Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-12-27
COWBOY AND CORSET.


u 3sst wish you had never went 10
DsllaA Iwish you'd stayed here %
The ranch en- ksp' on . bein' yer own
sslf. stead o driftin' OF the range 10
The city an . maxim . play TO b
high-tous Teddy. Y'ain't like 10 used
10 b., Cassie"
There was . seowl on the cowboys
face - be stood before Cassie Denton,
the daughter Of the owner Of the
Texas ranch = which he was employed.
The face OF the brighteyed little
maiden wore psined look - she
toyed with the buckskin wrist loop
which depended from the handle oithe
six-shooter in his belt.
II knowed Just how II would b."
be continued. when yer pop got the
notion into his head that yo' must DO
edicsted an DO Teddy, toll him It's
spite yo. | toll him yo never would
be the same gal no mo-, that yer little
head d git turned there among the
fine stock, an yo' wouldn't have 40
mo- use fur graded critters aich as the
riders O the ranges"
But Bob" the girl interrupted, II
am not changed in my feelings toward
you. love you just as well as ! did
the day pop said could marry you,
and he sent me to school for two years
just 70 make me fit to be your wife. II
wa. all for your sake, Bob, and it'sreal
bad Of you to act 30 after Ihad studied
SO hard to make Of myself : lady
worthy Of such man as you. know
lin not like | used to be. am not
rougl. and wild like | was once, dress
better and ! talk better. It's refine
ment, Bob-that what Miss Bentley,
the teacher, said, and she said that .
girl without refinement was Just .
wart on the face Of society. Thst's
ir,t what she said, Bob, In her own
words, and l feel like crying q the
way you act"
nd = whole lot rather sss You .
good, healthy wxrt on the face o 10
ciety than to see yo' dab o
bright paint on one o its cheeks, or .
string O. no count beads 4 hsngin'
about It's neck. Style is fur them that
lives in cities, Cassie, an II Test -
much out o place in here on the ranch
as cheap herdin' gresser d be out o
place in glory, I'd never believed II
Of yo', Cassie, that yo'd come back here
with your foretop curled up IN bunch.
an corset cinched round yo'.
wouldn't lswear l wouldn't. No WON
an kin make rancher good wife that
wears fashion pack-saddle, en-
punches up her name like yours 10
punched mout git over the curl
business in time, but amt never goin'
to have no wife that'll cinch herself up
SOS she can't breathe below"
With a scream Of laughter the girl
placed her hand over his mouth and
checked his further speech.
"Ohl Bob, Bob. you naughty boyi Isit
my poor little corset that has come be-
tween us to ward of your lover Obi
must laugh, for it's really the funniest
thing l ever heard Of. Why, Bob,
could never live without corset. II 10
such support and comfort, and you
know, you wicked boy, that my figure
is much prettier than It was before
went to DallaA Isn'tit, now9"
She placed her hAnds agalnst her
waist and walszed saucily around 20
that he could inspect her neat form.
mo, faint. 'Taint free an easy
like God intended II should No. II
He'd a wanted yo' pinched up like y
are now, He'd'a built 20 that way.
There'd be jest % much sense In cinch'
in up cows 10 make 'em look purity.
yo'd laugh yer eyes out to see = COW
0 goin' round here with corsets on an,
yo' hear me, It's jest o. ridiculous fur
a gal to do II. I'm goin' to round up
the ranges fur . gal ats got more
savoy than 10 wear SIGH monstrousi-
ties, 'relse never will double up in
matermony long as live Throw 'em
away, Cassie, or yo' an me won't 10
nothin much TO each other no mo-"
bob, ! won't make fool Of myself
for a little senseless within auch as
yours. I'll wear what please, and II
it don't exactly meet with your ideas
of propriety You can 90 and round up
a girl that's willing to put up with
your nonsense"
The little girl was angry now, and
with spiteful tlirt Of her skirts she
turned from him and went into the
house. Her anger was like passing
summer cloud, and when in few mo-
ments it had spent itself she ran to
her room, and, throwing herself on
the bed, burst into tears She knew
Bob Taylor loved her dearly, and,
rough and uneducated as he was, she
almost worshiped the handsome young
cowboy. She would gladly have con-
signed the offending article Of dress
to the waters OF the Brazos, which ran
ncnr the house, but she could not for
q moment countenancc such an unrea.
sonable whim on Bob's part, and with
set teeth and c!lnched hands she
vowed that II her lover took her to be
his wife the corset must lie included
in the inventory Of her personal e.
fects
Days sped by, and Bob passed and
her about the house, seem.
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