San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-02

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in yOu here, dear Mrs. Browning, as
otherwise WhiPple and would have had
70 shut down the mile and come on to
San Francisco to obtain your consent and
blessing"
And the widow saw, as in a dream,
the two fair girls standing before her,
each holding the hand of her betrothed.
1t flashed across her Lind That il was all
horribly romantic AMI unwise. 1t was a
filial rebellion which she was powerleSs
to suppress. however; and as she realized
her own utter helpieSsness she found it
impossible to restrain the tears that now
found free course down her cheeks. She
rose, but had to grasp her chair for sup
port.
Very well. | see how it all is; | I'M
derstand it all now. My daughters, who
never once in their whole lives before
gave me a moments pain, have taken
their own way, and cannot prevent it,
if l would. | only wish you may be
happy together-all of you. Had known
you better might say more. After it
is all over can go back to my home in
San Francisco; but will return alone.
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She would have fallen had not the ma
jor, who had been an interested and not
wholly unaffected spectator Of the scene,
caught her with his strong arm, and
gently placed her in a chair.
After moment Mrs. Browning look
ed up through her tears. Her hand
still rested in that of the major, who had
somehow forgotten to let it go. The
girls, neither of them dry eyed, but both
radiant, now that the ordeal was over,
stood beside her.
Mr. Browning" said the ma jor, in a
voice that sounded as husky as though it
came from the bottom of the Shaggy
Peak mine, Il think as how | might
make bold to ask yer permission to say
something personal to yer mother. She
says as she will return to her lonely home
in Frisco, leavin' her two daughters
here, and that she wishes they may be
happy with their partners. Now, Mr.
Browning, if yer mOther-if she could
be happier at the Springs than all alone
try me as partner, Jonas Black would be
the proudest man this side the Rockies,
an that's sayin' a good deal. He would
take no odds of no man if he had such a
woman fer his wife. And, Mr.. Brown
ing, if | might ask yer now ter put in a
word for me, an not for me alone, but
for the sake of the young ladies there,
whom l love as though they were my
own children, although never had none,
and for the Sal e I've Springs, too,
which would be ! i. .''..I 70 have them
all stay right l;'rh .-oaI us. It'll be
like the old story 4'a.,JA Gillette told us
about the town that woke up when the
princess came along; the Springs IL take
on new life if they stay"
Jacks eyes were moist as he answered
the majors touching appeal.
1T must rest with herself. Mother,
what do you say? Shall we still be to-
gether and will you speak the word that
will make my friend happy
Something must have happened Just
then, although what it was never be-
came quite clear to any one but the ma
jOr himself. He rose with a proud smile
and, at the same moment, the widow,
all bushes, peeped from under her hand.
kerchief. Her daughters Immediately
ran to her side.
Now Bedrock will have a boom and
the Shaggy Peak will yield big divi-
dends," remarked Lispenard, dryly, "a
few moments later. The annals of the
future metropolis of the Little Colorado
will begin on the day when Parson Gil
lette comes from Prescott to Officiate at
the triple wedding. There's only one re-
greet, Jack, and that is that you couldn't
be tied up at the same time"
Il am in no hurry to lose my freedom
yet Lispenard. Time enough. l dare
say it will come by and by. Strange that
my quarrel with Crenshaw should have
been the means Of bringing all you folks
together | wonder whether you would
ever have met if he hadn't written that
lying letter.
The future of Bedrock Springs and its
environS is assured. There has been an
unprecedented influx of new capital, and
the Shaggy Peak shares now stand high
on the list of quoted securities on the
San Francisco Stock Exchange. AL
ready two banks have established branch
es at the Springs, and the route for a
railroad through the range from Snow.
flake City to Winslow on the northern
side of the Mogollon mountains has been
surveyed. Contractors are busy, and the
population of the settlement is increasing