
FAIR. Them's nay mcreiR She WAS M
wife an a good woman. soid oui the
BIZ at dead loss with "a sighi ian I
lust wisht her time o day an run OF
Ike q coward ] starved up here iur
ten years, an ] want pleased VIII my
self neither when iellef from fairpiay
told noe he'd heered sbe an him W.
awful poor an sho was the "ust abused
woman he ever see.
II was quite dark Ia the little shop
low. aud Member lii his lamp, leaning
low 10 his bench % 500 In the light a
lean cat came purriDg out Of corner,
and the miner tilted back bis chair
"An' me, with al my money, can't
make that poor little soul comferble, he
sighed
There was sound Of quick footsteps q
outside, something Ike tho ciaiter OF {
slippers down al the heel. then the latch c
clicked a
FAINT done, Nelly" called the Ola I
ma:l. "IIl wait an finish EN-; they're
guf.y fun gone"
There Waa no auaNlr only sort Of