The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Crane is a true western story. It contains romance, a train, a bar, and a town drunk ready to fight. Jack potter, Yellow Sky’s town marshal, runs off and gets married without letting anyone know. On the train ride back home he starts feeling a little guilty about what he has done. Even though a “mail order bride” was common during this story’s setting, I believe he felt the town would view it as scandalous. Before Jack Potter arrived back home there was news that Scratchy Wilson was drunk and ready to fight. Just the name Crane gives this character really helps me get a good idea of what kind of person he is, scratchy. Scratchy Wilson is described by the towns people as being nice when sober but when he gets drunk he’s looking for trouble. As Jack and his bride arrive in town, Scratchy is looking for Jack to fight him. It’ almost suspenseful, I began to fear what was going to happen when Jack and Scratchy met up, I got the feeling that someone was going to wind up dead. Then the story turns to a comical sense. It’s as if Scratchy cannot believe that Jack is married. It stuns him so much that he has to call off the fight!
This story wound up to be very comical to me. The language the author uses helps to set the tone and setting. The characters he chooses help to develop the story. Jacks new wife would probably be asking the same questions the traveling salesman is, as neither one of them know what Scratchy is like. Jack who is supposed to be the town’s hero is pretty much caught with his pants down when he is confronted by Scratchy. Jack’s new wife winds up being the hero as Scratchy is so shocked about her that he just walks off and leaves the town in peace again. I really enjoyed this story.
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