Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1878 — He Was Trespassing. [ARTICLE]

He Was Trespassing.

She was a young lady from Duckwater, and had enjoyed her visit to the Base Range metropolis immensely. She was pretty and piquant, and one of her well-known gallants had done his level best to make it pleasant for her during her stay. The exciting cause of the following was an attempt on his part to snatch a kiss from her pouting lips. Then she arose in all the dignity of offended maidenhood and said: “See here, mister, jest don’t set ’em too fresh. You’ve done the handsome thing in circuses, ice cream, candy and sich, but you can’t take no liberties. My Jake, out to the creek, he’s got a quit-claim deed to the premises, and don’t you forget it. You can’t squat on this location, and you’d better hunt for a quarter section in some other direction, where you can get a better title and gather your own crop.” The young man recognized the force of her argument and hunted.— Eureka {Nev.) Sentinel.