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


night.
Tho old gentleman had just thrown
down daily paper, and even as no
spoke l read OH tho turned page the
gla-ing headline, Romance In Real
Life. y His recent literature was tho
evident cause OF his reflections.
OF course, continued tho old cat
tlcnan, turning for comfort to his inev-
liable pipe and inching his chair more
and moro into tho shade of the porch
of course at sech epocl1s as some de.
graded sharp takes to doalin double III a
poker game, or the kyarls begins to
como two at chatter ut faro bank, tho
proceedin's frequent took on what ven
all might call Il hue OF romance, IN l
admits they Was likely to get some hec-
tic mysc'f. But. rs l states, fer what
one would brand rs clean strain ro-
nance amt recallin none.
''How about those love affairs Of your
YOUTH ventured. They must have
existed
(which I don't deny, replied tho
old gentleman between puifs-"that
back when I'm colt i'll Tennessee
has my flower scented days. But don t
wed nothin, you notice. An even whilo
I'm ridin an ropin at these ycre young
| female persons whom [ has III INV mind
tlar's never no romance to it, onlees it S
iii the fact that they all escapes HE, all
never do tie one down once.
Thar was one lady for whom afore-
time ycarns which, if I'd done played
my hand plumb through, l reckon now
1 might have reused out romance or
somethin thrillin. I'd been due to get
up aGin jim Gales gun shore. You sees
| this yere female wcds Jim, an l will
| say he makes the most restless an S Ri
! clous married man | ever encounters.
But Of coarse l knows my range, an
| knows my brand, an as | makes II
| spechulty of payin no attention to Jim's
wife after the nuptinls his trail an mine
| never does cross once.
But, speakin of love tanglcs, brings
| to my memory story which old San
Enright onfurls on to us, the same
shown that "a woman S fancy is rootless
an Unstable as u proposition.
Always copper female, says
Cherokee Hall one day when Texas
Thompson is rclatin how his wife NAL
treats him an rings i'll a divorce on him
down at Laredo. Always play 'em to
lose. Nell. yere, now, goes Oh Chero-
koe rs he runs his hand over the h'ar of
Faro Nell, who's lookout for Cherokee
Molly, we're. is tho only one | ever
meets who can be depended Oh TO como
winner every trip.
Which females, says old Sam Ely
TIUhf who Snttip flny .,t l.,
partic lar young females, is % heap friv-
olous nachcral. The sight of rainbow
Will stampede most Of en-. For myself,
I'd shorely prefer to try an hold bunch
OF 800 ponies on IL bad night than rido
herd on the heart of ono lady Between
US alls, [ more'n half figgcr the fec
tons of female is migratory, same as
butfaloes used to be before they was
killed, an sorter goes north in the spring
an south ag'in i'll the winter
Az for me, says Texas Thompson,
who's moody touchin them divorce
plays his wife is maxim down at Iare-
do, 'you can gamble l passes all females
up. No matter how strong 1 holds, it
looks like on the show downs they out
lucls mo every time. Wherefore | quits
en- cold, an any gent who wants my
chance with females can shore!y have
tho same
Oh, l don't lInow!' remarks Doc
Poets, scrter gettin in on what u gen
cral play. I've been all through the
herd, M | must say deems women easy
people every time. They re heap finer
folks than mon an faithfulcr
Which ! don't deny females is fine
folks says Texas, but what | III allow.
III is They're ftful. They don't stay
nonc. You can both hobblo an side line
EN- at night, an the first thing that
stril.os you when you rolls ont in the
mornin is they're gone
What do You all think, Nell, says
Doc Poets TO Faro Nell. who's perched
up on her stool by Cherokee s shoulder,
what do you ali think of Texas, yere,
a-malignin of your scxi Why don't you
pint him to tho example of Dave Tut
an Benson Annie: They al gets married,
an thar they be, caperin along us peace
full rs two six shooters on the same belt
"'Oh, don't mind what Texas says
none, replies Faro Nell. Texas is all
right an on tho square. | shouldn't won
der if this ycre Mrs. Thompson does saw
1t off on him some shabby gottin that
separation. an | don't marvel at his re-
marks. But ms long az Cherokee yere
thinks I'm right L don't let nobody
views about other women poster me
little bit; so thar!
Its what l says awhile back in
terrupts Enright. Texas Themrsons
wife'S motives. mighty likely, ain It in.
viduous none It's "a heap probable, if
tho truth is known. that she amt amin
nothin ut Texas-sho only changes her
mind