Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-04-11

:" P'~JAu VA ""o AOtot pINuuy hAu
a-singin' love songs an all that, ehp'
'Shucks!' said Scot, with an air of
contempt II amt no use for the
wimmin; they're no good! An l
never see a down right purity one in a
mimi camp yit, blamed if have.''
''You Amt seen her yit,' said Lanky
Sim.. Il have I see her las night. I
was passin' by the hotel; you know
its got long winders in the front, an
it's So close to the street q Teller can
peep right into their fancy parlor, an
stopped to get a peep of how white
folks live, an. by George, if I want
tuck back when I see an ALFRED
stavin purity woman, dressed up fit to
kill, a-settin' at the pianny a-playin'
one o them skittish. jiagly, operry
airs, an our boss, yes, SIR, our boss,
be-gosh, a-standin' by to turn the
music when she'd bob her head for i'm
to turn it,
Jared Hale, the boss, was down ut
Crystal City when Lanky Sim told this
Interesting bit of gossip at tho camp
table. The boys received the story
with a shout, and nothing else was
talked about during the remainder of
the meal.
H, you, JAS" said one of them to
the cook, who had heard the story in
his usual impNssivc manner. faint. you
got sweetheart to play the pian-
ner an come sweet games on you,
ehP'
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 tn, sudden glistening of
his eyes, Mp l amt no ladies'
man, boys. an l never was-no. 1
! never was"
Late in the summer it became known
that Jared Hale would be married in
two weeks and that his wife was to be
the ''purty woman of whom Lanky
Sim had told the Phoenix men six
weeks before.
She's feathered her nest, we'll, -
said Sim, gracefully commenting on
the news. The boss is as white man
rs ever drawed breath. an he'll treat
a wife we'll, he will. The old Pnm ,ix
is worth u good half million now,
an the boss is just the sort of a
man 'hat'll give woman full rem
when it comes to spendin' money, an
I'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 a 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 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 he married.
If Jared Halc's wealth had inf1u.
enced her in making him her choice,
she kept the fact carefully guarded in
the secret recesses of her heart. Her
love for him, to all outward appear
ance. was as fcrvent and sincere as
was the honest, manly love that mad c
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 al
the Phe Xix mine.
Blame it all, Hale" said old H
Spark with the freedom of one who
had "prospected' with Jared for ter
years, when they were both ''poorel
N dirt, "'us fellcrs, we don't like tt
see you 60 off in this one boss sort O.
style. There's little church Just
gone up down to Crystal. Why dom
you be married there, SO as us fcllers
can have a 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 go,n' to hop into the stage an
pull out for Denver as soon as tn,
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 tx. our mine, a.
call it now. before she goes away,
and I wanted her TO see some of yo,
boys whom have known so long, be-
fore she goes away, so we are comm.
up he re after our marriage and look
around a little on our joint posses
sions before we go off on our six
months tour of the great cities we W
both wanted to see all our lives"
This information was received will
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
py thought, Il tell you what let's dc
let's get up weddin' dinner in the
| hin, To, ri.