The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-09

| only by an unmean1ng and unspecuIat1ve
stare. Spoke, who seemed destined te
be the soul and handspring of this whols
affair, now threw light ON the Monaghan
intellect by bringing into play his stock
| of Chinese English, and translating to
her the language of the justice thus,
"You like 'um he, pretty good?" Upon
which her face frightened, and she
nodded assent. Then turning to the
groom he called in a tone fierce and
threatening, "You like 'um she" and All
Sam-who was now only a passive OBJ
ject in the hands of Spoke, forced and
galvanized into matrimony-dared not
do otherwise than give in his adhesion,
upon which the justice pronounced them
man and wife, whereupon two Virgin
ians present with their violins (all Vlr-
ginians fiddle and shoot welD struck up
the Arkansas Traveller" and the audi
ence-which was now large, every bar
room in Jamestown having emptied
itself to witness our Chinese wedding
inspired by one common impulse, arose
and marched seven times about the cou-
pie. All Sam was now informed that he
was married american fashion, and
that he was free to depart with his wed
ded encumbrance
But All Sam, whose intoxicatlOn Fad
broken out in full acquiescence with
these proceedings, now insisted on max
ing midnight tour of all the saloons IN
camp, and treating everybody to the
IaI
which the crowd-who never objected
to the driving of this sort of nails IN
their own collins assented, and the re-
suit OF it was (Ah Sam spending his
money very freely that when daylight
peeped over the eastern hills the Bella
Union saloon was still in full blast, and
while the justice of the peace was WIN
ming Spoke's thirty hard earned dollars
in one corner, and the two Vlrglnlans
still kept the Arkansas Traveller going
on their violins in another, Stephen Scott
(afterward elected to congress) was weep
ing profusely over the bar, and on being
Intercepted as to the cause of his sad
ness by General Wyatt, ex-member OF
the state senate, Scott replied that he
could never hear played the air OF
"Home, Sweet Home" without shedding
tears.
All Sam departed with his bl1de in
the morning, and never were Loan's
prospects brighter for a happy honey
moon until the succeeding night, WHEN
he was waylaid by band of disguised
white men in the temporary service and I
pay Of old Ching Loo; and he and Hi
Sing were forced so far apart that they
never saw each other again.
All Sam returned to the attorney, ap-
parently deeming that some help might
be obtained in that quarter; but Spoke
ntimated that he could no longer assist
MIN, since it was every mans special
and particular mission to keep his own
wife after being married; although he
added, for All SANS comfort, that this
vas not such an easy matter for the
Americans themselves, especially in Cal
fornia
Upon this All Sam apparently deter
mined to be satisfied with his brief but
turbulent career in matrimony, and be-
aking himself again to Swett's Bar
looked in such villainous fashion and
desperate vigor, finding thereby balm
or an aching heart, that in twelve
month several stalwart miners gave up
heir ghosts through indigestion, and
he little graveyard on the red hill
hereby lost forever its distinctive char
cter of affording final resting place
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PRENTICE MILFORD.