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

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 a |
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 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 said your liver
ran where it was 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 L got settled in Mime
an at last, in spite of me, was in bed,
an the folks sayin' 1 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 was-an' he was pretty
low an when time come to go up to
camp he half broke down, an he said:
Malviny, 1 can't. Supposin' you
shouldn't be here when came back.
/ had better go as hand in a mill, an
earn less
Hiram said, you take me along
with you.' You never saw man look
more scared, for he thought was goin'
out O. my mind. But hadn't noticed
folks an ways for nothin, an l 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. 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 /. "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 I, 9 if that's what you mean.
feel to know / shan't die if 1 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
didn't put my foot down very often,
had it down then, square, an he SCI
in brown study awhile, an he says
well, Malviny, faint no time to cros
you, an never wanted to yet. If yol
think you'll hold out, l'll start up th,
country tomorrow an see about havin
a separate cabin next to camp. They'r
fxin' for winter now, an kin go an
come in q week. But don't see hoy
You'll stand it, an don't believe yoI
will 'Then can be buried in til
woods says L always did have
, hankerin' to lay down for good unde
pine trees.
"Well, he went off; an I will say
: didn't see myself how could live I'll
, he got back, for 1 had another time {
raisin' blood that very night, 1t cam
: pourin' straight out but said:
; won't give in. 1t can't all run out, al
! 1 calculate there'll be enough left
keep me goin.'
5 "Folks wouldn't believe it, but b
| I
: to the window. l sot there when b
r came in sight, an he was astonished 6
you'd want to see. But he had to Ia
o in an git picked for goin' up, an I'll
o very morning all was ready must neet
q come down again. Well, he waited
4 day, an then he says: I'll go with I'll
I load, Malviny, an fix up bit, an the
+ I'll come back an take you up on
q empty sled, SOS to make room for be
j. an things for you to go easier
- want to go now,' l says; i shall
q dead if don't Well we argued son
> back an forth, an at last he says:
Q amt no use, Malviny. AlPs ready noV
n an I'm goin' now, an I'll come baC
.e for you as I said;' an off he started fl
It the barn. I was up that minute a
k into my warm things in spite of Mr
1t Smith tryin' to stop me, an when
a drove round an come in 1 jest Wake
10 to the door. No, you DON'T he say
an jest took me up an laid me on Il
Of bed an run.
in " What got into me then l couldr
k tell; Lord carried me along, l recko
7e Anyway, run too, Mrs. Smith aft
a me, an Hiram jest drivin' off, an the
a. / stuck to the runner and wouldn't
te 90. Hiram was pale as a ghost, a
e, most cryin', an he says, For the Lore
Of sake, go back, Malyiny,' an
* saws, For the Lords sake
It, WON'T an jest crawled up in
ty the buffaloes alongside O. him. 'Ther
n one chance in million of your getti
Ill there alive he says, an, if you
&c hnnnd 70 90 ON that one. we'll try