The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-07-18

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and ether rl,mhVeH were inAt taking
place. lsn, here ! am reminded ~ uii.
~ sans lDastcd exploits nu less shni,
that NJ ahrialing = Wild hnIialu bull
Tho animal had bccn caught III The
lu,cksmn,ls VI ls,g SANDY. where Vii,
clear water ran shallowly and rapidly
over thu cleaning Had ,scachcfou~ lot
tom, aud hi. rrrat weight wa~ carrying
hmm siurt,nH and struggling out ~
xight, when Sam came W the SlMt, and,
seeing tho ailnAt,un, removed hit
horses htidlc W put II upon thu puor
lnAss, who. unable ~ h.lp himself. wAs
obliged 10 snbnnt. Ia WAS hardly mag.
unanimous: VT Ia those days was con
xi,lrrrd something ~ t,uast oi
because III course there are few Great,
nrcs harder ~ manage under ordinary
circumstances.
With the departure of Tho trAppcr
and with The other signs vi advancing
civilization, ncighbors began ~ plan,
themselves almost within sight ri Ham y
home ncnr the Three Forks. simon
knnton Ind gone of 10 Ohio, and wa-
dead; although, IN Sam related, thu
famous pioneer WAS once. within
his own knowledge, routed ont oi
lis camp about thirty miles west u BiR
SANDY, one morning, the Indians com.
ing upon hmm ~ suddenly that hc didM'l
have chance ~ even seize upon hih
gum, compelling him 20 run and walk, !.
after hot chase by tho sAvAgeA some
seventy ,n,lcn THAT day aud night, before
he fell In with party III hunters who
could furnish him food Rnd other rcliri
Il was Nd sudden and clean sweep II
hin entire hunting gear thAt the veteran
appeared quite ashamed VI u; aud Sam
declared that hin friend never liked Il
talk about y surprise ~ disastrous m that
Next, ham missed IloOne, who liasl
found home and u grave In Missouri
while ~ many others who had shared
his per,ls aud adventures, scarcely MI,
wore left. hut among these latter WI.
ono Tom Rose, hale, hearty, rollickinp
pion. Or, still always ready for ~ light
4 foot.racc, or horsc.swxp," mud only
not 4 match for the rrtl0nbtmblc Hanl
Plnmmer In n wrestle.
Here 1T mo my that u was about
this time IN their history that became
acquainted with these two rather r.
mark Aole characters: tho details have
gwen being largely from iiresidc rcmin
lscences III their own, w we'll ~ those
III their friends aud ncighl,Ors.
And now / must introduce 10 my
readers QUO more parsonage. Whose
agency In bringing about tho light MI
vertcd " In tho beginning NJ this chap
ter, wAA more passive than active, biI'
still real; for how could u be othcrwis<
when woman IN In tho Case. "A prctt,
woman 1t that or how could mischic
occur between man and man without
woman being NJ thu bottom of IN
Miss Ann Harlan, then. wss 4 belle ant
= beauty IN her own neighlporh00d, thu
vicinity 0f the Three Forks. And ~ Il
hnr looks she wns rather tall. yet slin
aud 1.-THE; and, although hcr iest aud
hands were not Of fairy proportions, yc'
her line oval face, abundant brown hair
laughing blue eyes and the merry ~
preston that mi ON her dimpled checks
hxd made the heart of many rusti,
observer II public gatherings beat nm
c0mm0lly inst under deer skin or linscy
wolssy hnnting.shirt. And yet, nothing
of coqustte, Ann-~ss oil the circum
stances showed. --hsal not sought ~ il,
the mischief, NJ which, ~ II resulted
abr waA unwittingly the cause. When
n0tH. further, that Ann wss only III year
old, that aga when, whether they wi
have u ~ " mot. girls arc apt % prov,
most dangerous IN provoking deHiMrat,
TivAlries ON the part u their sxlmircrs
and ! have given the principal cOn
ditions which led " the hard fight
which, Tor ihc time being. wss msskss
event IN the ne,ghborhoM and histor,
of ti.s Three Forks.
Hut perhaps | should have stated ~
this tho circumstance which preceded
Che catastrophe. Happening In iii,
neighborhoOd u Three Forks, 10 ge
the veteran surveyor 70 look into IN,
particulars of some old land linsa Ii
another part 81 Kentucky. had stoppc,
over might with him, and from his mcrr
qntps and pSanks ] soon found hc w,
Iiks Ksses' old Lord Maurice,
MT whii ths tanner ~ 81 " biz ssay hsis~.
Riding out together thc next morn
ing, w encountered his old conrad
aud neiehboS, Tom Rose; and ] c0nl
not avoid observing that thu grestin
between the Two was shout - dry I