Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-03-21
SHE WAS a WON AN.
Ana for ThIs Reason There was NO
Occasion For surprise.

VCG@EAOM GOE
The sun beat down that blistering at
teFnoon on the little adobe cabin Just
beyond the arroyo, and on the far side
In the shade sat two sweltering cow
punchers with pack of cards between
them. 1t was too hot for even this |
mild exercise, but it serve' to keep
their minds off the weather, and they |
played lazily a'ong At lat one OF
them threw his cards down.
"By gravy, BILL" he exclaimed, al
can't play any more
"What's the matter" inquired Bill
Too hot for your"
"No. 'Tain't that ao0gh the Lord
knows it's most he enolgh for any
thing. It's that little gir down there at
old Slocum's."
whats she got TO do with the game"
asked Bill in surprise.
"Nothing much, guess, but good
deal with me-"
"How?" and Bill picked up the pack
and began shutting the cards aimlessly'
"Oh, don't know
"Stuck on herr" inquired Bill, with a
laugh, which struck his companion as
rather harsh.
"Not exactly, guess"
"She's the purtiest thing in the val
ley" said Bill admiringly.
al know it," admitted the other. vi
was down there last night, ard she was
sweeter than ever"
"Well," impatiently, "what are you
!, going to do about /"
"What would you adviser?
"That depends on what kind OF adj
wise you want"
al was thir-k king about marrying her.
Bill gave long whistle and stopped
shufiing the cards.
"What, marry a half breed and you
having the kind of folks you have back
. in the east?" he said seriously ".
~ don't see how | can get out OF II
honorably," he reluctantly confessed
'I've been going down there to see hei
i. for six months now, and she has beer
: kind of expecting me to cUMe. didn'
. think much about it at first, but nov
blame me If l don't think about he
!, pretty much all the time. The last fou
or five times have been to zee her sh
a showed me straight that she thought
lot of me and last night she told m
- everything, and said if l left her he
= heart would break and she would drowi
herself in the liver can't stand tha
= you know, and besides I'd rather MARI
e her myself than have anybody else MAJ
At ry her"
d She'll git old mans Sloeum's prop
W erty when he goes over the divide" sal
Bill thoughtfully, "aRd that's worth
| pile"
- ayes, but l don't care for that. 1t
is the girl and my own honorable action
H. the matter"
~ They talked until the sun had sun
g behind the mountain, and by that tim
=, 1t was decided that Bill would go wit
his friend JOe-Aand settle The bushes
N with the girls father, old man Slocun
w Early the next morning they set GU
,r and before the sun had reached the hC
e. place in the heavens they were at Sl'
" GUMS.
d "Where's Megi" asked Joe, after the
,r had passed the compliments Of the morI
ing.
IS "Oh, she's skipped" answered slocun
e with laugh.
E, Skipped" gaspea Ice.
IT ayes; skipped some rime N the Nigh
e with Pete Smiley, and he needn't
done 1t, for Pete was agreeable to me
and he laughed again.
Joe felt something rise in his thro;
and drop back again like piece of lea
Bill looked at him cur ously.
a "Gals will be gals" said BILL, turnin
to "Slocum, "but what we come dow
If here to see you about, Mr.. Slocum,
n cattle,n and he carried it through nobl,
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