South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-13
HINIFRED BLACK

There" said the woman with
the hair that had once been brown.
There 10 is. The very same plat
form-why. they've put up new
sfatiOn-with a waiting-room-yeti
sure enough, there's a dining-room.
too.
And do look ~ the hotel across
the street and as sure as you live,
that's a roadster. and a good road
ster, too. standing in front Of IL!
Times have certainly changed
When I got OF the Limited here
the first time I crossed the CONT
nent. we'd never heard Of such
thing ~ an automobile. and the sta
tion was just a shack. and tum-
ble-down shack at that
"But the station-master was
darling anyhow. 7 remember DC
gave me part Of his lunch when =
landed here. all forlorn. and had
10 wait for the old Mormon who
Ryas coming after me i'm a buck
board
Lots of Fun,
Never saw a blackboard Well,
YOU didn't miss muchi One seat
and no back 20 that-no cover 10
protect you from the rain or the
sun. and your feet never touched
the floor Of the thing at all. drove
three dave in one across the desert
Not spear Of Erass-not a bush
mot tree-nOt one inch Of shade
and the thermometer al 12o all the
way. We carried the drinking water
100 a little barrel under ,he seat
and drank out Of the bunghole. Oh,
We didn't make "A fuss about indi-
vidual drinking cups in those days,
and-Whisper-I don't see that Ne
died any younger. at that,
I'VE had 70 creep under the buck
board 90 eat our luncheon. the old
Mormon and that was 10 keeT i'm
The shade, and at night we stayed
with families along the road
"One place I remember was
cattle ranch. and there were cow
boys and mustangs and riatas and
, things. / thought twas very ro-
mantle and when 7 got TO the
ranch where T was going / had a
beautiful time
"I was the first American girl in
the county. and before I had been
there a week I had IS proposals 81
marriage. il was lots of fun,
"The boys used TO ride i'm and
hitch their ponies outside the house
and then they'd come and sit on
: the porch and play Wait. Til the
( Clouds Roll BY. Jennie. and My
Wild Irish Rose ON the mouth or
Kan But before they went home
.
+ where and tell me how lonesome
/ they were and how they wished
7 they could find a nice girl 10 come
and be happy as a cowboys bride.
Well. Wei.
And they gave dance for me.
\ too. at the cross roads. and hree Of
them had fight over me. oh.
F loved il all, When I came back four
rode beside me all the way 10 the
train well, well. Il seems like
dream,
And here we are. in the Limited
I'M the drawing-room. hot and cold
water-ladies' maid-porter. and
! all
What? Dangerous? Why. 7 never
Thought of such thing, Some Of
those men were rough, I suppose,
/ If I'd known the truth about them
. but if they had been princes of the
blood royal and I a princess. my
self. they couldn't have treated me
with any more courtesy and consid-
Grafton
7 rode an over that desert.
. hundred and fifty miles--and up into
the mountains. through the forests
day i'm and day out-sometimes with
one escort at my stirrup and some
/ times half a dozen. and never
/ heard one word that couldn't have
been spoken i'm my mothers draw
inE-TOom.
yes. 7 SUPP ose times have i'm
proved-everybody SAYS they have.
Ny daughter is Mortified when she
thinks of my going around alone