Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1913-09-05
else and she couldn't go back on the

both opposes em, don't have no sym
pathles, seems mighty hard, I've never
been so worked up over anything In
my life as l was over that. Lillian
was as sorriful about 1t as l. She
wouldn't marry me In spite of her
father, and she wouldn't run away
with me. / only had one evenin' In
tho week with her, and the rest of the
time l was thinkin' that another fell
Ter was tryin' to git her away from me.
1.-THE whole lot Of us was affected by
the gal. The other FIVE fellers, not
KNOWN that I'd got ahead of 'em,
went on maxim their calls, and didn't
doubt that every one of 'em was tryin'
to git the gal, for when a man sets his
heart on a gal he won't let her alone
We'd all been good friends before the
parson and his daughter came among
us, and now, instead of his maxim us
better, he'd made us worse. Every one
Of us was ready to put lead into every
other one.
stand the racket any longer and she
must do one Of three things must
part with me forever, or she must mar
ry me in spite Of her father, or she
must run away with me.
"This broke her all up She said
she couldn't pnrt with me nohow, she
dare not defy her father, and the only
thing she would think of dom was
to run away and be married som'rs
else. She asked me how we was goin
to git on for Twin. l told her not
to worry about that; I'd been washin'
for gold all summer and hadn't any
way to spend money in such place,
80 had saved nearly all of It. had
enough gold to make up $1,000 or ST.
200. This seemed to make her feel
easier, and by n good deal o. coaxin'
at last got her promise to elope.
81 proposed to light out when It was
dark, walk down the road and take
the stage for Denver when 1t came
along. She didn't seem to like this
plan very much; she said she'd sound
ed her father about her marryin' me
and since then he'd been mighty sus-
picious Of her. She'd told him that
she must go down to Denver to do
some shoppin', and the old man had
consented to have her go. / could fol.
low her there in few days
81 agreed to this plan, but there was
n hitch. She said she couldn't be mar
rled without trussoo. II she waited
for me to come and buy 1t for her II
would be too late, for as soon as left
the creek her father would suspect
somepln and we'd have to light out of
Denver on my arrival there. | asked
her why she couldn't buy the trussoo
before came, and she said she hadn't
any money and her father would give
her only enough to buy few things.
He was dead against the sinfulness of
vain decoration Of the body. l fixed
II all right by tellin' her that ! would
give her the money for the trussoo
and asked her how much It would cost.
She said she didn't know; the best
way would be for her to carry the dust
with her, spend what was necessary
and we'd have the rest when ! got
there In cash ready to pay our ex-
penses TO the east. She said she must
be economical, for we'd need an we
had to begin life together after we was
married.
"When the day came around for LII
nan's departure on her supposed shop
pin trip she was nightly broken up
She said | wasn't to see her off, but
go right on with my daily work. And
80 l did 1t seemed TO me that every
man besides myself had somepin on
his mind that day reckoned some
Of 'em would DO waitln' for the stage
to say goOdby to her. But every man
went on washln' gold n any one said
anything about I.illian's trip TO Den
yer nobody seemed to notice II, or If
they did they'd say, oh, she'll be hack
for tho old mans Sunday exercises
or somepin like that.
LILLIAN and ! had agreed that she
was to have three days to buy the
trussoo, and | was to go down on the
third day after she left us The first
mornin' after she'd gone ! heard some
one say: 4 wonder what's become o
the parson? Ills cabins deserted !
pricked up my ears at this II he had
suspected the real object OF his daugh-
ter's goin' 10 Denver and had gone
after her the game was up. And II
the game was up where was the dust
I had given herr I tell you felt on
easy.
Before noon l heard one of the men
say to another: She socked the whole
six, all except me. backed out at
the last minute This was too much,
and asked what he was talkln' about
He told me that tho gal had taken the
money OF FIVE different men TO buy a
trussoo with. Her father had likely
Joined her, and together they had left
for parts Unknown"
The speaker turned from his story to
his pan. which he rocked In n melan-
choly fashion, but presently concluded:
ut all came from sceln' n gal nlone
by herself without any other woman
around. d1fted east after that
where ! saw lots OF women together,
and there was hardly one OF 'em that
looked especially purity. One day
went into n restaurant, and who do
you suppose one Of the hash singers
was? She was Lillian.
81 pulled my hat down over my eyes
80 she couldn't see my face, and when
pnid my check, poIntln' to the hash
singer, ! asked the proprietor somepin
about her He said her name was
Mag Doolan. He'd never heard Of her
hayin' father, but knew little about
her, since she'd come In and nsked for
n Job or the street when no was short
% help.
stranger you'd ought 10 seen that
gal with the eyes did, Her auburn
hair was fiery red; her olive com
plcxion wns n freckle tan; her Dyes
wns kind Of green. She was the
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