Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1910-07-29
draw lots for a chance to git some
one on 'em.'

In the uell"0cy or the situation ana
the plan bein the nearest that could
be suggested to rattle, 1t was unani
mously approved. Blanks and ten
prize slips were placed In hat and
ten men We're selected Every one
of the lucky ten was ordered to black
his boots. take his trousers out Of
them, wear u coat II he had one and
report at the tavern that evenin' for
Introduction by Miss Bowers.
1.-THE next mornin' MFR. Parkhurst
called for Huggins.
"'Well, Huggins,' he said when the
old man appeared. how did 1t turn
out last nightT
"'At the courtin'? ToPable, sir,
tol'able. Three men proposed to gals
as TUX 'em, four men was too Urinary
to 20 down with any of the gals, two
men wanted the same gal and was
killed In a shootin' match afterwards.
One man got up on his ear with gal
who wouldn't have him and said he
had a wife already In Frisco and
didn't want no more OF 'em, This
leaves seven gals for the next drawn
and three men less to be provided for
"Seven names were next drawn and
presented the same evenin', This was
Higgins report of the second pair of:
"'Three paired of. One Teller was
drunk and wasn't let In to the courtin'
Three men wanted the same gal. They
had triangular fight, the survivor
to win; little Teller with red hair win
ner. Gal wouldn't have him. That
leaves four gals for prizes
"In this way eleven of the gals was
paired, leavln' 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 hghtin'
for her But she wouldn't have none
Of 'em. She's mighty particular, seein'
she's had twenty men to pick from.
She's got snappin black eyes, kind Of
reddish hair and IL purity and plump
as u robin"
"Now, II you want to work out
scheme for furnishin wives you don't
want nary Of the women to be Jim
dandy One purity woman with the
old Nick In her will spoil any practical
plan that WIS ever got up This gal,
Becky Riggs bein' the only unmarried
woman left IN the camp-Miss Bowers
had gone buck for another load-and
every wan left wantin' her, set up
cOndagratiOn Every day there was q
fight about her, aud some one was
sure to be killed. The wives begged
her to choose some one and stop the
fghtin'. But she wouldn't. She'd
make b'lieve she was goin' to take
one of 'em and then start Ia to en-
courage another IL anything was
needed to keep up the list Of casualties
this filed the bill.
"Well, 1t got 10 bad at last, 50 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 bl0omin' mar
ried woman la the east Then Mr..
Parkhurst went to see her to reason
with her. She fist set there listenin'
to him with her head Oh one side and
her nose ia the air and didn't answer
never a word
Things KEEP goln' from bad to worse.
Some OF the men Miss Riggs had re-
fused tux to drink, aud most Of 'em
wouldn't work 1t was impossible to
git other hands, and the dirt taken out
was gittin' less an less every day. 1t
begun to look as II Miss Riggs wasn't
married or didn't go away the mine
would have to shet down The presi-
dent wrote 10 know what was ny. Mr..
Parkhurst wrote TO send Oh carload
Of women. The president wrote that
Miss Bowers had come back and
wouldn't advise no more gals to go to
SIGH q benighted place This looked
purity black Mr.. Parkhurst called for
old Ben Higgins aud aIed him what
was best to be done.
"fWhen was Twin with my ole
woman, Mr.. Parkhurst,' Higgins said
knowin1y, 4 found out that women
must have their way.
"'What do you mem by thatr
"'Well, sir, there's nothln' fur pur-
| t. gal here but to git married. Every
man here has axed Miss Riggs but one
81 thought they had all asked her
"'No, sir; there's one left, and the
Known ones among the wives say
that's the one she wants.'
WHO IL hef
"T think It's you, SIR
ar
ayes, sir-you!'
"Mr Parkhurst concluded to make q
call on Miss Riggs.
| THE young woman was perfectly
aware that the manager understood
the situation. Furthermore, she had
brought with her some becomin' cos
tunes and had put one Of them on for
his reception. When Mr.. Parkhurst
Jaw her, TO have her for companion
didn't seem to him such d hardship
after all II had been more than y
year since he had seen refined WON
an. He passed the evsnin' with her
In general conVersatio and found her
intelligent He might spend years IN
a minin' country, and II occurred Il
him that Miss Riggs would take away
from his loneliness He thought the
matter over that night and the neIt
evenin' made another visit, durin
which he surrendered.
1.-THE visit Of the girls 10 the minin
camp was lottery with one prize
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