Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-11-22
I BOOT-BLACK'S STORY.
Important Role He Played in His
"Young Lady's" Destiny.

Important Role He Played in His
Young Lady's" Destiny.
Say! T don't look much like no
Coopid eether, do IP Amt got no bow
an arrers concealed anyw'eres bout
my person, an a blackin'-kit don't look
greatly fitted fer the carryin' NV i'm
plements for furtherin' the progress NV
love and matter'mony, do it? Yet all
the same I had a hand in big job Nv
that there sort, awhile ago, and con-
gratterlate myself that I fulfilled my
contrac' purity handsome, too.
Yer see how in the fust place I got to
know My Young Lady, an it was this
away I done it. One day Their wus a
mighty fine lookin' lady comm long
by the cornder were wus polishin'
then, - but I've had ter vacate that
since, both on count NV biz not bein'
very thrivin' there, an by reason Nv
this here same Coopidin' w'ot I'm
a-goin' to tell yer bout. But. as were
a-sayin'. this ERE lady wus comm down
the street, with a couple of bundles in
her hand; an just as she reached bout
where I were a-roostin' on the curb
stone a-snappin' of my fingers an
a-whisterlin' fer luck, pop! one Nv the
passels drops right down onter the
sidewalk. In course. rustled round
ter pick ther. thing up an Civ it back
to her, cause it come down clOst to
me; an any how, dom low theirs any
oho toy no Sfhn,,f
perlitenis. even eff he amt able fer to
sport fine buds an . gold-topped cane.
Well, wen hands that there bundle
back to her, she gives me one o. these
'ere real face-lightnin'-up smiles, an
says, with little bow: ''Thank your
just g hearty g if I'd bin a sure-'nuff
swell. tell yer! I grabs off my OF
head-kiver. an a-makin' my bes' bow
says: Eyer very welcome!'' instant
er. An after she'd gone long, it come
ter me that she wer JUS the purties'
lady I'd seed any w'eres; an I felt
kinder happy-like, clean down to Their
holes in my ole shoes, Whenever 1 thort
Nv it. sail the rest O. Their day. Tell
yer w'ot! that there smile an '.Thank
you!" done me more solid good than
all Their dimes and dinners I'd raked in
fer a month. An says to myself:
''She's a gen'wine lady, she is, an
don't you forgit it!''
After havin' had my notice 'tracted
to her that-a-way, I seed her quite
often; fer, as soon foun' out, she lived
cornder, an she had ter come by whar
4wus,- ev'ry time she went downtown.
An ev'ry time she went by, it 'peared
g If she looked purifier; an got ter
kinder lookin' for 'er, an a-watchin'
NV her after she passed by, an a-wish-
ip' I might do suthin' fer her, some
time. An not knowin' Nv her name, 1
took ter callin'u Nv her, to myself: 'sMy
Young Lady;" an one time, as I was
a-leanin' up ag'in' lamp-pos', waitin'
fer job, ses I, kinder confideushal-
like ter the letter-box onto it: ''Lordy!
don't I wish was a swell, an could
rig up in my fine clos an go a callin'
on her?an' don't I envy the fellers
wo't kin, though?n
Their s0us a couple nv chaps as were
a-callip' on her, quite reg'lar, too; an
I very soon got ter suspectin' that
sthey wus both NV them a-tryin' to git
her; an thinkses I: 81 wonder witch
ltree'n make shinglesp" Likewise,
resolves to keep an eye on 'em; feelin'
a int'rus' in fellers wat wus amin at
My Young Lady. an wantin' to see
witch one Nv 'em wus best fit to have
her, if SO be eether Nv 'em must.
They both NV 'em USE ter git Their
boots shined by me; an got purity
fair notion NV w'ot they wus from that
means. Tell yer w'ot it is, the Teller
w'ot blacks yer boots sometimes gifts a
better idee Nv w'ot kim NV a man you
be. than you'd imagine, mebbe.
One o. the gents wus good, square,
hones'-lookin' sort NV q Teller, not
much on beauty, but havin' an eye in
him w'ot would make yer feel that
w'ot he said wus so. He was heart an
soul devoted to My Young Lady. an
JUS fairly wurshiped the bricks she
trod on. as I see very soon after no
ticin' 'em~ out together couple O.
times. At fust kinder had nv
doubts, sayin' nobody is good enuff
for Ny Young Lady," But presently
got ter thinking diff'rent, an a feelin'
that he wus the man fer her: an I
hoped he'd git her! This Teller I
called, to myself, douglas" from the
Oh song use'ter hear, bout doug
Las. Douglas. tender an true''; cause
ne looked just that-a-way. an yet solid
an sensible, too.