, 1896-12-04

the occasion an the interest the public
took in the business jest combs the re.
gion of folks for miles around.
"'Thar's q heap Of handshakin IN
well wishin goin on. Mothers an sister,
an sweethearts is kissin us goodby, an
while thar's some hilarity thar's mere
sobs. It's, after all, al I looks BACKYARD.
rather q damp than a gay affair.
while all this yere love an tears is
6owin thar's q gent-he's our captain
who's settin of alone in his saddle an
amt takin no hand. Thar's no sweet
heart, no mother, nc sister, for him.
mo one about Pine Knot knows
this party much, more'n his name il
Bent; that he's captain, with the gown
or's commission. an III from way
of yander some'ers. An 70 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 finishin up our kissin.
"'"Ain't he got no sweetheart to
wish goodby to him?' asks a girl Of
me. "Ain't thar no one to kiss him
for good luck as he rides away?"
This we're maiden's name is San
ders, an it's a shore fact she's the pref
test young female whoever makes .
moccasin track in west Tennessee. I'd
a-killed my pony an gone a foot to bring
such a look Of soft concern in her eyes
as shines thar %oninvited for this yele
lonesome gent. l looks over where he's
silent an solitary OH his boss.
"'"No," I replies, "he's an orphan,
I 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 stute thar's 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 a flower an walks over
to this lone gent.
"'"Mister Captain, " she says, raisin
her face to him like a rose, "I'm shore
sorry you amt got no sweetheart to say
goodby, an because you're lonesome that
away I'll kiss you an say adios myself"
"'"Will you, my little lady?' says
the lonesome gent as he swings from his
saddle to the ground by her side, an
thar's sunshine in his eyes in a moment.
"'"I1l think Of you every day for
that, he whispers when he kisses her,
IAN il I come back when the wars
done I'll look for You yere."'
/ "'The little Sanders girl-she was
shorely as handsome as q pinto pony
bushes a heap vivid at what she's done,
but looks warm an tender. Everybody
lookin on, while the play is some onus-
ual al out of line, agrees it's all right,
bein that we al was goiD to a war.
CHOW yere,' goes on Enright, at the
same time calm for Ticker all around,
lis what you all will agree is a mighty
romantic deal that away. Yere's q love
affair gets launched.
"'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 vivacious lis
TENN to the story.
(Which he shorely outlives that
conflict, replies Enright, AN you can
gamble he was in the thick Of the STAN
pede, too. every time. I will say for
this yere captain that. while I 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 or'ard'to his man. Thar's 10 white
feathers on that sort. They're game as
hornets. An bad
"'Whioh il he don't get downed
none, says Texas Thompson, AN hits
Tennessee alive, I offers ten to one he
leads this Sanders female to the altar
"'An you'd lose q whole lot, says
Enright, at the same time raisin his
whisky glass. That's what I states
when l trails out on this yere reminis-
cence. Females is frivolous an plumb
light Of fancy. Now, this captain party
comes back to Pine Knot, say about AZ
years later, an what do you all Think
That Sanders girls been married mighty
nigh two years an has an infant child as
big as q bar cub, which 10 beginnin to
make q bluff at walkin. Now, on the
square, an I'm az s'prised about it as
you bel was more'n s'prised; I wa
pained-I don't allow. lookin over re-
suits an recallin the fact Of hat 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 q hossha'r rope for him
in a week. An it all proves what I re-
marks, that while females amt malev-
olent malicious an don't do these yere
things to pecrce q gent with grief, their
'fections that away is always honin for
the trail an is prone to move camp.
"'But, bless 'em. they can't help 1t
none II their hearts be %quicksands. an I
libates to 'em again. Whereat we all
drinks with Enright, feelin y heap SIM
liar.
Whatever becomes Of this pore
captain partyl' 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 ia he's welded already.
Nacherally after sayin 'Howdy?' to
the little Sanders girl an %applautin Of
her progeny, which 1t looks like he fully
indorses 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.
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