The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-02

tn lnJuns gets us, Kin put ball thro'
her head. Thank you,' ses voice
behind me. turns round, an there
she stands. When I sees her, amt
sorry said what I did. I knew she
/ wouldn't be no trouble an ef the Injuns
come she wouldn't yell,, but ask me to
kill her eff I didn't. SSe want Altered
O. nothn' see 1t In her eye, and she
wanted t. go bad. Folks out there, T.
reckon, ses /. 'Yes,l ses she shy-like,
and turnin' red, my man Is out there
'Gu-ss you'd better take her., says to
the men: her mans out there, an she
wont be no trouble She looked at me
grateful like, an they said she might
7 go.
"Well, we started. Hannah-that
was the woman's name-wan't q mite
o Trouble. She was mighty good cook,
an done heap o. work; an she alters
had pleasant face, an smile that
made the cakes es good agin. When we
sat round the fire at night, see she
alle-s looked T. the west, an her face
would git bright like when the Captin
/ said how fur we'd gone, and knew she
thinkin O. her man; an sometimes
thought I'd go round the world toknow
such face WAS looking fur me. Some.
times after supper I'll say suthin' to her
an got acquainted some; but she alters
! 'peared keerful bout bein' free and easy
! like-though, Lor, knows she needn't
with me.
! Things went on all quiet an smooth
! till we come T. the Laramie Plains, to
Alkali Run. When we got there We
camped close to old Tom Scott'sshebang
an he come an asked US to take long
woman that had been left there by
| train, cause she was sick an couldn't
go no further. She was most we'll now,
an wanted to 60 to her husband in Cali
| forny. She wanted to go bad. The
men said No. but Hannah said she'd
go an see her. When she come back l
sec she'd bin cryin' an she told th' men
they must take the woman-she would
MT be no trouble an she'd take care OH
her. So after while they let her dos
| she'd mind to, an she brought her.
She took her inter her own wagon, an
| waited on her like she'd bin child.
/ "The women wasn't a mite alike
/ Hannah d bin raised in the west, an
she was tall and strong, an her black
eyes flashed when she was mad, kin
tell ye; but the other woman was little
white thing, an her eyes was soft and
/ tcnder-jist like young rabbits under
| the sage. She looked as eff wind
wonld blow over an Hannah took to
her right away. Hannah tried T. cheer
| her up, and was alters bright and cheer
! full; an they'd talk about Californy till
yon'd think there wasn't no other
place in the world. Hannah had bin
there, and t'other woman hadn't and
one was was alters askin' questions Of
t other though I noticed she never said
nothin' bout the folks she was goin' to
see, only bout the country an what
was doin' there.
Well, one night-jest such night as
this-the women had got inter their
wagon, and we was all asleep 'cept Ben
Jones an me, who was keepin' watch.
| set right by the women's wagon, SOS
that eff anything happened | could take
keer O them first; an pretty soon see
Ben dozin' on t'other side ofthe fire, 'an
everything was still. Before long
heard the women's voices in the wagon,
an moved off closter to the fire, cause
l didn't 'spose they wanted me to hear
what they was sayin'; but they talked
loud, an couldn't help heain'. Any
way, ses to myself, it's only old Bill,
an he never tells no tales 1t was
t'other woman who was taIkin'. au' her
voice was clear and soft, like bell l
heard onst when l was boy; an she
was excited, an spoke so loud all clears
like Il couldn't help hearin.'
"Oh, Hannah, was so happy" she
said; it was only little home, but it
was pretty and neat, an l was so proud
of it, an loved my husband more nor
can tell. He was steady an good ip
those DAYS, an he went to his work
every morning, and l did my part at
home. The house was alters clean
an his supper ready when he came
home at night, an eff was tired so was
he, an / never made no complaints; for
I thought there wasn't happier home
in the world. But after baby came
was ailin' an worn out with havin' my
rest broke, an l. forgot to have a smile
for him when he come home an was
cross an fretful. so pretty soon he took
to goin' out of evenings when he'd had
his supper, cause he couldn't have nc
peace at home: an then he got unsteady
and didn't 60 to his work regular. These
things went on from bad to worse an
: then he-went away
Here she broke down cryin'; but
J after a while Hannah, says in queer
, tone. Jest as eff it had bin pinched out 't
q her:
"But where did your-where did youl
HJim go"'
h "He went to California she scs be
ween her sobs, AN I've never seen hin
l0e.ence.'
]. "They was quiet for while, an
ms, ,ey'd gone to sleep; but the woman
niSh oke agin:
odsi When he was gone the baby tool
am :; she was sick long while, an thei
Lon died. hadn't nothin' to live for
id Thought should die too. But
oin, for Jim; thought that eff coul'
IN, h onst more / could die happy
loes, long while got better, an thel
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