The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-09-19

"rx GOING 10 BUST THIS DuRSED OLD
GOVERNMENT.
ute. I'm almost q mind to tell you
something. but I'm afraid you'd laugh
at me-"
Don't you believe II, widow. Is II
an official or private communication
Don't forget as the driver of this mail
wagon I'm representing the postal
service, the administration. the great
American nation and the flag which
waves over so, freemen."
This hain't got nothing to do with
the great American nation" she said
as she turned away to sigh. It's be-
tween men you, Abe, that / say I've
been shook"
do you e somebody has given
you the marble hearth"
at looks like 1t. Do you remember
the Teller who come along here last JAN
cary selling barbed wire fences? He
had blue eyes and red whiskers and
spoke with a smile, and he fell In love
with me at first sight He was around
here for a week. and before be went
away he asked me to be his'n."
.And you promised" said l.
I'll think l did. He was to come In
Q month, and he was to write me three
times a week. l got two letters from
him, but that vas all. It's what they
call the old shake. amt itg'
Looks like 1t. widow-looks very
much like 1t. I'm afraid he was only
toying with your affections. He was
barbed wiring the pastures and your
heart at the same time. Have you
written him?"
almost every day, Abe. I've writ
ten him love. and I've written him
threats. but he won't answer neither.
I'm 50 upset that don't know what to
do. l can't work days. and l can't
sleep nights. It's an awful thing. Abe.
for a man to tell q woman that she's
the dearest, sweetest, cutest, lovingest
thing on earth and then walk OF as
cool as a COW in a cornfeld. | believe
! shall commit suicide"
widow" said I as l watched the
tears streaming down her cheeks.
don't you go and cut up no clothes
line to hang yourself on account of
any such scoundrel. He might have
had blue eyes and red whiskers. but
his heart was false. If you had mar
ried him. he would have broken your
heart In a month. Lord bless me. but
he might have taken you TO Niagara
falls on a bridal tour and chucked you
overl Just weed him right out Of you
heart and so to looking sweet and
purity again. Why. | know a dozen
fellers who are dying to marry you"
You don't sayr she gasped.
"Of course | do. and with the hints
! shall drop here and there you'll have
to stand Mt the gate with a club to keep
the crowd OF. Lands alive, Widow
Taylor. but you don't tell me you are
breaking your heart oyer one single
man. and q barbed wire man Mt that.
when you al have your pick Of DO.
But I've been shook" she said. smil
Ing and weeping at the same time.
Then get even by shaking three or
four men. and don't shed another tear
Bless me. but If my wife was a widow
she wouldn't stand one show in 80 be.
side you! Widow. haste thee away
and curl thy hair and powder thy chin
and get ready to wreck the lives of half
q dozen windmill agents before Satur-
day night"
She called down blessings on my
head as l drove of. and ! looked to see
her tripping up the path with new joys
and greater hopes In Ter heart. | had
Just reached the Schimerhorns' and
was dropping a letter into the box
when the old man came out OF the
cornfield with a hoe on his shoulder
and said:
Look a-here. Abe. I'm going to bust
this burned old government into a
cooked hat. and I thought ! might as
well tell you right here and nowr"
whats the matter. Uncle Henry p
said I.
Haven't I stuck by this government
through thick and thin for the last 20
yearsr'
I'm sure you have"
Haven't I had the American eagle
painted on my boss barn and kept the
stars and stripes flying every day in
the Year,"
It's true. Uncle Henry"
"And I'm allus the first one to nay
my taxes and the first one to chip In