Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-06-03


of time Side by side for seven years
we had mined ranched. sold patent
churns, herdcu sheep. took photographs
and other things. built Wire fences and
picked pruncS. Thinks neither homi-
eide nor ilattery nor riches nor SOphiS-
try nor drink can make trouble be-
tween me and Paisley Fish
Zone summer me and Paisley gall
lops down into these San Andres
mountains for the purpose of Il months
surcease and lcvity dressed in the NAT
ural store labiliMnnts of man. We
hit this town of Los PinoS. which GER
tainly was roof garden spot of tia
world and flowing with condensed milk
and honey.
1--WE strikes the town after supper
time. ami we concludes to sample
whatever efficacy there is in this cat
ing house down by the railroad tracks.
BY the time we had set down and
pried up our plates With Il knife from
the red oilcioth along intrudes Widow
Jessup with the hot biscuit and the
fried liver.
Now. there WAS woman that
would have tempted an anchovy to
forget his vows. She was not so small
as she was large. and Il kind of vel
come air seemed TO mitigate her vicin
ity. The pink of her face was the
in hoe signo of Il culinary temper and
warm disposition. and her smile
would have brought out the dogwood
blossoms in December.
"WidOw .lcSSup talks to us q lot of
garrulouSn"Ss about the climate and
history and Tennyson and pruneS and
the scarcity of mutton and finally
wants TO know where we came from.
"'Spring Valley says I.
"'Rig Spring Valley chips in Pals
ley. out of Il lot of potatoes and knuc-
kle bone of ham in his mouth.
'''rhat was the first sign | noticed
that the old tidus Dio-enes business
between me ard Paisley Fish was end
Ell forever. He knew how | hated /;
laxative person and vet lie stampetleS
into the conversation with his amend
ments and addenslnms OF syntaN. On
the map il WAS big Spring Valley. but
had heard Paisley himself call it
Spring Valley Il thousand times.
without saying amy more we Went
out after supper and set on the rail
road track. We had been pardncrs
too long not to know what WAS going
on in each others mind.
81 reckon you understands. says
Paisley. that I've made up my mind
to accrue that widow woman as par,
and parcel il, and to my Entertainments
forever. both domestic. Sociahle leya
aud otherwise. until death us do part
why. yes. says |. i read it be
tween the lines. though YOU only spoke
one. And | suppose you are aware.
says !. that nave Il movement OF
foot that leads up to the widow chang
ing her name to Hicks and leaves yol
writing to the society column to in
quire whether the best man wears
iaponica or seamless socks ut the we'd
ding
"'rllerell DE some hiatuses in YOU
program says Paisley. chewing up
piece of :, railroad tie. I'D give in t.
you says he. in most any respect i
1t was secular affairs but this is no
So The smiles Of woman. goes OF
Paisley. is the whirlpool of Suuill
and Chalybeates. into which vorte
the good ship Friendship is ofte
drawn and diSmembered. Id assault
bear that was annoying YOU say
Paisley. or Id indorsc your note o
rub the place between your Shoulde
blades with OpodeldOc the same a
ever. hut there my sense OF etiquett
ceases. In this fracus with Mrs. Jes