The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-10-05
AN OLD TIME FRIEND.
Reminds us of Girl, a Letter, and
Dog,

AN OLD TINE FRIEND.
Reminds us of Girl, a Letter, and
aDog.
Mr.. W. II. H. Carey, of Tillamook
county, arrived on the local yesterday
from Portland, being on his way to
Prineville to visit his brother, long
time resident of that place. We had
not seen Tip for IA years. but we
recognized him almost before his feet
touched the ground as he got off the
car. In years agone, Tip was county
commissioner of Douglas county New
ada, Genoa being the county seat.
We were putting in our time then in
and about Genoa, most of said time
being utilized in sowing large sized
crop of wild oats that being somewhat
delayed, we were in hurry to get in
before the frost of old age caught US.
At the same time We were paying
pretty close attention to charming
little damsel, named-well call her
Johnson, blue eyed bewitching and
jolly bit of femininity as ever swished
starched skirt in the sagebrush
state. At the time we thought we
loved her more in minute than a
sixteen mule team could pull, and we
have always thought she felt that way
toward us. for the time being, at least
eight mule-power worth, if she could
have only remained serious long
enough to admit it. Her paternal par
ent was not a party to that kind OF
sentiment in fact suggested to us, in
language that was better fitted to the
race track than the Sunday school,
that our presence around his domlclle
was appreciated more, the less there
was of it. However that didn't cut
much figure-in Nevada, and things
were running along harmoniously
until one night, fire broke out in
the Office occupied by the county clerk,
in the court house. The fire was got
ten under control after some $500 |
damage had been done, but that fire was |
the beginning of the coldness between
the young lady and ourself. "A few days |
after it, bright, beautiful Sunday |
morning, we were around with our |
buggy team bent on taking the object |
of our affections for drive up the |
valley, arrangements having been pre-
viously made by which the fact would
be prevented from coming to the
knowledge of johnson Senior. AS we
were about to start, Sheriff Williams
handed us letter: asking us to deliver
it to Clip Carey, the county commits
sioner, whose place we would pass,
and at the same time telling us, it was
notice that the insurance adiuster
would be on hand next morning, and,
notifying him to be present. We got
to "Tips" all right with the girl and
the letter, but seeing no one around
we gave the lines to her while we got /
out to deliver the letter. A knock at
the door failed to receive recognition,
except from big mongrel dog, one
part mongrel and nine parts bull, who
came shifting at our legs, but said
nothing. The doors were locked, but
we were determined to deliver that
letter. We lifted window an inch or
two, the dog making some slight OBJ
jections, and pushed the letter through.
As it dropped from our fingers, we
noticed it fell behind trunk setting
in front of the window. That wouldn't
do, so we pried the window up far
enough to let US squeeze our head and
shoulders through-and reach the
letter. Just as our fingers clutched it
the dog fearing we couldn't get out,
onto the seat of our Sunday
pants and began to pull. The girl be-
gan to laugh, and while our hair was
standing on end, and we were hustling
out of that we could hear her silvery
laughter, mingled we fancied with
some slight encouragement to the dog.
We compromised with the dog when
we got our form out of the window,
presenting him with so much of our
pants as he had taken possession of.
And how that girl laughed. Under
other circumstances we might have
turned our back on her, but we re-
Trained. And then on the way home
we stopped for moment at her re-
quest, at friends, where dozen or so
young people had gathered. They in
sisted on our getting out and so did
that girl but we refused. We got home
all right but things never run just the
same after that, and few months later
her father sent her east where she
married and the last we heard of her
she was raising an interesting family,
which at that time numbered seven.
Zip Carey was the cause of it all, but
when we saw him yesterday the old
bitterness had all disappeared, and we
we're as glad to see him as though he
,wed us six bits.