The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-20
a NICE
SENSE OF
HONOR.
(Austln A. Kingsley

"speakin' O mirages," said the old
rancher, I'VE don't pear to git no
such mirages as we used to git Dun
no whether the elyments has chang
but | don't see no more land liftin'
with everything drawed as II II war
Il palntin' under your nose such as |
seen often when fust come to the
country"
What kind of mirages do you
have down here?" asked the gentle
man from Massaehusetts-tho that
elevate objects or those that show
objects having no existence?"
'Waal, / reckon you'd call 'em ele-
vators."
i've seen mirages on Lake Michi-
gan" said the Chicago man, but |
Leycr knew whether they were the
eastern shore elevated or the western
shore reflected"
There aln't no reflection down
here" remarked the ranIher. What
| you see you see. saw somepin oncet
hat changed the hull course OF my
| '!te. Il want no reflection, you bet
er llre.'
How was that asked the Mas
! iarhnsetts man.
| "'rwaS this .a-way: When ] war u
| yogug man ! worked at cowpunchin
| Tor 4 man as lived on ridge that
locAed over like ridge fifteen mile
away The river run between each
| ri1ge midway and the ground on
, Zach side the river war as like ms
lwo peas. Tanner lived on the east
| idge-he war the man ! worked for
and fifteen mile away on the other
ridge his brother-in-law, Brant, had
| built 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 center OF Il big ranch.
| Tanner had daughter, Eunice
that TUX shine TO me. | war al
innocent young feller in them days
and hadn't no notion o. hookin' uI
With anyone and tried TO keep hel
off my scent, but she follered me like
bloodhound and, somehow, though
could git rid o. most things,
couldn't git rid O. her. Whenever
I'd try II she'd set down beside me
kind o. lovin' like and thatd he the
end o my tryin' to shake her.
"Waal, at last she hived me an(
tho fust thing / knowed | had gone
10 the ole man and axed for his gal
He was willin' and so we was en-
gagged, as they say in the towns
Eunice oncet havin' lassoed me GIN
me good deal o. rope, jist as thougl
we was married, and | couldn't 81
away nohow.
What made il hard on me wa
that ! wanted another gal That ga
war Sally Brant, Eunice's cousin
Sally war a quiet little thing AM
didn't run after nobody. | couldn'
see very much OF her cause Eunic
regarded me as her property an
wouldn't let me off evenin's to rid
over to the Brant ranch and day
times war lookin' after the cattle
"One mornin | found myself lost
There had been O heavy fog all night
and instead OF takin' my bearln's be
fore ii settled and goin to sleep wha
] war | tried to pull through IT, Bu
student, about 10 O'Clock in IN
mornin' the fog lifted aud | foun
myself mile from the Brant rane
house. Thinkin' It would be goo
chance to go and tell Sally Bran
that | war goin' to be married.
rode over, Sally was on the fron
veranda knittin' socks. ! j'ined he
and as soon as | could git up spun
told her that | war settled to b
broke by Eunice Tanner. She didn
say word; she jist bent down an
could see that she war cryin'.
"of course thar war jist one thin
to do. | set down on the bench be
side her, put my arms around he
and"
Kissed herr" asked the Chicag
man.
! Kissed her? No, war honabl'
war engaged"
"Wen. go on"
I'VE were settin' facln' the vale
and suddent lifted nay eyes an