Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-08-23
ady-it's terrible free Ianpwidpe.

Dy ILLS, the colonel particularly SO, abo
for moment his face was expressive of
painful perplexlty.
swell, just say somethin' CIVIL he said
at length; ''ask her if she wants the
winder tain'tikely she does, but you
might ask her."
ooh, no! colonel" said the judge, mot
that. That particular word winder-in
Frsnch"-here the judge lowered his
voice to whis per, lis cussin,' an youth
have so excuse me. That's where I draw
the line"
'Well, chin your o3n way, them" said
the colonel, testify, 'sthough 1 recon can
open a winaer for lady-in French
without breakin' any of the command
ments. Only say somethin', or we'll
think you don't know how"
This was touching the judge on ten
der spot, and looking at the colonel With
an air Of naughty dignity, he said slow
| IL:
'.If it'll amuses the boys, 1 reckon Til
take a little pasear, though I'm trihe
rusty IN my langwidges just now. Had
considerable practice, too, down IN San
Nigel County,
Then, with soft aheIn and a flourish
of his handkerchief, he leaLed forward,
and casting bewitching glance at the
| lady, murmured:
| s"Buenos dias, sonora. Habeis vosotros
-er-that is-como este vey?"
The lady made no answer, in fact, seem
ed not to hear, but the judge was in no
wise Disconnected.
s'Reckon she was th1nkin' of the late la
mented, and didn't wholly catch on to my
idee," he remarked, pleasantly. III
open another lead" ana again he smiled
as he murmured:
"These nlemen"-indioating US with
graceful and comprehensive sweep
''bein' gentlemen, and we'll acquainted
with good sassiety, hev asked me to
pass their ompliments to you, ma'am,
which I now do. Er-el tempo es bien
inconstantly, sonora, and estra-er--''
the Judge concluded the sentence With g
| GESTURE. 'It's little remark ia vernacu-
lar of the French" be explained, "an' I
reckon it'll fetch her,
1t certainly did seem to have come
effect, for the lady uttered a sound
strangely like chuckle, but said moth
ing.
'Judge," said the colonel after waiting
a reasonable time for an answer, "Tm
afraid your lanwidges have been-so to
speak-tampered with. / always allowed
there was some difference between french
and Spanish myself"
The judge waxed indignant. ga jokes
a joke an ali right" he said, shut didn't
s'pose there was man here but knew the
roots of the two lanwiges was the same.
an if you can only confiDe yourself to
roots-an, you centrally can in genteel
sassiety-if makes no odds whether it is
French or Spanish
| riuht oil p;yhf - said the
solonel soothingly; ''of course we knOwed
that well an good, but man must have
his little joke now and then. But ask
her-in your roots--if she's any objection
to smoke"
The judge, partly Modified, did not
essay this in speech, but beginning even
further back than roots, managed to ask
the question by signs. The LADY nodded
her head with vivacity, aad drawing g
silver case from her pocket, took there
from cigarette, whice after raising her
vail a little, she placed between her lips
At first we were amazed, but the colonel
with that savoia vivre which had always
distinguished him and made him SO pop
ular with the sex, quickly recovered him
self, and gallantly offered her light
which she gracious accepted. Then
murmurs of admiration wero-heard The
major audibly compared her to butter
fly and whip-poor-will, by CAD" The
colonel swore that"she took him, blamed
if she didn't" while the judge repeated
his former opinion and declared that "she
was a regular Cle-op-e-try from the word
CO." The professor was silent, but I have
| reason to believe that he Endorsed all the
others.
"What l admire is lovely wimmin,"'
said the colonel, as we sat there quietly
smoking, sis the er-the ability she pos
sesses to adapt herself to circumstances,
as illustrated in the above. We all are
friends herein course-so We can be
comfortable, but I'm safe in sayin' shall
be glad to get to Leadville. That little
matter of $4,000 got sewed into my
judge, sure the LADY can't understand
nglish-my-in fact gentlemen, my
Shirt" said the colonel, frankly, again IN
dieting the exact location Of the treas
are, sis tax on my mind, an / want 10
get it off,
below, shot ray as a goodnight mes
sage, and for an instant the tree was
ablaze; then the light died quickly out
and we were in semi darkness again. The
road wound its way around the face of
/
rocks sheer 800 feet; on the other sank an
unsoundable chasm. Tommy sat On the
| box, his two lamps lit and his tongue
playing rapid accom- paniment to his
whip. Inside, the small reflector at the
end of the coach only served to make
the night without seem darker than it
was. Silently we sat there smoking the
ends of our cigars, alternately glowing
4 nd mi me- N "a Of
usual volley of oaths from the box, a
cracking of whips, shoatiDg, and then
the stopping of the coach with lurce
startled us out of our qui3t. Then a
shout from Tom as he spoke TO his
cattle, and a voice, ringing like bugle,
was heard from the rocks above.
"Come, none O. that! Make straight
haul for it, - you! Throw off that box!
Lively now! Put up your hands an get
down! Every one of you, get down."
Sorrowfully. We obeyed. The desorip-
ton the professor had given, few hours
before, of our probable sensations, was
| exactly true. pair of six shooters, held
in the hands of stalwart man, whose
| face was partly concealed by black
mask, FASTENED our descent, and in 6
moment, we found ourselves ranged in
| line. with our hands above oUr heads, a
meek, unhappy cowed group. At one
| end of the line stood Tommy, swearing
savagely at his luck; at the other stood
| the colonel, cool, impressive, dignlied con-
fdent in the security of his treasure. The
| last to descend was the widow, but a
widow no longer, for out of the coach
there sprang an active young fellow, of
slender but sinewy build, smooth shaver,
dressed in the conventional garb of a
western rider and carrying in his hand q