The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-04-25
A MINERS
LOVE STORY
BY SAMUEL E. BF2ANT
Copyright by American Press Asso.
citation. 1911.

"The fun's all gone outen this yere
country" said the old miner. "Sence
the railroads has been built there
hain't no more excitement. romantic
Happenings and all that When we
Travelled in these yere mountings in
stagecoaches there was all sorts Of
things happenen. from lovemakin' to
hair raisin.'
He took a long fat piece of tobacco
out of his mouth, bit off piece and
resumed.
1--WE seen all sorts Of things goin' on
In stagecoaches. I've been held up
by road agents half dozen times;
been chased by Indians; seen couple
that had never seen each other before
start out In a coach In the mornin' and
married the same evenin' a hundred
miles from where they started. And
i had a romance oncet. don't know
exactly what you call a romance meb.
by. What is iti"
"Oh. where there's lot OF love
going on"
"That's it--that's my case. There
was love enough to pull the coach
without no horses, was ridin' from
Cheyenne to Denver, and the only pas
senger. Right out on the plains among
the prairie dogs. not cabin In sight
nor tree, either, | saw a young wo-
man a-footn' II along the road ahead.
was sittin' with the driver and asked
him what he thort she was doin' walk
In that away. He said he didn't
know and didn't keer. Like enough
she'd ask him for ride and she would
not git 1t onless she paid her fare.
"When we reached her she stepped
outen the road and looked up at us
sort of pitlful She was young
thing-not over eighteen though she
was purity tall. asked the driver to
stop. He reined in. and | said to the
gal:
"'Want lift. mlssr
"Td like one,' she said In q hoarse
voice, coughin but | haven't any
money
"'Git up says the driver. says he.
But i stopped him, tellin' him I'd pay
the gals fare TO Denver l got down
and opened the door. She got In.
follered her and set down beside her.
She was mighty 'bleeged TO me for
payin' her fare and cottoned to me
right away
"She had red cheeks and was purity
as pictur. all except her hair, that
looked as If 1t hadn't never been
combed 1t was tousled all over her
forehead. aXed her IL she'd like a
comb outen my satchel for to straight
en- II out. She larfed and said that
was the way ladies' wore their hair.
1 axed her what ladies'. and she said
ladies from the eastern states. where
there was big towns.
"0f course. she bein' under obliga-
tions to me for payin' her fare, we
got on mighty fast One thing led TO
another. and we was thicker and
thicker with every relay. Lucky for
me nobody got In, though there warn't
much danger Of that. for there wasn't
settlement between Cheyenne and
Denver. pumps her to know who
she was, and finally she let out that
she had been lady's maid TO an off,
GERS wife at Fort -. She was
goin' to St Louis TO see her mother.
who was sick. She'd spent all her
money stagln' 1t and was walkin' the
rest OF the way, except when she
could git lift.
swell, we KEEP gittip' thicker and
thicker TIL at last begun TO make love
like a steam engine. Then when I'd
got through tellin' her how purity she
was and how loved her come
down to business and tole her I'd
struck hole up on Clear creek pan
min out 5000 to the ton: that | was