The Daily Index. (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 220, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 28, 1903 Page: 3 of 4
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AT BIQ SPRINGS
“She tell WU a great aortal —rwg.
To her surprise the first man to ap-
g7warh bar wbsa ik« arrived waa
the Doc. Bat she turned him away.
There were six members or the X T
ranch that attended and after "Stair
had danced with each one (or a set,
the gave her time wholly to Calico.
There were few fights, and the barrel
of whlahy lasted until daybreak, at
which time the Abilene contingent
took the train for home.
"Calico'* and “Bteir slept In the
same seat during the ride. Indiffer-
ent to the eyee that w*re turned upon
them. Aa they were «*ascending from
the train platform at Abilene. ‘'Cali-
co" turned to “Bu<«'tye" and said:
“You cash in for ma when you git te
Marlin. I'm gwtate* stay here. Some-
thing la to happen in about a week."
American Girls in Paris
Tragedy in the Death of Mrs. Gore—
Merely an Incident of the Colony in the
French City—The European Lady-Killer.
The hoys from the X Y ranch had
teen busy for the falls’ "round-up”
at Abtllae for months. They were
now about ready to depart for their
winter home. The cattle had been
about herded In one bunch and were
prepared for the long drive south-
ward. where the grass eras green the
year round, and the winds not too
severe to bring them discomfort. The
yearlings, heifers and steers were
corraled two miles away from the
little town. At night, unless a storm
seemed imminent, half of the crew
would go into the railroad station and
disport themselves by shooting out
lights, riding horses Into bar-rooms
and the like. All of them ate at the
Archer restaurant, not because the
food was any better or cheaper than
served by the Palace, but because
Estelle McIntosh, a cleareyed,
straight-limbed girl of some twenty
summers, slung the bash and shot the
beans at her sun-tanned customers.
She was of beautiful mold; her
breast moved back atw) forth like
the undulating waves of the sea; her
arms were round at the shoulders and
tapered down as gracefully as a sculp-
tor's model. Her eyes were blue, she
was wlde-blpped, with s complexion
like that of the underdown of a Geor-
gia peach. 8he could play the guitar,
do fancy work, and get along fairly.
tana, a village composed of fve
saloons, a general merchandise estab-
lishment. a livery stable, fifty-five
souls and 11,112 prairie doga
They stopped at the ffrst place they
reached, which was known as the
"Last Chance saloon. Finest of Wines
and Liquors.” The boys alighted and
went inside.
"Line up fellers and select your
pardners. What'll It be?" said Jake,
as he laid a flve-dollar bill on the
counter.
"Hornets juice, hornets' Jules!"
they yelled out In unison, “and be
damned quick about it." As the bar-
keeper, a recent importation from
Chicago, having never seen men so
loaded down with six-shooters, his
hands trembled when he sat the 1h>*
tic down. When the glasses had been
Ailed and . emptied, Calico sud-
denly looked out of the door,
saw a prairie dog and biased
away at it sp quickly that
the barkeeper jumped three feet
fiom the door. The others rushed to
the door only to see the dog writhing
In the dust of the public road. Men
came rushing from other establish-
ments, at the sound of the shots, but
seeing that there was nothing doing
HE tragedy of Mrs. El-
len Gore does not stand
out uniquely In the an-
nals of the American
colony In Paris, except
by the publicity that
has been given to It.
American girls
abject fright when the brave girl
grabbed the weapon In his hand.
"But, mon IMeu, be careful, madem-
oiselle; u will go off and kill ua both!"
he cried. Then, as he let go of It:
"Mademoiselle, dear mademoiselle,
I beg of you, don’t shoot!"
The girl still keeps that pistol. One
of the best and kindest matrons of our
colony, who gave these details, has
seen It.
What Is the difference between It
and the revolver that killed Mrs. El-
len Oore? None, probably, except the
accidental discharge of the latter in a
similar struggle, for the story of her
Russian slayer Is bettered by no Amer
lean In Paris.
