Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09
EaSt-Side ThompsOn'S Petition.
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BY MARGUERITE STABLER.

w BY MARQUEE
It vas not a pretty story, but it " as
more. 1t was fraught with that prim-
tive ruggedness one gets an impress
sion of along with cutting prairie
windssbucking broneos, the crack; of
reyoixeg theswhiz oSJa bullet.
Pie fellow name was Thompson,
and he could handle bunch OF steers
with the best of them, but there was
an air of metropolitanism about him
that assorted i'll with his surroundings.
And altheugh,he went rougher than any
man of them he had never been able
to live down his nickname of "East-
Side" Thompson. Under the inau-
ence of rolling prairies, the boundless
sweep of cloud and sky, an intimacy
with the elements and reliance upon
nothing but his own wit and courage,
man grows to be strong, sagacious,
vital creature, SO different from our
eircumscribed ideas ola man that, for
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{ Wan1 oEl4oe',er 'eiin' NC '"'' la" :"
INV @ punou mt .s4 oe 49,,
.haI.-boen. on the trail. more than a
month, and, according to all precedent
and reason, the rains should have set
II weeks oetore' put 1ney naa not.
Inc grass tnat nao sprung up WIN !ne
nrst,eariy showers hau seaeea anu i.oo. aiea ~
DeloreIHe Iess1rain s.1I oa,ne " Ae1p ,t,.is -
a.lss,.t .1 saa;.I ai;.b H. s s nlsS
aeau,s " ,o.tom o - taH. thair | haJs which
ous .ne oes'o'n =, sh soasi Ii. .a ha
I sne ys,.i 9.11yt as1sa fe Dls ~
yoIlels tnslr pahA taiaii sasg ., ouy
9tersy sefer as1ss1ion aus y ni.e =, :
alkai. p.alRs l.sIshesl: as q - ,.a
stsestln tt -, {
q lsolaslon. lhe 9iaeslI Itnna Il =
ail me conns,y eoa.a o, nos teca.i = wiz
tel spas s'.i II ! sal.s @
= oW 9s.i ol =, !, fos ss1 ava n.o VIZ. ne"
s.a,e, s!.. anu sne p9paia,iou s a'J, J, =.
tilsoti ~. the Jposs q .ns H, S aa
= .g,hopea tos &c. OUT ol one sageorusn
country anu stSiAe1Ins Osiloshiu ,ine
somewhere Goove p9ale oy lhe eno ol
.ne nrst montn ous' pus mere % was !o
ram, no WAFER ana .ne PlainS iay ~
open scracss..,--,as-ill' sui,
arose, smliea Icy Gown upon .ns patInss
htsIe Danchsel I' men anu ca'Iie iyns 8
noqfs ass nG sAilea. aoless q uas - 10
SKY, sereneiy unconscious 1, " oI ua 4,s
9ic'lons norieo aeh.nSS n.u, "ui.1 u1. 'Ho ;,s
pare, 1urni1e piairie Stasea Ta .o.o oaoA s,on -
unohnhing aenance. !neie were eo..
geous sunsets every evenins :,
Wnen lhe gceas neiy oali 9eem1u H a. a.
moss 20 s'ano sun s'liso ~ gae tone 80 Uae
ware e'a1ce 1elose ;. a,opds t1noI +Uus,.,i uus ~
sien'' anu WIN i. Ini"aS ,s 'oua D.. y
t1e Worid 70 mol.sn So.e; -. Da' 800 w ,ne
Piayee oS' c9Gsp spauenel suass s sas sssn ::
no1ning 1lsDeo,ltne;-oeu.im @rSel ~, =
marc, psrc hed'shopeless aNy'. ihere
were eleaE chastes moonlight m nishts o1
wondrous radiance, too' put the moon
was seen only IN the early morning,
when they rose 10 ref anotner ea, cay more nor
hard, more parc1ea' more 1nope'ess'
The cattle-mere anatomical charts py
this time-went staggering ABOUT IN;
crazy circles, too weak to neea watch
ing, the three KS on their Hanks re-
duced to nall the orlginal SIZE DY Sae
;shriveifng or fsei,e moe, OF ISL heaYliy
20 the teartn 70 rise gam, .alter many
seasons OF sun ana .s ssnoW Wer, as PIairie Pa,a
hoYers =: anu salt grass. HIheir per, pelloW. V
ing was reduced 10 q moan am almost
human IN It's misery, lor the enc voice
common 70 all created Things. amman I'M
or human, Is IS, the voice Vol OF snnerFing: ,Fi1g:
fhe Mlssonrlan, great, milking
young fellow, as hrss OIL Inc men. 70
show signs seakenlng. Inat Is the
2 most terrible moms ant "a mall IKE expert
ence9, when the men VINO nave iheio on
5gripiy and iepdnredS together see one
OF tnelr numpef u losing ms griP,s Ihis
had been an A-assorted ousnt WI When
they started ont VIII tne cattls across
sshe& plains' pnt sIanding .ogesne,,
shoulder 70 shou,esr, aelyins Gestn
against ieaiul oads knlts man a. loeepE,
Y ln.o sne ille oishis ataone
tnese Ms's ~ spIA - -
+, .ps.ly, ny ~ ~ ~ - Ao ~
ln'saear SSrS satsnnsss ass W. .na. s. an
mess q az. e, sacfi :e aces, eaen man euual
ing:1 stolc sllenee u order .nas ne o'e$
mighs not insrnaes hls own sunetings s[l
upon MS ,ls aireaoy oYercroWaed .npelgn'', Z,
Dor. Ine cilncnlng q s.ne Ups 20 sup
press q groan wish onss 70 .nisss-maa-
oeneo may ie9uueln :tL as neao;sm ao;s 'naa
!aolls Z { sIr stI s .I ihst I
, ~ ssas.a ~ asoot.s than a,,s
! uiesn u.o a...h III : at a;t, ' '"n