Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-04-29
A NEW INDUSTRY.
It's Development is Lodged in Pretty
and Capable Hands.

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and gorge was cast the beautiful melancholy
haze that summer draws upon her in those
regions when nearing hel end. The road was
narrow and rocky, and was borGered on one
side by an almost primeval forest, on the 9TH
er by precipitous cliff
As rounded iutting mass Of rocks and
trees which forced a sudden bend in the road
l saw long, brown barrel of gun pointing at
me from the bushes, and heard the sharp
click of the trigger.
l halted in alarm, and lodged down upon
my horse.
"Stop, stranger" said woman's voice, in
drawling, sing-song tone.
In another moment the woman crawled
over log and came into the road,
She was slender and young and wore a
loose calico dress. She was bare ooted, and
chewed continually long, sweet gum tooth
brush. The gun she carried was the lQnges:
rife ever saw.
You 'uns amt seen Bill Davis, 1 reckon?'
she asked, looking at me suspiciously.
81 have seen no one since have been on
the mountain" said,
81 come mighty near shootin' ye for Bill
Davis. guess Bill must have took the Bear
Crick road. Bill was to my house last night
and says, sezee: Polly CHATS me, stranger)
could you love man what's got three acres
of land, the seven finest coon dogs on the
mounting, and forty acres NV the best Gavin
in the United States a-growin'?
''Sez I, Il guess SO, Bill, and wuz kinder
fxin' to lay my head on the bosom NV
Bill's hick'ry shirt when Bill, he says,
sezee:
"All right, Polly, if. / meets up with sech
man I'll let ye know and then he takes
chaw NV terbaccer quick, and lights out fel
tall timber, Bill has got to explain them
words NV his'n OF them seven possum dogs is
goin' ter be orphints. Stranger, mout you be
a preacher?"
81 am not"
? H.
~ kinder hoped ye wuz. IfBill explained
that he wuz the man he wuz referin' to be-
fore had time ter shoot ye mout come in
handy fer to tie us up, and if he wuz little
| slow, and my gun went off fust, ye see Bill
might need ye hisseif."
"How far is it 10 the next town." l asked.
"Eight mile. Ye can't get thar ter night.
Yen have ter como down ter dads house and
take pot luck, amt a-goin' to wait no Ion
ger fer Bill. There's dads"
She waved her hand toward roof that
showed among the trees lower down on the
mountain, and set off at free swinging gait
that taxed the walking powers of my horse to
keep up with.
found the young wqman's family to be
surprisingly above the average ignorant
mountaineers of the country. Her parents
seemed very hospitable and intelligent, and
her younger brother and sister were refined
and of agreeable appearance,
After had been presented to them by the
young woman as s'a strange young feller she
had found follerin' his nose up the mounting"
she turned to me and said:
Stranger, what mout yer business be!"
told her was civil engineer engaged
upon the new railroad which was to cross the
mountain.
"Yer,ain't writin' fer no paperf'
/ tNo.n
"Yer amt no drummer?"
"No.'
"Nor no reyenue?'
/ Nothing Of the kind"
/ The young woman hung her rife on some
hooks ID the wall, and left the room.
Half an hour later was ushered in TO sup
per.
The room was tastefully furnished, the sup
per was simple but elegant and seemed IN the
finest china upon the swhiiest Of cloths. Pres
emily the young woman came in, and ! have
moi recovered yet from the surprise received.
i She was 4 divine pastoralpoem in white mus
hin, with fresh cut roses ii her hair, and would
have gfaced the dinner table of metropoli-
tan function.
She took her seas behind = naSsive silver
tea urn, looked Il me, smilea.aH said;
,'Wili you ans have long Or short sweet
ening ID your ia, slraneeri'
Seeing was unable io speak 4 word che
laughed hearty peal cfsilyery. ripping
laughter
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