Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-11-29

mont, named from the eXplorer-sotdiGr; there was Orlando, named from lis mothers vague. idle musings oyer pa per backed literature at certain '..un chancy" se;tSons; there was Richards. named from pure policy, for local great man of whom Warren Rodney had anticipated a helping hand at the time; there was Eudora, whose nom inal origin was uncertain, unless 1t bore utilization to that, of Orlando; there was Sadie, thus termed to avoid the painful distinctions of old Sally" and young Sally and, lastly, like post script, came Dan-with him, fancy. ill the matter of names, seemed to have failed. Dan was now six, plump little caricature of q man in blue over alls, which, as they had descended to him from Richards in the nature of an heirloom, reached high under his arm- pits, and shortened the function of his ,suspenders. to the, vanishing point.
 Eudora was now sixteen, and the woman famine in all the land had gift ed her with a surprising precocity. Eudora knew her value and meant to make the most of it. Unlike her moth CT in the old Black Hills days, she ex- pected more than "home of her own." Tonight four suitors sat at table with Eudora, and she might have had forty had she desired it. Any one of the four would have cheerfully murdered the remaining three had opportunity taI q mack cry to them, Barmecide feast. Each watched his rivals-and Eudora.
 Her mother, mumbling her supper with toothless fmpotency, renewed her youth vicaliously, and, while she quar- reled with her daughter from the ris- ing of the sun to. the setting of the same. she added the last straw to the burden of the distracted suitors by an nouncng what comfort Eudora was to her and how handy she was .aboat the house.. z. ....z=zz..#=- .=z,z...zz
 Warren Rodney supported the air of an exile at his own table. Beyond 2 preliminary greeting to his daughters guests he said nothing. His family, in their dealings with him, seemed to ac- cord him the exemptions of extreme. age He ate with the enthusiasm of .a-e ,n aas @te whom meals have beeems the main business of life.
 flows your mine up to Bad Water comin' along. Try" Orlando inquired not from any hospitable interest in Ira's claim. but because he had sundry romantic interests. in that neighbor hood alN5 hoped sto makANlse of the young Wospectors interest in his sis. ter by Securing an invitation to returH with him. Sslrasregardedthee. inquiry II the light of$a speeial providence, HTF was his ehahce. .tosimpress Eudora With the splendor of his prospects and at the same time smite the claims of his rivals, and. behold, brother of his lady had led the way!
 Ira cleared his throat. "They tell me she air like to yield a million any day" At this Eudora gave him the wealth of her eyes. and her mother reached across two of the glowering suitors and dropped hot flapjack on his plate.
 "Who sez that she air likely to yield million any day?' inquired Ben Swift, openly flouting such prophecy. "Yes; who sez it?' inquired Hawks and Taylor. joining forces for tbe 2ss!. 2ysesr!.. throwso5f tlN conf on RemyH
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 "Ye can't keep lackiHgs from freight in round specinents naw. sir. ye can't, not till the fool killer has fin. ished his job.' Ben Swift charged the table with the statement as the prose ,rutim s,thtly ;.ppealssto ,the high grade Ipf fIiufelli kence dn fh4 p1rtl lofahes s5uW. Ps'rfse poiflt toklessE Eldorl, wavering in her donation of hot tlapjacks. gave them to Ben Swift.
 Hawks now leaned across the table @ ';.l d sinuyus, beSuiiing moton, a.!s- extending 'ihs aoag neck etoYaf' fl'" ..ospector kitb ltc air oT,;d lhtk g,hbtr about to peek. he cfoQaed SO,
 !t.:: Ira, it's q heap risky putin you. ilI III liittN tlitN ''ihi l'H' '''''' '''Nt around the country raHamlh" hstie O.
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 .....es in every gopher hole they com
 sss sHsssfFhey names your back yard an +alst rocks appertainin' tae:eunto 2 hex. fashionable, and like as notkDfne;sucl aA gives him good money to fdtA th tr.!sisaback east" N sgS: ssl.rs. Rodney. whose partisanMp i 'any discussion was analogous to the position of hen perching on fence unahle to decide on which side to t,ut- ter, was visibly impressed by Hawks 1 presentation of the case. Looking to- ward her daughter from under the caves of her sunbopnet, she = lowe , shel had hearn that Bad Water was hard on the skin an that it warn't much of place 'arter all. I Folks >osef thar war mostly half livers."
 Ira, now losing all semblance of pol icy at being thus grievously put down by his possible mother-inrlaw," "refkon ed that herdin' sheep over to the@Basiu l woe o hna h oaSiap or1 fhn skin than