The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-05-30
JAKE RINGER's sQUAw,


house, hor nan0 amazing her eyes, and
gased intently over the prairie toward
The West The level rays of the sun
cast rosy glow on her brown cheeks,
and gave reddish tinge to the coal
black hair falling straight over her
shoulders, after the manner Of married
women Of her tribe. Carmen was Q
Gpanish-Indian halfbreed, and
beauty. She was KIN own at Star camp
as Jake Ringers squaw. When Jake
came back from M .xico, after the
trouble about his knitting Longhaired
Ike had blown over, he brought this
woman with him.
Jake was not a man to be lightly
questioned. He kept his affairs to him
self, and his hand was ever ready to
his pistol when he was pressed beyond
his liking; but It was whispered among
the boys that he had stolen his dusky
bride from her mothers lodge on the
night that was to have consummated
her nuptials with Big Grizzly, the
young Apache chief. Jake was kind
to her in fashion that decidedly as
tonished the men best acquainted with
his fierce and gloomy character. As
for Carmen, her soft, brown eyes fol-
foith f,,inass ~ a do,. M ,vh;to u,;f.
couid have hear so oen+la or eo ho1rfrI
as this savage girl.
She had been alone for week now,
while the herders were off on the
range, rounding up the horses for their
yearly branding. Tonight she looked
for them home. There was sound Of
Tho brown-iac,,eted note+oes reanad mo-;
from tbeir I;din1 n,ace IN +he ~
ashes and Carmen lett the door fo, a
r,ouent +o nao- ;n+o the ouan ~
The h;scr;t co,nr;nr aoI;o.toIv ~
sids Cormon oooLad ,1aiI .nd
tho hovs fornd har nrasanAoo ,n.,oo,,s
ONO fraainr them ~ ;ri,son,a sta,s,no
40, tha stora ,.,har tha,- rod. hor,e
% t,rsa ond hwnn,n ~ .oNe Ao'o
~ sha % aiaroad tSrorrh 4h. ,,,do,, -.
.h. ,oea trn,,, 49, ss;.,,,;. ;nsra.t,,s.
the, A hast;iu I rat,,rnad "a har ,,ast a., 49,
dooruav - ~ ro'' = W.
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Ins LII, - .a,1aa nas vowu ss,,oa ne I sau M
AZ
ta,,ino s shoma vo ;n4n no .an~dsS n,,s q. p a,,ar
sai,,. | I ,,.
As 81 a aha ,,ede," % H sha r,r,,,,rod L., /.
.4,.a..J .an" - 'o '' - - eA' - .
" A. last there came thunder ~
o,,;o,, hoof.haa and tha, tha a.o;+oa
hsrd dashad &C., +ha;r Iaa dar ;,,to 49,
bi0 corral The heavy ratas bonead,
| +he oha;,, 80 t4Iad ouo. az s.n,,,a sSuo
hnngrv mon snrano from thair saddles
.nd I.s+;lr ,,;ol,.t;rn tI,a,. r,o,,.s
made a baa-iina for The cool horss:
Thsu ara.taJ 70 r,,.,, ,',;th ho,sta,o,,.
iollitv Hunr toemsalves ,,nor thair
hanoIss ara ,u;tho,,+ f,,,thar aao ha.
,,o,, 80 daro,,. tta ford ..+ l,asnro thar,,
s.Hsvi this cofpea "a ,r,yna nv Cav.
manin "Soma white woman taugh1
var tar make b,scu;ts oslI, ..Sav Jai,a
Won bet it's fine to oct hack 20 Carmen,s
cookin'i' vooiferated one and another
as. the edge of their appetites dulIed
| thew began to ply their knives more
slowly.
Carmen paid no attention to thei,
rough compliments. She was standing
behind her husbands chair, acting as
| waitress when. occasion required, al
| other times lingering In sombrero OF
timidlv touching his touseled curls
Each man was dulv supplied with edi.
bles. but the crispest bacon and brown.
est biscuit found their wav to Jake
Ringers plate. until finally he looked
up and announced: "I've had enough
| Now eat. YOURSELF"
The men rose from the table and
scattered to their evening occupations.
ONLY Jake remained, smoking in the
doorway. while Carmen sat down &c
her meal of Fragments.
A the last slonch;no f,oura vanished
toward the cabins he trrned 70 th1
woman With a slow sm;le and asLea a.
Maxican. uHas A. been lonely these
davs cara mia1.
XIt "a ALWAYS NIGHT IN NV beart wbas,
thou art oone. q. INV husbandIp
Thar ;o tha soft Mex,oa = tonor. tho,
taIkad tooether of such things "a mad
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