Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-18

tew, en- moved = We could manij better
'thout her putin In her oar, en- 20
,Ss lest T So.s ,S made middle hi%
Nv the boat en- 60 inter the bow hisself. She
jest sunk right down in . heap. en- never
said . word. ner he Mother, till axed
whether sh'd keep on acrost the river er
pull for this side, en- then they both SPOKE
at me skeert en- pleadin'- like, en- said on,
take me to my childrenv So turned en-
pulled up stream fer awhile, en- bout 20
hard pullin' ca ever done tew. The gen.
tleman wanted ter help me, SO let him put
pair r oars; but 'twas slow gittin' along, Ter
we was purity well over, en- twas rough,
some, Pm tell ye. Finely we both Thought
we'd better make shore, even ct we did nev
house where twas said the woman lived, en-
knew IN all reason We 3 consider'ble below
there, en- when we struck the shore founo
I 3 right by bout half . mild. 1t was dark
es pitch, en- rainin', by this time. You lead
on says the gentleman tew me, en- vow ne
Jest TUX the woman up In his arms . II she,d
ben baby. you know meY says he tew
her, en- she said, 'Yes;' en- that was all they
said tew each other all the way ter t the
way, en- then through brush-awful-bu
we got there ct last; en- then, / hope ter die
Il didn't see . purity sight es i ever see"
with o half-laugh and softeninR OF the
voice.
az was the fust there, NV course, so
opened the door en- went right in. There
was candle burnin' In the room, en- down
In one corner there was kinder little Ded,
en- there up started three little heads, On
Jest fer all the world like three little birds
in q nest. Then, SEEM q rough Teller ike
me, they begun ter look skeery; en- the boy,
the biggest one, hustled up, en- stood on the
a he
forced puckered down over his eyes, his lit
tie white teeth shinin' en- his mites NV hsts
doubled. I he'd ter laugh right out.
Twas like SEEM Kitten with us o isii
man holding his mother, 'Yew leave my
mammy-' he begun, en- then, .Oh, pappyi
Pappy's comet says he, en- run toward 'em'
en- the little girl come a-laughin' en- scream.
in, ,Pappy! pappyr the oaoy Wan nn, G its
hams en- screech en- screams. en- 1 guess mo-
body couldn't tell what happened next;
anyways, / couldn't. fer was busy gttin' q
fire a-goin' in the big fire place; en- 'twa'nt
long fore l he'd q roarin' one, ye better
b'lieve. Purity soon the young uns begun ter
ask fer supper, en- then the pore woman he'd
ter own up tibet Their warn't n mouthful In
the house-they'd eat the last fer breakfast.
She was bringin' some provisions in her
boat, but they was all lost, NV course. SO
the next thing fer me was ter lite out arter
suthin'. Twas more'n mild ter the near
est house, but didn't let no grass grow un-
der my feet, yew may bet I told the folks
ter let me have milk, en- bread, en- butter, en-
eggs, en- enythin' else they he'd handy 'et
was good; 'nough ter last family tew days;
en- went back with back-load en- both
hams full. Twas fun ter see them little
fellers put away the bread en- milk, chatter
i'm en- iaughin' all the time, till they fairly
dropped to sleep eatin' en- talkin,. AFTER
they was tucked away sOme'rs, them tew
folks sot there by the fire en- talked en-
talked, en- explained, en- cleared up every
thin, en- didn't make no more count Nv my
bein' there IN eff I'd ben stone def.
Captain Put rose, walked across the room
to the water-pitcher, and helped himself to
drink.
"Is that the end Of your novel" asked the
landlord, also rising.
"Them's all the p'ints, he answered, set
ting down his glass; and then, perhaps fan
cying he saw signs of unappeased curiosity
in some Of the faces about him, he went to
the door, looked critically about at the river
and sky and remarked that the wind was
"hauln' round more no'the," gave his hat
fresh cant to one side, and, with his hands
in his pockets, walked leisurey down the
steps and away Magazine.