Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-12-15
THE SANDERS GIRL.

at maybe was that romances comes
20 pass ON tho range when was thar,
remarked tho old cattleman meditative-
ly, but, II so be-, | never notes 'em.
They shorely gets plumb by me in the
night "
The old gentleman had just thrown
down daily paper. and even as he
| spoke read on the turned page the
| glaring headline. Romance In Real
Life His receipt literature was the
evident cause Of his reflections.
"Of course, continued the old cat
tleman, turning for comfort 10 his inev-
liable pipe and inching his chair more
and more into the shade Of the porch,
"of course at scch epocks us some de-
| graded sharp takes to dealin double in u
| poker game. or the kyards begins 10
come two at clatter at faro bank, the
proceodins frequent took on what you
| oil might call hue Of romance, an |
admits they was likely 10 get some hec.
tic mysef But, "a states, for what
one would brand rs clean strain ro-
nance amt rccallin none. "
"How about those love affairs Of your
youth" ycDtured. They must have
| existed.
(Which | don't deny. replied the
old gentleman between puifs-''that
back when I'm colt in Tennessee
has my flower scented days. But don
wed nothin, you notice. An even while
I'm ridin an ropin at these yere young
female persons whom | has III my mind
thar's never no romance 20 IL. onless 1t
in the fact that they all escapes me. al
never do tie one down once.
Thar was one lady for whom afore.
time yearns, which. il I'd done played
my hand plumb through. reckon now
might have reused out romance or
somcthin thrllin. I'd been due to get
up agin Jim Gale gun shore. You sees
this ycro female weds Jim, an / will
say he makes the most restless an s'pi-
cious married man | ever encounters.
But Of course | knows my range, an
knows my brand, an as / makes a
spechulty Of payin no attention 10 Jim's
wife after the nuptials his trail an mine
never does cross once
But. speakin Of love tangles, brings
10 my memory story which old San
Enright onfurls on to Us, the same
showin that "A woman : fancy Is rootless
an Unstable as proposition.
e" Always copper female, says
Cherokee Hall one day when Texas
Thompson is relatin how his wife NAL
treats him an rings in divorce on him
down at Laredo. Always play em 10
lose. Nell, yere. now, goes on Chero-
kee rs be runs his hand over the h ar Of
Faro Nell, who's lookout for Cherokee,
Nelly, yere. Is the only one l ever
meets who can be- depended on to come
winner every trip
Which females, says old Sam En-
right, who's sottin thar az the time, an
partic lar young females. is "A heap friv-
olous nacheral. The sight OF a rainbow
will stampede most Of 'em. For myse'f,
I'd shorely prefer 10 try al hold a bunch
Of 500 ponies on bad night than ride
herd on the heart Of one lady. Between
US alls, more'n half tigger the fec
tions Of female is migratory. same as
buffaloes used to be- before they was
killed, an sorter goes north in the spring
an south ag in in the winter.
:" AS for me, says Texas Thompson,
who's moody touchin them divorce
plays his wife is maxim down at Lare-
do, You can gamble | passes all females
up. No matter how strong | holds, it
looks like on the show downs they out
lucks me every time Wherefore / quits
'em cold, an any gent who wants my
chance with females can shorely have
the same.
oh, don't knowr remarks Doc
Peets, sorter gettin in Oh what's gen.
eral play I've been all through the
herd, an must say deems women easy
people every time. They're heap finer
folks than men an faithfuler.'
Which don't deny females is fine
folks, says Texas, but what I'm allow
in is they're fitful. They don't stay
none. You can both hobble an side line
'em at night, an the first thing that
strikes you when you rolls out in the
mornin is they're gone.
"'What do you all think, Nell. says
Doc Peets to Faro Nell. who's perched
up on her stool by Cherokee 3 shoulder,
what do you all think of Texas, yere.
a-malignin of your sex? Why don't you
pint him to the example of Dave Tut
an Benson Annie? They all gets married,
an thar they be, caperin along as peace
full as two six shooters on the same belt.
"Oh, don't mind what Texas says |
none, replies Faro Nell. Texas is all
right AL on the square. Ishouldn Won
der if this yere Mrs. Thompson does saw
it off on him some shabby gettin that |
sep ration, an don't marvel at his re-
marks. But as long as Cherokee yere
thinks I'm right l don't let nobody's |
views about other women pester me |
little bit; so tharv
"'Its what says awhile back, in
terrupts Enright. Texas Thompson's
wife's motives, mighty likely, amt in
viduous none. It's heap probable, il |
the truth is known, that she amt amin |
nothin at Texas-she only changes her |
mind.
"'Now, about the earliest thing / re-
members, goes on Enright, is concern.
IN q woman who changes her mind |
This yere incident is about the first |
chicken ON the roost Of my recollections.
"'It's years an years ago. when I'm q
yearlin. Our company is maxim q round
up at camp called Pine Knot, in Ten
nessee, organizin to embark in the Mex
lean war whole lot an thin out the |
greasers
"'No one ever does know why /, per- !
sonal, declares myself in on this yere
embroglio. l amt bigger'n charge OF
powder at the time, an am that limited
as to statoo / has to climb on to q log to |
get on to my pony.
But, as I'm tellin, we all comes
toeether at Pine Knot to make the start