The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-07
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The Madnes of Benito Flores.
(By Leo Cfane)
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sesseesesVeVtsusesese seee eeeot eeee et D v
! Id the shrubbery o. the grand lookin' place
| an hopin' the water'd be better than most
| o the vile stun we had to drink BY good
| iuck or bad, the woman came upon him
| IN the gardens an he foolishly sat down
| TO have bit o. chat all at her invitation
| mind We, an pleasant Ike, for the capeu
/ was an accommodating man.
X she was Just Ike a piece o. tinted
! chiney, all curves an dmples an shaded
color. An while they were talkln'. along
comes that squat little husband, an nearly
catehes EN-. The cap'en jumps back into
| tue bushes at the harsh voice o. the man
/ who was huntin through the little GLADE.
Tor her, and then-wen It's a curious way
Wimmen have. derned II / amt noticed Il
| meself-she seemed to want the cap'en h
KISS her. Acted Just MS " she was dyin
Tor H. Well-as | said before the cap'cr
was young mnn-quitc n young man
trouble. ~
An that little thing set her heart on
nre. She wanted more kisses, an the
sne Jar,ia couldn I supply en-. She senda
an ne hobbies about quite IKE an learns
tne regiment T. stayin' az the village Then
~, ~ toWh she troops several times, smIln'
cap,cn. Now It happened 'bonf this time.
as had luck would have It, that Things IN
country quicted down for spell AM rho
colonel decided TO make sam Fernando his
quarters Tor q short space. There was a
gren, green plot 90 meadow near the town
an. there the colonel had ms out for drlli'
WIN all tht natives lOokn' on lie WINS n
nara man Tor dr,lIin'. We used to hate
nm FOR II. 'cnuec even after tho sun went
uoWh' the ggOuu' sCurched Ike flannel
cake. ""HNe'
Well, when the little woman heard that
the capcn could be sppn every n,ct in ~
while. marchin' up mn dawn ON nv tbo ~, w a
In great shane. In she como, i iitInn
JuMplh cart. An after one driIl II was n
THE cap'en rot. an to IL H., d, .,..,.......
an he was afraid ibc cot"n"i ', 80, WY
wind n thn n,tt, w '""Nrl Wn9ld get
or tvict he MI 90, ,1s 1 We s1lI "nct
comm into town ,Gtrpr, n, "t,,oI' Htpt
duy She stors rigbt ot ,,o u" olt'Hrri one
az homo r1r "u IT, uv't9 ne WIS not
,np,,I 'ii'W MrlIi III me hte uad great
"But thn rontrn ro,,,oy o., 49,. III.
DIV e,,l w." Oil, "i''N I" me NNlun on"
BON ny dfst name "' Inn NC or5or agi 'o9R5r
sonara S waot t9" l6r up somG prisoners tie
ho. 'ma,hr yybnn nN'lnlnr anu spy8
tribe. his IItiIn er5ir "GtyT inc Way D.
fnucvll blow over n blt. an, n, s m3'i ,i,,,,
10 slccp Wv "u " una tim'
"WpH boys cor ,ou ,o ,..-.,,.
gIad to br3r "a" ,,y' F',; "nS heartily
Ue trIs ma, T, o." IlU lhU ullr woman.
tho, ',ua ,ut rus "rl'ia called for lcaain'
hr,t. 'n'n "n s"NS, me sooner the
Tc had fan mi " '' ,uGain no og 'pire NEE,
n,,I 'yuL" I"t r'flu. AMI mgiu ire.
~ .u,N ,u"uEht hr time to he
b. ,,I '''u ,"''1'u. ifui Ih' colonel E1ld
I htnu ,"H ~, cptFr lhlrr men. au' give
",. 1T i''N i1' i"t' Ior the uige.# bad
.l0i,'l 20 rHlSo 1uo am crN pgaW. au'
VIZ nifu Ht work TO keep communication
"'l IHf"uEd.
Hut nS Fo VIII perhaps it was accident
an pcIhnps u was special dlspcusatlun
O. tht d'vlIs spite; anyway the cap'cn had
hardly put two shirts into his bag whom
upper end o. town ont 1 troops fn md
the mnttcr an gets there a uilo in adj,
vance O. the guard, II was the Niger
man the manlldn husband. An he was
lumpln am cursin tn I Thought tho very
heavens would fail an smother his cries
lie ragged about for sometime without the
boys gcttu' ou 20 his puluvcr for he talked
60 fast ans SO tangled M that no one 4but
me- which was on to his game could come
anywhere near to unlcratandin'.
someone had whispered o. the womnn's
visits TO- town an had clnpned into the
story bit % color maxim him furious He
hnd gone stone blind with rnar dld ,
tall two minutcs' thiukln' an settled on "A
plan Scys t. Come with me mn See the
colonel lie quicts down at that. muttcrs
som thin' about vengeance down In his
throht, an tolers. Down the sunny street
we Went me an the puthcllicd niger la
stead o. taEin him 90 the colourNs ! stcHVs
nm into the cap'"n's hut, nu' goes ont,
. alI'r "TEl9 MN p"'iir NE - wait sec
now seF' 'It don't mako dern blt
u'H'l'ug' Wh'jA"t you've only seen her
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