Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-10-30
ROCKVILLE. MARYLAND. FRIDAY MORNING, @
"sez l to myself continual: That's

"Sez l to myself continual: That's
you, Daniel
well, Adolphe and me, we talked
this thing, wakin' and sleepin I'd
more plans than COW has capers
1--WE got up letter'd melt snow,
and then we waited.
First, nuthin' was said to the boys,
but when they caught on to my hang
In round the post office they began to
josh I've turned the cheeks Of most
women pink In my day-and l said,
said l:
Letter, pleaseT with doflln of
my hat, and a rlsin' infection very po-
lite but understandln'. 1t got to be so
that when there never was anythin'
handed out the boys d take to cough
in down laugh.
After awhile It grew SOS none of
'em turned up or paid any attention.
Even Adolphe-he took to goin' to
sleep when talked her.
Then whole year ran out to sum
mer again, and couldn't unthrone
her that relgned In my heart
zone day said to Adolphe. a-work-
In away:
Blamed If can forget her, the
ornamint,' I said.
"Adolphe he went In for grub that
day and came out late, a-holdn' of
envelope.
"'Here's your letter. he called
Sure enough! l went out on the
saw-buck and read 1t alone. Then he
sat down by me and we read 1t over
again.
Twas only that she'd arrive on
the afternoon train on the fifth, and
to have Methodist minister
"Well, sirs, 1t meant a good deal for
me to supply the necessaries for
sparklin' jewel--let alone the settlIn'
down for her to sparkle on but luck
come my way. There'd been a MILL
ner up from San Francisco and fitted
her elegant place. She'd failed, and
quick's winkln' bought her lookln'-
glass and red plush easy chair. You'd
ought to seen that cabin !. There hung
the thing opposite the stove, all shlnln
an smilin' and gildln'. Right in front
Of 1t my red plush chair, SOS you could
set down and put your feet up on
another an see how you'd look In
heaven.
ION the fourth, Adolphe revealed
he'd business In little town mile
up the railway. He suffered granny
kind of desperation not to be on hand
to support me, he said, but he'd come
In with the girl. Then he baked up
bread and cake and rode away
sun come up on the fifth like
bull's-eye lantern. I'd set up all the
night before, not to disturb anythln',
and there was the mornn' for me to
shave and git into my riggln'. A calf
skin vest, with the hair on, amt Il
thing to slight, sirs, ceremonies or
no ceremonies.
when / rode my mule up to the
depot the boys was out, to the punlest
scrub Of 'em all. They give me cheers
that'd blast rock.
And there was an arch, slrs-all
lowered My legs wanted TO sit down
more than me
1.-THE train whlstled In the distance
There was no slaknln' off round the
corner, for the boys braced me every.
where
"Out she stepped, slrs, and whether
she was the sorrlest or the lIkellest
lookin' crltter, couldn't "a told for
the funk | was In
After the blackness | see her long
yellow hair and red cheeks. All the
c0nquerin' of my youth rose up within
me, and | up and held her to me for
a kiss.
by the great snake mine, but wom-
en- don't shave boards Off and drink
whiskyl
II dropped her like a nettle, but she
went forward with the crowd, smlln'
an smirkln' through the cheerIn' an
the uproar.
""To the parson's!" the boys yelled.
81 was forced Off my feet, but ont
came my gun.
'Haltp | cried, in voice that
brought 'em all on their launches and
still as colts raised on the spur
mean to shoot the wig Off your
head and >the paint off your face,
Adolphe Lefevre, and leave you for
the slimlest viper that crawls without
legs
"The sight Of my gun lay between
his eyes an the crowd was as stlll
as the barrel.
"Of sudden came voice In my
ear. To this day God only knows
from where.
BE like unto the archangels.'
my arm fell to my side. They lift
ed me onto their shoulders
"The Archangel,' they sent out a.
echOln' in the hills.
"And 1t stuck, slrs. from that dry
to this, though I've lived alone, slrs,
ever since"