The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-09-24


Mr.. Witham. She was alone how.
ever, with no one to advise, was
what people vulgarly termed q
"shopgirl." She had also been told
that gentleman in his walk of life re.
tanned much of that chivalrio ele.
ment of disposition long since ex-
tinct in large cities, wherefore she
trusted and believed that he would
accord her communication that con-
fidence befitting her own sincerity.
Fred contemplated this last bit OF
flattery with smile of compla-
cency.
Hell not swear at his cattle for
a week after that" he observed.
Then he consigned the letter to his
pocket
Quemadura Flat was isolated from
railroads, and ten days elapsed be-
fore an answer was received. A
brief note from Miss Halsted-ad-
dressed, by the way, to Miss"
Dorothy Weldon-acquainted Fred
of its arrival, and within the snug
precincts of her dwelling he found
that young lady considerably anus
ed. Mr.. Witham's reply was certain
iy in keeping with the advertise
ment by which it had been pre-
coded
my dear Miss Weldon, ;" it began,
Thanks for your letter. Thanks,
too, for your picture. also thank
God that / have been permitted to
receive them. Perhaps that sounds
like stampede of fervency, but I'm
more accustomed to stampedes than
to writing letters. Therefore when
tell you that / like your points you
can back my words. "
And thus launched upon the sea
of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in four
pages of very questionable" paper
he continued. He reiterated all he
had previously published and added
considerable in unimportant detail,
of which reference to certain bank
ers in Los Angeles comprised no
small part Nor was Fred's allusion
to cowboy chivalry without its eff
feet, for, in conclusion, he went on :
"As to your own right to your
brand, no further remarks are nee
essary. have seen your face Con
paper), and have heard you talk
l know the yelp of a sneaking coy.
ote, and never yet failed to recog-
nize the jeweled hide of a rattle
snake. That's all. "
With this, however, Miss Halsted
appeared less agreeably diverted.
There's a rough, Quixotic ca
dence about it that approaches pa
thos, was her amusing comment
Fred laughed.
He does put it rather neatly"
he vouchsafed, but he's only a
cowboy, Dolly, and besides this is
only his first. Who knows what a
mine of loving tenderness we may
yet Develop"
The young girl shook her head.
You, perhaps; not me, " she re-
turned. 81 shall write no more. +"
But Dolly, think of the
" know--the fun" Miss Halsted
interposed. But it's not fun for
him, and refuse to continue, "
Nevertheless another letter was
written, and in Dolly's delicate Chi
Biography. Nor did Fred's subse-
quent expression of satisfaction
arise wholly from the epistle itself,
rather from the young girls sub
seryience to his wishes,
AS before, a lapse of ten days
brought the reply, So also did each
succeeding interval for several
months thereafter. And they GER
tainly yielded no small fund of en-
tertainment The writer, albeit he
invariably answered by return mail,
was by no means of a lovelorn dis
position. He strayed into anecdote,
thence to humor and with results,
in q crude way, infinitely amusing.
Fred, too, it has since been asserted,
soon viewed the correspondence
from another standpoint, and indeed
it did permit him to visit Dolly with
a frequency prohibited by conven-
tionality
But it must be confessed that Mr.,
Witham speedily began to chafe un-
der the restraint of combining words
to mailbag. Each letter contained
it's appeal that he be permitted to
visit the city. Nor were his plants
without certain element of the pa.
thetic. His ranch was 60 miles from
civilization and refinement. That 60
miles he now traversed to receive
only letter. ....
And he's scarcely to be blamed,
Dolly, " Fred once observed. Think
of what his longing would be had he
seen your own features instead of
Mile. Clio'sr Then he contemplated
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