San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-15

through the overhanging willows, together
with the long sweep of green, and brown
and gold bunch grass that bowed its tas
seled heads as the breeze passed over it
waving like a many colored sea away to the
dark mountains with their snowy tops
formed picture almost sublime in its per
feet loneliness
"That there grass is cen Almost ready tc
cut, :" remarked old Dick; 81 guess I'll borry
the bishops hay rick to-morrer, an go after
along an help stamp it, eff you want to-"
The children set up joyful shout, for
this was a treat for them, as it would be to
any one, to tumble about in the long grass
to fish for minnows in the cool, gurgling
creek; to wade into il knee deep for water
cress; to pick tart, wild awberries, and to
eat all these delicacies with the sweet home
made bread and country butter. And after
this delightful day, how pleasant it was to
roll in the sweet smelling hay, with the
breezes cooling their sun burned cheeks,
during the long ride home.
The wagon drew up at last in front Of the
village store, and the girl marshaled the
children into the Coop" with a good deal
Of forcible persuasion.
"How de do, Sister Johnson" said the
storekeeper, who was also the Mormon
bishop; well, Caddie, l see you're as fat
and sarsy as you ever was"
Caddie stared at him scornfully, not be-
cause she Was offended at his free language,
she was quite used to that; but this uncouth
creature had as much natural coquetry as
any other B-year-old girl
"How much be you payin' fer tip top but
ter nowf she asked; "rn let you hev this
here, eff you'll Civ me six bits roll fer It"
'Oh, come now" he said; ''you don't
want to do me out O. all my profits like that.
Seem it's you, III let you hev two bits a
pound fer it, an that's mdreh I'd do fer
eInybody else"
WELL" said the girl, II guess I'll jest
look at some shoes, and II ] kin see par
like, III take em fer the butter"
Caddies mother had gone with her numer-
Gus offspring to visit friend, aud Caddie
was left alone to do her trading. Her
elderly admiror took advantage Of this fact
to plead his cause with the handsome girl.
"You've got purity little foot fer gal o
your size" he said, is .he tried ON pair Of
ealtskin shoes, declin. ; all help from him
HUH said the lady, too engrossed with
her task to potice the compliment; ''yas,
these here shoes fits kinder slick, but don't
blieve they'll hold water when the snow
comes"
"Oh. they'll hold water fast enough" he
answered; "but they amt half nice enough
fer sech hansum foot as yourn Now here's
a pair o kid shoes I'm a-savin' fer my wife"
"Well.' aSkeI CaGGic sharply, "then why
don't you give I'm to heri Lord knows she
needs um bad enuR"
Now, look a-Le-e. Csd, )" he said, ''thet's
tomfooliShness, an you know It; Mirandy
don't want fer nothin', and she don't care
about fineries, but most girls does, an tell
you what, my secopd'u hev the incest buds o
any woman i'll town.
Caddie had put her shoes on. again by this
time and she did not propose to listen to him
any longer. 1t would not be wise to quarrel
wit! tho bishop, but she had no desire Ito
play second fiddle in no kind O music, and
10: E!,rS,.
''L..". -. h." Re laughed, II guess
not. Kin ;cs,.cl t..I way my ole woman'l
hev to step around when you air Mrs. Burns.
See here, Caddie, he added, as she turned to
go, ii want to talk to you, an you might
jest as well listen now as emmy other time.
You know your pa went prospectin' last
year, an furnished the grub fer the trip.
Well, he found purity good claim, an now
an eastern cOmpany's sent an expert out here
to look at it, an like as not they'll buy it
Well, one night yer pa got purity full here in
town, an got him to sign bill O. sale Of
the mine Now he don't know nOthm bout
the company, an he don't know tibet the
paper he signed wuz bill O sale. Eve got
grubbin' on the mine, ennyway, an I've got
mines O my own an money too, an !
wouldn't mind givin' this bill O sale to you
if you'd be sensible'an' marry me Like your
pa wants you to-"
II don't b'lieye you've got no bill q SALE"
sadd the girl, quietly; ''show me the paper"
Her face was dark with anger. She looked
very pretty, as she sat there in the dingy
little store, ON a long packing box; her
glorious brown hair had bSsn blown Loose by
the wind, her ragged sun bonnet hung by its
strings about her Dsek, her blue eyes were
bright with excitemant, and her brown
cheeks glowed The bishop looked at hsr ad
miringly as he returned with the papse. She
rose to her feet, and her slight, round figure
showed, syen through the eutnsy pink caEco.
its graceful curves. She moved round be-
tween him and the open door of the stove, in
which good fire burned, for the evenings
ara cold in these mountain villages, and then,
Us ke read aloud, she suddenly snatshed the
paper and threw it into the stove. He sprang
forward with an oath, but II was too late,
AID Wien lie turned to hook for the giri, she
was gone.
The next day Dick johnson rode up to the
saloon, end Srayely announced to the oung-
e., thcro th;: he meant to shoot old Burns
CA sight, and thG: the said Burns had better
I.,s,, lii. ,-,,,, in-lr Thar, tho m iura1 man