Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-29

got sweetheart to play the plan
ner an come sweet games on you.
eh?'
The cook turned his sorrowful dark
eyes toward the shouting group around
the table.
':Me?" he asked. gravely, and none
of the men noted the tremor in his
voice. nor the sudden glistening OF
his eyes, '.Mep amt no ladies'
man. boys. an / never was-no.
never was"
Late in the summer it became known
two weeks and that his wife was to be
the purity woman of whom Lanky
Sim had told the Phoenix men six
weeks before.
She's feathered her nest, well, ="
said Sim, gracefully commenting on
the news. 1.-The boss is as white a man
as ever drawed breath. an he'll treat
wife we'll. he will The old Pne nix
is worth a good half-million now,
an the boss is just the sort of a
man thatu give a woman full rem
when it comes to spendin' money, an
m nightly mistaken if the woman
he's goin' to marry amt one OF the
kind that'll make the money fly. He's
goin' to buy fine house in Denver,
an she'll run it in grand style. now
you kin jest bet on that"
Marcia Drew was the name of the
girl who had so easily won the love OF
the rich owner of the Phoenix. She
was no longer a girl, but was in the
fullness and completeness of q most
beautiful womanhood. The ow ner and
proprietor of the hotel was distant
relative, and Miss Drew had come to
Crystal City to spend the summer
months amid the refreshing GOODNESS
and transcendent beauty of the mount
aims. Here she had met and learned
to love Jared Hale, and here they
were to be married.
If Jared Hale's wealth had influ.
enced her in making him her choice,
she kept the fact carefully guarded in
the secret recesses of her heart. HeI
love for him, to all outward appear.
ance, was as fervent and sincere as
was the honest, manly love that made
her so dear to him, that he was happy
only in her beautiful presence.
The arrangements for the wedding
were simply planned; they were toe
simple, in fact, to please the boys a
the Phoenix mine.
Blame it all, Hale" said old H
Sparks, with the freedom of one who
had 'prospected'' with Jared for ter
years. when they were both 'poorel
N dirt" Gus fellers, we don't like tc
see you 90 off in this one hoss sort O.
style. There's little church just
gone up down to Crystal Why dom
you be married there, so as us Teller:
can have chance to see your lady
| Not half of us ever even seen her, an
this here strictly private sort o
weddin' don't just suit us, speshly a
you're goin' to hop into the stage an
pull out for Denver as soon as The
thin g's over with"
"Oh. but we're not going to hol
| off in that sort of way" said Jared,
laughingly. MY wife to be says she
wants to see the Phe nix, our mine, a.
l call it now. before she goes away,
and wanted her TO see some of yol
boys whom / have known so long, be-
fore she goes away, so we are coming
| up he re after our marriage and lool
| around little on our joint posses
sions before we go off on our SIX
months tour of the great cities we've
1 l4t %o1 oil
This information was received will
a shout of approval by the men who
were all anxious to see the ''boss
lady"
Say" said Lanky Sim. with the
eagerness of one who has had hap
ply thought. 81 tell you what let's d.
let's get up weddin' dinner in the
cabin for 'em. We can clean it gu
good an trim it up with evergreen:
an mountain flowers. an hire dishes
an things from down in Crystal, an
Old Jas can just spread himself on :
weddin' dinner; can't you, Jas?'
Il recken kim" said the cook. will
the assurance of one who has full con
fidence in his own abilities.
Wen get it up on the sly" sale
Lanky Sim. "an' the boss shant'
know thing of it till he sees it, an
we'll make it as fine as money cal
buy"
The wedding day came, fair ant
beautiful as only mountain days cal
be. There was much hand-shakins
and some huskiness of voices as the
boys shook hands with Jared before
they went up to the mine for half-a
days work.
On his way down to Crystal Jared
stopped to shake hands with the cook
who was alone in the cabin. He gave
Jared his hand and said earnestly,
while tears gathered in his eyes:
God bless you, Mr. Hale! You've
treated me like gintleman, you have
1 hope you'll be happy-happier'n
was in nv married life"
"You?" said Jared. II d idn't s'post
| you' d ever been married.
mo. 1 reckon not. / don't lool
like ladies man. wa MT one. TC
ort never to have married, an l dom
know as 1 blame my wife so much fol
! -for-leavin' me"
There were tears on his grizzled
cheeks now.
Yes" he said. ''she left me. Sht