The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-03-22

OWy WOmau WeuJ on, ~ Dub am
goin' to dwell on that. LiKely's not,
you've heerd forty folks say the same
thing. But what you hain't heerd I'm
goin' to tell you now. He came from
Maine, as maybe, L don't say-born
lumberman, an his father one before
him. An So when Minnesota opened
up, it come easy to put out O. Illinois,
where farmin' never suited him, an
where there wasn't stick O. timber,
except along the river-bottoms, an he
always half pinin' for it. He knows his
business an soon fell into work, an we
settled down in Minneapolis; that's
about as folksy q place as you'll find.
But you see wasn't never over strong,
an I'd shook in them bottoms till it's
my belief there wasn't an inch inside
of me that kept jest the place the Lord
had laid out to have it keep. Folks
said the trouble was your gall ran out
into your liver; but 1 said your liver
ran where it was q mind to, an your
stomach into whatever else there was,
an morn'n likely interfered with your
lungs an kept you from having long
breath. That's the way it looked to
me, even after got settled in Mime
apolis, for mine got shorter an shorter,
an at last, in spite of me, was in bed,
an the folks sayin' l shouldn't never
see spring.
"Now, the children had died as fast
as they come almost. There wasn't
one left an Hiram is set by natur' on
what's his own, an it seemed as if he
couldn't stand it to lose me, too. We'd
been unlucky, too-burned out once
an the bank broke that had our money
in it, such as it wes-an' he was pretty
low an when time come to go up to
camp he half broke down, an he said:
Malviny, can't. Supposin' you
shouldn't be here when came back.
had better go as hand in mill, an
earn less
"' Hiram,' said, you take me along
with you You never saw a man look
more scared, for he thought 1 was goin'
out O. my mind. But hadn't noticed
folks an ways for nothin,' an I said:
Don't you know jest as we'll as the
next one that the doctors keep sendin'
consumptive folks up into the pineriesP
an if your camp amt as good as an
other, I'd like to know. 1 can't more'n
die, anyway an Pm sick of bein' tucked
up in bed an an air-tight chokin' me
day an night, an I'm goin' with you
'Malviny, you can't he said, it's all
men. There amt no place 'Then
make place. says I. "Tain't fit,'
says he. Women don't know anything
about passel of men together Then
the more reason for fndin' out, an
seein' if they can't be made decent,
says 1, if that's what you mean. 1
feel to know 1 shan't die if can git up
there; but go 1 will, if have to walk
an can't do more'n ten steps day.
"Well, he knew was set, an, though
I didn't put my foot down very often, 1
had it down then, square, an he set
in brown study awhile, an he says:
well, Mslviny, 'tain't no time to cross
you, an never wanted to yet. If you
think you'll hold out, l'll start up the
country tomorrow an see about havin'
a separate cabin next to camp. They're
fxin' for winter now, an 1 kin go an
come in O week. But 1 don't see how
you'll stand it, an don't believe you
will 'Then l can be buried in the
woods says ]; always did have q
hankerin' to lay down for good under
pine trees.
Well, he went off; an will say
didn't see myself how could live till
he got back, for had another time oi
raisin' blood that very night. 1t came
pourin' straight out but 1 said: 6
won't give in. 1t can't all run out, an
1 calculate there'n be enough left tc
keep me goin.'
"Folks wouldn't believe it, but by
the time Hiram got back could crawl
to the window. sot there when he
came in sight, an he was astonished as
you'd want to see. But he had to lay
in an git picked for goin' up, an the
very morning all was ready must needs
come down again. Well, he waited 6
day, an then he says: I'll go with the
load, Malviny, an fix up bit, an ther
I'll come back an take you up on 6
empty sled, SOS to make room for bed
an things for you to go easier i
want to go now says; I shall be
dead if don't Well we argued some
back an forth, an at last he says: II
amt no use, Malviny. ALPS ready now
an I'm goin' now, an I'll come bach
for you as I said;' an off he started fol
the barn. was up that minute an
into my warm things in spite of Mrs
Smith tryin' to stop me, an when he
drove round an come in jest walked
to the door. No, you DON'T he says
an jest took me up an laid me on the
bed an run.
What got into me then couldn't
tell; Lord carried me along, L reckon
Anyway, run too, Mrs. Smith after
me, an Hiram jest drivin' of, an there
1 stuck to the runner and wouldn't lei
go. Hiram was pale as a ghost, an
most cryin', an he says, For the Lords
sake, go back, Malviny, an
says, For the Lords sake
WON'T an jest crawled up into
the buffaloes alongside O. him. There's
one chance in a million of your gettin
there alive he says, an, if you're
bound to go on that one, we'll try it