The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-01-11

$50 things went along till the fall o
'37. One night me an Marier was settin
up, putin away leetle o the ole mans
cider an chawin cruller now an then,
when all of suddint Marier says
"'Well, Jim, says she, WEN goin' to
be married.
"'That SOP says 1. was sot back ez
if some one give me bitf In the eye. but
know'd we wos goin' to be married if
Marier said so. That so? says 1.
4'What's that fur? l says.
"a "'Wall,' says Marier, they amt no
N durn Teller ez runs these yer woods,
\ says she, 'ez kin set up With me three
u night out'n ev'ry week, she says, an
come to dinner an supper Sundays
a says she. less he means ter hitch onter
Il me so ez he kin be 'roun fur breakfast,
" too, says she. so We kin git ready fur
n says she.
N f'Thanksgivin' was four days away,
4 boys, an it rutner seemed to me that
Marier wasn't givin' me much Of show,
an so I says:
'Thanksgivin, says I. Gosh
t'lmighty, Marier, amt that leetle sud-
dint? says /.
"'Mebbe it's suddint,' says she, AN
Yebbe faint says she. But suddint or
H. suddint, on Thanksgivin' night we
iine,' says she, for ev'rything's ready,
an the invites is all out.
"Goin back to camp that night tried
to make up my mind to cut my sticks
out'n the country, but couldn't. Then
l wondered il 'twouldn't be good idee
to jest slug bullet inter my conk, or
slide my huntin' knife cross my wizzen
an give Jep Ledyard chance arter all
with Marier. But the deer huntin' were
( durn fine that fall, an it seemed too bad
n to quit the camp so suddint, an not git
q my work in on some o the big bucks
y that was bound to come my way fore the
n season were over, an so passed on that
.idee. Then I got little consolation an
hope out'n the thought mebbe, b'gosh,
my gun might bust ez l were sluggin'
deer, an send me whar Marier couldn't
git her hooks on me. But this didn't
cheer me up long, fur / knowd the
make O. that shootn' iron, an they
want no more bust in it than they were
in a crowbar. So / give up slick an
clean, an bunked in that night consid-
ern' myself married man.
If ever four days got away with Their
sells in less than no time, kin tell you,
b'gosh, that them four did. 1t was five
mile from my cabin in to ole Dishbel.
ter's, an ez Marier had told me that
NSre to be on hand at S o'clock by the
pTumb-bib, an that If l want thar,
b'gosh, they'd be music, l mosied out
O my camp at 6 o'clock to make sure o
bein' on time fur the funnerl. had my
gun with me more from habit o carryin'
it than fur usin' it, an | hednt gone
more'n mile fore he'd the stock O.
that gun at my shoulder, drawed bead,
an whanged slug into one o the big
gest she bars l ever clapped my eyes on
She want more'n twenty feet away, but
the shot didn't settle her, an quicker n a
hornet she were up on her launches an
maxim fur me. Then of sudint il
flashed on me that then was my chance
to get the best of Marier. hadn't a
durn thing to fight with, and knowd
I'd stand no more chance with that bar
thun did with fash O. lightin', if she
meant business, but buckled right into
her; an the rassel was in. I'll never tell
how long we fit, fur the next thing l
knowd arter tacklin' the bar, was layin'
in my cabin, an Dan Jones were dom
me up in rags, while Pete was slingin'
water'n my face. The first thing that
come inter my mind was that I hadn't
reached the weddin' feast in time, an
that Marier had been maxim music fur
me.
els me an Marier married?" was the
first thing said.
"'Not ex bad ez that says Pete Jones,
but durn near ez bad, says he. Yer
the wust chawed up man I ever see,
says he, but the bars dead says he.
Her slug done the business, an duru
Gucky fur yer Il did, says he.
Then Il all come back to me. The
bar had knocked me out O. time, but my
bullet had done the everlsstin' business
fur the bar. The Jones's had tumbled
over NO an the bar Rugged together in