Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-05-04

81 mont hcr laid pc ont here"
Of Contra Costa, plugged that young Sac
ramcnto chap, whose name I disremcm-
or, fun o. holes just cz he was sayin'
Goodby' to his darter. ! mout hev done
Ill this if it had settled things to please
me. For while you and Flynn and the
Sacramento chap ez all about the same
sort o men, Roscy's different Kind from
heir sort o women."
"Mademosellc is an angelri said dc
Ecrrercs, suddenly rising with an excess
# extravaganza, "A saint. Look! | cram
The lie hal down his throat who challenges
it,"
"Ef by nam sclle ye mean my Rosey,"
aid Mott, quietly laying his powerful
lands on de Ferrieres' shoulders, and
slowly pinnng him down again upon his
chair, ''ye'rc about right, though she amt
mamse yet. Ez was sayin', ! might
lev killed you off hand cf / he'd thought
t would hev been Il good thing for Rosey.n
For herr All, well! Look, am ready"
interrupted de Ferrieres, again sprngng
20 his feet, and throwing open his coat
with both hands. "Scel here at my heart
-lrer'
''Ez | was sayin',n continued Mott, once
more pressing the excited man down in
lis chair, IL might hev wiped We out
md mcbbee you wouldn't hcv keered-or
sou might hev wiped me out, and l mout
Acy said, 'Thank ZEE but | reckon this
int IL case for what S comf'a for you
md me. It's what's good for Rosey.
And the thing to kalkilate is, what's to
De done"
His small, round eyes for the first time
'estcd on de Ferriercs' face, and were
Iuici,ly Withdrawn. 1t was evident that
his distracted look, which had fascinated
lis lodger, was merely resolute avoidance
Il de Fcrreres' glance, and it became APP
parent later that this avoidance was due
20 a ludicrous appreciation Of de Ferrieres'
attractions.
"And after we've done that we must
lalllilate what Rosey is and what Rosey
wants. P'raps, ye allow, you know what
Roscy is? Praps you've seen her prance
'oUud in velvet bonnetS and white satin
lippers and SIGH. P'raps you've seen her
'cadin' tracks and wages without waitin'
0 spell a word or catch her breath. But
lhut amt the ROsey ez | know. It's q
little child cZ ulster crawl in and out the
Billboard Of a AIi2Zouri wagon ON the al
ali pizoned plains, where there wasn't
mother bit of Gods mercy ON yearth TO
nc seen for miles and miles. It's
little gal as ulster hunger and thirst
2 quiet and mannerly cz she now eats
md drinks in plenty; whose voice was ez
steady with Injns yelling round her nest
Il the leaves on SWcctwater ez in her
purty cabin up yonder. That's the gal
u / know! That's the Rosey ca my ole
woman puts into my arms one night artcr
Nc left Laramie when the fever was high,
nd seq, 'Abner seq she, the chariot is
swinging low for me tonight, but thar
lin / room in it for her or you to git in or
hitch On. Take her and rare her, so we
Kin all jine on the other shore, SEE she.
And I'd linOwcd the other shore wasn't
no Kaiforuy, And that night, p'rap.,
he chariot swung lower than ever before,
and my ole woman stepped into it, and
'cfL me and Eoscy to creep on in the old
wagon alone It's them kind O things"
added Mr.. Mott thoughtfully, THAT seem
TO pint 10 my KILN You ON sight cz the
best thing to be done. And yet Rosey
mightn't like it,
lie had slipped one Of his feet out of his
huge carpet slippers, and rs he reached
down to put it on again, he added calmly;
And "a to Yer marrying her il amt to be
DONE
The utterly bcwildercd exp ession which
TRANSPORTED de Ferrieres' face 4! this an.
nouncemcnt was unobserved by Motifs
averted eyes, nor did he perceive that his
listener the next moment Strengthened his
erect figure and adjusted his cravat
"lf Rosey,n he continued, "hcz read in
vy'ges and tracks in Eyetalian and French
countries of such chaps ez you and kalki,
lates you're the right kind to tie to, meb
bee it mout hev done if you'd been Twin
over thar in Il pallis, but somehow it don't
jibc in over here and agree with ship
and that ship lying comf'able ashore in
San Francisco, You don't seem to suit
the climate, you see, and your general
gait is likely to stampede the other cattle
Agin," said Mott, with an ostentation OF
looking at his companion, but really gaz-
ing on vacancy, this fixed up, antique
style of yours goes better with them ivy
kivered ruins in Rome and Palmyry that
Resoys mixed you up with, than it would
yere, / amt saying" he added as de
Ferrieres was about to speak, Il amt say
in ez that child amt smitten with ye 1t
amt no use to lie and say she don't prefer
you to her old father, or young chaps OF
her own age and kind. I've seed it afor
now, l suspicioned it afor | seed her slip
out o. this place tonight, Thar keep
your hair on such ez it is' he added as