Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-05-04

kluu III peilcrdi ou. no. LOT JlEl djcfeS-
ford was young man whose best friend
could not have said that he was anything
bIt downright ugly.
And yet il was such a pleasant phiz,
clean shaven and i'll assorted as to feat
twinkle in theri which made you forget
that they might have been larger with
considerable advantage, and the white
teeth. disclosed every minute or two by
the merrier smile. quite made you forget
also that the mouth was good deal too
wide for its owner to fairly sustain the
name of Beautiful Jim.
Yet. Beautiful Jim he was; Beautiful
Jim ho had been from the beginning of
the army chapter. and Beautiful Jim he
was likely to remain until he came to the
end Of it. and. ugly as he was. the name
suited him down to the very ground.
Everybody liked him-everyb body. In
deed. in all my life never heard of but
one human being who did not give in
sooner or later to the influence of Beauti-
fui Jim's attractions. and that-but. there,
] have q story to tell about him. and that
person will come in in due time and
season.
OF course he was lrish-Jim. that is
with oil the happy golucky. careless
humor which is so often to be found
among the Irish people: all their love Of
fun and fund OF hother wit. and as q
story teller. why not another man in tho
regiment was in tho same street with
Beautiful Jim; no. not one.
''Surc." said he ono day. after a five
days leave spent in town. IL have some
cousins IN London. real smart girls they
are. too-wcnt to SEQ en- OH Sunday and
found some other fellows there. One
was Brooke of tho Ono Hundred and First
d. q. s. the chap that had the good luck
to be left ut home on depot when the
One Hundred and First ID. G.'s went TO
the Zulu business; the othcr-wcll. such
o howling haw 'haw. stiff collarcd bcgigar,
that thought he must be ct least half
dozen cavalry swells rolled into one.
Eut this chap twhom ! aftcrward found
tached to the One Hundred end First dur.
ing the Zulu business), evidently thinking
Erooko II humdrum. quiet sort Of chap.
not up to much. don't You know. and half
o dufIer at that. and evidently not having
tho least idea that he had anything to do
with the One Hundred and First. began
too delightful account of how tho One
Hundred and First not ony ran away on
the smallest provocation. but even fired
On their officers moro times than once.
Course this chap had an eye to my two
cousins. who are pretty and smart. and
never cast SO much as look at either
Brooke or myself. He yawned on. en-.
larging ns he went, till some people
mightnt have been very far out Of II il
they'd thought it was all o pack Of lies
together; and Brooke got more nervous
and tidgety every minute. his face getting
GUNNER and GUNNER, and. his looks
darker and darker.
''At last he couldn't stand any more of
It. but got up and seized the poker and
began smashing tho fire with 1t, while my
cousins were trying to signal the doctor
chap to shut up. But no; OH he went
with detailed account of how ono night
they had been alarmed by their own sen.
tries, and-and then Brooke couldn't
stand it any longer. but just burst out:
80 Pom my word. you're quite right.
don't know what we could have been
about to do itr"
And what then. Jim?" one Of his hear
ers asked.
Why" returned Beautiful Jim, my
littlo cousin Nell-who's o devilish smart
little girl. no mistake about it-found out
very conveniently that the sun in the
park had been rather too much for her
that morning. and that she felt awfully
Ill; would mind opening the window and
getting her fan? SO | opened the win.
dow q bit wider and got her fan; and
then she began to abuse me and said was
such Ounce always made her i'll every
time came near her. and Id got scent
ON my handkerchief. said ] knew tho
smell Of scent always made her feel faint,
and yet would persist in using 1t; said
should just have to 60 and fetch the
doctor. and that their doctor lived in
Harley street.
"'Oh. no. said I-for never dreamed
that the other fellow had been anything
less than galloper to some heavy swell
ont there-'Ill do no such thing. I'll
Just trot round to the Horse Guards and
get one of tho army doctors that arc al,
ways loaGng round there. They get
plenty of pay for very little to do.
II saw Nell making the devils own
faces Gt me. What's the nlatterY said l.
not knowing what sho was after.
Beautiful Jimr said she.
"'Nell Marchmont! said land then
she tipped mo wink at the Zulu fellow.
and | realized that Id put my foot in 1t,
rs usual; Pom my word, thought he
was an awful swell of cavalryman,
nothing less. Well, and what's the news