Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-17

that day, done her own "swamping, to say
nothing Of pitching a tent and getting supper
after her arrival, she turned in and danced
all competitors off the hoor-danced round
dances, square dances, reels and breakdowns;
danced till the candles burned down, flick
cred and went out; till the rising sun showed
his shocked countenance through the open
window, and the last hoarse, gurgling whoop
stuck fast in the throat of the exhausted floor
inauguration she went home, fed her stock
and cooked breakfast.
| Perhaps it was this insensbility to fatigue
which first awoke the latent passion in the
heart of Mr. Price, but there is no knowing
to a certainty; with regard to phenomena of
this nature despite our boosted SCIENCE all is as
yet but conjecture. But at any rate there could
be no doubt of his devotion to her. Since the
night of the ball he had been unremittng in
those little attentions such as cutting wood,
carrying water, ETC., so dear to the heart of
every true woman; yet, as Watson had said,
up to the present time he had received very
little encouragement from the recipient of all
those marks of respectful alteration.
The advent of Mrs. Halves had been en-
tirely unexpected by the society of Arivaca,
nor was it known with any degree of ac-
curacy whence she came, or the probable
duration of her sojourn among them-gossip,
it is true, had it that she was "a Mormon en-
route to Salt Lake, but this report was gen
orally conceded to be the offspring of jeal-
ousy on the part of the other ladies'
"Howdy doc Mrs. Hawesgn said Price, as
he sank apologetically down upon nail keg
Just inside the flap of the tent. A slight nod
was all the response to this salutation, and
Mrs. Halves continued her task of repairing
hamestrap, seemingly oblivious of the
presence OF her worshiper. ~ s'pose,n re-
sumed Price, after an embarrassing silence,
you haven't heard bout tine returns of the
Rise an Shllel"
mo-" replied the lady. "rm kept hustlin'
around soft amt no time to heer nuthin'."
"She goes four ounces" said Price, conf
dentially.
"In yer mind" retorted Mrs Halves;
"don't try for to make me bleeve sech fairy
stories as them aire. Think can't tell horn
silver from copper stain when see it,"
~ know you can size up rock pretty close
as general thing but this here ledge in the
Rise an Shines different from the common
run o. rock-there's lot o. chemicals mixed
in with lightnin' strikin' names, soft takes a
good un to guess this here ore-here's the GER
tif'cate too" Price had forgotten that read
ing was not one of Mrs. Hawes accomplish
ments, or he would never have been guilty of
such a faux pas.
Take your ole paper an git, !" she cried,
angrily; II amt no time to waste nosin'
raound, figurin' out such writin' as them as
sayers does--a Philadelfy lawyer couldn't
make headr tails outn it."
1--WE thought" said Price, as he rose to go,
"you might like to be in on one of the extern
sions, SO we located you in the first southwest.
T'wont cost you nothin' for recordin'-yoU
won't be out nothin' no way"
This statement somewhat Modified the lady,
who thanked him, stating that she believed he
meant well, though, of course, she knew it
would never amount to anything-and, in
conclusion, she invited him to call around
after awhile and get a "snack o. sumthin'
t'eat"-an invitation Mr.. Price never failed
to accept.
Everything progressed favorably with the
two partners the streak Of pay ore widened
as they went down ON the ledge, and they
were enabled to take it out much faster than
they had anticipated. Watson did the sort
ing of the ore, as he knew exactly the kind
the assay had been made from None but
first class rock was sacked up, the lower
grades being left upon the dump, to be
worked when the mill was built. Even
Prices affair of the heart had taken favor
able turn, he having, so to say, struck soft
ground, and was making rapid progress in
the affections of Mrs. Halves. Whether there
was any occult connection between the es-
TEEN in which he was held by this lady and
the pile of Observation-Disclosures rock on the
station platform it is, of course, impossible to
say, but it was remarked they increased in
Aln Inff q
length two cars were loaded, and Watson
himself accompanied them to the reduction
works to see that no change of ore was
worked upon them to their disadvantage.
While he was absent on this mission Price
brought his affair almost to a settlement
the momentous question was propounded and
favorable reply Notwithstanding was
lacking but the wedding garments, and the
bride undertook to have them ready inside of
three days. During this interval Mr. Price
sauntered about in state Of beattude much
easier imagined than described.
On the afternoon of the third day succeed
ing the departure of Watson Price received
telegram, which, after paying for, he
opened and found to read as follows:
Benson, Mop. BE, Price, Arivaca-Git
married to wunst; back to night.-R Wat
SOM collect
At first Price did not exactly grasp the
meaning of the message buta little reflection
showed him that the apparently enigmatical
portion of it was merely Watson's way of
advising him to expedite the wedding. He
accordingly repaired at once to the dwelling
of his betrothed, and after acquainting her
with the contents of the dispatch suggested
that they repair at once to the Justice of the
peace and have the ceremony performed
But, much to his surprise, Mrs. Halves would
not hear of it. "Tve only jest got the green
caliker basted up" she said. It'll take half
n day to finish it, and them new shoes won't
be down from Tucson fore tomorrow night
l won't get married in these old moccasins if
| never do That fool Watson's drunk, and
/ won't be druv around by him nor no other
man livin'-sabe. Eff you CANT wait and
hev things fixed up decent an like white
folks you can vamoose just as pronto as you
want to-
Price fastened to assure her that though he
must necessarily long to advance the hour
which should make her ali his own he doubt
ed not he would be able to restrain his ardor
so that the proprieties might be observed in
all things, You see, he said Its like this:
Bob's gone there an the ores turned out so
much better'n he expected that it sort o. rat.
tied him, an, KNOWN how much | thought o.
you an how keen was for to hurry up the
wsddin', he's Just rushed off'n hit the wires a
lick SOS to help us out like"
This explanation allayed the fears Mrs
Halves had entertained that some attempt
was being made to curtail her independence
"a matter upon which she was very sensitiv.
and she consented, after awhile, to be paci-
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