West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-10-21
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anu iny tneir goods at the feet of the
girl who serves them beans I'm n beam
cry. Why, the alphabet itself con-
nives. The Sunday newspapers head
liners work is cut for him.
Winsome Waitress Wins Wealthy
Wisconsin woodsman."
For awhile we felt that MiIIy was
on the verge OF being lost to us.
1t was our love OF the unerring ar.
tistic adjustment OF nature that in
spired us. We could not give her over
to lumberman doubly accursed by
wealth and provincialism. We shud-
dered to think Of Milly, with her voice
modulated and her elbows covered.
pouring tea In the marble tepee Of n
tree murderer. mol In Cypher's she
belonged-in the bacon smoke, the cab
bage perfume, the grand wagnerian
chorus OF hurled ironstone china and
rafting casters.
Our fears must have been prophetic,
for on that same evening the wildwood
discharged upon US Milly's preordain-
ed conhscator-our fee to adjustment
and order. But Alaska and not Wis
consin bore the burden OF the vista
ton.
We were at our supper OF beef stew
and dried apples when he trotted in as
IL on the heels Of a dog team and
made one OF the mess at our table.
With the freedom of the camps he as
saulted our ears and claimed the fell
lowship OF men lost IN the wilds OF n
hash house. We embraced him as n
specimen. and in three minutes we
had all but died for one another as
friends.
He was rugged and bearded and
wind dried. lie had just come or the
trail" he said. at one OF the North
river ferries. ] fancied I could see
the snow dust OF Chllcoot yet powder
ing his shoulders. And then he strew-
ed the table with the nuggets. stuffed
ptarmigans, beadwork and seal pelts
OF the returned Klondiker and began
to prate TO us Of his millions.
Bank drafts for two Millions" was
bis summing up. "and a thousand
day piling up from my claims. And
now / want some beef stew and can
ned peaches. ! never got Off the train
since mushed out Of Seattle, and I'm
hungry. The stun the niggers feed
you on Pullmans doesn't count. You
gentlemen order what you want"
And then Milly loomed up with a
thousand dishes on her bare arm
loomed up big and white and pink and
awful as Mount St. Elias with smile
Ike day breaking In n gulch. And the
Klondlker threw down his peIts and
nuggets as dross and let his jaw fall
halfway and stared at her. You could
almost see the diamond tiaras on NIL
ly's brow and the hand embroidered
silk Paris gowns that he meant to buy
for her.
At last the bollworm had attacked
the cotton. The poison ivy was reach
ing out It's tendrils to intwiDe the sum
mer boarder The millionaire lumber.
man. tblnly disguised as the Alaskan
miner. was about TO engulf our Mily
and upset natures adjustment.
Kraft was the hrst TO act lie lenped
up and pounded the Klondiker's back.
Come out aud drink" he shouted
drink 6rst and eat afterwardw Jud-
klns seized one arm and the other.
Gayly, roaringly. irreslsubly. In Jolly
good fellow style we dragged him from
the restaurant to n cafe. stumng his
pockets with his embolmed birds and
indigestible nuggets.
There be rumbled a roughly good
humored protest That's the girl for
my money! he declared. "she can
cat out OF my skillet the rest OF her
life. Why. never see such n fine
girl! I'm going back there and ask
her TO marry me. guess she won't
want 70 sling hash any more when she
sees the pile Of dust I've got"
You'll take another whisky and
milk now" Kraft persuaded. with
Satan's smile. Il thought you up
country fellows were better sports"
Kraft spent bis puny store OF coin
at the bar and then gave Judkins and
me such on appealing look that he
went down to the last dime we had in
toastlng our guest.
Then when our ammunition was
gone and The Klohdlker. sfni some.
what sober, began to babble again ol
Nilly. kraft whispered into his ear
such polite. borbed insult relating
20 people who we're misery win their
funds that tho miner crashed down