Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-04-17
MADE THE BEST OF IT.
The story That Cowboy Mary Told am
Philosophy She Saw in 1t

The story That Cowboy Mary Told ANA
Philosophy She saw in 1t.
Dlsheveild hair, a face hardened BY 4
reckless life and herring evidences Of
! continued dissipation, dark, bright eyes
| that have a beenneSs in them still, Il dress
| the worse for wear, that is shiny with aye
and soiled with stains OF liquor, Il tail
| form, a careless gault, a maJter-Of-fdct
way sometimes and frequently an eXhibi.
| ton OF devl-may- care philosophy, voice
rather harsh than muSical-that Cow
| boy Mary. lis woman has been brought
rather prominently before the public, and
| that will serve as an excuse for again
putting her on the boards. Her surround
in care like herself-rough with no regard
for appedrences-a mean hoVei in bad
| locality.
A man died in Cowboy Mary's house
| the other night-a poor, wretched oHium-
| eater-TameIe Pete. A reporter accom-
| panied bya stout policeman went IL to
| learn the particulars of the death He
had taken his death 10y swallowing power
| ful dose of ''venshee. "
Yes, | knew that man. " said Cow
boy Mary, in response 70 the reporters
query. He was a good enough fellow
of his sort, too. He was unfortunate
like some of the rest Of us, and like
more of US was "A foo, | helped him
| out time after time when he was in Il
pinch for money, but that's nothing; I'd
| help anybody out
What was the mans Dame?'
Name? | never asked him and didn t
care to know, anyhow. | called him
Pete, and he called me Mary. He
never knew my name, either. Still we
were well acquainted, and when he hadn {
any other roof to shelter him ne cam
down TO my shack and wasn't turned
away.
Il guess he just thought, seeing he was
on deaths road, he'd shorten it up little.
| room to die in at my house, and so came
in and died.
He was an opium-snoker used up
with the poison, and was dying by inches,
and suppose he was right in helping
himself on with She least possible trouble
You see, he had reached that point where
he wasn't any use to himself or anybody
else, and | think wd3nI mtl hasn't any
excuse for living he might as we'll 90 IF
and croak.
You wouldn believe me if told You
that was once a pretty fair looking girl,
but | was, and | used to fix up as neat as
the next one. Why could dance like a
top, and | was respectable then, too. But
you know what whiskey viii do. | did
it in my case, but | never used opium,
and pity the people who fall slaves to
the Chinese drug. It's horrible it gets
to be regular leprosy.'
But what about Pete?" insisted the
newsgatherer. do you know anything
more of him? Has he relatives that you
know of?
"Ch, don't bother my head about
mans connections. I've got enough to
take up my time without digging into
other peoples business. | size up IN
and Judge him all by myself. All know
about Pete was thai he wrecked him elf
and was to blame for his own misfortune
He reaped what he sowed, aud | guess
we'll all get the benefit of our domgs.
Sometimes | wonder wat on earth some
people we're ever made for. Then again
say to myself. If it were not tor the
wrecks of humanity, the good portion
land whole lot OF them are misnamedl
wouldn't know how to appreciate their
lot 1t takes all sort of people to m Ike a
world and we re ii it. I'm making the
best of bad job. Goodbye. Seattle
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