The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1894-01-18
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dtd TIE excellence q bic deserts and u
pa.ruess o' b. iueE h,eole that con
eastaf philosopher aas, = accounted (,
.It1u ltIs wsy.
Itatat 10 abs' Mort Wahs daes, sal
toe otsr,r, itlesthatg. josn 90 the card
fr la ioala. ls see The books say thi
It, iae early bid g t's the frat worn
tnl 10 tibet game tao cA4't VIA, 81 tax
It bos the esTly vera.
Tins eIpiaast'on appealed 10 the Vh.m
.aaj side Of tie oos boy nstnrs, aud =
that eide is we'll developed, the name an
reputation stuck t9 N5rt even silfr be had
by strength and perseverance,, Wtenehet
a few crumbs Of success from thecIeuche'
hand Of Fate
he WAS managing the Halt Moo rauel
to get capital to stock to own bis own
shen the niece Of bis next uelsbbor OF
ths south, Floyd reuileton At the Bar i
came ont to wit her uncle.
Miss Euls Peniletou had the noiqus -
aud AS she found later rather uneomiot
table position OF the enly gIrl in Haher
. County
lts ten eligible bachelors were stghlng
/ for her before the crossed the State liue.
/ As noue OF the entorprlslng sealus saw
any individual profit 10 standing back to
see the others mske the tuul ing, the
Peudletoa pArl0r OF an evening soon came
IT. Ok like jury room with an obstll
u4tely hung jury i Mis- Enla serving as
the sheriff, who apparently, held the
fecslcltrauts IN dursuce vile.
When the young woman was pless d TO
attend rouadup,or to ride 10 any sat er.
lug, She ueyer vent with less than cor,
porbl's guarl;s crowd mo ellke shtrtls
o.se usually surrounded her while there
aud accompanied her home
S1ch beng the state OF thlugs, It is no
wonder that the report that the Early
ON, otherwise Mort Wills, had been
sen all alone except for the presence OF
h.tuotouIes aud q It scr, at the south Of
tue Bar corral giving Miss EuIa lessons
10 ropinR, awakened scornful mlrtl.
rLat's Iu it. said tue stcrekeeper ut
p airle City, who wps bald, lut and Atty,
aqi hadn't roped ste for ten yelrs, but
who was enc Of Miss Peudlelons most der
voted and obluse sultors. Thst's jnst
Nor, Willis, Runuiog ov,r there because
he lives near and irving to keep the young
Iniy oil to hiulelf Posters her to DEATH
Of course and hasn't sense enough to take |
A TREND or two along II take the cuss of |
the situation when he eits left, They |
talk about Mort VIII S luck; but tell |
Won there's more 10 hls lack OF common,
ordinary horse sense than there is in his
luck Look at i'm now, fzin' to get left
Gin by settin' up to court girl that htz
h r pick Of Harter County, girl that cap
have tho pioL an choice Of men OF meaus,
with ranches an-an stores an sich
As no more Of these lessons were heard
Of, after The fret, and as Mort never pre-
,ented himself 10 the PendI ton par or OF
evenings when the toemn gatherings
we're held, nor attempted to join Mles
Eala's little court at any Of the r5undnps
lr excursions, 1t came TO be an accepted
opinion that with bis usual luck, be bad
gotten his yamose even sooner than might
ave been looked for.
Miss PendIeton carried herself as enc
lsed to homage, and made use, mefcllessi
y. Of ber swans. Pret Somers surnamed
Pr y, because he was ugly enough to
care Team Of Texas Iories into run.
.ulaRay, spent week up 10 the breaks
f he Canadian buuliap; letting all the
,oys get ahead Of him while hs Was gone,
= he bitterly relllz ID when be came
ONE with the mountain hoa's skin sbe
sd expressed q wish for
The boys brought her so many polished
teer horus, deers hoof ink stsnds and
uch ike. that she mjg't have set up
tore for The ssle Of Texas curiosi'ies when
We went tome, had she telt so disposed
Paurie City, the county seat Of HartCr
'ounty, consisted at this time Of a name
I'd three buildings The mani one, a 9
loGes, 'dobe structure with frame
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