Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-03-12

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I'm NA Beardville. a stage june
M III ton in the heart of the
n SNT Blue mountains of Ore
lfE .ss== gon, considered her an ac-
HVAHu QUESTION to his hosiery
W. and never left an oppor-
II tunity go by in which he
might mention her.
Gentlemen" he was wont to say to
his guests in the large, bare dining
room, Gentlemen, there's cook fur
yer, direck from the east" AS she had
come from Cheyenne this was strictly
the truth.
She was a small, rather buXon wom-
an with coquettish brown eyes, white
face, and away brown hair. She was
not particularly good looking, but she
must have been fascinating, If one OBJ
served the fact that she had disposed
face, and wavy brown hair. She was
now engaged to a prospective fourth,
a miner named Jerry Burke.
Mrs. Frapp was very fond, passionate
ly so in fact, of sundry articles of dress,
to-wit: bonnets, which she tied with
butterfly knots under her dimpled chin,
cream colored and polka dot parasols,
ribbons, colored handkerchiefs, cologne,
jewelry and other things of like ma
ture. She, to be happy, must live where
she could be seen in her finery; where,
when she went out walking, there
would be people to look at her. She de-
sired to shine, as it were. Mrs. Frapp's
third husband with whom, she had no
hesitation in telling Jerry, she was
blissfully happy, had been the proprie-
tor of a general merchandise store in
Cheyenne; and she had declared that
Jerry must have like business in
like town before she could be his In
deed and fact. And Jerry, who was
without funds, felt sad to hear that
until that time she preferred to remain
the admired cook of the Beardvllle tav-
ern.
Jerry owned partially developed
claim in a gulch off Colley Rock, and
it was upon his assertion that in time
his prospect would enable him to east
ly satisfy to the least detail all condi
tions that the cook promised him her
heart and hand.
On the certain spring morning upon
which Jerry had stumbled across his
prospect, he hadn't had enough money
to pay for his bacon and flour, let alone
his tools. His friend, Popp, Of the mug
get" had to "grubstake" him to give
him a start. Jerry then had been with
out funds and he was now without
funds. His much Wanted ability tC
realize from his prospect seemed decid.
eddy dubious and mis- engagement show
ed but little likelihood Of eliminating
in marriage.
In the awe-inspiring solitude of thu
gulch, however, Jerry worked hard de
veloping the property, driving a tun
mel which exposed better rock every
day. In the evening after his work
after he had fired and eaten his bacon
and while he smoked his short bria
pipe, sitting in the door of bis cabin
he looked up the high mountains wher
the pines were growing close and thick
or down in the gulch where the creek
crystal water was foaming and @nsh
ing madly among the rocks. Hi
thoughts then were of the cook, TO
Jerry loved Mrs. Frapp with all the fer
Yor of his Irish heart.
One afternoon when Jerry came on
of the tunnel he was driving, he say
two men coming up the gulch on horse
back. One was Popp, the other was a
Popp explained to Jerry, a party
with whom he was negotiating for |
sale of the prospect. The "Iarty," WHIT
was a shrewd-looking man, did no
commit himself. He examined the sew
eral places where the ledge cropped out
glanced in the tunnel, examined tn,
dump carelessly, kicked at some speci
mems of the latest rock, dlsparaged ev
erything while raking several sacks o
samples and finally, with an air o
seeming disappointment, mounted hi
horse and with Popp left the gulch. !
few days after this, however, Pop
came to tell Jerry that the party" ha,
closed with him for the property an,
that the money was deposited in tn
Baker City bank.
Jerry did not trust banks. He dl
not thoroughly understand their pur
pose. So that when he received a chez
for $4,000, drawn on the Baker Cit
national bank, he cashed the, to hin
doubtful piece Of paper forthwith an
disposed of its equivalent snugly In hi
inside pocket.
As he passed out Of the bank he me
a friend a man who had sledged 70
him in the Maggie Murphy mine.
Hello, Mike" he cried.
Hello, Jerry, old boy. What err 20
dom here? Out Of job?"
Not by a hundred foot drift | AIM
I'm goin' ter git married-an' | ain
lackin' the stuff neither. Won't ye
have somethln' on me?"
Don't keer II do" said Mike, an
together they entered the Blue Snak
saloon, where they each took a larg
helping Of whisky.
what er you doln,' Mixer" aske
Jerry after they had finished thei
drink.
81 tryin' ter git some Teller TO go 4
with me prospectln' in the mounting
I'D like fur you ter jlne me, Jerry"
Jerry smiled partonizingly an
shook his head negatively. mo NOR
mimi fur me-" he said.
The barkeeper took up their glasse
and began wiplng the bar with a dirt
| towel.
Take one on me-" said Mike, nod
ding to the barkeeper, and they file
up again. They had hardly set dow
their empty glasses when a friend Q
Mikes came in the door. He had
friend with him. He introduced hi
friend to Mike and Mike introduce
| Jerry TO the two newcomers. Then fol
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