The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-04-09

Deen IN love Wlthy you from the dret day saw
you. So Il; !3 e. ,ti,. s
sAA thought Daisy with curling Up, .t I
little simpleton I might belo SERIOUS, TomYS
she said aloud; Tim literally serious as the
grave. You've made my stay at Oakland very
pleasant; you've given me glorious drives and
sails; and Fmnq end soblig But in regard:
mes;nos q, Tom; 4; must decline it, thank
''Fsyorl 5Really Dsiay Ifail t. 90 how I've
provoked that sarcasm, = .ss Ks e;tas f5 -
:. "lsss At telks sbous y Tsn Al, we're
but DAisy, must, talk about it, pleaded
Tom, Selling. her hand |tBo yon mean You
never can care, for mess Oh, Daisy Daisy, don't
liz manner eager, liz to 6fs perilously
moyementsto alight, ii seemed IS il he could
not let Daisy 60 till she had promised, to love
him. e r.. = HI = h n s.s IL w
sDon't be absurd, Tom, cried she, almost
beside herself with the fear lest she might
yield in spite Of everything: 81 y: sssnever
monds q is soon marry that hencoop. -. Z
20 do Daisy Justice, she. hardly Knew what
she3said. Bent on soonyih cling hef overwisa:
lover that she was not to bes had for the asking,
she had hurled the hencoop INTO Ter sentence
You'd expression 10 offer himself to a young
lady as 8 husband; only to be rejected by her
as q hsncoop- this he feltSw too much for
human nature to bear. Without further daily
ing he; helped Daisy stc dismount, and drove
WrefcRsd Miss Daisy gaized after Elm with
lack lustre eyes, feeling as BpiriMess as a
glass Of yesterday's soda water. 81 How angry
be must have been, to have left her: to nm
lock the door for herself And. oh dearl
what allied the koy? Would it never, never
fr1f~, M, %oy otro an T.
Presently il dawnea upon Daisy that fhera
must be some obstruction in the lock- By the
aid Of the moon she peepedin at. the +keyhole
and saw the trouble. In locking tie door on
The nade Abhy a 5aa e5Spos %Gys 1
thsposls echoed through every room, pulled
till she broke the wire. but no sound Of an
swering footsteps came. Far away in the
north chamber Aunt Abbey. was lying on her
good ear, sleeping the: sleep Of the innocent
herle.si side" groaned Daisy; and she may
notturn over for the mig lit Oh, fwhat shall
dor What shall do?n y .$,.5s Il &
She tossed pebbles against her, Aunt's case
ment and shouted: her nnms again, and
borhood, and should appear at her call Z She
fitted around the house Lksa midnight ghost
only to find every door and window fast. She
| looked As the lighted dining room, and theap-
petlAluS 1uuCu uWGlt1uS u6T;tT eLlluQeQ n6E LnAl
| abe was FAINT and hal eaten no supper.
Hungry and homeless at midnight in the
country, where trarnps were, and where police
were not! Herewas d situation for o girl deli
cately reared and naturally timid The only
light to be seen IN the village was at DR. Ray:
mond's,a quarter of q mile q way. Daisyknew il
| must have been left burning for Grace and
| Tom. Grace could not have been homo long
for sheand Jack had come the long road by the
mill. n Il, h '.45 8 ssIss5 VI;
sH can only get there before stha1ight gpe.
outp murmured Daisy, sspee ding along th e
ssrsss guia en- t. be
no other family 30 well, and, besides, no other
family whs ;awake.a After what had passed
| she ehrank from meeting Tom, hut she shrani
far more from meeting the tramp whom hel
excited fancy was ,perpetually evolving from
reached sthe threshold brsath less. Pushing
open the door, littlesvagrant that she was, she
stole IN upon Grace, busy in securing the par
Tor shutters. 4 An h ;ssg:I ~.
Hush Grace. don't scream don't rouse
z though maybe you'd let me alaep with you.
I'm locked out z lsS;i ~. T, i;s.. 81
s: sLocked out; poor dear II ;,:s e Z
Yes; I'll tell youall about presently CANT
Igo upstairs first9 III. .,3e s =
to my room I'll follow as soon as Tom comes
ttLadygo !; 6 3, g. ,*5 4.
eHasn't Tom told you Of His Little. Lady, tho
lovely colt Uncle Ezra has given shimg She
camewhiie weswereat PinhforesFy5S 7a;
ellis little Lady l''5S; 3 assfaS I E:,s
sPapa thought Uncle Ezrawo1Id better keep
her till Tom was graduated; but uncle pets
Tom, and hssaid Tom might AZ Vel have her
Daisy heard The closing 81 u distant door;
and fed oSdream dreams t0o confused fol
Al she was tiptoeing outo the house in the
early morning shet came upon Tom, looking
glura and Hleepless sss'sA I
I beg your pardon, Tom, for what said last
night-about the hencoop, you know, ~ She
whispered, IN dimpled confusion ut was aw-
fully hspghty taksit all back 81. $.
implQred Tom sehesred BY her blnshear ssIj' Il
aHnshl ~ Can't atop, Tom, r said she, with
an evasiye laugh 4 must 10 myself bacl
now to- Aunt Abby. ? 4 Y Z
..Yon must do no snch thing, Daisy Camp.
bell said Tom, stously, his clouded mind pre-.
cipitately llnmined by the coquettish sparkle
take You back to Aunt Abbylinysalf, and I shall
ask hsr tolock yo,a II, next thime and keep you
| foEmeg Come tho carriage Is reaiY We'll
ride The little Lady ri ma s5
Old Nelson HIMSELF:
During he var Gsneran Nelson wa.
given to auperint tending personally the
crossing ofSiyers, and On one occasion
he nnade.eig kt men jump into the waite,
and drag out q half drowned mule
| After an fexperience .ofE this Kind IN