Indeed, this asinine bluff of the re-
volver Is one of the stock resources
of the European lady-killer. Three
years ago in Rome an Italian army offi-
cer, one of those furnished by con-
tract to a famous touristpension for
dancing partners, drew on a girl from
Ohio; in a cab.
"I will kill you then, myself," he
whispered iu the proper tone of pas-
sion. but when the girl from Ohio
laughed at him his whole effect was
spoiled. Of course,, she ought not to
have been alone in a cab with him.
and Mrs. Oore and the girl who
grabbed the pistol ought not to have
gone alone to the men's rooms, tet
both were decoyed thereto by lying
telegrams, and the life In boarding
houses naturally leads to such Im-
prudences.
Then, if every girl who finds herself
alone with a Parisian man is to lose
all right to his respect, how are our
American girls In Paris to take sing-
ing lessons? The Parisians settle It
M.' °ther
JJ*’ have been done to death
• '% or Jeft to die In mystery
and Indifference.
And just as there are tragedies that
do not become known, so there are
more that stop at the lupreme sacri-
fice of life. The girl has saved her
life, yet carries hate and sadness in
commission man yesterday was one
which had three legs. The w'hole
number are visible between the slats
01 the coop, the extra one standing at
a slight angle from the two others,
but perfect In form down to the toe
nails.
The keeper of a small hoarding
house expressed a desire to purchase
the turkey on account of the extra
leg. and said he would like to have a
whole coop of them, and would like
them to have four legs, if possible.
When asked why he desired so
many legs on turkeys, he said he al-
ways liked the leg of u turkey, and
he had three boarders, and wjen
Moat numerous of nil, however, nrs
those who hnve played with danger,
who havs wilfully and Ignorantly let
themselves be put in false positions,
who hsve been befooled into mil sorts
of compromises.
The truth is that our girls who go
to Paris walk, as The Lady walked In
“Comus," very’ Inocent amid a horrid
well with the third reader. She could
call cows and ride any broncho that
ever pawed the earth.
All the boys were In love with her.
If she had nay preference that could
be perceived, it was for Calico Jake,
whose tall figure was known to near-
ly every head of cattle between .he
Colorado and the Neuces. He could
chew tobacco like a Cuban negro,
cut the pigeon-wing, ride anything
from a horned toad to a giraffe, and
he had no more compunction when it
became necessary, to kill a man than
a mustang would have for kicking at
the man who had hit him with n quirt.
But Bstelle, "Btell," as the boys called
her, made no signs that she would
be glad to jump over the broomstick
"You Know What Thsy Think of Hsr."
Her."
rout, protected mainly by their inno-
cence and plain dumb luck against all
kinds of beasts.
In Paris jany man la free to pay hla
"court” fo any girl he may have the
good luck to discover parted for the
moment from her mother, guardian of
chaperon.' He may follow her on the
street, saying what he will; he may
persecute her In drawing academies,
singing schools and lecture room*; he
may waylay her in hotel corridors
and dog her up and down boarding-
house atalrwaya. Whatever happens,
be la always in the right and aha is
always In the wrong.
If the French have rules like these
for their daughters, how shall the for
elgner escape them?
There Is a girl from America in
Paris at the present time, talented and
beautiful, whose voice may make her
fortune aa the world goes. Three
times she has had to change her mu-
sic teacher In the past year, and she
la now working with a woman trainer!
The men could not refrain from trying
for "successes" with a girl whose dis-
may would hsve cooled down an An-
glo-Saxon man.
One of these male Parisian voice
trainers Imagined a subterfuge^ that
so recalls the earlier Incidents of the
Oore tragedy that It might well serve
as s key for the unlocking qf the later
mystery.
The girl had left him for another
vocal trainer. Therefore, he sent her
a petit bleu—a letter envelope that
travels from one part of Paris to an-
other In pneumatic tubes—saying:
"Mademoiselle, I hsve a communica-
tion of the first importance for you.
