Morris tribune., 1880-08-12
pale and quaking with alarm. "Yot
dan = Snfend fotf1eliyer me up2'

pale and quaking with alarm. "You
don 4 intend TO deliver me up2'
"Calm yourself" said l; / have busl-
ness there and shall dis You no harm.
Tell your wife we shall be back tonight
and also tell her I shall be your guest
for some DAYS." HH EE
II shall do as YOU say, Z was Reeds re-
ply. but he did not look very comfort
able Oh
"I presume shah be- quite welcome
in your house tor week or sog" SAID |.
"Y-e-s--0h, certainly SAID Reed,
ssqulte welcome, I am really under great
obligations to you, You have saved me
from doing great wrong. shall al
ways" 81. ~ a2l'' r '-al. q "a ,
s'Never mind; you have said enough.
I think we are beginning to understand
each other--that ia to some exteat. We
have not been acquainted long, you know.
After breakfast Reed harnessed his team
and we left for Nevada.
On reaching Nevada ] told Reed to
drive directly to the court house.
He turned pale. sl4.l1At ISL
at is all rig ht," said i, "we are going
to see about the mortgage; it is, of course,
on record9 .st' s'a 2'a@a.t,'-"3
We found it all right. After selling
my dust and drawing some. money that
had been deposited at the bank in the
town. then went with Reed to have
the mortgage released. "a - ~
''But it is almost impossible for me to
pay you all tins moneys" stammered
Reed. y fh&H
"You are presently to give nae your
note for the whole"
Shut how shall this note ever be paid9 %
"Never mind about that-that will be
all right. You will pay-you will
work it out" fi .l1'. 5-~s t"
sWork it outr' Es' a
| I remained five days at Reeds ranch,
thoroughly studying it. During the
time l went to Nevada City and drew
some more money, also took out to the
ranch an assistant to Reed, countryman
of mine from Deer Greek, man named
Kempt. d. ! told this man that Reed was
an old friend of mine to whom / had lent
considerable sum of money to give him
L o
/ good enough fellow, but a little inclin-
ed to be lazy and shiftless, therefore
wished him to push him in the work on
the ranch, as / desired to get my money
back as soon as possible. I also told
Reed that if there was any soldering on
his part it would be reported to me-
The next year all the ground was fenced
and brought under cultivation.
tt frequently visited the ranch, and the
next year began to get back my money
Mrs. Reed was very happy woman. Il
was her nature to try and get along IL
the world and make money, and all wa'
now going to her satisfaction. Her par
ents lived but five miles away. / fire.
quently visited them and they were otter
at Reeds. / now began to have very
good opinion of my robber, as he hac
now become very industrious, and was in
many respects, fair sort of man. Now
that he had got start in the right di.
rection, he seemed anxious to 60 ahead
He began to feel pride in his ranch anG
all its surroundings, and took great in
terest in everything. Ihad not found i
necessary to keep Kempt over him aftel
the first year. p, .. ....... go.
All was going on SO well that in an
other year or two Reed would have beer
able to pay me every cent be owed me
when an accident happened 10 him
While gong home from Nevada one day
his team ran away, throwing him out o
his wagon against tree, crushing in hi
skull and instantly killing him. I wa
! in Fall Creek when heard that my rob
Der was dead. at, once went down t
the ranch and married the widow-no
right away, you must understand for sh
thought a good deal of Reed. com
torted her and took care of thugs o.
the place until proper time had ex
pired. .g.a7 .a'sn. H..
!, Now you know how / met my Tobbel
and how got my revenge. To this da
Mrs. Waldow does not know when an
how / first became acquainted with he
first husband. She still thinks that j
was at Cold Water, Mich. Instead c
three hundred acres in Nevada county
have three thousand acles in Oregon.