The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-07-23

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~ me - spife g 9a 81 sle
must RIM away With nl'
This broke her gu sup. she said
she eouldn't part with ne noh0W- she
dare not defy lIer father. and the ouly
fI,fns .sl.e sEonEd ellInk Of dOlns was
- nm away ana he ulnrEfec Sgm'Fs
else. Shs, asked Ioe hoW we was EOin
20 r-it on Tor q Twin told her not
to worry about that: Ia been wnshin'
Tor gold all summer md hadn't any
wav 20 spend money IL such a place
SO had saved nearly III Of T. had
enough gold to make NJ $1,000 or Slf
200. This seemed TO make Der feel
easier. and by good deal O Goa KIN
I at last got her promise to eiope
Il proposed to light out when it wasi
dark. walk down the road and takeI
! the stage for Denver when e came
along. She didn't seem TO luxe this
plan very much: she said she'd sound
cd her father about her m8Tryin' mei
! and since, then he'd been mighty sus
pfcious OF her. shed told him that
she must 20 down to Denver to dol
some shoppin'. and the old man had
consented to have her go could fol
low her there In few days.
Il agreed to this plan but there was
hitch. She safd she couldn't be mar
ried without a trussOo. If she waited
for me to come and buy it for her It
would be too late. for as soon as left
the creek her flasher would suspect
somepin and we'd have to light out of
Denver on my arrival there. asked
her why she couldn't buy the trussooI
before came. and she said she hadn't
any money and her father would give
Iier only enough to buy few things
he was dead against the silfulness OF
vain DECORATION OF the body. fixed
st MI, Fight by tellin' her tlEit would
give stet the money for the tVnssoo.
and asked her how much il 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
ana we'd have the rest when got
there fin cash ready to pay. our eX-
penses. to the. east. She said she must
be econbnicai, for we'd need all we
had to begin life together after we was
married.
..When the day came around for LII
lian's departure on her supposed shop
min. trim she was nightly broken up.
she said / wasn't to see her. or but
30 right on with my daily work. And
SO / did 1t seemed to me that every
mnu besides myself had somepin on
his mind that day. reckoned some
of 'em would lie waitin' for the stage
to say goodby To her. But every man
went on washin' gold If any one said
ANYTHING about Lillian's trip to Dem
yer. nobody seemed to notice it. or IL
they did they'd say. oh, she'll be back
| for the old mans Sund1y exercises,
or somepin Ike that ~
LILLIAN ana / had agreed that she
was to have three days to buy the
trussoo. and WINS to gq]down on the
third day after she left.gs. The first
| mornin. after she'd gonea heard some
one saw: i wonder wIat'S become o
the parson? His cnbin's deserted
prfcked IN my ears at THIS II he had
suspected the real object Of his daugh-
, tors c.oin' TO Denver fnd had gone
after her the game was up. And II
the game was up where was the dust
had given her2 I tell you felt on
easy.
..Beforenoon / heard one of the men
saw to another: she socked the whole
six. all except me. / backed out ut
the last minute This was too much.
and l asked what, he wasttalkfn' about.
He told me that the gak had taken tue
money OF i've different men to buy
trussoo with Her father bad likely
Joined her, and together they had left
for parts unknown"
The speaker turned from his story to
his pan. which he rocked in mclan-
choly fashion. but presently concluded:
ut all CAME from seem gal alone
by herself without any other woman
around. / drifted east after that.
where / saw lots of women together.
and there was hardly one OF 'cm that
looked especially purity. One day ]
went into restaurant. and who DO
YOU suppose one of the hash singers
was? She was Lillian.
81 pulled my hat down over my eyes
so she couldn't see my face and when
paid my check pointin' to the hash
singer. / asked the proprietor somepin
about her. He said her name was
Mag Doolan. He'd never heard of her
havin' father. but knew little about
her. since she'd come in and asked for
Job OF the street when he was short
Of help.
"stranEer, you'd ought to seen that
gal with the eyes did. Her auburn
hair was fiery red: her olive com
plexion was frcckle tan: her eyes
was kind of green. She was the