The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-12-22

MX% JysGS TiEig5>liRe atmosphere,
WlySNM, ,i.WaIE the rejecting mesa
and the surrouud-
ing mountains made the town seem bat
cloud in cup Of soft white light.
There is more moonlight in Arizona
than in any other spot on earth. The
shadows were black and velvety, where
there was any possibility Of real shalow
in the low town. On the Doctors wide
upper veranda only outlines could he
seen, with the red end Of cigar away
up at the end, wnere the Doctor himself
swung IN long, irln9ei Gulyquil IN II.
mock. Mrs. Donsellc, the Doctors wife,
was talking, talking, "a size rocIei in a
little chair, which she constantly novel
in her fear of upsettin3 the boxes of
mignonettc which were sen lin, up
damp, homely breaths into the hyht dry
mir. Over by the other rhiliu. Aiic,,
the Doctors pretty sister, was sittin.,
her white dress mist in the darkness.
Her head was small, and her hair WAS
soft and darn, but II reflection from "A
whitcwashcd home across the street
caught her delicate, rather pens,vu rr,.
file, and Martin sat four feet away aud
worshipcd. Mrs. Bousclle was talking
TO the Colonel. a little wind had come
up nom somewhere, and was happiny
gently the rope on the flagstaff ol the
Mining Exchange across the street.
'What does TINT sound make vow
thirk nt9' cried Nv. Bonscllc. "a
yachtH And then s!o went on r,<jur
questions and answering them, in her
usunl vivacious style, while the Colonel
= 4,
thoughts with all the Difference OF lis.
tcner. lie was Watching Martin aud
wondered how much longer ne would be
accumuIating such II surcrlluty of a Tor.
alton before come OF 1t would have to be
poured out in words. He wondered il
Martin was framing lis sentences now.
But Martin was at no such pleasant
task. lie was fighting. He was gonr
over and over battle that he had waved
ior two weeks. Ever since that Iov
when the Colonel had brought him to the
bonsellc home, and he had Ielt somcthinr
come out ot Alicc's quiet, brown ewes
ana got all over his big body. He
had spent every evening there since. Ari-
ZohianS nave, almost of necessity, taken
on the Mexican habit of turning nirh,
into day. The sun on the universal
"hiteness Is too strong for the pcopic ON
top ol ground. The workers are all down
IN the mines. Tombston2 in the dayti,u,
sleeps. cowboy lopes by now and then,
ms hat-brim tapping and his hand on his
mp. lew men can be seen gambling at
scattered tables in the biz CRYSTAL Pal.
ace saloon, with its wide open door.
boWh the deserted street IA ragged Mex.
icah VIII drive herd oi fuzzy. drob
Ourros, loaded with crooked hmhs nr
oak, from their mountains, or n file ol
Ola sellers, tall and straight and impres.
sive as religious procession. will w.l,,
ny 'he!s iicuds wrapped in white ra.s.
ana the great rec pots balanced on too.
All day long can be heard the sh,rp
crack OF the whips of the mule aud oxen
drivers who are taking the huge WAGONS
ol ore to the mill on the river.
but rs darkness came on S,ndr Robe
stage swung Its way with six plunyinr
h"rseS llhat had begun to plunge on the
eu&c OF town. through dust clouds to
tne poStolilce, and the town was awake.
Inc crystal Palace was full of men.
talking an gambling and leaning over
the bar. From ten until 2 the piano
Piaye acco apartments, and the singers.
speclal artists from the musical centres
OF the wor!d," sang topical sonoe an |
tender old ballads on the saloon STAGE
ihrouSh Allen street cosmopoli,an
crowd pushed. Stolid Cornishmcn, with
their oddly musical voices and queer
use OF the nominativc for the objective,
talked loudly to each other. Slavs,
Chinese, Mexicans Missourians and
sleek, unmistakable gamblers of every
nationality jostlcd each other on the
board sidewalk. Here aud there the
uniform Of United States soldier from
Fort Huachuca showed its iauDty cap.
The Doctors house was far away from
all that; and coming home from the
motel In the midst of 1t to this sweet,
pretty home had had its effect upon
Martin. He hadn't known much about
homes. lie had made his way all his
Tie long, and the nearest approach to
holiday he had ever bad was the six
months he spent in Fre;berg, perfecting
himself In mining engineering. Alice
Bonselle was the first young la ty he hai
ever known very well. And now he
belittled those Freiberg months rs a
factor In his present success, and re-
preached himself for ever having coac
there. lie was thinking about it as the
Colonel looked at him, He thought OF
other moonlis sht nights in the late Ger.
man springtime, and OF iIilda, whose
father kept the restaurant where he ate
his simple meal and drank his beer. He
knew still that Hilda was the most beau.