The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-02-14

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four years, till l up and seq to Brigham
that if | heerd eny more about it II
| just pull up and leave the Kingdom
altergether. 1t made the ole man purt
mad, but he didn't say much; tina
waant his wayne did things; ane
wot he did ter me was ter send me OF
mishun. Thar wa-an't no use kick
ing, SO | jist got reddy and started flu
my field of labor.
at don't make no matter whar it was
but l don't think the Lord prosperec
my work. Thar was more kicks no
ha,pence, and l was thinking goot
sight more Of Molly than mishuns.
never heerd from her, fur mails wa.
skeerce in them days, but | was allui
a-thinking about her, and wondering
how she was out thar all alone, and wer
my two years cum to an end We bet
startid West shap set.
"Gong across the plains l jist KEEP
a-dreamin to myself how the house
lookt, and how Molly was, and how
s'priset she'd be ter see me agin, and
a-wond,rin whether baby we sort OF
spected when l cum away had arriv,
And so the time wint on ontil we was
past the Rockies, wen wan day a
stranger rid up and sort of lookt over
the people and gives me sort of long
stare, then he went off a-talkin with the
cap'n-he was a Gentile-ev'ry wanct
and vile looking torts me. l didn't
s,pician enything at fust, but somehow
didn't feel easy in my mind about the
way the stranger look't at me, and wen
we startet off West ards | was glad to
git shet of him. But was clean TUX
back wen the cap'n cum and callt me
out of heerin, and sez:
"'Wot hev We bin a-doin to git the
Danites arter yep
Dom? SEE I, 4 haint been doin
nothin.'
"Look a-heer, John SEE he, I've
TUX fancy ter ye, and | don't want to
see We git hurt, but them devils is arter
ye, and ye'd better make yerself mighty
skeerce if We don't want hole in yer
skin. l tell ye this train aint healthy.
They've got We markt.
II din't skare very much in them
days, but when l heerd that the cole
sweat bruk out all over me, for l knowt
eff that gang got arter me was a gone
coon. Thin l thot of Molly, and jist
gritted my teeth and swore I'd see her
agin, enyway, and find out what the
row was.
81 lookt mighty keerful to my arms
that night; | he'd good rifle and two
good pistils, and l he'd a fust- class
American boss. | wusn't afeard of
Ingins, and | knowt most ivry trail
over the mountains so jist laid my
plan, and, without saying word to eny
one, | laid in some rations, and that
night, wen ivry thing was dark and
quiet, l lit out torts the mountains. 1t
was purity sharp work getting out with
out enybody knowing, but l did, and
at sun-up | was miles away and clost
to the Wasatch Range, maxim fur a
pass l know't that nd bring me out
clost to my ranch.
carter | got into the hills ] went
slower, sparin' my boss, but hurr'in' all
the same, an about shutdown the third
day arter leavin' the train, l look't
down the kenyon an thar was my farm
below me.
CHOW, We see, they was specting O.
me a. Salt Lake fust, an eff they was a
layin' fur me it 'ud be on the road thar,
an | know't l was clar ahead O. the
train, but thar wa-an't no use in bein'
too fast, SO | jist pickets my boss in a
SHE kenyan, an laid low till arter dark
wen | started down the pass an crawls
up ter my own house jist like an Inein
or a thief. | don't know wot made me
do it, but somehow | he'd an idee the
quieter l KEEP the better it nd be fur
me. An l was jist about as right as a
man cud be, fur that time eny how.
"Thar was a light in wan O. the
rooms that shun thro' the window, an
l crawl't up and lookt in, an thar was
a sight as jist TUX away my breath
Thar was Molly, an thar was suthin
else, too; an wen l see that little thin
in a sort O box, neerly hollert right
out, for twas babby- a reel live
babby an iv'rythin' lookin' sweet and
humlike in the room. An l was jist
thinkin' O. maxim myself knownst w en-
Molly gifts up from war she was a set
tin an | sees her face for the fust time,
an SIGH a sad, car'worn face it was
She leent over that kid, an then knelt
down an clasps her hans tergither, an
| cud see the tears a-rollin' down hel
cheeks, an she was a-rockin' back and
forrits. l tell We, eff she wa-an't rastlin
in prar then nobody ever was. An
jist stood thar an lookt, an was iist
goin' in ter put my arms around hel
an tell her that her ole Jack was back
a5in, wen heert Vices, an then l see
her gin start an look O. fear come
into her face as she stud listenin'.
81 crawl up ter the corner O. the
house, an l see two men a-cumin' torts
the door, an wen they got purity clost
they stopt and wan says to 'tother:
"'Wal, l reckon we've got the durn.
ed cuss now, fur Bill Hickman's got .
hict he's ter be removed