The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-14
THE WRONG MAN.
ny q. II, DUNBAR.

was put ia charge Of the roucu This
Was equiyoleut to a promotion Of
Biddy also, for tho Missourian, whose
boay frame had been built from the
limestone waters of his native state,
was still the partisan and protector Of
the sappy youngster from northern
Vermont
"You are q Canadian pony and | am
Hambletoniau, said Robert; "but
if we like to trot together | guess the
other bosses on this range VII have
to take our dust
The friendship between these two
men was founded on Complementary
qualities, and only woman could
break it. The woman in this instance
was Miss Bell, the schooltoaoher at the
Bend.
The burned child breads the fire,
but bird will return and again dash
into the flames. Roberts encounter
with the fair fence-cuttcr was like
flame to the bird. He sought IN in
PRODUCTION and forthwith became
sutton for her baud. Biddy, the only
one in camp who took it upon himself
to eriticisa any act OF Roberts, re-
monstrated with him.
"You are a bird, aren't you?' said
ne ''the girl mesmerized you once,
she'll bamUooz!e you for twice, and
bounce you for three times. What
do YOU mean to do?'
u mean to marry her if she viii
have me, replied Robert, simply.
Yes, l know told you plenty times
that cowboy had no business 10
marry. and that's right, but I'm an
exception. don't know how and ]
don't know why, but l know I'm hit
hard. ! got to have her, "
So Robert, big, hulkjng, forty years
old, was in love for the first time in
his whole life. If force and earnest
ness avail, he sholId win.
Less forceful, less earnest, half rs
old, Biddy was in the same plight.
His advice to Robert to let tAo girl
alone was in good faith; he thought it |
the best thing-for Robert--buy he |
had a bad case of physician heal thy !
SELF upon his hands. He, too. was
resolved to win and marry Miss Bell. |
He did not say so to Robert, SO hard |
is it for most men to be open ia love |
affair, and for time Robert knew
nothing Of it. Everyone else saw it,
and Scotty told Biddy he had better
stand from under,
"If you lock horns with Robert"
said he, ''hell get you down and walk
all over your frame" Aud Scotty |
added some reflections on the law Of |
supply and demand. "If there were
twenty schoolmaams round here you
would not look at one of them. but
because there is only one, you are
fixing to get your skin SO plumb fall
Of bullet holes that the wind won't
whistle as it blows through"
Biddy laughed and went his way to
call upon Miss Bell and urge his suit.
And Robert went bis way, which was
1I0 same way, upon tue same crraud.
! do not know whether Miss Bell
gave to either man any encourage
ment, but rs the dead-shet is said to
add notch to the marks on his
pistol-grip for each man he drops, so
it is supposable that about this time
this young lady increased her list of
rejected suitors by the names OF these
two cowboys.
1t was done in her kindest manner,
this rejection, ani sue had said to
each: 81 am sorry this has occurred,
but since you have 50 Aonored me, you
must come to my Welding. l am to
be married next month in the church
It Hammond Shall really ieel 1t IT
You do not come.
Aud each man h"d promised to be