The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-04-13
WHOLE NO. 1854
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one OF the girls ne wanted ana VINO
wanted him that left girl for
n second DRAWN of chances. Many
of those present would rather have
fought for their chance; but. recogniz-
in the dclicacy of the situation and
the plan bein' the nearest that could
be suggested TO rattle, it was unani-
mously approved. Blanks and ten
prize slips We're placed In hat and
ten men were selected. Every one
of the lucky ten was ordered to black
his boots, lake his trousers out of
them, Wear Il coat IL he had one and
report nj the tavern that evenin' for
introduction by Miss Bowers.
The next mornin' Mr.. Parkhurst
called FOR IIuggins.
".Wcll, Hugsins,' he said when the
old man appeared how did IL turn
out last night?'
AT the courtin'? Tol'able. sir,
tolable, Three men proposed to gals
as TUX en-, four men was too Urinary
10 20 down with any of the gals, two
men wanted the same gal and was
killed In n shootin match afterwards
olle Iltu SOl uH VII nus tul WITH u Sai
who wouldn't have him and said he
had n wife already In Frisco and
didn't want no more of 'em. This
leaves seven gals for the next DRAWN
aud three men less to be provided for
Seven names We're next drawn and
presented the same cycnin'. This WAS
Higgins report of the second pair off;
,nfp off fatiar
drunk and wasn't let In to the courtin'.
Three men wanted the same gal. They
had n triangular fight. the survivor
to win; little Teller with red hair win
ncr Gnl wouldn't have him. That
leaves four gals for prizes
'In this way eleven of the gals was
paired, lcavin' one, the purtiest OF the
lot, to be disposed Of. All the fellers
wanted her from the first, and most
Of the men that got killed was nghtin'
for her Hut she wouldn't have none
OF 'em She's mighty particular, seem
she's had twenty men to pick from.
She's got snappin' black eyes, kind of
reddish hair and is purity and plump
MS robin.
Nov, II you want to work out Il
scheme for furnlshin' wives you don't
want hary of the women to be Jim
dandy One purity woman with the
old Nick In her will spoil any practical
plan that was ever got UP. This gal
Becky Riggs, beln' the only unmarried
woman left In the camp-Miss Bowers
had gone lex for another load-and
every wan left wantin' her. set up II
connngration. Every day there was n
fight about her, and some one was
sure to be killed. The wives begged
her to choose some one and stop tue
fightin'. But she wouldn't shed
make b'lieve she was goin' to take
one of 'em and then start in to eli
courage another. II anything was
needed to keep up the list of casualties
this filed the bill
WELL II got so bad ut last, so many
good men bein' killed, that Mr.. Park
hurst sent Miss Riggs word that he'd
be pleased to furnish her ticket back
where she came from. She sent word
TO him that she'd ruther be an old
maid In Colorado than bloomin' mar
ried woman In the east. Then Mr.
parkhurst went TO see her to reason
with her. She jist set there listenin
10 him with her head on one side and
her nose IN the air and didn't answer
never Il word
"1hings KEEP goin from bad to worse.
Some of the men Miss Riggs had re-
fused tux to drink, and most OF EN-
wouldn't work. 1t was impossible To
git other hands, and the dirt taken out
was glttin' less an less every day. 1t
begun to look AS IL Miss Riggs wasn't
married or didn't so away the mine
would have to shet down The presi-
dent wrote to know what was up. Mr.
Parkhurst wrote TO send ON u carload
Of women. The president wrote thai
Miss Bowers had come back an ,
wouldn't advise no more gals to 60 TO
sicl bengbted place. This looked
purity black. Mr.. Parkhurst called for
old Ben HIGGINS and axed him what
was best to be done.
when | was liyin with my ole
woman. Mr. Parkhurst,' Huggins said
knowingly, i found out that women
must have their way
What do you mean by thatF
".Wen. sir, there's nothin' fur pur-
ty gal here but TO git married. Every
man here has axcd Miss Riggs but one
40 Thought they had all asked her,
mo, sir; there's one left, and the
KNOWN ones among the wives say
that's the one she wants.
WHO IL hei'
- think It's you, sir
~
"sYes, sir-you.'
MFR. Parkhurst concluded to make II
call on Miss Riggs.
THE youn. woman was perfectly
aware thai the manager understood
the situation Furthermore, she had
brought with her some becomin' cos
tunes and had put one OF them OH for
his reception. When Mr.. Parkhurst
saw her to have her for a companion
didn't seem 10 him such n hardship.
after all 1t had been more than a
year since he had seen IL refined wom-
an He passed the evenin' with her
in general conversation and found her
intelligent He might spend years In
mimi country, and it occurred to
him thai Miss Riggs would take away
from his loneliness. He thought the
"latter ever that night and the next
evenin made another visit, durin'
which he surrendered.
The visit of the girls to the mimi
camp was lottery with one prize.
Miss Riggs got it. But in her case there
was more management than luck"