Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-10-15

sEE HERE. GOAT, ACT ACCOhDfA
liant Of the bench 10 Was Goat WI
sou. sheep berder. looking pret~ruat
urally solemn. Spread out Oh bis kBe~s
was sample copy Of the Heart aud
Hand, a matrimonial Journal.
Got her picked out yetT' asked
Lame Mort jocularly.
Goat grinned feebly aud shook his
head
Lame Mort drew nearer and looked
over the others shoulder. Which one
are you leanin' to so fart" be asked
curiously.
Goat rested a large. blunt forennger
on No. 902, who described herself as
IA sweet little blond with true blue
eyes"
Think she'd Gil the billY' he finally
asked nervously.
Fill the bill" calculated Lame Mort
heartlessly. How'd you look any way
hooked up 'longside golden bair. pink
and rosy complexion, age seventeen
Got lookin' glass up In your wagon,
have you:"
Goat looked foolish. His finger re-
luctantly slipped from 9O2 TO 922-"a
handsome brunette with an abundance
of dark hair and black, sparkling eyes"
You bet her eyes would sparkle
once they got set on your outfitw com
mented Lame Mort. I'D pass the
brunette up IL were you"
The baffied sheep herder turned to
the front page reluctantly, remarking
with smoldering defiance, 81 bet this
one is good lookin', too, only she takes
another way Of sayin' So"
Lame Mort read, wondered. reread,
and finally stamped S01 with the seal
of. his approval despite the fact that
the paragraph puzzled him:
with view to happiness, want
to hear from some man In good cir
cumstances who would be very par
ticular how his wife looks. I am twen-
ty-nine, do not get mad and am a
good worker. Let some one like the
above write"
Eight hundred and one. who proved
to be Miss Olga Helm of Clydes Forks.
N. Y, carried the day, and prelimina-
ries incident to her change of resi-
dence and name were conducted 10
Goats name by Lame Mort through
the Heart and Hand. 1t would take
500 to convey the lady to Wyoming.
The cash passed through the Chicago
office, diminished by little matter of
commission, and the lady was sched-
uled to appear in Cody June s.
When this information arrived Goat
sat down on cracker box with re-
sounding force and calculated fpebly:
1.-THE 5th! Gosh. that's Thursdayw
"Of course it is. man. Brace up
here" Lame Mort gave the groom
elect blow between the shoulders by
way of congratulation, feeling not q
little complacent at the outcome of bis
advice and correspondence. an take
the stage over Thursday and see you
through with it." he continued cheer
fully. "Of course you'll have to go on
before and speak to the justice"
Therefore on Tuesday Goat. knock
kneed and faint hearted, left substi.
tute with the sheep and journeyed
Cody-wards. carrying with him an ear
nest exhortation from his adviser.
"See here. Goat" the latter entreated,
when you strike town don't you for
get that made out to Miss Helm that
you was hull Sunday school and act
nccordin'. And If was you I'd lay
low about her and not have every
in Cody on to the game"
This advice was most excellent, but
Lame Mort was aware it had not been
followed when he reached Cody Thurs
day evening,
The prospective bridegroom, forget
ting that he was a hull Sunday
school," had for two days lived up to
his light socially with the effect of
adding to the weakness 10 his knees,
but subtracting from the faintness of
his heart. until all Cody knew of the
arrival Of Heart and
Hand bride. Ideas as to her appear
lnce, however, were confused owing
TO the bridegroom's lapse of memory.
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