The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1913-01-16
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me-
You're dead right. pard.' said the
other. but what meant'was to invest
50 to see the game. just as you'd spend
the same for n round Of drinks
The man left Ned. but after awhile
returned and asked if be proposed to
&c west In the stage the next morning
Ned said he did; whereupon his friend
asked if be would mind taking charge
Of a young lady. Ned remarked that
he would be only too happy to do so.
He was seeing good deal Of the men
Of the country. but had thus far met
few Of the women. he was assured
that the young lady, Miss Iver, was
the daughter Of wealthy ranchman,
and had been to Denver on a shopping
tour and was returning to her home.
This pleased Ned very much, and he
anticipated a bit Of a Irritation with
Miss liver. How it would surprise his
father If he should marry a ranch
mans daughter and turn ranchmaD
himself
Ned was introduced to Miss 1ver at
the coach door by the man who had
asked him to escort her and was
somewhat disappointed in her. Her
walk was awkward. and her voice was
not refined. However, she was a wo-
man of the country, and he was Curl
Gus to learn all about her. He asked
her If she wouldn't like to sit outside,
but she declined on the ground that
the sun freckled her, so they entered
the coach. Ned taking seat beside
her.
The young woman was disposed to
be quiet and uncommunicative during
the early part of the journey, but as
one by one the MESSENGERS left the
coach, none others taking their places,
she thawed and took pleasure in CIV
ing her escort information about the
country, occasionally pointing out OBJ
iects Of interest. Ned, warming up,
began to pay her compliments as he
had been used to paying them to girls
at home. but she was not used to
them, or did not seem to know how
to take them; but she evidently was
trying to make it appear that she had
been paid compliments before.
She told Ned that she expected her
father to meet her at the junction OF
the stage road and another leading to
the ranch. When the coach reached
the junction Ned expected to see a
four mule team and four seated coun,
try wagon. But he saw nothing. Nei'
ther did the young lady. She looked
very much troubled. Ned asked her
what she would do. She said she sup,
posed she would have to wait. For 8
Young woman to wait at crossroads
With no house within miles seemed tc
Ned little short of madness. The
stagecoach must 60 on. and Ned tried
to persuade his fair charge to 90 on
too But she said her papa would be
awfully worried when be arrived anc
did not find her.
There was nothing for Ned to do, es
pecially since she had been placed II
his charge, but to remain with her
She declined to permit him to make
the sacrifice unless he would promise
to spend his time till the coach passed
the next day at her fathers ranch. III
deed, she declared that papa would no
heaaYe5f his doing anything else.
f So they alighted. and the coach wen
on. AS soon as it turned bend In thu
road and was out Of sight Miss I've
took a revolver out Of pocket in be-
dress and. covering Ned. said:
! Young feller. if you've got any valu
ableS in your clothes shell 'em out"
When Ned recovered from his snr