The Winslow mail., 1899-01-14
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- KITTY MINIS is rot common
~ rane, Eor can it he <rush ful af-
iirned hat it is at ali Suggest ,c5-
nance. Yet Kitty fms l,~s q -sl1-allz-
able ~cung woman; b5:t this was due
as roooh . her y;llls,,al z-srro o.iu6i.sgs
az = her undoEb,et personal charms.
Sincn Minis. Ett.zs fat T, Eeas tho
landlord Of the Aurora hotel, ne only
Tavern ig lie mining town OF ItEnc-i-
ence, New, that agreed 10 furnish
accommodations l3r naa ana beast
and kept is pledge to the letter.
Simon Minis was known far and near
as "the doctor, an6 lfe feie Eot alittlc
proud cf The title II ain 1ey=r grad
dyated as sc mout say" BE would e-Z-
plain TO strangers weo came Tor
prescriptions, but tha~'s tHa De.ae I
SCI e. relie.iag eva x nc. and .bey're
the Tai-.s, that r7c.t t-euGlez folks in
these 0ivc iuae-thc hunger and
thirst. are you troubled that way,
friend"
The population CT Experience was
largely transient and largely con-
posed Of rough miners, many Of them
f0raigners, who seemed TO have &C
quired the English language in very
profane atmosphere.
! The gentler sex was not well repre-
scnted. Four sets cf co+Ih0ns eN-
hausted the supply, and IS lhey we're
not always available fer tbs ea5arday
night dances, the younger nen faz-
tened their arms end 50 were bre-
reited "ladies" for the ti3aa Lsi2g.
But, had the ladies beenrc presented
by the usual proportion, and Lad EN-
perienca bean marr times more poPu-
iouS, still Kitty Minis must have been
the belle.
She was over tho average in height,
finely termed, and with certain
piquant, self-relianl eT. .aeag.on Ill ler
dark eyes I'd about her rich lips, 5hat
made her i~resistibly attractive to the
habitues CT the Aurora hotel.
Ter education was limited to & not
very familiar acquaintance with the
three Rs. nut the miners. enc and al.
were rcaGJ to wager their "3ottom
dollar" that as singer "I,ijty Minis
could give the odds to Ee:'eo1, Patti
and the lull cabcodle cf 'efn and then
come out many lengths ahead"
Judge by tho effect O. her ctgorts,
no pr:nc donna that ever trod the
boards could su~pas5 EeI when sAe
sang "The lone starry Lce-s give L;e
lore Whi-l vas always eol!owed by a
storm oI 'aE. ,ll.orce
But sic cane on. strongest II Way
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''ILome, Swee5 Home is that II
Yariah'y produced graat deaf Ct
aorGhi E on the part other bearded
audi eas, aad tle use of haraEer-
chiefs at as r LIZ we're tecabled
with ael colds ust n hr. $.
O. o. Eitt- Tf- ia ssrftors
ard cf course Sd was re cause of
~ m, hcc~f l,7t~r'no. er3o1p far
lran- admirers, for If mu~t he con
fesacd 81 rra~ aat * oraa il her
charms a. e7 lsad 's.~ e. i.s 81. i
q iasci&at' o. tvrGI-v a@8.ne, whi h
the strongest dia Hota2se 10 ge1ott
Rufus Ford. the 1uoeriateoaeat Of
the mine, was 3 ecnadent, o.tl..
fellow. ana he boarded -Al,rc q
hotol, Trp Z II tlne f uug
Kitty he vas n prof curd .ee If
poetry IS on art. 2ut III. a4ti was
touei cd - thaj hc a;.c. c-4-
pose 2 So r, II S.
ip@ "Carli.,. ~, T. f
every ataaza. Ie failca y II
the effort, - 4 more prac iced hy -aer
NIGH Lave done.
..e a. ,,--. - o--. 7...., .7c-I -,
he said, I'd had 10 ,rouL.e ~ it..
There's 'aGG-ed' and 'Hooted ahd
'goref md anG-
And 'z=orud, sid i On Reed, con-
ing i . ihe ro.els@z.'s AID
- Izcl.s5 Eefs1sed ar.1- cszfsta1ce. Il
this conree1,on, s.st aar-1
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volgn /, ii; h
Tom iced v,s a Tall, wei}-ouil, nan
O. '&~l -tNeat y has1fu- rs @aI.'
his eowp41io0s said. Tie was the only
naT . i2-pe cie1ac that ns i,i-eI crank
nor ~a.a9leG and though hes were
hindra9caa 10 lis social ssasus II was
generally thcUnht that Re would Get
oy"r the defects when ie Vas oder.
7 was Euias lord's ~ris.2~e = ~
2t the BE Oh 'iiea Kitty AiG.s
Cd. : Frst
party er a. jhe ea-.oess a,., .'a
hr tw f".-a - ore
s.res 9Ans ig at in -
3 so u@a H.er. er.t.
the c4eer .el eteu VIII
-,
n1u-cc.r 1".:.- gave 80 ae.3l.
th.- 1e would ne ooj, to -.,.lcs Ford
10: & soA-iH-ia5.
"hat. ne ,yoIidsav, ''rae ~l s you1H.
aH1 a. she ans ST. no r1otI 4 u a.
N,se vita her, cail,Iatc she'd better
not th.lh Ct marrying Tor some ears
to come"
The younger men gradually DROPPED
OF. one at time, reluctantly leaving
the field 10 Rrfus Ford; lie only e,
ception ,ras Ton Reed.
1t might be said, however. ttat Tom
Reed WAS really never in the 4icld. lIa
did not board at the Aurora hotel.
KITTY had never "sweetered his coffee
bv looking into it''-a plan that W2s
thought TO save her father much
sugar lie had never danced w.jh her
though once when he dil muster up
courage to asl; her hand for the ne&C
SCI She was engaged.
Tom Reed srert many Of his SPARE
hours at The hotel. watching fer Kitty
Minis, and pretending not to see her
when sire oaTe i'm sight.
On her 1;neteonth birthday Tom sent
her n bouquet q vi'd Aowers he la4