Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-07-16
HER FIRST MESSAGE.
How a Plucky Woman Thwarted
q Band Of Train Robbers.

Ned Dubois was not at all pleased
with the surroundings when he and his
pretty little wife ~alighted from the
train at the Pineville depot. He stood as
if undecided which way to go, and cast a
wistful glance in the direction of the
swiftly-disappearing cars; just in front
Of them was the depot, and a hundred
yards or so further on a neat, cozy cot
tage rested upon the brow of a gently
sloping hill, in the distance, perhaps a
mile away, could be seen the house.
tops of Pineville proper. The scenery
in all directions had that dead, mOuoto-
nous sameness SO common in the saw.
mill sections where the forests have
been cut down, leaving only a few
weather-beaten old trees standing here
and there like silent monuments of a
glorious past; the parched strands of
the tough grass covering the ground
did not add to the beauty of the scene
on this sultry day in July, and a sigh OF
disappointment escaped his lips.
81 didn't expect such a place as this, 81
ne said, 'It'n be awful on vou. sweet.
heart"
A CHEEKY laugh burst from the
wife, as Ned's lugubrious tones fell
upon her ears, and, darling a swift glance
of love into the handsome eyes bent
toward her, she replied:
II think it's awful nice, Ned; lust To
think of being SO near Won all the time
why, | can bring nv work to the of.
fee and spend the whole dav with Won
that is" and she locked M coyly, .'if
voull LET me"
"Let your he echoed, 1.-THE idea, The
thought of having you with me was one
strong incentive in accepting this ont
of-the-way lob"
"Well, what are you signing about?r
"Oh, / was thinking Won would ret
lonesome, with no n here but me"
Ned" and a half hurt expression
quivered about her perfect month
"you know if YOU are nearI am hannv
and care for no society except vorr
own"
Don't get angry" p]cnitentlv
answered the husband. ~ didn't
mean that you liked other companv
better than mine, but I thought i
would be rough for YOU to have no lady
companion"
Further conversation was stonned nv
the approach of a man from the denot
..NIy name is ROGERS = be s,id mfuI
I'm the acent hero. yor,ro NV nonos"an
are YOU not?r
Ned bowed and bimso,s
and wife,
''Will Won stem into fine oeice - oon.
tinued the agent ..or do Won nroforma
ing directly to rom bouse9"
"To the house nv all maansn o,.;od
Mrs, Dubois ~ am draodfnmr xid,n
% get Strengthened ont"
'sYouu have yorr hands FIJI, Ito,un
smiled ROGERS az tried 70 nlooo aran,.
thing nicely but an oId h,rha,or Vs.
Door hand at sucb worL
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mora .at;sf,o,or, A." NV picNen
was Ned;s re;o;ndan ~" '
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bouso ana la.u;nE .hn ..ae'.u VIC
Lsenar M,s;,r nu.,a nouse'
eepoi Justly putting 'nihgs 10 rights
where thsr roro nnaaaaJ me uepo',
hours in ogoo,;na
Office 'No
Now said the ex-,oon, ,rhon .,o
change had been comn,eted .I $500
III 80. onp-Nse"' l want W
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