San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-07

1t booked too pretty fer nothin' on her middle
&nger, 50 she said she knowed tibet was whar
it '6longed.
They more l thought bout our weddin'
Their harder worked; what wared me out at
fust seemed nothin' then. An when we
started home after knockin' OFF work Their
thought of Minis waitin' at her gate for her
pa an me made me feel es fresh es if had
jes riz out O. bed ov er mornin'. It's er
mighta nice feelin' to know thar's somebody
waitin' at home Ter you, an wishin' you'd
come; somebody's smiliu' face at ther door,
an er smokin' supper Oh the hearth Thar's
nothin' like it. 1t maze er NAV think more
ov Their worl' an ther people in it. 1t makes
him proud he's livin' an think more O. God.
Out o all Their miners me an SOUR Duff was
Their onlies ones what he'd anybody to think
o'bout an love- We was always In a hurry
to git home O. evenins, an never loss no time
in talkin' to Their boys.
But they didn't kere nothin' tai bout
their camp, didn't pear to mine If they never
got thar An what was their use o hurrin'
to a ole, empty, miserbls lookin' Campo Thar
was no doors open, no fire burnin', no smell
O. grub fryin', no woman's face nor nothin'
every which way fer Sunday, pots all sticky,
shirts an pants hangin' up everwhar, an SO
many feet O. ashes in Their fireplace nobody
kered bout startin' er fire. usto feel sorry
fer Their boys, but couldn't help EN- lessen we
gin um Min, an we'd er little sooner gin EN-
our necks Them boys had Their mos outda-
cious patches on their clothes l ever seen.
Some ov EN- sot up till midnight soften them
= Il sl~.,.,
needle stuck they couldn't hardly work
Their SOUR felt sorry fer them bein' so lone
ly, so tole EN- ter come over an see him.
They was mighty glad of Their invite an never
loss no time in gittin' thar nuther They
looked at Min most of Their time, an air one
o. them would er sot up to her quick if she'd
gin UNI er half chance. But she didn't
pear to take no stock in perticlar to air one
an was glad ov it, too, for, Lord knows, /
didn't want none o them to take her from
me- WANT jealous, but l KEEP my eye on
EN- all Their time. Them mimi men amt to
be trusted when it comes to stealin' another
feller's girl, no they amt But can't blame
'em much, fer l was half outer my senses
all Their time Min was my girl. Thar want
no days like them, none, none
We was gittin' er long peaceful like, an
savin' up er heap of gold, when one day thar
popped all ov er suddin in Their mines Bill
GriffinS He was portly built an his skin was
es white es Inns, and his hans looked like
they'd never dun no hard work. Bill was
some sort o. far fetched kinry ov Their squir's,
an he hung 'roun till he gin him work. He
got tired, an said he want used to SIGH labor
in an want goin' to do it.
Everything went bad after Bill come.
Some o. Their boys got sick, gold got hard to
fine an all un us had Their blues Bill stayed
most of his time at the squir's, and he didn't
mine none O. my hints to git. Their SPUR
kind o. liked to talk to him, cause he'd been
er bout SO many places an had seen so much.
Bill was better 'pearin and finer lookin' than
any man out thar, an when | seen Min look
in at him sideways l didn't like it er bit.
NV heart would beat like somethin vile, an
was uneasy all Their time, though she was
lust iher same to me- He was always seekin'
her com'ny, an she thought er lot ov white
skins. ] BOT so | never went whar he was
'tkout breshin' my face with lime, jes to
make me stan er better show long slider him.
Bill he'd lots o. books, an use to read in
'em to Min every day. She liked Their stories
he'd tell her, an it made me mad cause
couldn't read good nough fer her to listen to.
Bill was mean hearted an was always putin
high notions in Minis head, felt like takin'
him by his neck an ringin' it off every day,
an believe l would fer er little. Their SPUR
seen, too, how he was sourin Min on mine
life, but our weddin' was so close we thought
it wouldn't make no difference. Bill had
been that cr month tryin' to take Min err
way from me. | knowed it, an l begged
lan IL ,1eha CHI
wouldn't, so thought she was true.
Our weddin day fell on Sat'day, an all
Their boys stayed from work jes' to see us
married, every las one ov em-'cept Bill.
come over to help dress me, an all gin Min
a hunk O. gold for 'er present. When come
out Min was standin' waitin', an Their pref
test picter | ever seen. Their boys waved
their hats an hollered loud-all but Bill
He stood thar lookin' at Min, with his eyes
err blaze O. fire He never heard nothin' nor
saw nothin' but Min. She smiled kind Of
sad like at me, an it made me feel like I'd
never felt bfore. In er mint Bill come tar
in in, an slappin' me on Their jaw said he'd
hev Min or die. In er mint we was outside
fiten fer life an death. Their boys hollered
out tibet Their one what whips wins Their bride.
ned mos kilt him when Their boys pulled me
er way, an "enI W shouCln Ihinnle was
mine. An twas true, I'd won her twice. /
took her ham an all ov er suddin she looked
up in my eyes-then at Bill Such er look l
'aint never seen in all my life. She tried to
tell me somethin' an it seemed to choke her.
But d'reckly she said so sorrowful like: Dan,
l never meant to; no, Their Lord knows l
didn't. Don't think hard o. me, Dan, but !
love him"
An fore | could say er word she was
Standin' nv Bill