The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-08-19

park, by Geerge! she ups en- husseas her
things tergether-a few clothes en- sich-en
yer m the cousin come back, II was tew en-
empty house, 40 Ter speak. Then We'll
s'po.e. NV course, that Jayer was tur' bly
TUX down; en- NV course, too, he went ter
huntln'. all over tho city, en- he docks, ell
the hospitals. en- everywheres, likely EN- un-
likely. but wi hout findin' eny clew tew
what had become Nv 'em.'
Here the landlord broke in with derisivc
laugh. Your story is too weak In the TIM
bers, Cap. said he. ''It won't hold to-
gether well. How long would it take your
Mr.. Java to find his runaways, do you
think! A half-wild woman with three little
children! No trouble at all to find them:
could track them from the start
"There, there" eagerly calculated Cap.
tain Put, quickly bringing both feet As well
rs his chair square down upon the floor. and
holding up restraining hand. "NOw, what
did say? Amt it so-jes' . said: Didn't
say ter begin with that truth was stranger
than fiction? Wv course, eff regular writer
was a-nsakin' up this story he'd have ter
make 1t all smooth, en- plausible, en- jest es
'twould materially happen; but Pm s'posin'
twas so-test truth. proberble er not; en-
stranger than fiction"
"Oh, well, 20 on, them" laughed the
landlord, seating himself and fitting his
chair back against the wall, with his hands
clasped behind his head. "Go on, then, in
your own way, and I'll bear the text in
mind"
"Well, then" resumed Captain Put, tax
ing his knife from his pocket, and, after
RNPofnIlv ofPov,nin0 hiS hnOf
ceeding to trim his finger nails. "easy er
not easy, let's s'pose that Javer did dew
everythin' It anybody could dew ter find
'em-went hither en- yon hisself, had the
perlice workin', en- advertised in the papers,
en- all, en- couldn't git the least holt Nv any
thin It 'ud throw any light on the matter.
Ell rs writin' the story, I wouldn't tell it
then have gin'ral explanation; but we'll
s'pose the truth was tibet there want moth
In in the world tibet was wrong tween Javer
en- the cousin, en- neither on 'em had the
least s'picion Nv how Tassy felt about 'em;
en- what they was c0nsultin' privit' about
was some kind Nv treat they was plannin'
ter surprise her. So, " course, We'll have
what could possess her tew 60 away of her
own free will, en- he made up his mind
tibet they'd all ben kidnapped er murdered.
He didn't know whether she had much
money with her er not-he allus gin her all
she wantid, en- never asst her what she done
with it; but We'll s'pose she he'd forty er
fifty dollars by her, en- she TUX tibet, sides
change Nv close all refund; but nobody
couldn't know that, en- so they was all at sea
everyway. Well, s'pOse this tux place In the
spring; en- arter ransankin' city en- country
everywhere he en- his friends could think on,
en- gittin' so discOurij'd en- heart-sick tibet
he didn't care what become on Tim, s'pose
that one day-'long In the fall-Javer was
walking bout in the city, skursely knowin'
road-station jest es the train was bout ter
start, en- suthin' possessed him ter git
aboard.
"'Tain't no matter how fur he went,
whether twas one er tew hundred miles,
er less'n either, but s'p0se he stopped
some'rs jest afOre night ct a little no. account
place that was sitewated side Nv river.
S'pose that arter little, jest to kill time,
he walked down 'lOngside the water-well,
quarter of mile er SO below the landin';
en- s'posen It he happened ter looked back
ter the landin', en- see little bit NV q wOm-
an jest pullin' out inter the river, en- the
wind a.blowin' q gale, en- the waves pitchin'
en- tossin' like mad; en- then s'pOse suthin'
riz right up inside Nv him that made him
bring her back. He hadn't seen her so g ter
see how she looked, Nv course, bein' so fur
off, but suthin' jest st10re ter him that that
woman was Tassy-was his wife.
''S'pose, then, that he hustled round en-
got some Teller ter take boat en- 60 with
him ter overhaul her. S'pose'-here Cap
tain Put paused, suspended the occupation
one side, and, shutting one eye, fixed the
other scrutinizingly upon picture upon the
opposite wall-"s'pose the man he TUX was
an or'n'ry old d0g-0ne It Everybody g down
on, es ignerent's block bout things in
gin'ral, but when ye come ter mannin' the
surf-boat ter 60 out ter take of the crew
from wrack, er any sech little delikit
amusement bout the water, why he's found
ekil ter the next man-s'pose he TUX this fel.
ler-'' here the Captain withdrew his eye
from the picture and began carefully and
slowly strapping his knife agafn-''en they
startid. Nv course we can see 'thOut any
s'posin' that it wouldn't be any great trick
this that they'd startid out fer, ony Wen
s'pose twas gittin' dark already, en- 'sides
many minutes arter they startid afore they
couldn't see more'n tew er three boats
lengths afore 'em; so We see all they he'd ter
guide 'em was the wind en- the waves. A
body ken keep their course purity well by
them, but then, ye see, they knowed that
the woman was fallin' away all the time
fore the wind en- the force Of the current,
en- 30 tQCy ucU JcI m6Ao 'lOW6uCC ACE GU8Ls''
Captain Put was evidently getting . good
deal interested in his own story Again his
chair as well as his feet came squarely down
upon the floor, and he put his knife in his
pocket. leaving his hands free for gestic,lla-
tory action, of which he was ordinarily very
fond. Very soon becoming absorbed in his
subject, he unwittingly dropped the sup.
positionary style altogether, and, quite un-
mindful of the eager faces Of his listeners,
who, forgetting in like manner their eau.
ton, had gathered about him, the bright,
shrewd features of The Rat peering from
beneath the arm of one of them, went on to
its conclusion exactly as though he had been
an actor therein. "The gentleman was tur'-
bly, anxious en- 'cited from the fust, en- grew
more so es he see how fast twas gittin'
dark, en- begun ter think it was bout an
even chance whether we'd miss the woman
er not, when all ter wunst We heerd a
scream, like, ruther ter leward en- further
down. sHullov says /, what's the matter:'
oh, save mep she says; my boats fillin'v
She won't sink, says 1. Set right still,
er else git over her side en- cling ter her.
She won't sink. Wen save YEP The gen.
tleman said somethin', tew, encouragin'-
like, but didn't mind what. Yesee, we'd
rot TOR tho mint now n I knew I'D have for