St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-06

sis Brown. Did you notice that gold
ring ON his little finger. That was my
engagement ring. sent 1t back to MN.
They sald that he took I'll awful wren
lis heard was married."
''MarriedW l exclaimed In astonlsh-
ment. =.
.'Yes. Twas married last Sunday. My
husband is soldier at the fort"
"But vou look SO young. l said.
''Oh! Pm eighteen" replied the girl.
~ worked in Sioux City until six weeks
ago. l heard they pay so much better
wages at the Fort that went up there.
got acquainted with Brown anu prom
ised to marry him, but he had to 20 out
on the ranch-he's a cowboy, you know
and got acquainted WIKI Saddief.
He wanted me. tou-and-l DON'T know
as he's bit better than, Brown. but, you
see, he was right there and Brown
wasn't, So 1 married him. lie don't
make as much money as Brown. DC
only gets els a. month from the ARMY,
and what he can. make running faro
bank. That's good BIZ, but L made
linn promise to leave the ARMY II
married him.
But he can't Irave." said l.
"On! he'll DESERT" said my childish
innocent, unblushingly.
''But ii they eaten him?" said l.
''He'd have 10 finish his term in Leav-
euw0rth, that's all. But then they
won find him. As soon as i get back
we're going To st. Joe to start a saloon.
There's money in that, tell you. anu
FL risk their catching hiM."
Where are you going now?" l ven
tured to inquire.
Pm going after my little girl" she
answered promptly. ''I've been mar
rled before, and have little girl three
years old"
did not express any surprise this
time. but doubt if any statement she
could have made thereafter would have
surprised NE III the least.
Il hal stepmother," she said, land
she was awful mean 10 NE. One day
one of our boarderS, Il man as old as
dad, said: Come. go with NE, Lily, and
the old woman Snan't whip you any
more, So l went. We were married
aud began keeping house for ourselves.
He was pretty good tn NE until the baby
came.
Then he got mad because didn't
know how to take care OF II, anu when
ii was three months old he took it away
from ME and took it to his folks in Sioux
City. When found out where it was l
ran away from him and went out there
to work. finally found where my baby
was and | saw her three times, but L
never could get my hands OH her. She's
such pretty little thing! 1 guess she's
got a good home and they're good 10
her, but she's my baby. Saddier gave
HE the money to see the thing through,
and PIN going to have her by fair
means or foul"
1 did not aud could not wish the
young mother success in her undertak-
Ing.
Several times during the day Brown
stopped 10 chat a moment with his eX.
fiancee, aud once Succeeded i'll drawing
her away for little private conyersa-
ton.
lie asked me-" sine said, on resun-:
Ing her seat by me, IF l was leaving
Saddler. He'd be glad 10 get NE yet
Pm surry for him, but Pm not to blame.
Saddier was there anti he WASN'T.
couItin'; marry them both"
Later Brown lett the train, and at.
Fremont | saw the last Of my pretty
little Lily.
in after years my mind often reverted
to my trip To the frontier, and i'll cun-
nection with it thought of the child
that 1 met OIL the train, and wondered
what her after life had been. E.s
At last accident brought me lnforma-
lion of her further career. tra7
Saddler aud his pretty wife did indeed
60 to ST. Joe and keep a SALOON. They
hau no child with them, ami l was glad
to beiieve>tilat her errand TO Sioux CITY
was unsuccessful. In less than year
a big, handsome man named Brown
appeared upon the scene. A month
later, by accident, CT course, Uncle
Sani's officers were upun the desersex's
track. 81
When the prison doors closed behind
the deiuIed man our Lily, fair but false.
was free, and size and Brown were wed.