The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-12-02

Bent; that he's captain, with the gown
or's commission. an comes from way
off yander sc me 'ers. AZ so he sets thar,
grim an solid in his saddle, lookin
vaguelike off at where the trees meets
the sky, while the rest of us is goin
about permiscus inishin up our kissin.
g Amt he got no sweetheart to
wish goodby to him?" asks girl OF
me. ''Ain't thar no one to kiss him
for good luck as he rides away?"
+" This yere maiden's name is San
ders, an it's a shore fact she's the pref
test young female whoever makes O
mocoasin track in west Tennessee. I'd
a.killed my pony an gone foot to bring
such look of soft concern in her eyes
as shines thar oninvited for this yere
lonesome gent. looks over where he's
silent an solitary on his boss.
"'"No," l replies, "he's an orphan,
reckon. He's plumb abandoned that
away, an so thar's nobody yere to kiss
him or shake his hand. "
" This yere pretty Sanders girl-an
I'm pausin agin to state thar nothin OF
the long horn about her, pure cornfed
she was--this Sanders beauty I'm sayin
looks at this party by himself for a mo-
ment, an then the big tears begin to
take p'session Of her blue eyes. Next
she bushes like flower an walks over
to this lone gent.
Mister Captain, I" she says, raisin
her face to him like rose, I'm shore
sorry you amt got no sweetheart to say
goodby, an because your lonesome that
away I'll kiss you an say adios myself"
'"'''Will you, my little iady7" says
the lonesome gent as he swings from his
saddle to the ground by her side, all
thar's sunshine in his eyes in moment
'""I'll think Of you every day for
that" he whispers when hp kisses her,
IAN if l come back when the wars
done I'll look for you yere. F"
The little Sanders girl--she was
shorely as handsome Oh a pinto pony
bushes heap vivid at what sbe's done,
but looks warm an tender. Everybody
lookin on, while the play is some onus-
ual an out of line, agrees it's all right,
bein that we all was goiB TO war.
"'Now yere, goes on Enright. at the
same time calm for Ticker all around,
is what you all will agree is a mighty
romantic deal that away. Yere's love
affair gets launched.
g Does this lone hand gent who gets
kissed by the Sanders lady outlive the
war; asks Texas Thompson, who has
braced up an gets mighty yivacious lis
TENN to the story.
Which he shorely outlives that
conflict, replies Enright, IAN you can
gamble he was in the thick of the stam-
pede. too, every time. l will say for
this yere captain that while wasn't
with him plumb through, he was as
game gent as ever fought up hill.
He's one of these sports who fights an
goes for ard to his man. Thar's no white
feathers on that sort. They're game as
hornets. An bad
"'Which if he don't get downed
none, says Texas Thompson, AN hits
Tennessee alive, offers ten to one he
leads this Sanders female to the altar.
Z" An you'd lose whole lot, says
Enright, at the same time raisin his
whisky glass. That's what / states
when trails out on this yere reminis-
oence. Females is frivolous an plumb
light of fancy. Now, this captain party
comes back to Pine Knot, say about ~
years later, an what do you all think?
That Sanders girl s been married mighty
nigh two years an has an infant child as
big as a bar cub, which is beginnin to
make bluff at walkin. Now, on the
square, an I'm as s'prised about it as
you bel was more'n s'prised; was
pained---I don't allow, lookin over re-
suits an recallin the fact of that bar
cub infant child, that, for all her blush
in an all her tears an kissin that captain
party goodby that away, that the San
ders girl cares n hossha'r rope for him
in week. An it all proves what re-
marks, that while females amt malev-
olent malicious an don't do these yere
things to peerce gent with grief, their
'fections that away is always honin for
the trail an is prone to move camp.
g But, bless 'em. they can't help it
mono IL their hearts be quieksands an
libates to 'em again. Whereat we all
drinks with Enright. feelip heap sim.
liar.
Whatever becomes of this pore
captain party? asks Faro Nell
Well, the fact about that cap
tain, replies Enright, settin down his
glass ag'in, while the same is the
merest incident an don't have no direct
bearing on what I've been relatin; the
fact in his case is he's welded already.
Nacherally after sayin 'Howdy?" to
the little Sanders girl an applaudin Of
her progeny, which it looks like he fully
Endorses that away. this yere captain
gent hits the trail for Nashville, where
his wife's been keepin camp an waitin
for him all the time DAN Quinn In
San Francisco Examiner.