The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-03-13

ded, an she wouldn't b'lieve 'em, kase /
kept tellin' her We wasn't; iist ask her ef
/ didn't. Then / got on to Bill Hick-
mans bein' sent for, an s'pishon't was
fur We, an / got word ter GENTLE trap
per ter go out an warn ye. Now yer
here, wot ye goin' to do? I'm yer fren'.
an I'll stan by ye an go with We, fur
Pm sick of this. Jack'-an'his vice had
an awful whispor-'Jack, I want ter
kill the biship; he rob't me o my gal.
I swore to kill him, but I've bin o
watchin' yer wife an waitin' fur We ter
cum back. I made up with him, an
he thinks I'm a fool, but I hate him."
oval, We see, gents, I know't that
Hentz had been a good fren O. mine in
ole days, an I know't the biship he'd
taken away his sweetheart, besites
which thar was truth in the way he
talkt, so I jist up an'sez:
"'Tom Hentz, I'll trust vel Now,
wot shell we doY'
"sLeave,' seq he; leave iv'rvthin.'
Yer life, yer wife, an yer babby air all
gone eff yer try ter stay here. I've laid
awake nights thinkin' it out, an I've
tolt Molly time an time agin about it.
Ye'ye got nigh on three thousan' dol
lars hid up in the house. Thar's wot
We left with Molly, what Molly's made
sence, an all o. mine-its all thar.
Thar's five good saddle horses here, two
rifles, an plenty o powder an ball.
Molly kin ride an shoot with eny one
I larnt her--an' We an me kin take
turn about a packin' the kid. Thar's
lots O. grub reddy fur the time, an'the
time hez cum
.'Wot about the biship? SEE I.
"sJist yer leave him ter me, an he
wun't trubbel We. Well pack two
horses, an thar's mine, an we'll strike
over the mountains an run northeast fur
q tradin' post, an then to the states
'Iniins?' SEE I.
tMormons is wis., sez he.
"Pm yer man, Tom! Now fur the
house an the biship.'
1.-THE biship's nine seq Tom, as we
walkt softly to the house, HIM leadin'.
Go in fust,' SEE Tom, 'an' skeer
the biship, I'll do the rist.'
80 we whit up an opn'd the door
an I heert Mclly's vice a-sayin':
It's a lie! He amt dead; an eff he
is, it's you that killed him.
An thin I iist steps in the door
an seq I, solem like;
eft are q lie. He amt deadp
""Wall, ye ought ter see that biship's
face. He just turnt witer'n any sheet
an sort o. stagger't back, an the mex
mint Tom was on top o him, an he
was down with q gag in his mouth an
a lariat aroun' his arm.
MOLLY jist give wan screech, an she
was hangin' on my neck, cryin' like her
heart'd break.
"Tom tinish't tyin' up the biship, an
thin he SEE to us: "'Thar amt no
time fur cryin', Molly, it's time ter go.
Yell hev lots O. time fur huggin' Jack
tween here an the States
"Wall, how that gal did fly aroun.
Ye, see, she an Tom he'd talkt wei SO
much that it SCENT all right to her fur
to be thar, an in less time nit takes
to tell The packs was made up an iv'ry-
thin ives reddy fur the bosses. All the
time We was txin' the biship laid thar
an follow't us with his eyes. I'd jist
as lief kilt him like a snake, but he
was Toms, 30 Ididn't say nuthin' to
him but jist kept on fixin' the packs
an wen Tom fetcht the bosses aroun'
we got lv'rythin' on, an Molly in her
saddle; she was drest in boys clos an
rid man fashion. | jumps on another
boss with the babby, an Tom gifts on
his'n. Molly takes wan lead line, Tom
tother AN off we goes torts the kenyon,
an wen we cur, to the fut o. the trail
Tom seq:
CHOW 1 leave ye here ter go ter my
cabin an git my thin's. Ye wait fur
me in Rattlesnake Gulch, an Jack kin
git his hoss down an I'll jine We with O
s'prise party in an hour. It's airly yet,
an by sun-up we'll be fur huff off.
Besites, l want ter put 'em off the trail,
an he went off lafin'.
Wall, we rides in Rattlesnake Gulch,
Molly, an me, and the babby, an I
gifts my Merlcan boss an we waits fur
Tom; an in about an hour he Gums
along, an burned eff he didn't hev q
s'prsse party, fur thar on another boss,
in boys clos an ridin' man fashion, was
the biship's wife number two, Toms ole
sweetheart.
aye see, she'd alluz hated the biship,
an bein' forct into takin' him, she'd tole
Tom she'd run weniver he cum fur her,
an they vas jist waitin' fur me.
Tom SEE I, 'wot did ye do with
the bishipT
wall, seq he, 'Ijist left him lyin
thar tied, an Jane, she stuck a notice
on the door, sayin' as how they'd all
gone to Salt Lake to go through the
Endowment House with Molly
" Then We didn't kill him?' seq /.
"thill him? Nav! He'll eat his own
heart out wen he gifts loose an fms
we's all gone, an Jane hez TUX all the
money he stolt from her father wen he
died. But he'll be awful hungry wen
they fin him, an that wunt be fur three
days at the quickest.
oval, gents, we started an'hed some
rough times, but we got through all
safe. Tom an Jane was marriet all
regular by q justice O. the peace, an are
on this farm, an that's my s'perience
with the Mormons.
tive prospered since, an kin list tell
ye, gents, that eff eny mar wants ter
jine the Latter. day Saints he kin do it,
but I don't want eny in mine. I'm a
'postate from way back. Sos the old
oman"
Notes for Travellers.
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