The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1910-04-29

hoNSlN approved HlankS ana Ten
prize slips were placed In n hat and
ten men were selected. Every one
Of the lucky ten was ordered To black
his boots, take his trousers out Of
report at the tavern that cvcnin' for
Introduction by Miss bowers.
"rhe next murnln' Mr.. pnrkhurst
called for lluggins.
"WcIl. IIuggins.' he said when the
old man appeared. how did II turn
out last n!ghtT
AT the courtIn'? Tol'ablc, sir,
tol'ahlc Three men proposed to gals
Ms TUX 'rm, four men was too Urinary
To go down with any of tho gals, two
men wanted the same gal and was
killed In shootin' match afterwards
One man got up on his ear with II gal
who wouldn't have him aud said hc
Ind wife already In Frisco and
didn't want no more of 'rm This
leaves seven gals for the next DRAWN
aud three men less To hc provided for
Seven names were next drawn and
presented the same cyrnin'. This was
lluggins' report of the second pair on:
"'rhrrr paired on Dnc Teller was
drunk and wasn't let In Ia the courlm
Three men wanted the same gal. They
had II triangular fight. the survivor
10 win: little frllcr with red hair win,
nrr Gil wouldn't have him. That
leaves four gals for prizes
"ln this way eleven Of the gnls was
paired, lravIn' one. the purllcst Of the
lot. To he disposed Of All the fcllrrs
wanted her from the first. aud most
Of the men TINT got killed wns ilghIln'
for her Iiut she wouldn't have none
Of 'cm. She's mighty particular, seem
she's had twenty men To pick from.
Shes got snappln' blnck eyes, kind of
reddish hulr and IL purity and plump
M II robin"
scheme for furnshln' wives you don't
want nnry of the women To he II Jim
dandy. Dne purity woman with the
old MEX In her VIII spoil any practical
Isrcky Riggs. bcin' the only unmarried
woman left IN the camp Miss flowers
Ind gone hnck for another lund and
every wnn left wnntln' her, set NJ II
cunllugratinn. Every day there WINS II
fight about her, and some one was
sure Ia he killed. The wives begged
her Ia choose some one and stop th"
nghtln'. liut she wouldn't. shed
make hllrNc she WIS guln' Ia take
one of 'cm and then start In To en-.
courage another. II anything was
needed 10 keep up the list Of casualties
this tlllcd the bin,
"Wrll, II got M bad ut last. M many
good men hrln' killed. that Mr. Park
hurst sent Miss Riggs word TINT he'd
be pleased to furnish her II Ticket bnck
where she came from. She sent word
To him TINT she'd rulhcr he m old
maid In Colorado than II bloomln' mar.
rIcd woman Ia the east. Then Mr..
Inrkhursi went 10 scr her To rcnSon
with her. She list srt there llSicnln'
10 him with her head On one side and
her nose In the air aud didn't answer
never n word.
"ThIngs KEEP goln' from bad 10 worse,
Some Of the men Miss Riggs had re-.
fused TUX to drink, aud most ~ 'rm
wouldn't work II was impossible 10
git other hands. nud the dirt taken out
was glttin' less an less every day. II
begun To look nv II Miss Riggs WASH =.
married or didn't go away the mine
would have 10 Shri down. The prrSl
dent wrote Ia know what WINS up. Mr..
rnrkhurst wrote Ia send on II carload
Of women. The president wrote that
Miss Bowers had come back and
wouldn't advise 10 more gals ~ 30 To
slrh II hcnighi"d place This looked
purity black MIR larkhurEl called for
old hen IIu%glns and nN"d him what
wus best Ia l." done.
when | was Twin VITA my ole
woman. Mr. I'nrkhurHi,' lIuggImH said
knowin'Iy, I found out that women
must have their way
"'Whnt do You mean by lhniT
"'Wcl. cir, there's uulhln' fur II pur.
~ gnl here but Ia I'll married. Every
man here has nNrd Miss Riggs but one,
go thought they had All asked her
"'No, sir there's on" left, and thc
KNOWN ones among the wives say
that's the one she wants.
"'Whp Is hcr
"'l think il's you, sir
"IT
ayes. SIR you
mir. I'nrkhurst concluded 10 make n
call on Miss Riggs
- young woman was perfectly
nwnI" that the manager understood
the situation. Furthermore, she had
brought with her some b"rurnn' eos
Tunes and had put one ~ them on for
hIg reception. when Mr.. l'nrkhursi
saw her. to have her for n companion
didn't seem 10 him such n hardship,
nftcr all II lad been more than II
year since he had gcriI II refined WON.
an lie pnsscd the "vcnln' with her
In general conversation aud found her
Intelligent, lie might spend y"nrs In
n minin' country, aud II occurred Ia
him that Miss Riggs would take away
from his loneliness. He thought tho
.anttcr over that night mud the nest
rvcnln' made another VISIT dmrin
which he surrendered
"rhe visit Of III" girls 10 the mInin
camp was n lottery with on" prlZ"
Miss Riggs got IT, But IN her ease there
was NOR" management ihnn luck"