Richland beacon., 1888-11-10
MS ; x IS NEW EEHU.
The Town Turns cL. to Help Il
Stranger Win His liriGc.

"A stranger needs no guide book wht
goes c0urtiug in quiet Kentucky
village. ii he can make anv sort O
favorable impression upon the villa
GERS they will speedily get rp poo
20 help him win the object of his af
gecIiOns. They may not help him any
but there will be- apparent enough
good intentions 20 pave the bottom OF
the other place, aud to reconstruct all
The sidewalks on Broadway Some
times Il Girl will 1--we in riverside
hamlet, mile from the nearest rail
road station.
Ono day Il wagon will take up {
Young man passing through the state.
who remembers that somewhere near
= bright-eycd, mischievous girl
whom he i rted with once in the
moOnligh. whiio she was away at q
l"ayding- school. She was charming
then. she must be more so now, and
hc has heard casually of late that she
IS Stli unmarried Tie young man
travels with an accident insurance
pol cy. aud he VIII dare even to stop
here and see the minister's daughter.
There is 10 be moonlight this evening.
! too.
"romp. run out with this note and
bring me IN answer" and the grim
ning darkev at the gate knows in ad-
vance of ihe directions to whom it is
addressed. Before many minutes he
Is at the traveller 5 room door.
Its ell right. boss
What's all right, you impudent
!oc?'
"Oh, ! axes vo' pahdon. but see it
in her eyes. Yes. sab, Miss Kate's TO
home all this before he can deliver
the written message from the parson-
age.
The grinnins African is soon for
gotten under the influence of moon
beams. hammocks. AMI Titan locks.
But Pomp's memory bas served him
better. The stranger who arrived in
the afternoon il soon 4 stranger no
longer. Miss Hates new beau" is a
u:jeCt of wide speculation before the
hamlet is asleep. More than one viii
lager makes overtares toward ut ac-
quain;aucc. And the overture always
loads mp to
Il believe | saw YOU walking out
with Miss Kate this morning?"
Yes, sir. The walk up 10 your
cemetery is delightful. Really. | had
10 idea of the fine view to be had from
the river"
Yes it's pretty fine. but Miss Kate
there amt many girls like her now"
And one is told of her good qualities
as if he had never vet beheld her.
AT the inn dinner is table d'hote, of
course. There is but one table. The
prOprieior's wife and all the ladies be-
meath the roof are ranged in line op-
posile the man who came a.wOoing.
Pomp has done such good service that
formal in,rOductions are unnecessary.
D0esn every body know the stranger
mission now? And doesn't the regis
ter tell hS name?
Its fine weather. Mr.. Dash" the
landiady observes.
Very fine, madam
'And good weather to bc on: with
80 fine a girl as Miss Kate. | declare
il amt every town where there's such
4 line girl lives. Why. she"-
There's her good looks for soup. her
amiab;lity with the entree. her wit for
the roast. and her popularity for des-
ser., and when the ladies leave the ta-
bic they guess you'll be going to see
her again this afternoon.
''liow long will you be out?" asks
the livery man.
'Oh, an hour or so"
Coin to just drive about town,
rcckon?"
We'll, not very far out"
Just goin' 10 take Miss Kate out
for Il drive. recEon?" This honest
man of business. in the democratic
community that this is. seems SUBJ
stantial citizen and pillar in society,
and one cannot be rude TO him.
am anticipating that pleasure.
sir"
"Ah. thought so. Aud | may say
that Gull find mighty fine young
lady when YOU get her. I've known
her folks"
Why il WIS that the stranger never
returned and that another stranger ap-
peared suddenly at the parsonage one
LAY and carried off its espec al prize to
i great city is OF course. plain enough
to the villagers, but the information
never came from either Miss Katie"
or from the beau whom POmp drove
into town. The explanation was made
in part by the innkceper boy himself
and in part by the village postmis-
Jress.
81 could have told you so all the
time" said that worthy functionarv,
rs the village watched young Dash
irivc out the gOlden.haired maiden.
81 knew something Was up when see
4 letter or two coming to Miss Kate in
4 strange handwrte. There wasn't |
nothing 10 say who they might be from,
but one day see letter in Miss Kate's |
bandwritc go through my office direct
;d to this same gentleman-and then |
40 sent her newspapers and things
and the oracle magnifiei into a tender !
the exchange of two or !,
hree formal letters which had passed |
,n;ween the ex-school girl and her
friend, chiefly about some new music |
'r novels, he had some time prom sod |
o find for her.
The village editor had whole week
n which TO construct filling para
graph. and here is what the next |
Dive Branch had to say:
The amiable and accomplished Col.
!. Arch o Dash. from the city. pad
TASTY visit TO one of our bellies last
Tcek. lie appears 10 be about the
most intelligent ,oung man we have
'yer had the pleasure TO meet 1t is
'umorcd that there is to be wedding /
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