Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-04-20

10 pay MN, after pfcmlsln 70 reward
him liberal, tool e, ~- $50 80 !
1 didn't mean no harm morn'n a
baby; but know he thought was
swindlin, lyin' female woman, goin'
round loose, gittin' my livin' by
workin' onto folks feelings, and
stealin' rides outer coal men. He
hadn't no means O. knowin' the truth
O. the matter, ye see, and it did look
bad-it looked against me, that's a
fact.
It would ben easy enough ter sot
the matter right if I'd only remem-
bered the feller's address he gin me
the last minute when I took the cars
but I'd gin up tryin' to do that long
ago-'twant no kind O. use.
So that's how twas when I got
Minty's letter. Ed turned the matter
over in my mind e good deal, and I'd
come to the decision that sometime
and pooty soon, too, that coal man
and me would have a reckonin' to-
gether. 49, ~- =
And now, here was good chance
to go and hunt him up. So 1 got
myself ready's quick's I could, and
went along.
Minty met me to the depot, and the
fust words she said was:
'sAunt Ruth! what nnder the cano-
py is the matter with ye? You look
as if you'd had a fit of sickness! !!
You look as if you'd had fit Of sick
ness! Havetye ben sick?" ~
''No, Minty, I hain't," says I, "but
there's other troubles in this world as
wearin' as sickness
'sFor PHYS sake, says she "what
do you mean?" And then / told her.
4-.sIt,s that coal man that's wearin'
me away to a shadder, and nothin'
else," says I. "Its quiet up home,
ye know, and likely enough my mind s
dwelt on the subject more'n what S
reasonable or material. 'T'any rate,
all Fve done lately, is jest ter think,
think-night and day-about how !
Icheated that poor feller. And now
I've come down to Boston, and I'm
goin' to find him and hev settlement
with him, il it costs fifty dollars !''
says I ]; ''and you've got ter, promise
to help me, too, or else I'll go an git
somebody that will," says I.
| Minty laughed and hugged me over
again.
"Cheer up,'' says she, s'we'n have
that old-fashioned conscience O. yourn
outer misery in no time. The coal
man shall be found if we have to turn
Boston inside out and hindside afore.
to do it," says she. =. >5'fs5.
Minty's better for me than a bottle
O. medicine, any day, and she chip
lpered me right up; so't I felt more
Hike myself than I had for a good
while. Nobody couldn't help feelh'
revived jest to look into her face
And speakin' Of Minty, let me tel
I've, that I settled it long ago in my
mind that Minty's beauty and he1
bright, happy ways that are so cherin
to everybody, are owin' pooty much
to her enjoyin' good health and te
. her havin' a husband that worships
, the ground she walks on to.
Good health and loye-about equa
! parts-is my rule for maxim a hand
. some woman. III. r.s
: Wall, the next day, when I'd GO
rested a little, Minty and ! talked th'
matter over, and we concluded tina
the fus thing we'd better do, was Il
advertise. So she writ a piece ant
! sent it to the newspaper. 4
''Thafll fetch him, ,asays she, 81
. he can read and ever looks at a paper
t but in the meantime wen keep ou
eyes open. He may turn up. whe1
: we amt exsseein', 2 says She. =
From that day it seemed as eff
didn't think y nothin' but my Goa
e man. Jack says how't I'd got
aaoaomanier, nut I knew better, an,
t / told him so /; nothin' in the worl'
allied me, and l should be all righ
soon's this biness was off'n m
y mind. az, aeF- 2y
The fust time went On the stree
!. I come pooty nigl gittin' killed my
self or killin' sonsbodyl else, a<nrim
/ Iber O. times. Z ~ = L y
> Ye see.my eyes were everywhere t
once, but mostly inthe road, bokir
3 out Tor coal carts, aad every one
spied Z generally made dive bael
ards Or forards, ter CT q sight o' th
, drivers face ye know, and 'twant
safe WY % DO II y coHded Eee
by noneans. %ExSysy