San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-24


'But there was proyocationf"
Tho haw and hazel brush no longer con-
cealcd the little figure that had followed the
three men. Sho hurried across the clearing,
and defiance succeeded detection in the facc
of the young fellow from Ohio as no placed
one arm protectingly around the girl
"Tere!H roared tho justice, :sril.25 for
ward. Let up on that, Ohio! Tint thar's
my II, wy, that's yore-yore daughter,
Hydom! Minded NO uv"-
lie sSspped bscl.
Pm g!rUin ofer' he muttered, hoarsely.
She's growed heap" he went on. Il
dI!u'C know hsr ut first. Minded NE
And that thar GUS was a-ryin' to steal herr"
That's whG5 he was, an l want the limit
Nv the law onto him!"
You sail have hit haint got no u-e
fer OHIO, nohow, an'n-
Squire in.e. pted tie dis.useres.ei -
peaTlns Wicks, gain: ny pa:s il, bC. ,----
WAS u heap Nv provocatioI"
"Go ahead, Wicks. Esint got no use fer
Ohio, but go on"
wal began Wicks, "as I was a-sayin'
hit haint my putt in, precisely, but mem
bored her, an thar was pro~ocation. Me an
You went out together, occupied the same
an stuck together in hatin' Ohio Wal, when
he, thar, come a-followin Bessie, yere, home.
had no more use fer Ohio than had before
But some 'ays o nuther no packed himself
onto me to board. Had no use fer Ohio but
KEEP him when-wal, seed she was happy
with him, an she looked SO much like"-
"a heap like" said the justice, softly.
oval, 'twan't my puts in, but ole man,
fhae SIM tt,S,, nY,t- NAL L cnrtfp
helped 'em to meet Twan't my putt in,
but
"Yere!- cried Old Man Hytom, the ap-
pearance of whose hard old face a bruised
nose and dried blood had not improved.
That's neither yere nur yonderl H'aint
nuthin' to do with givin' me the law on"-
"H'ain't my putt in" interrupted Wicks,
''but l wisht you'd hold yore msuth, ole
mani Not my putt in, but when Ohio, yere,
started over to Hydom's this mornin' sorto
follered along, KNOWN that he was goiu' to
asst fer an take Bessie if he could Wal, I
was behind the sand plums when they met.
When ole man Hydom come out, in LITTLE
bit, thar was some right lively rarin' on the
ole mans part, an, as hit want my putt in.
| stayed behind the sand plums. Then when
Ohio thar rared back an asst Bessie would she
go with him anyhow, an she jest putt her
hand on his arm an seq, 4 willp she looked
50 much like Wal, then her father, thar,
struck her."
Struck herr"
The words of the justice were almost a
roar.
Yes; want my putt in, an stayed be-
hind the sand plums. Ohio, thar, didn't need
me, fer he hauld OFF an Wal, look at the
ole mans face =
Enough Nv this projicin'r' cried Hyrlom.
Il want the law on
can you shall have hitI" broke in the JUS
tice hoarsely. Struck her' Seems like"-
Squire" said Wicks, "'tain't my putt in,
but couldn't you marry a couple that loves
each other, if some Teller had lowed Ii
Cense'd be needed an brung hit alongs
'Twa'n't my putt in, butt
Nor roared d Hydom. "I"-
The next moment Wicks was sitting astride
of Mr.. Hydom whose face was crowded into
the dirt and leaves in a shameful manner.
Spite Nv the objections Nv the girls
fatherl" asked Wicks.
''If didn't hear them objections"
To guard against the possibility of Hy-
dom's voice coming from the leaves and dirt
to the Justices hearing, Shores and Pottlc,
the accomplished listeners, moved by q COM
mon impulse, stood upon either side of Long
Jim. Each had finger in a judicial ear
while the ceremony was performed that
made the clinglng girl the wife OF the young
fellow from Ohio.
'Hain't my putt in" said WickS when the
released HydOm had risen to his feet, but a
man who roars that away is Liable to strain
himselfr'
The invectives and maledictions that the
blood and dirt covered man hurled at all
present did not disturb the equanmity OF
any one but the girl, who now clung
trembling to her newly made husband.
Pack yerselvcs out o the country quick
as tracks kin travel, fer I'll make hit too
hot to hold ye! I'll never forgive YET
''Hydom," said the justice, slowly, "you
wanted the law. Wal, the Revised Statutes
says that no man what won't forgive his
daughter that looks Ike-wal, hit says he
sha'n't never fish in Red HoSs creek from end
to end, an ~
AN me an Shores an Pottle will back
the Revised Statutes, an see that they air
enforced, broke in WickS
you betl' agreed the renowned listeners.
'Never-fsh-in Red Hoss-esinr' gasped
old Hydom.
"Noap!"
Ten minutes later, after casting his eyes al
ternately upon his daughter and upon the
placid, coffee colored surface of Red Horse
creek, Hydom grunted out a reluctant for
Siveness for the young couph
Squire" said Wicks, 1--we beard that the
Revised Statutes have BEN repealed"
"They have"
oval, good-by, Ohio~ Long Jim called,
ha vOun, or,,nla apd UI,lyo o.J II-.lo,x.