Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-01-22

The Wedding Tour of an Idaho Miner
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Among the arrivals at the Northwestern
depot the other day was a strange looking
couple. the man wearing buffalo sk il
coat and the woman long sack made o
the same material, a dress trimmed with it
and shoes lined with it, He was perhap:
30 years of age. but she did not appear Il
be more than -. After looking around
awhile, he confded in porter, and aske,
to be shown TO decent hotel, where he
could stop for few days.
The fact is he observed, I'VE are OF
our wedding tour, and while / am not q
bonanza man exactly, I've got enough tC
see the town with, and I'm going to do it.
After the porter had named over half ;
dozen hotels and made himself otherwise
agreeable, the traveller insisted on intro
dueing him TO his wife When the portel
was presented to Mrs John Fellows, the
1 proud husband said:
There, now, Jennie, told you I'd in
troduce you in society, but this is only q
/ beginning"
The porter showed signs of wanting 10
get .way, but Mr.. Fellows clung TO him.
"Yoa don't know how we came TO De
married, do you? No, I'll bet you don't
Well now, III tell you. We're from Eagle
City, Idako-right from the mines, you
might say. I've been there a year. but
Mrs Fellows here came only about six
months ago. | remember mighty well the
day she hoofed il in, don't |, Jennie e?
Well, | should smile There was gang
of them, and when they came over the
mountains the snow was more'n neck deep
and il was cold enough to put frost on the
windows OF Tophet. Well, as | was saying,
there were lots of young fellows coming
in who didn't have no business 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 shoulders,
and there was kind of good look about
his eyes and mouth, somehow So when
saw that be didn't have no grub and no
dust, and not much muscle, and no liquor
! took mercy on him, and told him if ne d
be my partner we'd 90 it together, and
would see that he got feed enough. Well,
sir, he swallowed that bait-hook, line and
all-and we worked together for three or
four months. I've seen richer claims than
mine, but it yields enough to keep me from
grumbling, and that's morn most of them
do. Well as | was saying, my pardner
eocu
lie was mighty good cook-the best cook
/ ever saw-and he wasn't no slouch either
with the pick or shovel. One day this fall
he got kinder sick, and took care tf him,
and finally, when he got worse, ] thought
I'd Just 20 to the camp and get doctor.
He didn't want no doctor, but i got one.
When the doctor came in hung around
q while. and then vent out on an erTand.
AS / entered the ca,in again the boy was
crying and the doctor takes me off one
side, and says he:
"Your pard is a woman"
"'Git out, says |.
"'It's fact says he. She's just told
me So
well, that broke me up worse than a
dynamite explosion. | was ashamed, and
l 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 il all over, and made
up my mind / would. The doc and |
nursed her for four weeks. and when she
got so she could sit up-mind you, I'd
never said a word to her yeti says, solemn
like: What's yer name, pleaseT and she
looked on the floor and says: Jennie
Good enough, says l. Jennie, will you
be my wife !? And she says: You bet
That settled it, We had the parson come
up the next day, and we made up t:lis ere
outfit for wedding tour, and that's what
we're doing now