The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-04-22
A Modest Girl
With Long Hair
By SADIE oLcorr

wscWs Juhe. Wuut KIM OF gai you
goin' to gitY"
~As purity us q peach. Tom. and as
modest and gentle as dove. That's
whut draw NE. her niodesty. Cant
anybody look at her without her blush
~ all over"
"IIumph!' grunted Tom.
"lteckon you don't count much on a
WOman's bcin' so modest as that, do
you:"
Jake. Fm goiiI' to answer your ques.
uOn by telIin' you a story. Oncet
had TO go down to Denver to get some
assuyin' done. ! had struck some dirt
that thought might pan out purity
GUOi. So ! took some chunks with me
and started on my own horse. When
] got within ten miles or SO OF the city
Il was gettin' dark. and ! put up nt a
tavern. My room was In an l. to the
ouiidin'. and I could look right across
70 another l. and into winder. where
there was gal standin' before a look
IN glass combin' her hair. And. her
room bcin' lower than mine. could
see just how long 1t was. II reached
to the door and was thick AZ a sheaf
o wheat.
III there's feature about woman to
please your humble servnnt it's fine
BEAD Of hair. And this gals was glossy
and wavy as the surface Of a lake, and
tt shined under the light o them kero.
sene lamps 10 beat the band. fell in
love with her ut oncet-or. rather.
fell In love with her hair--and vowed
] wouldn't leave the place till I'd made
her acquaintance.
''The next mornIn' snw her 90 out
/ and walk up the road. jist went after
Der. and when l caught up with her
] says. says I:
"'It's fine mOrnin', miss
''She looked down at the ground and
1idn't say nothin'. so I said some more
"'No offensc. miss. I'm miner from
- around Georgetown. purity rough
Ibst honest. ! saw you combin' that
wonderful head o hair O. yourn, and
"'DId your she said. kind O fright.
sned.iike.
"'Yes. You don't mind man seeln'
ysu with 1t unIoosencd, do your
"'Ludies don't usually appear before
gentlemen that way she said. SO mod
est-like that ] wanted to put redbot
pokers In my eyes for ioolsin' mt It.
and ! told her that her hair was so
splendid that she'd ought to wear 1t
down her back all the time. axed
Der II | couldn't walk ways with
Der. and she said she wasn't used to
walktn' with gentlemen as she hadn't
been introduced to. but ! looked 30
good and kind and nice that she would
not mind my walkin' a little ways.
"Waal. got to tcllin' her about
what brought me to Denver aud she
booked kind o. Interested when I told
Der I thought I'D struck payin' dirt
She said for my sake she hoped I
wouldn't be disappointed We was
tnikin' when we come to a puddle,
and she wnited while I went ahead.
for she had to lit her skirt couple
ef inches. and she was 80 modest that
NE wouldn't let me see her foot, So.
you see. I had two things to love. her
hair ana her modcsty. aud there was
even more Of the last thnn the first.
"We walked some time together, and
] was gettin' more and more In love
Ill the time. But bimeby she came TO
house and went In. so ! had to leave
her combn' her hair ng'in. and toward
evenln' she went into her room and
took the hair down. and just NJ ! was
beainnin' 10 feast my eyes on II she
CLOSED the blinds,
snow. N that wasn't modcsty don't
know what you'd call It.
''The. next mornin ! saw her go out
aR'in and joined her .ag'in. tellin' her
that was g0in' into town TO get my
samples assuyed. She said she hoped
they'd turn out well and must let her
know ! took the samples Into Denver
aud left 'em there. to call for 'em In
two days. While ! was a.waitin' I saw
. eot o the gnI with the long hair and
~ some courtin'-thnt is. ] would "a
Gsse II II she hadn't been 80 deuced
modest accidentally touched her
'Aaud oncet, and I thought she was
oeis' To have q 1T
"When went into Denver to get the
ossayers report on my samples be told
Ue there was not enough gold IN
~ 10 buy a plug o. tobacco. ] went
osck disappointed, but by this time I
wsa No dead In love that didn't mind
~ setback In the other matter. con
49, what the assayer said to the gal.
Aa1 that was the last ! saw Of her In
Vhose parts. Where she went ! didn't
eoew. but II was plain she didn't have
go use for miner without . mine.
= bad friend 10 Denver. 20 I went
- theee TO borrow enough money to
~ tack 10 camp. While I was walk
~ ~ the main street where all the
11DQs b saw Z crowd before q win.
%1e ! went to see what was goiu' on.
- standin' there in the winder with
~ hnir hangin' down to her heels was
- ~ rd fallen in love with. princi.
Doo0 fsr her modesty, while Z teller
'(DDD1 begors the shop pointin' her out
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