Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-20
cyuLs WILL BE GIRLS.
No Occasion for surprise nj inc
Choice ,inde by Old siocum's MeS'

detroit Free PressD
Tho sun beat down that blisteriIg after
| noon on the little adobe cabin just beyond
the arroyo, and on the far side' IN '"e
shade. sat two swelterlng cow-punchers'
with n pack OF cards between them. III
was too hot for even this mild exercise
! bu; 1t served to keep their minds on the
| weather. ana they played iazlly aio's.
| 81 last. one OF th-m thre" MS e"i'"'
J down.
by gravy. Bill" he exclaimed. Il can't
! play az more" $40,
| whats the natter inquirer Din
''Too hot for you?"
"No: faint that. though, the Lord
! knows, its most hot enough Tor am
thing. It's that little girl down there
| at old Slocum's.' ~,
what's she got 10 DO with the game?
asked Bill IN surprise o,
Nothing much. | guess, but goou
deal with me- o,,
How and Bn picked NJ the pack
and began shutting the CARDS aii'l''ss's'
"Oh. / don't know
| suck on her?' inquired Bill, win d
| laugh. which struck his companion Al
rather harsh.
Not exactly. I guess" >,
shes the purtlest thing in this valley,
| said Bill admiringly. ar
81 know it," admitted the othrr
was down there last night. ana she was
| sweeter than ever.
We'll" impatiently, what are you
| going 10 do about it?''
what would you adviser
THAT depends on what kind OF ad'lce
| you want"
II was thinking about marrying her.
nflI gave a Tong whistle. and stopp q
| shunlns the cards. -, ,.ou
.What. marry a half-brced. and you
having the kind OF folks you have back
| in the East?' he said. seriously. g..
Il don't see how / can get out OF u
hororably," ne reluctantly coniesseI,
Nothing between you, is theie' vas
| the nervous inquiry -,
"Oh. no: but you see I've bech gums
down ,here 90 see her for six months
nov and she has been Kind Of expecting
mo IN come. | didn't think much ABOUT
| II NJ first. but now. biame me II l uoh
think about her pretty much an the Nni''
| The last four or five times I'VE beeh 10
500 bcr she showed me straight INA.
| she though; q lot of me, ana las. HiSn
| she told mo everything. ana salh IL i,
her her heart would break. ana she "p"lI
drown herself In the river / can / sta'l '
| ,rat van know: and. besides, Ia rd'htT
marry her myself IMAM h''c "'@
else marry her. .....,~,,,
"Sheu get old man Slocum's prop M, y
when ne GOES over the divide said l'iii:
,bo,ghtfilly. and that's worth a pie.
yves: but | don't care FOR thal. ~
the girl and my own honorable acton III
the matter" -, ..,.,t.
They talked until the sun had SUNK
behind the mountain. and by that TINE
| - was decided that Bin would go win
his friend joe and settle the pushes
with the girls father, oil man Slocuti,
I.srlv the next morning they set out anl
bsfore the sun had reached the not
placa in the heavens they were NJ DO
! GUMS. ~. 49,.
| had passed the compliments OF the
| morning. e,oo,...,
"Oh. she's skipped" answered Slocum'
with a laugh.
"Skippedr easpel Joe.
| Yes: skipped some time in the nish,
| with Pete Smiley. and she needH
| done It. for pete was agreeable to me-
and he laughed again.
| Toe felt something rise in MS tnfoa'
and drop back again Ike a piece oil lead
| nm looked az him curiously.
Gals will be gals" said BIZ, turnina
10 Slccum; but what We come doWr
here 10 sec you about. Mr.. Slocum. Is
cattle" and he carried 1t through
| rObly.