The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-13
be adviser he hunted UP Andrews and


to me to be all nonsense"
Eyes, 1t may look that way to some,'
replied Andrews.
mot the slightest cause for all this
row." continued the sheriff. "Al
you've got to do is to marry the widow
and the whole thing Is settled"
eyes, that would settle it."
"Then why don't you do it? She's
in the superintendent house ovel
there, and it won't take five minutes
to close up the deal. So long as you are
landowners why don't you consolidate
your interests?"
II dunno, but if you'll tell my fellows
to stop shooting I'll go over there and
find out. II we can agree to CONSOLE
date, and the fight is stopped without
anybody being killed, is it going to be
any financial loss to your"
"Well, I'll lose more or less fees, of
course, but | shall have to stand 1t as
best 1 cam. You get right along and
I'll call a halt here"
Andrews found the Widow Dolan
viewing the fight from an open win
dow. Her side was ahead thus far,
and she was as triumphant as dignity
would permit.
"Widow Dolan, you see the situa-
tion," began Andrews, after he had
been greeted.
II can't help but see it,. she replied.
II am bound to jump Jim Crow
"You can't do it."
II am bound to jump Jim Crow be-
fore the IL goes down, and when I
am in possession again I'll build a fort
and provide it with artillery. How
ever, there will be bloodshed before
your crowd is licked out"
Barrels of it." replied the widow.
"The loss is bound to foot up Is or
20 men,"
eff not 80 or 40 and most of them
will be on your side"
Look here, widow" continued An
drews, after a walk to the door and
back. there is no question but that
you are a woman Of dignity"
"None at all, sir"
"And you can gamble on me as a
man Of perseverance. I'm going to
have Jim Crow before shutdown. I'm
going to have the mine if-if-"
"If you a get It." she finished.
I'm going to have it If l have to
marry the woman who owns the other
halfr!'
"Sir!w exclaimed the woman Of dig
nifty.
But don't you see how it is? Jack
Dolan was my partner for years. His
widow naturally falls to me. 1t would
be my duty to marry her, ever If there
was no Jim Crow In dispute. This
jumping business is costing blood and
money. Nobody has been jailed yet,
but II the 10Y lasts much longer some
of US will probably be hung. We are
landowners. We've simply got to cor.
solidate our interests. What do you
say?"
care you making a proposal of mar
riage?" asked the widow, as she lost
something of her frozen look.
"As near as l know how" replied An
drews.
"But we don't love each other" she
protested. why, this is only the sec
ond or third time we have NETT" |
That's so-that's SO. Nevertheless, |
we ought to put a stop to this riot be-
fore any one is killed. II this Jim |
Crow business was off our minds don't |
you think we could work up a feeling
of love for each Other?"
sit is possible" she said after q long
interval.
Andrews went out and called his
gang off. Then he hoisted a flag of
truce and advanced to the mine and
told the defenders that the fight was
Very naturally everybody want
ed to know how things had come
about, and when the jumper had
climbed a rock and raised himself
above his fellowmen, he explained.
There was no waste of words.
ats just this way" he said, "There's
to be no more jumping of Jim Crow
because the owners have consolidated
their interests. There's to be no more
Widow Dolan, because she is to marry
me next week. That's all, and some
Df you load up those collins and chuck
those h~eadboards into the riverw-Wa-
Verly Magazine.