Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-02-03


young lady NIL 10 himself. Posters
her to death, of course, and hash
sense enough to tnke friend or two
along 10 take the cuss off the situa-
tion when he gets left, They talk
about Mort Willis luck but | tell
you there's more IN his lack Of com
mon. ordinary horse sensc than there
IS in his luck 1nok at i'm now, fixin'
I" git lett az 10 by se,tin' up to court
gil that hez her pick Of Harter
County, girl that can have the pick
an choice OF men Of means, with
ranches an an stores, an SIGH
~ no more Of these lessons were
heard Of. after the first and as Mort
never presented himself in the Pen
dIeton parlor of evenings when the
eolemn gatherings were held, nor
attempted to Join Miss Eula's little
court at any Of the roundnps or ex-
curslone, it came to be an accepted
opinion that. with his nsnal luck, be
Ind gotten his 'vamose" even sooner
than might have been looked for.
Miss Fendleton carried herself rs
one rscd To homage, and made use,
m"rcllesslv, of her swains. Pret Som
wes r"l Y enough TO rcare team cf
i Sas ponies INTO running away, snont
. week np III the h.eahs o. the Cana
dian hunting; letting all the boz get
! nlcal % him while he vas sonc, ~ lie
bitterly .,izel when he came hone
vi;h ;hc mountain lion 5 skin 3n- al
cl, I, sa@l 4 :, .sil fo..
The boys brought her so many pol
ished steer horns, deer's- hoof ink
stands and such like, that she might
have set up store for the sale OF
Texas curiosities when she went home, !,
had she felt SO disposed.
prarie City. the cc---.- seat Of
Harter County, consisted at this time
Of q name and three buildings. The
main one, modest '1obe structure
| with a frame porch, contained the
store, postoffice, and III the back room,
which was also the storekeeptc's bed
room, liquors were dispensed with the
primitive aid of tin cup
This store was the gathering place
for the gay and gallant clement Of
Hnrter County. One evening about
three months after Miss Euln FcnlIc-
ton arrival its circle o. loun GERS was
electrified by m announcement from
the sto-ekeeper.
He had felt Of late that he was falling
| behind the younger men in the race,
and he spoke IN personally arsr;ev,d
tone. rs though the entire matter
might have been arranged to compass
his defeat
Do ,'u know. r'lt cmcn," lie s,i'
'.l,a' Miss Enln', so to / ave rs
So ago', horne II, xt we k
Well, said tall. III II ma1 wlo
aimed To hai from Indiana. an | was
suspected Of having hprn "a LAWYER back
in the East. Il say thai is the fan t
of TIL. c.osd all aud >cv rally.
Don't how VI mako ,ht g.,
growled Pret Som-,s from where he lsv
~ III ca'i.t r She's hal e pick Of
FIaricr ."nn Y. and non" If lIarter
county dont enu lcr hat, all ste in
n II :
Nnv r'all,, said tn" Ind an, man
arcum-ntntivtiv. Il" yuu thlnk 81
has had her pick? I'm not n marry
ing man myself. but IT really seems
t. me- that YOU gentlemen fell over
each other and stepped Oh each other.
and naturally stood III cacit other
liDnt IN trying g. please the lady. Car
,nilv, have any .: vou ASKED her =
e;ay2"
There was n soct vha. blsna silence
"Ah. said the indiana man, Il
though, as much though Is :
much
- afraid that some one else would sc.