The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-03
A Nice Sense Of Honor.
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SUCH mirageS as we used to git. bun
no whether the elyments has changed
or my eyesight is breakin' down, but |
don't see no more land liftin' with ev-
erything drawed as If it war paintin'
under your nose such as seen often
when fust come to the country"
'What kind. of mirages do you have
down here. asked the gentleman from
Massachusetts. those that elevate OBJ
jects or those that show objects hav-
ing no existence?"
"waal. / reckon you'd call 'em eie-
vaters."
''Ive seen mirages on Lake Mich
igan." said the Chicago man. 'but
never knew whether they were the
eastern shore elevated or the western
shore reflected"
"There amt no reflection down here"
remarked the rancher. what you see
you see. saw somepin oncet that
changed the hull course of my life.
1t want no reflection. you bet yer life."
How was that?" asked the Massa-
chusetts man.
"'Twas this Away: When war
young man I worked at COW punchin'
for man as lived on ridge that
looked over like ridge fifteen mile
away. The river run between each
ridge midway. and the ground on each
side the river war as like as two peas.
Tanner lived on the east ridge-he
war the man worked for-and fifteen
miles away ON the other ridge his
brother-in-law, Brant, had built a
house after the same plans. The same
architect had planned 'em both, and
lumber had been sawed for the two of
'em at oncet. Each stood in the CEN
ter of a big ranch.
Tanner had a daughter, Eunice,
that TUX shine to me. war an in
nocent young Teller In them days and
hadn't no notion o. hookin' up with
any one and tried to keep her off my
scent. but she foliered me like blood
hound. and somehow. though l could
git rid o. most things, couldn't git rid
o. her. Whenever I'd try it she'd set
down beside me kind o. lovin' like, and
that d be the end o. my tryin' to
shake her.
"Waal, at last she hived me. and the
| fust thing knowed had gone to the
ole man and axed for his gal. He was
within, and so we was engaged, as
| they say in the towns. Eunice oncet
havin' lassoed me gimme good deal
o. rope, jist as though we was married
and couldn't git away nohow.
'sWhat made it hard on me was that
wanted another gal. That gal wal
Sally Brant, Eunice's cousin. Sally
war quiet little thing and didn't run
after nobody. couldn't see very much
of her cause Eunice regarded me as
I her property and wouldn't let me of
evenin's to ride over to the Bran
ranch. and daytimes war lookin' afte
i the. cattle.
q zone mornin' | found myself lost
There had been heavy fog all night
and instead Of takin' my bearin's be
fore it settled and goin' to sleep wha
war tried to pull through it. Blu
student, about 10 o'clock In the morn
in, the fog lifted and found myself |
mile from the Brant ranch house
: Thinkin' it would be good chance t.
go and tell Sally Brant that I wa
goin' to be married, rode over. Sail.
was ON the front veranda knittin
socks. l fined her and as soon as
could git up spunk told her that wa
settled to be broke by Eunice Tanner
She didn't say a word; she jist ben
down, and l could see that she wa
erwin.
"Of course thar war list one thing t
do. set down on the bench besid
her. put nv arms around her, and''-
"Kissed ber?r asked the Chicag
man.
, "Kissed her? No: l war hon'able
llI war engaged"
"Well. 90 on"
ave war settin, facin, the valley. an
suddent 7 lifted nv ewes and thar bs
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