Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1893-08-25
FEMININE TRAITS.

Jim Hardin, with much elaboration
drew toward him the tobacco can and
proceeded to stuff the bowl Of his pipe
full Of the weed. It was significant.
We knew we we're about to hear what
Jim called an "aptidote," and our faces
and attitudes at once expressed profound
interest.
Women" said Jim between pufrs,
els queer cattle-yes, they be. A Teller
thinks he has th'r ptnts an mebbe keeps
on thinkin so fer awhile. Then he finds
out all of a suddint th't what he thinks
he knows and what he don't know is
moro alike thin what he thinks he knows
and what no does know.
Zone woman amt no more like mother
woman thin I be like ,hat-waal, like that
stove, f~rinstance. Cause why2 Cause
th'r p'rverse. They be, IN they CANT
help it, none whatever. M-oreovermore,
they don't wantrr help it-that's tn pr
versity of 'em. wy, ye never seen no
woman thatd be r do r think like n
other woman Of she hung fer not dom it.
Th'r' all hke-all right 'nough in them
~respecks, but not any more. Ye cen
pick out y'r female wharever ye please,
an / don't keer ef she's tn mos common
est, ev'ryday sort o critter ye CANT find
mother n VII fiji Same markins. TIL
Lord Almighty didn't make EN- that way
no morn all cattle is S%horthorns, and I've
saw q lot.
Il was jes' thinkin Of a couple o cases
/ en- reclect.
"Upin Dakoty l knowed a Teller Thu
he'd a regular thoroughbred wife. His
name was Sammis, an he KEEP store up
to Bessemer, also sellin wagons an grain.
He was u fine Teller, this Sammis, an
nothin was too good fer him, not ever
his woman, IN they was regular stuck
on each other. Mis- Sammis had all they
was goin-Sammis had dust, an he want
'fraid t. put it up. They had q fine
house, KEEP u Chinese cook an a hired
girl, an had av'ry thing folks en- banker
fer, includin various trips t. Omahaw
and Chicago ev'ry year. l knowed 'em
n long time, an l never seen folks get
along so smooth t'gether-jes' like them
doves that sits on tn fence b. tn stable.
They'd been hitched seven r eight year,
had a brace Of as likely kids as ye ever
seen, an still folks usedt say alters how
much them Sammis did sot by each
other. 1t beat the dooce sure, an
might've went on fer all time, eff Sam
mis- hadn't gone IN got inter trouble.
"Come year bigness was slack at
the store-cash bizness, 1 mean-an
Sammis, he let out a heap Of stock on
time, fer grub stakes an tn like. But
he'd likewise ben playin poker some, as
uzhal, and was shy fer stuff wien one
day some o tn people hewas OWN called
fer him t. settle up. He'd ben borryin
dust firm the election he'd made fer
some of EN-, 'xpectin t. pay up right
soon, but no didn't c'nect proper, an
they sinchsd i'm. Ev'rybody at Bes-
semer took a hand-xcspt a few O them
th't cd We helped him most, an ought
er've did it-an tried to help Sam out,
but feelin inherent Sam, ne wouldn't
have it none whatever an toll them east
ern cusses th't, seein they didn't wanter
wait till fall an git a far squar up, they
cd so t. the devil, an he'd go t Jail. So
they sens i'm up two years beltinrock in
tn pen. We'd We got a gang t'gother
an took i'm way from the oftusers, but
Sam sent us word he didn't want nothin
o tn sort-he was goin t. take his sassy
fras like O man, an he's done it.
"Now don't think for a minute th't all
this time Mis- Sammis want doin moth
in. Great Enochl that woman hustled
like n major-wint { the men as was
sinchin Sam an begged an pleaded an
might We got 'em t give in eff Sam
hadn't been so uppish with EN-. She
looked jes' orful durin tn trial, an took
on tur'ble Wen tn jedge sent'nced Sam.
She didn't look like she lister fer a long
time, jes' got paler an more peakedlike,
an folks thought she was goin e die off
sure. Bout three months later she went
Z see Sam, an Sam, he tol me bout it q
couple years ago. They had areal scene,
jamful O tears IN real spoony love, an
Sam wanted g know eff it wopldn't be
better fer her e get a divorce, cause lie
was a disgrace . her. Then O course
she falls on is neck an weops a hull lot.
an SEE as how she'll stick q him till tn
oil Harry goes into tn ice cream biznoss.
r sOmethin like that.
IAN, gents, it want three months
longer b'fore she gifts her doggone do
vorco an splices with O baldheadod OF
duifer I'm p~ennsylvany th'td come 20
Dakoty T. git unhitched hisselfl On, it
was tough, / tell ye. sammis, he's ont
now. coin good bizness, IN got his kids
at Bcaseincr. Zoo, b'gosh-an also behayin
hissel. But no was considerable broke
ap wen o. woman shucs i'm"