Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-08

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Hos long have you lived here"
asked. as We sat around the cheerful
hearthstone in the evening. he smoking
his pipe, and | my cigar.
~ came here in the spring Of 1926. so
you see ITS rising half century. was
somewhat younger than now. and better
fitted to act the pioneer than am to- day :;
though there amt many that could make
me knock under, even now"
''You were not accompanied by your
wifel"
mo; that was the year before | WAS
married. l came from Kentucky, aud
hadn't even picked out my wife.
thought the best plan was to 20 out and
fix up a sort of home, and clear off a
patch of woods, and get in something in
the way OF crops, before asked young
lady to jine in with me. There's no hel D
in the world like a good wife; hut, as l
take it, a man is mighty mean and piggish
to ask her to rough it too hard-so for
six months I diant do much else but
work from daylight till dark"
"All alone?"
"Bless you, no! Joe Hunter came out
with me, and he was one OF the best fel.
lows that ever lived. He would do the
work of two ordinary men, and would
keep singing over it, as though it was the
only thing IN this world that could give
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soil was as rich as if it had lain under
two feet of guano for hundred years.
When winter set in, we had good build
ing up-built months befUre-several
acres cleared of. and things in the best
kind of shape. We owned a couple of
oxen, three horses, and other animals,
and VT had neighbor twelve miles
away, on the other side of the river. The
woods were full of game, and we never
looked for food. Joe and were hunters
for years, in Kentucky, and we found
royal sport when we came over here in
Missouri. There were bears and deers,
and now and then an Indian, though
must say We met no serious trouble with
them.
"All through the winter, when we sat
in our cabin, smoking, or playing check
ers by the light of blazing pine-knot,
Joe kept telling me that we needed q
woman there, and that as he didn't pro-
pose to get married for ten years at least,
he urged me to take partner for life.
When he first spoke about it asked him
where I was going to get one. He said
that the family of Hunters, on the other
side Of the river (they were the same
name as him, though they were no rela-
tom, had daughter Mary, that was pref
ty, smart and industrious, and was Just
the wife l wanted. To tell the truth,
that Was just what had thought many
times, but had never said word about
it to Joe. So tried to act as though it
was altogether q new thing to me, and
said that l would think about il but
know Joe saw me blush, and he ,kunked
me At ths; game of checkers something
ne never did before in his life.
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ne crossed the river in our dug out, the
horses swimming behini Us, and rode
over - make . social call 90 the Hunters
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