Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-02
THE ARKANSAS GIRL.

Not far from the pretty Spring river
IN northern Arkansas-Iust "a little way
through brambles and over a ground
of broken tone that L. uuIuo In the
Ozark foothills-the Speucers lived
They live there yet. tor all | know but
It has been so long since I heard any
thing of them tlat I assume. ostrich
like, that they are not there now 1t
was before the abroad ran cat-a-corner
across the nor hrru part OF Arkansas
that | knew rhetu Il SIMPLE sort OF
people, very Ae all the Ozark natives,
three boys a ! "A glrl the old folks and
an ancient aunt or 80 The boys were
common types, constantly IN tear OF
revenue officers
The Spsucers made whiskey OF that
they mace no secret save convicting
facts. The boys were watched by OH
Gers half the time. hut no evidence was
ever secured against them until ten
wears of successful evasion Of the law
had elapsed The gIrl lleunie Spencer
was her name had a pretty face and
willowy form. and. what l. more and
better. she did not have the lOsthsome
habit of chewing >nun OF dipping" 1t,
to use a geuulu- Arkansas ldlom. Sew
eral of the native ~uti> of lizard. Stone
and Fulton puutie had cstSt sleeps
eyes at HeunI- uorr than once, but
never did they receive Huy encourage
ment
They needn't come round me-, she
would say duuEr,iiy ""uiint hev
the best ruau aiIv-
HennIe Wa smarter than ~s.e-average
Arkansas back woods grl. not alone in
the expressed determination not to get
married. but IN business matters she
evinced a decided aptitude Her broth
ers Intrusted her with the secrets Of
their business Henuie knew every
stiIlhouse within all the border coun-
ties. she knew the names of the men
operating them; she knew their records.
their haunts and their plans OF eluding
the revenue laws Of the land. Hennie
kept the crude accounts OF the Spencer
still. by which she was enabled in a few
moments TO give a detailed statement
of the indebtedness of any NJ of the
patrons of the law violating establish
menL
It was one Of those chilly days that
sometimes come in July, even as far
south as the Ozarks. A stiff breeze
blew along the Spring river valley,
while clouds mounted In the southwest
and threatened rain II seemed toe
chilly tor that. so the old natives said,
but a newcomer would only look at the
clouds and then look for a heavy down
fall Hennie Spencer was walking
along the country road-more like g
path than a road-when she met the
newcomer. He was riding. There wa
a sharp turn in the narrow highway
and the stranger burst into view befor'
the native girfAnew of the presence o
any one but herself He sat straight
In his saddle. His hat, a wide brimmeC
SLOUGH, shaded his eyes, but did no
hide a smoothly shaver face, a good
clear mouth. a strong chin and the ever.
trace of determination that marked
each line of the countenance. A Win
chester was strapped across his back
Hennie stepped to one side. not u
fear. but with something of curiosity
She at enthusiastically, perhaps
thought that the stranger was a reve
nue. officer.
Good morning. saluted the ride
ten seconds later. In case Of rain
where could ! get shelterf'
In spite of her surmise, the Spence
girl gave a respectful and truthful al
swer.
Why. over at u house, reckon,
she said ""Tain't very far-right ovt
yander."
MAY l go over there with you now
queried the young man, alighting-
why, in course; on'y-on'y-wh
are you. anyway
well. my name Is Jimpson-Woo
Jimpson. of St Louis / live up the
buy some cotton sometimes, 70
know, and ! was down south OF Lift
Rock on business Thought I'd n'
back to Poplar Bluff, Over'n Missoui
where III get a train back home.
.'Oh,r said Hennie. 80 You live I
IN Missourah. ehi Well, come on He
big Is our town she went on "An
thing like as big as Little RockT
Ever 80 much larger. said jim
son. "It's a great big town Why,
have a brewery there most as big
all Of Little Rock. you know
sOh." said Hennie egain- She v
interested In the newcomer. She did
know Just how, but she felt kindly
ward him. He was the first man th
abe ever saw that she thought she eou