The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-01
'''D Down where p said 1, rising with
the child In my arms.

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"'Down where y said 1, rising with
the child in my arms.
"'Down there, pointing again.
"'Oh, no, there isn't any wagon
down there. That's away off the road
":No, 90 ask'e dog. He knows
&C. looked inquiringly at Nep, but he
had fallen into his old, solemn, sleepy
look again.
&c Where did you sleep last night p
600 knows. sleeps wiz 90 and e
dog
held the child in my arms, and
looked all about the sage covered plain,
and up and down the lonesome, desolate
dust-line of road, but 1 could see no sign
of camp-smoke, nor any object indicat-
ing civilization.
"' How far did you walk, to come
here p
"'O OH such long long wayne and
e dog. l so tired go to sleep, and e
dog tiss me in e face and wake long
way, some more, and come here to sleep
wiz co..
Well, now. Miss Lainey, you set
right down here on the blankets, along
side of the dog, until L get us some
breakfast and put the child out of my
arms.
"' Me vewy hungwy.'
"' All right Well soon have some
breakfast. Which do you like, Miss
Lainey, tea or coffeep
CSC 'Toffee, and heaps of sugaw.'
"And so, chattering along to the
child, L fused around until 1 got our
little breakfast ready in the midst of the
wilderness.
She was very hearty young lady,
and did justice to my rough efforts to
please her palate, and after breakfast she
insisted on large pan of hot water to
'wass 'e discs, but as could not afford
the luxury in the midst of perpetual
drought, we compromised the matter by
my agreeing to let her ride on top of
the pack animals pack. This arrange
ment delighted her no little for while,
and also suited me first rate, until she
got into the idee of standing up like
circus rider. She never had much sense
of fear. L argued, and even scolded
against this circus business, but it was
no use, and finally gave her ropes
end In each hand, which suited her
mighty fine, until she got too sleepy and
laid down on top of the pack and fell
fast asleep, while 1 walked beside the
pack to see that she didn't fall off.
SC didn't reckon that we should go
far without hearing inquiries for lost
child, yet, as passed emigrant wagons,
and was passed by other emigrant wag-
ons, they had none of them lost child
or heard of a child being lost.
"My little percession wasn't quite so
solemn after we got Lainey, cause the
dog, instid of walking behind with his
tail dropped, now marched in front, with
tail and head up, and Canary, calcu-
lating to keep up with the dog, stepped
heap more lively than he did before,
and we gee hawed splendidly. And
now If ye think that when Lainey was
standing up on top of Canary's pack
that we wasn't some circus, yer mis-
taken.
81 don't know what the emigrants
and stage drivers took me for-whether
they thought was Norman running
away from too much wife, or widderer
in distress, or man who had killed a
family in order to steal gal-baby and a
jackass and black dog-but took my
self for man with powerful RESPONSE
bility on his hands.
"The fust two or three days 7 was
awful feared wouldn't find any one to
take Lainey off my hands. Then, by
jing, I began to dread meeting or find
ing any one who would take her. And
at last, to tell ye the truth, 1 left the
regular stage road and sneaked off over
the Sierra into California by an old
abandoned route.
81 got some changes of clothes for
Lainey here and there from emigrant
women, piece at time, and by the time
1 got down into the coast counties
Cow counties some calls 'em-I was
mighty handy in taking care of that
young lady.
81 got down to my stopping place
well ON ranch, rented little cabin in
O little town-not such q very little
town-and went to keeping house and
attending to my hoss speculation.
hired an old Mexican woman to look
after Lainey when 1 wasn't at home.