The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-14

0&lls WhotnAy ever felt remorHe, the
indefss thought 81 Nsshould be caution
Mnough agailat breaking the laws Of du-
M and right But thousands
hoSare u1inff usnge Sd by higher moral
'kestraint rush Into wrong doing without
King ofthB helf.r eproach and punish
:lmen that are sure to come. The follow
Ing contains % lesson to; hot-headed
youth who are In danger Of breaking
their mothefss hearts by. disob edience or
9hasty, unflial words ~
They wereseitti the waiting.room
.ots g depot together the dapperf little
man WIN though
g lcomneGGlaI travel ler, and The great
shaggy garment na and bfosd, bfown ds1.l
5ican hat told that he was fresh from
some semi.c vilized region 81 the vest
apos sfaslHg aa
tracks, switches, frogs d and snorting
freight engines. lust at thut moment
he seemed like q man thout a friends
An the WonfdS and utit Oh pfire Bympathy 3
the com nefcia ira vel FIR fattsM pied to \,
;g ~ y IN gconH t5ens
q at iong i ICY ai se aska d =
.e sBSus e. 9s, beur veg re short answer
Nigh ontoa hundred miles back in
e 7 EsRt, ESs.s lIlIII 9TH
$# Stranger, Pm going home. Home"
Sol Been away long A.
m Bout teny years =
n EN- years, nd now you are going
home! Well, that's 81 Sasant.S, 4 know
III I'm only away about d montif at 5 time.
yet whensI come back, 4 I'm as happy al
q gosling: I'M Ia 4sun-sh hover. Fact: YOU I
wouldn't thinK I'm sentim e1tal, vet 7
when 'm on my way h6mk, the cars
never eeem to- go d fast enough, and Il /.
can't think -of thing but home, home,
al the time Pm there. M VI! but I'd.
jnstyto feel hbwI happy syo 81 ! SmSsisS bal
Folks all well, Isuppo se2
Stranger. I'm going back to u my
mothers funeral. It's ten year, ten 4
long, long year, since Z Jsaw her last, and +
tRen;1 went away saving I never wanted
to see her again. did that to my
a|boy then, and didn't idfi Know What VI A. I
was doing. It was my mother, but I'm
not to be blamed too harshly.
.And after Invent away / never sent
9 letter hOme-not one, but j always
meant to. She used to write me such
ASoESSUASatAltlSlS tt0IS ttt1HU IL gTeaGfO
miner Ms / was, sconld n t keep the tears
back = You see, i didn't Rrite because
I3was always a-it- thin king that II would. j
strike rich, and then 4 would 90 home
andijust shoW theFold folks what money
and case was ;;ssbut EEbut ~ Butt stfanRer.I
putsit OF too aong.s IL was going home I
nextweek I,WasIg going TO surprise 'em.
and had enough money to make their
old age comgortabl Bile: but. stranger. she
went home before did. I,
And b wiped stifs horny snnbtpwned
hand acrossihis5e y esss MI ore Was silence !
for g few minutes, then he continued
Don't think worse of me for thpt.
stranger; may be a man grown, but
somehow I can't keep tears out Of nv !:
eyes. They will come. Y gu see I was
the. youngest. i was the baby, her boy i
she used to call pqe; and NJ eiiI grew ups
|lswanted to- see the sWoIa III II ID seafElife.
But she wanted me It'd istaysat b ine !, and /
! I was hot, heade ed and and i vent aWaY.ss
But I always dreamed Of coming back,
and here, when was ready, ii was too 4
late, too late. All, strangerl 4 can't help
It, and the returning miner bowed his
headson his hands and was silent. As
But the other said nothing. There
was lump in hist throat thst prevented.
and he looked toward the window IN. 8,
der .pretence Of ping his foreh sad with Il
bis hand kerchief but it was onI to: con-
ceal the moisture that came unbid len ii
ms eyes xast Sitting II All 81