The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-02-16

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rsand that way. Thvr's l,rsNI ,i.awn
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hemse, cs,sne NJ ~lan s,mf l~'llsr full.
anil Ill show II ~ YIN
With that TINY tess .tewn IN. was h.
cnne nml walk. into the Kitchen. ~ln'r a
little rirl ~as washing ,lishrs Shc r~yv
him ~smr hrad and meat ANIL TALKED
tiit. fr~is. IL hts nrt.aiisl,nrnt, rhr
trli him that thu nkl man had lit. ~
money in ihr lrsm~r. shed srssn ii, xhc
al~p tslh him that ~hr livsl hi ihr villagr
AMI went hume every night. III must
have naa.lr Il favorable rl~,rt, hvs,.~r Il
wasn't hong after that when Isill kctrhnn,,
WIN wins The rinHleaslcr ii thr river gang.
Thought he'd take ln,k nj thu hnu~c
~ up hr CESS. playing the lmrt II lN,l.
il.f, anil drops The ncaiest little pack In
fruni IL the place when hc s.sr the sign.
Their il was SUR .no,tgll nircly leitersl
in rsl on white grouinl. and inviting nll
and nssaSHins to comc In anN taxi. what
they cvnld gct. Thr honse rt.ssl r,~Sl
ways lack from the roasl, nnl IN rill
went mp thc wide path hc hMl g,wSl
chance ~ take Ia tin dwelling. II war il
large brick house will. high stone
foundation nnl al ir,n rt.Nr. There
wasn't 4 shutter, u Iair u hlili,lH, on Tic
place. And II nnylssly hal tried Ia .cs
II atir hc would have given mp tl,c job
I'm n had one.
kctchum got In through the Kitchen.
lie hal lot of things In hir puck that
tickl@l the ftncy II thu girl, md l.c let
her an,usc herself with them while hc ntc
y sandwich abe had given him. mud asked
her LIT ~ My questions. Hut b.
/ couldn't yet much ont III her. simply be-
camsr Shr ,lidnt knoN anything, NJ he
made M hin mind ~ interview thc OH
man, ninl lokex about iii H. got III
stairs, nnd wns hailed over the hnl,lstcrs,
well. now then, whit III you want,
heyy"
Nlxh gloves. necktise, s.Ml,r. sheep.
snya krtcl,um. pushing mp.
:" Didn't vow rent thu warning Ia l~sl.
,ilcrr on the fcmcc. Amt ynn nfrpid II
the ,l,gs," shouted the nl,i man.
"Wnmin !" says bill. giving himself
awny.
"All right, xingH mi thu old mai,,
quicker thnn lightning, = You're M
pslller ion wnn, I" ~ my property,
Come NJ. I'LL nlloW II IL YIN,
We'll. this rtnmpe.l llill g,nnl ,lcul,
Int hr rlnekrd up mud followed t'nlrntt
into tho upper ram, keeping nue eye
round him nill taking In everything. hut
making great show ii tuale,
This rWn, Mys Gnls.,tt, ..in where
l sleep. There isn't any l.,k IN the
,lpor. nnd this rnm In where ken, INV
money. Here, I'll al,ow what's in II .
stand still .lMcanse when null tLe ,l,nr
open Il starts telegraph machine. md
three ~ the hest men IN tlr county start
from the village they n officers. With
NNHt III JfTNsNN Vlf limit NItNIis
Bill wnx 4 little nervous, nil,l he couldn't
help showing II.
II my " yonr EnnF should come
herr n night III pnt you up b trick
rut the wires first; they run ncrsprs thu
ronA below the hig gAtc. Dnn't l~ merry.
nnH DO you Nr Tint tn goll. Feel
I'll. weight u Il. These are .lialnolln
Can You tell u real spark wlie,l yom .,,c
~ should any they were worth, In thc
mnrket, between s;,0, mn md eiO, ON"
The old man kept mp this kind III put.
ter, standing there In l,is old calico wiwp.
per. Bill kcichlm Watching him with
oi,r eye, ANIL wondering whether hc VIVA
insane Or just The Hmartest man he'd ever
met. III hn,l Nh ilcs that II was lust thr
.nHi,Ht thing ~ knuck him over ~ IN
nt.s,l there md walk oii viii, tlle plnM,lrr
HMi tint hint about thc TELEGRAPH. stnnp,sl
him, Then The oil man showed HIM ont,
md when hr got into tlr l,all he sAys.
YOU'RE sl,r tirHt ln.l.llcr ever saw TINT
carried u revolver In hir hreast pocket"
lsill started little, for l,e l,n.l NJ, il.n
TINT tnlcott must have men il,
Ho, hol nays the old man; ..so YOU
hatt got unrY'
The lust thing be mid - him ~ he
WIN going slown the st.pH VIVA; You're
not smnrt enough for this jul,, my man, "
kctrhnm told his fellows TINT le wa.
never 10 clcan.win,lnl Ia Iii. life. -
felt ~ mcMM when ! wns coming away"
nays h.. TINT Ill half mimi 10 reform
A,ld cut tho profession. y
Well, not ~ nuke thc story tan lnMu,
thu np~lot ~ n VIVA that kctchnm, i I'll.
low by the mime III Wrltrr, md .DAck
Fro~t put mp tl,c job ~ crack the old
nuns place. ketclum aud Fru~t. /
think, went into The business from Il kind
81 pride. They considered they hal l~rn
challenged. and II VIVA point Of honor
10 take the old man nj his wor,l
They got up there one dark nivht In
May and laid 'hy I'll long after midnight.
Then they gut over the fellss, md ancnku.1