The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-17
SINKS, THE 0UTCAST.

SlINKS, THE OUTCAST.
T.. enforced emigration" Of sinks
tm Prairie City occurred because The
r.r. bad grown tired Of having
lm around Sinks was failure at
9rrg.5.ng bat sinking His walk,
DC r.mcnt his appearance and mini
rrm oi history. an conspired 70 his
rraf.on. and had not only robbed
fin OF respect and credit. but even of
r.. abiding place He had skunk into
Pam. city. no person knew exactly
rIu but when he skunk out Of it.
rr person in the settlement who
li arrived 90 the years Of under
Standing Uos apprl -i of his going
~. C. Tho more Cnlofpriang eth
tl3 self appointed emigration
enm.t.e-io followed him
lcl CASES. The undesirable man
Hlly giv,u twenty lour hours Ia
Which Sd settle up his affairs and place
o. county line between himself aud
t. ul-QQVcouVo community. In
Obs .s6 IS Sinks there were no af
Oh s,itlc.
lte line was ten miles away and as
81 committee had bat little faith in
Slss as rc4c1trien q ltl, process
s.l of mounted men had left Prairie
llr with Slilf'.s hound shouldcrod
H discouraged looking. riding ahead
N ben the luo was reached. Tie dis
iuc, 90 Bccm0polis Uas about @ I0ilo
then that 10 Prairie City. and the
committee reasoned that Sinks would
keep on and thus save O. clear mile 8
.Junorllg
wal we're wc an said Long jess
MASTERS as they reached the lone jack
s inst beyond the county boundary
. reckon You know the penalty
-lnas
Reckon Co.
Perhaps previous experience had
mad, lin familiar with the unpleas
a. penalty bestowed upon TWnout'
ul found within the county confines
ft.er the expiration al bis time Of
r.e Wien De had dism0unted
~ns srodc slouthingiv away
Wal 42od-by, Sinks called Long
I4
Goodby bovs~ the ou.cast re-
r-nld without turning his face TO-
ulls them
il looked like a blot on the face of
i-e fair prairie picture bright with "a
n ls.on Of Wild flowers spriuging
nom Tie soft. undulaiiug carpet Of
reu His lat dropped deiactedly,
h.s boots were run over, and his gar
uts seem undecided whether 70 fall
.l or stay on There was less c0lorin
Lsice lhan usual, and the ruddy scar
ODD iIs cheek was more marked by the
contrast
Tor q little while the committee
watched him dragging his feet as If
fv were almost too heavy for him
L.-n. Just as they turned 10 ride
v. they saw him sto0p as If pluck
jill. ono of the bright prairie flowers
o4ly the blossoms heard him mut.er;
Looks like the flowers that grew by
a. door of the kitchen at --
he slouchcd away faster than before.
There was more color in his face now,
lld the scar on his cheek showed less
plainly.
Flowers, and a run out man
shaw" he mutteTed. with more
energy than le had displayed for
e.13
lie committee watched him little
longer. bur they were Call0plng toward
Pnliue CITY when he hall TUNED and
ga1el after thcm with look that was
almost Wis.iuL
None OF the horsemcn spoke tcI
several minutes Then Cal Senter the
self elected Wit Of the settlement he
marked. with a predatory wal.
Good riddGnce 70 lad rubbish, as
tod EN- when the BIND dog was
sto'd
Tie committee scarcely Gllnned, and
Long jess Masters did not appear %
leay THIS innttenGon upon tho p9rs
q tie elongated citizen was all the
more depressing 10 the Lumofist DC,
cause jess was usually the urst ana
loldest to laugh OF his efforts
When @ mans got 70 e.. Wy. ne
set to-" jess said, presently. An
when he gits SOS he sets around TIL ne
mirhtv nigh grows fast. an. snea.ks
around til everybody is tired o seem
lin. an borys lis tobacco an' never
buvs nuth'n', an pays 40 taxes an
won't vote. an never does nur says
l.rl'n' 10 help the boom along en'
lows its nuth'n to him whether the
railroad comes yere or goes 70 Boom
Opolls-W'v. when q man gils thaI iui
gone reckon he's got % go or ---
"Or be- buried interrupted al
That's il. jess went on. Prairie
City haint got no use Ter that Llna
people But. somehow -
What's that over thar' inter
ruDled another committeeman.
4 covered wagon. drawn By pan
If skinny horses, rounded tne slope O.
slieht MISE bali e mile distant
Must come middlin' fur by TIC way
Ito team crawls, said jess.
What air they dom out we're, away
Of from any roadf
Changing their course the commit
fee CallOpcd towards the slow moving
Vehicle. A. they nearcd II they made
a discovery. There seemed 70 be no
driver. and the rcins were dragging
The skinny team stopped o. the horse-
man come UP. Long jess lifted one OF
the tatterod curtains and looked INTO
tie wagon. ,, -
"Oh' have you found nay boyf a
faint voice quavered, eagerly.
Tie other members OF the commit
lee peered into thewagon. q woman,
with tangled white hair about her
urinkled face, that was wan ana
obastlv. txned her deluium bright
ened tges, full Of piaial, unreason'
yno pleading. slowly from ono to an
other Of tic bearded faces IS they
looked down upon her where she iay'
on a rude bed Of quilts, 10 the bottom
o. the wagon body,
Have you found ny boy yet she
mined. fcebly. with oager beseecning
t0h. have you found hlmf
I'VE hain't-- began Carl Senter
'Hushi" whispered jess Owe ex-