Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-31
On Their wedding Tour.
Tue MINER Who PROVED WOMAN AMI
Won BIG-HEARTED HUSBAND.

Among the arrivals at the Northwestern
Depot yesterday, were a strange looking
couple, the man wearing a butfalo-skin coat
and the woman long sack made of the same
material, a dress trimmed with it, and shoes
lined with it. He was perhaps 40 years of
age, but she did not appear to be more than
25. After looking around awhile he confded
in porter and asked to be shown to a decent
hotel
''rhe fact is" he observed, eve are on our
wedding tour, and, while I'm not bonanza
man exactly, I've got enough to see this town
with, and I'm going to do it,"
After the porter had named over half a
dozen hotels and made himself otherwise
agreeable the traveller insisted on introduce
ing him TO his wife.
The porter showed signs of wanting to get
aw~y, but Mr.. Fellows chung to him.
'You don't know how we came to be mar
ried. do you? No, III bet you don't. Well
now, I'll tell you. We're from Eagle City,
Idaho; right from the mines, you might say
Eve been there wear, but Mrs, Fellows,
here came only about six months ago.
remember mighty well the day she hoofed it
/ in-don't Jennie? Well, | should smile
There was gang of them, and when they
came over the mountains the snow was
more'n a neck deep and it was cold enough
to put frost on the windows of tophet Well,
as was saving, there were lots of Young
fellows coming in who didn't have no bust
ness in that hard country, and one of them in
this batch felt kinder sorry for. He was a
slight little chap not more'n up to my shout
ders. and there was kind of a good look
about his eyes and mouth. somehow. So
when saw that he didn't have no grub and
no dust and not much muscle, and 40 liquor.
Z I l, III Al -
be my partner we'd go it together, and
would see that he got feed enough. Well,
sir, he swolered that bait--hook line and all
and we worked together for three or four
months. I've seen richer claims than mine,
but il yields enough to keep me from grumb-
lingS and that's m0ren most of them do
Well. as | was saying, my pardner made
himself useful in good many ways. He
was a mighty good cook--the best cook ever
saw, and he want no SLOUGH either with a
pick and shovel. One day this Fall he go,
kinder sick and took care of him, and final
", when he got worse, | thought I'd just go
to the camp and get doctor He didn't
want no doctor. but got one. When the
doctor came in hung around awhile, and
then | went out on an errand. As | entered
the cabin again the bov was crvisg and the
doctor takes me of one side, and, says he:
Your pard is woman.
Git out saws 1.
"'It's a fact, says he. She just told me
so
"well, that broke me up worse than a
dynamite explosion. l was ashamed, and
said Take her away, doc; she's your'n,
but he says: NO, sir, she's sick, and you
must take care of her.
Then thought it all over and made up
my mind I wOuld Tho dor and rursad bar
for four weeks, aud when she got so she
could sit up-mind you. I'd never said word
to her vet I says, solemn like, What's
yer name. please2' and she looked on tie
floor and says: Jennie Good enough
says /. Jennie, will you be my wife?
and she says, You bet. That settled it. We
had the parson come up the next day aud we
made up this here outfit for wedding tour,
and that's what we're doing now