Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-30
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The following is from the pen OF
Leigh Irvine 3sIiccillf69 ll9
IL Crazy Woman's guich Montana
was miners camp filed with hard
listed. long haired, weli-armed men.
They made a village of about three
hundred men, gila asa 10 oai
In the spring of 1868 a tall, dark
eyed woman, with a, little prattlng
,blue-eyed girl baby, walked into one
of the saloons in the gulch, Her
graceful form and hungry looking
black eyes caused a general murnluT
of surprise and gentlemanlyl treat
ment. She turned to the men, and
said: "I am hungry and have no
place to stay No questions were
asked about her Whereabouts, name,
history, or anything else. A few
words of whispered conversation
these rough men held together. She
was invited to take seat and she
would be provided with comfortable
quarters. THIS was all done in as
polite language as though she were
in the midst of kings. 't37st
Little Pet and her mother were
soon comfortably quartered in Jim's
cabin.
A purse was made up and left on
the rude, clean liable IN the cabin,
and all sorts of groceries and pro-
visions were put within reach. -
All the reeompense these men ask
ed was the privilege to pat little Pet
on the head and chuck her under
the chm and familiarly say, Poor
Little Pet, Little Darling, =
"Sweet Little Darling" And little
Pet looked shy and soon fell asleep
in her mothers arms. The mother
with tears In her eyes only said !:
God bless yon, men, for this kind
ness. glf. r. 0s lae - gT9d
She and little Pet, as the men
called her, SOON became part and
parcel Of the camp. The only woman
there, she soon made directions SO
that the mems camp was clean and
| in good order. The men wouldn't
flet her work. They told her to boss
the matter, and sorry was the boy
who didn't obey this woman. She
ruled, and little Pct had all the
| presents OF child's 8 pIaythings and
dresses she needed. The men WED
with each other in making her happy
/ and she prattled with them by the
hour together. They had a box thai
| they used to drop quarters and
dimes into for Little Pet for hel
wedding OUTFIT" they called. :
One day the camp seemed like
funeral. The men looked sober
THE saloons we're closed and th'
men whispered to each other IL
communication. Little Pet was dan
gsrously i'll. The best doctors wer'
| Immediately procured from Bohemian
i everything was done that human
ingenuity and skill could devise TO
| Little Pet, but she grew gradual.
worse and died ; mountain fever tn
cause. The miners opened the boz
and with the 8 i, 800 in it they bliriet
little Pet and erected monuInep
to her memory, and bought q. tlcke
! for the rtbroken mother TO al
Eastern city, where she belonged.
g The mother.never received an in
| suit from these men during her sta.
I. with them over two years. On
hundred knives would have bee
drawn in a fash had any one insulte'
her, and the insulter would hav
been cut into inch pieces.
Tie mine is now deserted, but an
der a pine tree on the side Of th
CANYON where the mine was locate
is a little grave covered with flower
and very fine iron fence around il
and beautiful slab of Italian maj
BILE with the name ''Little Pet,'' ag
: and date Of death, and thefollowing
Here lies Mammals Darling, an
the Camps Sunshine and love. .
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