Gone to Texas : letters from our boys

Thomas Hughes

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GOLDWIN SMITH.GONE TO TEXAST. T.u.
GONE: TO TEXAS
LETTERS
FR OM O UR BOYS
EDITED BY
THOMAS HUGHES
ANDMACMILLAN CO.
1884
[All rights reserved.']COPYRIGHT
BV
WILLIAM HUGHES,
GERARD HUGHES,
HENRY HUGHES.
1884PREFACE.
was the"Well! Well!! Well!!!" (crescendo)
exclamation of a Northern friendlong-drawn-out
of when more than four aours, years ago younger
brother of mine told him that he was just allowing
his to alone foreldest a of startson, boy eighteen,
there to seek his fortune. Our friend'sTexas, eyes
wider and and filled with notwider, pityopened
he added "and calluntouched asscorn,by you
"
sane for an !yourself Englishman
brother could a look of en-My only reply by
""and an Well ?quiry interrogative
"G T ourT," replied friend, severely empha-
each "stands for Gone to Texas.sising letter,
When that it's all withwe want to say shortly up
'
a we G. T. asfellow, T.,'just say, just you'd say
to the or the over here."gone devil, dogs,
brother our friendcould thatMy only suggest
""
inmust be of the Lone Star theState,thinking
times of and beforepalmy slavery filibustering,
the Mexican war but his soul refused to
; kindly
be appeased.
"And then to let the in the steer-poor boy go
he in ofa tone real some-age," remonstrated, pity,
what modified when he was assured that the "'poorVI PREFACE.
his own andhad insisted onboy" taking passage
in the to save his of;going steerage money being
that as he was in foropinion deliberately going
sooner he it thea hard life the better,rough began
and that as for the in thepeople steerage, "they
didn't bite."
So eldest sailed for Newmy nephew, Willy,
and onYork in the of a Cimardsteerage packet,
went to see our friend Mr.A. M.C.Hewitt,landing
for that as he had been told to do. Thatcity,
old and hisvalued struckfriend, by youthful ap-
did all in his to dissuade him or;pearance, power
at rate to him in New York till thereany keep
had hisbeen time to hear from who hadcousin,
been cattle in those for somedriving parts years.
Master was however too bentWilly resolutely
on his andto brook somaking plunge any delay,
started for the south-west within hours.twenty-four
He meant to win off his own and wasbat, impatient
to be the music.""facing
The letter of this volume takes theopening up
from the of his in America. It willstory day landing
I make what follows a littlehowever, think, clearer,
as well as more if I add a fewuseful,possibly
more words of introduction.
Two in of seriousyears before, consequence very
brother had broken his establish-losses, my up
and with his three into a smallment, gone boys
four-roomed house in one ofthe suburbs ofLondon,
his of Partwritersending only daughter (the V)