River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05

yc savoy. and no more dreamed a. bein'
s.tigcr'' to a fine lady than YOU kids dream
q beiu' Governer- Bet 4 vurnci NY place,
my homes. and don't YOU forget il!
A. was savlu-. when / see them two
beev0otiful preachers a-v.t.hsc.' side by side
inter the missiuu-ouc a teacher o hOvs an
one teacher a. ca.s-t Jest sets in my
mind that Cod maize tIem two fur each
other sure and hiiut get no reason to
change my piuion as vet
~IaIIus loved him-he was 50 grand, and
tan. and strong -lookiu', ard fur all his
grauducss and talIuess and strong lookin
ness. thar was that gentle, sweet, kind
way he had as -ud MAKE a kid wanter lay
his poor. little. loucsom, head aCiu the
bccyo0tiful black shoulder. and Jest stay
there all night. / done that very thing
yyunst- honest Injcu, kids, I aNshally
done it -and haint surprised at yer 'ston-
ishcd looks, cause / were 50 lifted clean
ruten myself by the heaven | dreamed of
comm true that I clean forgot who 1 were
AMI where ! were. and that my name was
uuIy Tim lee I didn't think o uothin'
hut mother. and Heaven. and angels, and
al them kind a. thoughts-for he held me
close and soft and easy Jest like mother
ulster. aud forgot the awful pain in my
broken Ic.. and was most glad 1 broke it il
] could keep ON layiu' there so close m his
arms and touch his fine close with my
cheek. and breath the sweet stuff on his
haulycbih
And ~ KEN over. too. and looked awful
solemn and Vityful at me and AK me how
KEN % slip right often the Mission steps,
ami how thick were the Ice there and why
weren't 10 shoyglcd on
I Cnuldu-t answer her. cause didn't
know uc.uIuf about IL but I watched the
pcrty eyes q mcCtiu' his, and his eyes a
turuin away with a quccrish look in EN-
that hlIut never lost on kid like me. l
l,now,d from that moment he loved her,
but he were 81 simple, somehow, like a in
urrccut child that he never made her read
the riddle iu his cyes-cee, but they was
dnisies. kids, Great big brown ewes that
lest melted alter pieces with nothln' but
the warmth that KEN a wellIn' up from his
rcuer's heart
How soft bc spoke ter mo how gentle he
touched my poor broken leg. and whcn |
writhcJ his chin that looked like one that
wuust saw ontcr "A marble stature in a
dime nu~cyum. shiycrcd and shook like a
burt thing
Oh. De-, we're a darliB'. And when were
al wei. AGAIN ami Outcu the hospital. /
s-ser watch fgI him on his own rarticklcr
home comm street and make him let me
&c
smile aud pat ms rcd head and jest let me
,lo whatever wdutcsi ter with his elegant
boots.
Hau'~omc9 Not any lcastways he
weren't handsome 10 tine same curry way
her really truly beau were His mustachcs
didn't have no hllirreg trimmlu's at tho
ends ncr his hair 90 a waviu from the
middle a. his head in SiicS scallops. ner
hcdidu't wcdruo Shiuiu' pale blue neck tic.
uer sport WALLER leather gloves with black
stitchiu- all down the cutsldc-oh, no; Yer
kin bctcher sweet life he didn't He'd never
be CblcrEcd ter have ter dipend scch
make ups - them sur De- iiuc looks-not BY
Il good deal, He were jest plain and honest
goCd lookjn, ami his heart were as perty
as his big brown cycs-fur he showed
II every day of his life. while the other
Teller hid his'u-scCh as IL werc-Under his
striped silk wescut.
Every SUNDAY az the Mission I see EN-,
all through the cold spring and the late
comm summer, and the more l secs EN-
The more 1 watches their COINS on. and
see she haint come 20 even guess he loves
her like blazCs and Is lest too innCTCcnt
and BACKYARD o. up and tell her so; but
Ipeminv. ii the ether fCllar haint got the
gIittsrin' brass on his cheeks. He Jest
shfuuics round and j. all crins and
rcrIfte bows and makes a TCrtendauce al
tgarhiu' us fcIlars az the Mission, aud VT
kids know as much ~ he do and gives hin
sch POINTS On religious questions a. stag
gers the mel5c. But he keeps on reddln
Scriuter ter Us. though We kin see he couie
Kill every last one Of US cheerful enough
aud all cause she uleevcs IN seCh COINS on
an he has a eve on the rich young woman
ss KIM afford "a ride them kind o hOboicS
And when the Fourth Of July i perty
nearly here, the rich young woman says a
how she's sCiu' ter give rs kids picnic in
the Wiutry woois ole Job Wintry's hel
uncle and she's his sole airss, and she kir
DO JEST what she wants ter with beth 81
'eEI ANA she tells the !sdy and gentle