The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1903-04-16

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Reub Bannerton, bein' kin
der lonesome, c'ncluded he'd go. He
was mighty modest man, Reub was,
an be was sittin' by the wall, not
calc'latin' TO dance, when a girl he
never saw walked up to him. She was
a big girl with square shoulders, an
anybody could see she didn't need
much male perfection, Reub looked at
her an then looked away, an she says:
"'Hey the mex waltz with me, pard-
nerT
"Reub was new in this country, then,
an didn't know much bout the ekallty
of the sexes. So he sorter shufIled his
feet aroun' an 1n'ly says;
"'Im mighty sorry. but don't know
how ter waltz which was a lie due to
his bashfulness, but Is'bel, which was
her name, didn't know 1t then.
"'oh, come on she says, that
needn't make no difference; can swing
you
$50 he went, an IL you'd seen the
subsekent proceedins you'd hev
thought she could swing him. Moren
half the time his feet never touched
the floor, an his face shone so with
perspiration that 1t looked like one Of
these new-fang!od indecent lights. But
he kept thinkin', WAL, it'll be over
pretty soon; won't hev to stand 1t
long,
1.-THE waltz ended at last, an Reub
was wonderin' whether he orto thank
her for the pleasure or she orto thank
him. when she says:
III 1t don't make no difference to
you wen go out on the verandy an sit
out the mex dance. I'm tired
ut did make difference to him. for
be was gittin' Uneasy, but when he
come to look at her he couldn't think
Of any way out OF It, so he went.
1.-THE frs thing she did after they got
on the verandy was to grab his hand.
Reub tried TO pull 1t away, but she
grabbed It firm an unyieldin' an says
In pleadin' tones:
"'Oh, my b'loved one"
at amt neither your bloved one,
says Reuh, soothin'ly, but firmly. i
amt never done nothin' to encourage
these unman - unwomanly perceedin's
Of yours. never saw you fore to-
night
"'You are, too, my b'loyed one. You
may not know It, but you are my souls
'lnlty that I've been waitin' fer, an l
felt 1t jus as soon as saw you. Oh,
my 'dored onep
"Waal, Reub sot there more'n fifteen
minutes tryin to convince her that he
want her 'dored one an that prob'ly
her souls 'finity'd be long on the mex
emigrant train, but she only grabbed
his hand tighter an tried to pull his
head onto her shoulder. He asked her
to think how his mother would feel IL
she knew how he was beln' led on, but
she SIN chung, She was hit hard,
Isbel was.
"Fin'ly she let 90 OF his hand to
brush fly off her ear, an Reub run.
Isbel looked after him, sayin' so that
Bill Hawkins heered 1t, He ylt shall be
mine, my b'loved one; he yit shall be
miner
"NeY' mornln' early Reub started out
propectin'. He said he felt zlf he was
n ha'nted man an recloned he'd better
seek sclusion.
"The second day he was out, bout
evenir, he was sittin' by his cabin
door when n horse an his rider come
aroun' the big rock by his cabin, an q
tender voice says;
I have found you. oh, my b'loved"
"Reub didn't look up, but he says:
" 4 amt your b'loved, tell you, an
you o:to know 1t by this time
'Reub says her voice was low an
ecstatlc, though somewhat bass, as
Is'beps voice alters is, when she again
says: 4 have found you, oh, my
blovedp he kinder hesltated Then he
says:
"'Waal, s'posln' You have found me,
though amt any such thing what dc
You propose to do about It? ,,.tt
"'0h, the delicious bliss o. this here
moment when again found my souls
'Anltyg ,..!fs "
"'Yon may have found your souls
'finlty. but II is due to you fer me TO
suggest that II has not found you, an