The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-08

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yearlln. Our company is maxim n round
up at "a camp called Pine Knot, in Ten
nessee, organizin to embark in the Mex.
leah wax whole lot an thin out tho
Greasers.
No one ever does know why 1, per-
sonal. declares myself III Gil this ycro
cmbroglio. amt bigger'n q charge of
powder at the time, an am that limited
rs 10 statoo has 10 climb on to u log 10
get Gil TO NY pony.
But. ns I'm tellin, we all comes
together at Pine Knot to make the start.
reckon HOW thar's 500 people thar. as
the OCCASION an .hc interest," the public
took IN the business jest combs The re-
sion OF folks for miles around.
Thurs q heap of handshakin IN
well wishin Soin on. Mothers an sisters
m sweethcarts il; kissin us goodby, an
while thar's solnn lilarity thar's moro
sohs. It's, after al, as ! looks back ard,
ratle- a damp than Il gay affair.
While all this zero love in tears is
Gowin thar's "a gent-ho's our captain
WHO'S scttin Off alone III his saddle nh
amt tal;in 10 hand. Thar's no sweet
heart, 10 mother, no sister, for him.
No one aburt Pine Knot knows
this party much, morc'n his name is
Benz, that he's captain, with the gown
or's commission. an collos from way
off yAndcr somc'ors. An so lie sets thnr,
grim an soid in his saddle, lookin
vaguelikc off at where the trees meets
the Sky, while the resi- of us is eoin
about per,niscus tinishln mp our kssin.
. Amt he got no sweetheart 20
wish goodby to him. asks girl Of
me- "Ain't thar no ono to kiss him
for good luck rs ne rides away"
This ycrc maiden's namo is San
ders, an it's Il shore fact she's the prot-
test young female whoever makes 4.
moccasin track i'll west Tennessee. Id
a-kllled my pony al gone Il foot to bring
such y look OF soft concern in her eyes
as shines thar oninvited for this zero
lonesome gent. l looks over where he S
silent All solitary OH his boss.
No." replies, 'ho's an orphan.
reckon. He's plumb abandoned that
away, an so thar's nobody ycro to kiss
him or shake his hand
. This yerc pretty Sanders girl-an
I'm pausin agin to state thar nothin of
the long horn about her, pure cornfed
she was-this Sanders beauty I'm sayin
looks at this party by himself for mo-
ment, an then tho big tears begin to
take p'session Of her blue eyes Next
she bushes like :. flower All walks over
to this lone gent.
Mister Ca0taiu,' she saws. raisin
her face to him like u rose, ''Im shore
sorry You amt got no sweetheart to say
goodby, M because you re lonesome that
away I'll kiss yen All say adios myself. 3"
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 u moment.
''"I'll think of you every day for
that, " he whispers when he kisses her,
IAN if | como back when tho war S
done I'll look for you ycre. ;"
The little Sanders girl-she was
shorc'y rs handsome as pinto pony
bushes a heap vivid 1T what she's done,
but looks warm an tender Everybody
lookin on, while the play is some onus-
ual an out of line, agrees it's all right,
bein that we AL WAS goin to a war.
Now yere, goes OH Enright, at the
Same time calm for Ticker all around,
is what you I'll will agree is mighty
romantic deal that away Yerc's "a love
affair gets launched.
Does this lone hand gent who gets
kissed by tho Sanders lady ontlive the
war asks Texas Thompson, who has
braced up al gets mighty vivacious lis
TENN to the story
Which he shorely outlives that
conflict, replies Enright AN You can
gamble he was in tho thick Of the stam-
pcde, too, every time. l will say for
this zero captain that. while | wasn't
with him plumb through, he was as
game gent as ever fought up hill.
Hos one Of these sports who fights an
goes for ard to his man. Thar's no white
feathers on that sort. They're game as
hornets. An bad
Which if he don't get downed
none, says Texas Thompson, AN hits
Tennessee alive, offers ten to one he
leads this Sanders female to the altar.
An you'd lose IL whole lot, says
Enright, ut the same time raisin his
whisky glass. That's what | states
when | trails out on this yere reminis-
concc. Females is frivolous an plumb
light of fancy. Now, this captain party
comes back TO Pine Knot, say about 215
years later, an what do You all think?
That Sanders girls been married mighty
nigh two years an has an infant child rs
big as bar cub, which is beginnin to
mako bluff ut walkin. Now, on the
square, an I'm ms s'prisod about it as
you bel was moron s'prscd; / was
paincd-l don't allow, lookin over re-
suits an rocallin the fact Of that bar
cub infant child, that, for all her blush
in an all her tears an lsissin that captain
party goodby that away. that tho San