Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-08-23
TIGER LILY.

TIGER LILY.
midsummer moon was shinIn
down on the uneven surface of the will
mountain plateau; the lights of the lit
tie settlement shone like yellow dots 0
flame, here and there. Tonight th
barracks-.rere rude wooden enclosure
they were, as film lily constructed as ,
chiids card-hou'e-were in rc5tles,
eommotion, for the men were TO break
camp on the morrow.
Six months they had been stationed
at Omayo. When first the Struggling
settlement sprang up around the noun
tam mine, whose hidden treasure, had
attracted tho inhabitants, there had
been trouble with the wandering Indians
who haunted the slopes higher up-as
much the fault of the VIII tcs as of the
rel men, it is but just to say.
But the United States protects its
own, and body of mea were stationed
at onc3 at Omayo, until the settlement
Z 'f'I,s me min ian5yng enough, figurativcy speak
ace just histand on its own feet. And now
ecs scs snsa '.aed a. rgency was over and the SOL
'hen once'd been ordered to a military
overY evaundrcl miles or so to the north
4 with al
hest trouUoe Jernigan sat smokin his
Ioney ref. the board platform ia front of
Adgetts eneral Supply S ore. :"
--he evening it Lal been full of
rIss ress sut now, as the hands Of th.Ni
Al a,., raysisaas Egsssls -tta+s-4ae4re n.nc,
las trade-tlibc.ty to come out TO his splinS
nd smoke his pipe and stare at
F.. pa,ns}n, while Captain Irving Ismay
y. S:, Gay ,ria ,essshe cracker barrel inside and
other alsowith Lily.
is ,nediciwas Jcrnigan's niece and book
we'd his lif go.
Y-.i
i BEEN been lf5rf n his eyc--a tall, dusky eyed,
.e"sr.. ma.. @Saaapo girl, with a pcachy comp'ex
orders q ,Sta hair full of bronze glints and
- pr Lily" the miners called her,
iliousness hes in reference to the fine spirit
cures o'ii, ,wn that she had, and a self-as-
Which she was very apt to show
he suspected that any of them
rba hos, ~ treating her with due respect
sores, ulcsas adding up the books for the
'napppu Did Joe was no scholar, and
pay tquPthing of book keeping by dou
feet satiSfaG. uThe ral knows cnourh for
t. he was wont to say with
-lr,dc, as he looked toward the
0GrbYs ralei desk where she wrote
.nbsro NJ M cre'ye variou items of sale and bar
cdors froman cages qaiII pen, dippel in
ase a,,eps gesaf, ~, Of pok9berry iIic9) And
Marion Sim Ismay was bid ling her
vinced that
- miss him, likely will lily"
ME F. stoueto himself, still stirring stead.
0I0 at the moon. "He's been n
7mpany for her. 1t amt as if
i2Sho T0T 9I' bring herself to associate with
les at NELTPw at the OnaJo Mines, for
.Sys was Particular But then a
rms.-For miles or so don't count for
cheS, S25pel here, and if he asks permis-
a comne,enm me and see her once in while
ID. Board 4y no. My poor little Tiger
- auubrought her out here becau C
n't seem no p ace to leave her
0nHr te Of Varmount, and she's
and useful to me, there's no
" v"e ! ~ 0aH W. yGrtat. But it's lonesome place
J, if fair, or to COM to; yes, it i. And
e eL oeneht OF OF, sn's a fine fellow, but he amt
23-ats mer for a man than Lily is for
- ruo.2 fur's l can see, l shall be
"onnan who vii! be a loser by the
ol@s.lc Ls dnte. Ehl Is that you, Ruben
r Set down a spell. No, we
Tuition and up yet, but the post bags
.'.'............. twenty minu.es and more. -
2a.ct eh9' said Reuben Doryay, the
of the force now en-
- FAhM establishing telenraphic COM
W;oor,; @ WIS between 0nayo and Center
export, to ayell, it's no great matter. To-
OF crop rent i'll do very well. Nice night,
a8-c; NewTsn't itf'
F. Wilkins.
Establish man sinoAe ol'
u,, military division is getting
;. WIEIove tomorrow"
,.....o.. ! ! told"
COMMISSION wan = '''''' ''D - - A''S
tier. Eggs, r noddod witbopt yamov;no,
LEAL r;...
;, GrGiR, 4
935 Lousia
a n N said he, 81 guess won't
= 70 Oe0'raim"
answered only by sort of
,ribc to the