Will you do me the honor to find your-
seh chez mol (at my place) this after-
noon between 4 and fi o'clock? The
communication I have to make prom-
ises to have Influence for good on all
your future career as an artists.
Therefore I implore you do sot disre-
gard It."
The girl was poor and It might mean
an operatic engagement, something, aa
you will see, she had begun to despair
af in Paris.
he lost his temper, and said he
guessed they must think he was carv-
ing a centipede.
After buying the three-legged tur-
key he found that the extra leg grew,
out of another one at thje knee Joint,
aud would be gone when the fowl
waa put on the table, and so after all
the turkey had only two legs and a
half — Portland Oregonian.
headed, tough old chaperon. But what
is an expense to the Parisian becomes
-an Impossible burden to the majority
of Americans, already overwhelmed
financially.
Whon you take a pretty American
girl to theater, music ball or circus
you know whst the ticket seller, tick-
et receiver, usher, box opener and the
women sitting about you think of her
and yourself. You know what the
cabman thinks of the adventure and
the restaurant waiter and the supper
Two weeks befors the contemplated
departure of the X Y outfit, nearly all
the boys were In Archer's. The "Doc”
was thero also. He wore a staked
and rldered shirt, tan shoes and toted
a walking stick. He had but recently
graduated from the medical school at
El Paso, and settling at Abilene,
where the men wore overalls and tha
woman quit# content with calicoes, he
Imagined hhaseif about 9430 ahead of
a National Bank. “Stell" had not
liked him from the first, and she did
not attempt to conceal her feelings.
As the "Doc" started to go, he naive-
ly asked:
"S’poee you are going to be the
queen of the ball up to Big Springs,
next week?
"I don’t know er that's any of your
business," she replied, somewhat
warmly. “Course you’ll be there as
king of the doodlebugs?" at which
the cowboys ba, ha, haed until the
"Doc" was out of bearing.
That night, while the stars looked
down upon the boys who were now
in camp. Calico said to Buck-
eye: "Say, Buck, tt’H be a long time
afore we get to a ball where they’ll
have one of these here base vtlllans
or wlolins, or whatever you call ’em.
S’poee we run np to Big Springs and
shake our feet when the shindig
comes oar
Buckeye readily consented. Then
the other boys were awakened and
told ot the scheme. Lota were to be
drawn as to who should remain In
camp while the other* were away.
That was satisfactory and the idea
Reaping Machines in Syria.
Reaping machines were employed
this year for the first time by native
farmers of Syria. These pioneers all
came from Chicago. Eleven were
working during the late harvest in
Coele-Syria end twenty-six in the plain
of Rsdraelon. Also, for the first time
In the history of this country, the pres-
ent year has witnessed the introduc-
tion and operation in Syria of a steam
threshing outfit It raise from Rich-
mond. Ind., and caused considerable
stir la Coele-Syria. where It was in-
stalled. Its success was complete,
even to the bruising of tha straw—a
most Important Item, sines, in ths ab-
sence of hay and with the sparing uss
of oats, barley and other grains,
crushed straw, in these parts, consti-
tutes the staple food for stock. Fur-
thermore, for the first time In the an-
nals of 8yris, nn oil motor flour mill
has been successfully started In this
land; It came from Indianapolis, and
Is now grinding wheat In Lebanon.—
Consular report
Waylaid In ths Corridors,
parties and the leader of the orches-
tra and all his men and ths poor loaf-
er on the curb who waits to open your
cab door.
You hear (In your minds’ ear, from
old experience) the whispered gibes
and compliments, the cynical ap-
praisements of the rout of the Comus.
You bate yourself for the false hero,
the imitation conquerer, that you must
stand for in the European Imagina-
tion.
But the chaperon? Suppose you in-
sist that ths girl shall come with a
chaperon. It will make so little dif-
ference. "The others" have their
chaperons aa well. Parisian slang hat
a name for such chaperons. Indent,
the poor chaperon gets the worst of
the gibes. Yon see, Parisian unmar-
ried girls do not so to theaters or
restaurants at all. They do not prom-
enade with men, not even with chap-
erons.
