Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-05-06
HAWTHORNE, ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA MAY g. 1896

| CITY l haVo been perfectly wild to see th
lovely prairies and the magnificent sunsets o
i your beautiful country. My dearest friend
have often been shocked at my adventurou
/ spirit and are Mortified when suggest tn
/ bare possibility.
/ BY the way, have secret My husband i
n perfect villain. Volumes could be filled will
his pertidy and brutality. am of meek. for
4 giving nature and have long withstood the load,
i of tyranny and abuse he has heaped upon me
| but the worm has turned l am determined
to secure my freedom from the wretch VIII,
not only abuses me, but several of my gentle
man friends whenever the opportunity occurs
You may look for me in about two weeks
l am sure shall be delighted with my sur
roundings, including yourself. l can imagin,
how you look-tall, dark eyed, with flowing
shirt collar and wide sombrero, just like one
of Mr.. Remington s cowboys. Faithfully yours,
EVELYN FAIRFAX DE SMYTuE.
P. S.-For obvious reasons have not given
my married name, which Is Boggs.
p, 81 shall bring six trunks and a maid.
P. p. ST. shall want "a nice lawyer.
The Hon. Mr.. Sweet looked at the
ceiling in bewildered way.
well, I'll be teetotally chawed up
an spit ont, he calculated. Beautiful
surroundings. Dark eyes an fowin shirt
collar. Bust me'
He glanced at his reflection in the
dusty little mirror that was tilted
against the wall. From the scanty
growth of ginger colored hair on the
top of his head to the gaping toes of his
condemned government shoes he was q
perfect specimen of frayed out. washed
out humanity. The only break in his
hopeless, colorless shabbiness was in the
vivid hue that adorned his ample nose
1--WE made the bluff an have got to
stay" he continued. "I'll step over an
tell the boys. We've got to see this
thing through. Dark eyes. Flown
shirt I'll be teetotally"- and he drift
ed out.
At the Blue Goose the news was re-
ceived with every expression of interest
and delight, as would anything SAVIOR
game had degenerated to two bit
limit, and jawbone at that.
1--WE can stand off the gospel sharp
all right" said Three Fingered Jack
cautiously, "but I'm plum leary o. the
woman. They re Cur us critters.
"Oh, they're easy bluffed" said
Lovely Dick, the dealer, who was cred
tied with as many wives as he was
aliases. "Anyhow, what do they care?
They're hot foot after their divorce pa
pers, an will put up with anything to
marry the other feller Don't let the
wimmin faze you. They're all right "
The prospect of development in this
new industry had an immediate effect
on the real estate market. Prices stiff
ened with an upward tendency, negotia
tions were at once opened up with Mrs
O'Reagan, proprietress of the Palace
hotel, upon which, for the consideration
of seven lots in Sweets second addi
tion, she agreed to furnish three rooms
i'll her hostelry.
The excited, expectant residents were
not disappointed. The train from tho
east one evening brought stranger into
town. Identification was unnecessary.
Everybody knew the meek looking,
snug faced gentleman neatly dressed in
black and wearing an air of becoming
modesty was the expected divine. The
Hon. Mr.. Sweet, who had invested in a
"biled shirt" and shave, did the honors
as became the mayor. Rev. Mr.. Bell.
wether responded in few words, in
which suspicious Of past domestic misery
were happily blended with anticipation
of future felicity in the companionship
of his new found friends Overcome
with the dignified elegance Of the stran
ger, Three Fingered Jack insisted on in
yiting him to drink, but was prevented
by cooler heads.
Gratifying as was the first reception
in this incipient divorce colony, it paled
into insignificance when on the follow
ing evening. amid the obsequious atten-
tions of officials and the thunder of
banging trunks, lady daintily stepped
from the Pullman, followed by maid
carrying two dogs and leading third.
This vision of stylish elegance COM
pletely unnerved Mr.. Sweet. All his
printing flashed in the pan, and he felt,
as he afterward expressed, like locoed
steer" The big hazel eyes of the fair
strange
ward al