The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-03-20
How He Married Har.

Among the arrivals az the Northwest
ern Depot the other day was q strange
looking couple, the man wearing . buff
talo-skln cont and the woman u long
sack made Of the same material, q dress
trimmed with i, and shoes lined with
It. he was perhaps forty years Of ags
bnt she did not appear to be more than
Twenty-Five. After booking around
9 while, he contided IN q porter, and
asked to be- shown to decent hotek
where he could stop nor 8 few DAYS.
The fact isyn he observed. we are
ON our wedding tour. and while I'm not
Q bonanza man exactly, I've got enough
to see this town within. and Pm going TO
do il.
After the porter had named over
hall 9 ,dozen hotels an& made himself
otherwise agreeable, the traveller in.
sisted on introducing him to his wife.
When the porter was presented to Mrs.
John Fellows, the proud husband said:
Thsfe, now, Jennie, i told you I'd
introdsce you in society, hat this is
only q Beginning
The porter showed signs Of wanting
70 get asvay, but Mr.. FsIloms chung to
him.
FYcu don't know how We. eane to be
inscribed. do you? No, HM bst you
don't Well, now, I'll tell youl We're
from Eagle City, Mahoa-riKh4 from
the mines you might sayy Tvs been
there > year, but Mrs. Faiioa, here
eamesonly about six monthsSngos Ire
member mighty wellthe day SHE hsofed
IN, don't I, Jennie? Well, y should
smile. There was q gang of thera,and
when they came over the mountains,
the snow was more'n neck deep and il
wasHcold enough to put frost On the
windows. at Taphet. Well, -. j was
saying, thsFe were lots OF younEfelTows
coming in who didn't have no,business
insthat ham country, and oneafs them,
IN this batch, Z felt kinder sorry for.
He wassas slight little chap not moreh
mp to- my shoulders, and there was =
kind ofn good look about his,sYas, and
month, somehow.So when Iislw THAT
he didn't have no grub, anasnn dust /.
and not much muscle, and nolianor. /
tookmercy on him. and told him, if he'd
be my partner we'd go it together, aa6
/ would 9 that he got feedienongh.
Well, sir. he swallowed that hnit-hook
line and all-and we worked To-
Egether, fr three or four months
I've seen richer claims than
than mine, but it yields enough to keep
me fromrgrunlbling, and tha4ss more'n
mostsof them do. Well, as L1was say
ing, my pardner made himself usefufm
o goodamany ways. He was q. mighty
good o~ook-the best cook I ever. . =
and he want no SLOUGH either, with the
pick or.shoyel. One day this falg he
got kinder sick, and 4 took a of him.
ardfinasly, whenh he got woSse, / Thought
Idjnstggo to the camp andsgetta doctor.
He diaD't want no doctor, but Igot one.
Whenthe doctor cam9 in I hungsaround
o while, and then / went outton an err
randi As Ientered the cabin again the
boy was crying, and the doctor takes
me off oneside, and, says, ha;
Msfour pard is d woman.
tas lit out, saws I.
asIts . fact, says he, She's rust told
ms so.
We'll, that broke me up worse than.
q Dynamite explosion / was ashamed,
and I said: Take her.away, doc; she's
yonr'n.' But he. says; No, SIR; she's
sick, and You must aske careo Of her
Then I thought.it all over, aud /
made up my mind L would. The doc
and / nursed her for four weeks, and
when she got so she could sit up-mind
you, Ia never said a word to- her yeti
says, solemn like: What's yer name,
please?' and shelooked on the foorand
says; Jennie. Good enough, says I.
Jennie, will ysn be MY wifeY And
she says: You bet That settled it,
We had the parson come up the next
day, and we made up this ere outfit for
q wedding tour, and that's what we're
doing now"