Then, you will say, the real protec-
tion Is a husband. No, because In Eu-
ropean thought the married woman
I* the fairest of all game.
Paris should know how things go
Ip Paris, and ons simple, single rule
will help our girls through nine-tenths
of these wretched difficulties.
The rule: When In Paris, cither for
amusement or for study, nsvor walk
or stand or sit alone with any Euro-
pean man a single moment.
And as a counsel of perfection, hers
Is a sub-rule: Go about only witji
such American men as happen to fie
well known to mutual friends, both
male and female. Such men hnve, so
to speak, a stake In the society In
the society In which yon move. They
are not irresponsible—New York Son.
drawer. "Really” said he. "you
didn’t—”
"What's that! Didn’t hey? Well,
we’ll Just show you a trick that you
never heard of afore,” and with that
Senator Clerk's Bad PrscsdsnL
While going through his mall the
Bower-
other morning Congri
sock of Kansas paused some time over
"I am Inclined
one letter and said
to think that 8enator Clark of Mon-
tana has established a bad prece-
dent" Someone asked why he had
reached that somewhat belated con-
clusion. "For this reason,” replied
the Kansas man, holding up the let-
ter and newspaper clipping. "The
clipping recites how Mr. Clark gave
|1,000,000 Jo his first grandson and
the defter, which is from my son. Is
Dear Father: This plan
were above his head. He begged for-
giveness. If he had made a mistake,
he certainly would rectify It then and
there.
"Well, shell her out; shell her out!”
they nil demanded at once. And 949.40
were laid upon the wooden bar.
Then the boys went down the little
street, relating their experience to
aT. the other saloonkeepers, who
•greed with them that the Chicago
yankee waa a crook. After having
spent about the amount they
straddled their ponies and were soon
In Abilene again. "Stell" set out pies
and coffee, aad her patrons ate raven-
ously. When they had finished. Cali-
co took tec waitress to one side and
handed her a roll of bills. “Now
then,” said he, "well go to Big
as follow*:
worked well in Senator Clark’s case,
why not try It yourself? That's why
I rather think the senator has set a
bad precedent." '
At a aub-postofltce she
Tired of Duplication.
A teacher In a national school, who
had been much annoyed by truancy,
has recently been' stringent in en-
forcing the rule that her scholars, on
their return to school after an ab-
sence, must -bring her a note stating
in full the cause of such absence, the
note to be In the writing air a parent
or guardian.
The following le a note brought by
one of her pupils after two weeks*
absence: ’
"Louisa wati absent monday. please
excnee her.
"Louisa was absent toosdsy. she
had a sore throte.
“Louisa was absent weasday. she
had a sore throte.
"Louisa was absent thuredsy, aba
had a sore throte.
"Louisa was absent frtdajr, the had
m Bora th rota.
“Read this over again for the next
The evening of the ball rolled
•round. The train which left Abilene
•t 7 o’clock would pat them there la
•mple time. At five Calico began dress-
ing! Hla boots had been ahlned, his
hair sprinkled copiously with Florida
water, hla mustache greased and bin
chin shaved. His £§t WM cocked to
one side and a cigar tUted upwards
whan he called on “Stell.” She sur-
veyed him critically. “ Pears to me,"
she said, "you'd look atyllsber If you’d
take that air red handkerchief from
your neck," and off came the red ban-
dana. 1' * ,
“Stell" was In n hurry. She had not
begun to dress, and hero U was clou#
to « o’clock. Once upstairs she be-
gan squeezing herself Into a corset
two sites too small for her. But she
Chaperons With ths Others,
wrote him a petit bleu declining. Then,
on the Impulse, she tore It up Shd
went to the man who had already
"paid his court" to hsr. The fellow
bad three arguments nil ready—free
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Newton, W. B. The Daily Index. (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 220, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 28, 1903, newspaper, January 28, 1903; Mineral Wells, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1038956/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Boyce Ditto Public Library.