The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-06-07
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narvous inter Their dark corners. At lbs
Uncle Job put down his pipe on seq:
"Fsccon l know . story that'll lay DER
cny you've hecfa, and one thet's true, too.
Like ter hear it!''
"Ycs," scz all, and JOB bcgun:
when my father was CIR young man ho
hcd er CURIOUS drea.n three nights ham
runnln. lie dat b'leyc in dreams but thes
Gre I'm Wus 80 QUcor thct it stuck tor him.
1t war this wise: He thought he war
waikin' threw Their CT pines dowr at Their
cove, when all ov CIR suddiut tall dark
man appeared afore him.
"Nc WIS sorter surprised, fur no hadn't
hccrcd no footsteps nor seen no one COM
ing, but he warn't skcert an Jest stood q
looSin' at thor chap, till he turned round
an beckoncl him tor follcr him. Father
Cone so, an they walked till they cum to
CT place whar three pines STAN, so tibet her
LHaddcrs neot in err pint 1t wus full moon,
an father could SEQ Their shadders plain
I:!cr man went to thor pint an strikin'
his heel On it three times. SCI: 'Di..l dig!
bNt look noe bch;n' yerv AN then afore
father could think he was gone. This was
thor dream and Gftor dreaming it three
times father thought thar must be sum-
tn n in It, am Their iEocnin' arter tho third
time he walked down to Their covo. He
fcun' Their three pines jest CT no SEQ 'cm IN
his dream, but he couldn't czactly locate
Their opo5 whar Their man stood an so keu-
Guided ter wait till full moon en- go agin.
Val, full moon no tuck bis spade an went,
en- sure enough, thar lay thcr shadders
joso cs 40 had seen emil Ho won't ter dig.
GIN. Their santaEas soft an he had got er
coed s!zo hole dug, when lie heered some.
tai:i Ike heavy marcniu' in Their distance.
lilo stopped: an was 3oin' ter look around,
when no rcc.1ciectcd thor words 'Digi but
lcolz not behind yc,' al nc went ter work
ag;n. Tho hole got bigger an Their sound
como higher Al last his spade hit
cumtEin hard, an at tho Same time he folt
en- ::wiIl po::e1 o'or him. In spite ov him
cell lie looked around, an thar stood a
sai!cc c. tall cs c giant, with no head on,
az carryin' thcr mainmast ov or ship on his
shoulder. Is father looked thcr mast fell,
He heered ~ roar, en- seen q fash ov light
min, an then 10 DIDN'T know no more till
i've cum TOO next morning in thor clump ov
Pines Flo was al eight 'cept his left
shoulder, en- on thct was five black marks
cs IL two fingers he'd grabbed it, an them
MARKS stajd thar till Ills dyin' day. Tnis
be the: yarn en- it il true, every word ov
it,
Job liz his pipe, en- every one sot stun
et:ll til Nellie SCI:
'An' all tact money Is thar yet What
CT fool not ter go back. Ell was only O
man, or kcowu CT man bravo nut ter 90
fur it,
Sho yis up ez sho spcok tn stood with her
eyes ashinin and her checks q hamin, q
picture purity ANU ter make man faco .
worse danger then q no headed sailor.
All looked at her, an Uncle Job SEE:
'Spozen er man wus brave arud, Nellie,
what would yer Go fur him2"
3d." SCI Nellie, "l'd marry himps
Joe en- Os sprSn3 Ter their feet, IN
cried:
''say tibet aginw And she soz, boldly:
"l''l marry him!"
"Ier hear tlet," sez Joe. eyer hear ~
1--WE hear she hain't said nothin moro ter
ger then 10 one else" broke in o.. '.But
yer kin all hear mo say. I'll git that box or
be buried with it.
IAN say, we'll both be buried aforo 70
fetch it," yelled Joe, steppin up ter hun.
Cs braced 'ur him, but Job ketched bic
a1'1n-
"IIist thari Don't make fools ov yer.
selves. Yer can't both git ther gal, an it
it dcpens on yer gittin the box, guess yer
won't nuthcr do it. Set down an cool of. i"
AM scrowlin q sulkey they drawd back.
Hut this trouble upset things for the
cgcnin, an purity soon Their party broke up.
I Mcllie expected Joe or Os wonld sec
her mum, bat nutlcr cum nlgn her, an sue
went hum with sum nabors.
Ar war WIS Os an joel They he'd
slipped out soon arter their mu3s, went
Eua fur tools en- started fur Their three
pines, am as shcy lived in oppcrslto direc.
tons, nuther kno7en what t'other wus ct
till they met thar. They stood lookin ct one
other a mint and then Joe SCI:
"Os White yer must be crazy ter cum
hero ter night Yer kncwed I'd come. nm,
yer know let no man 60 agin mo- Go
num-"
Os laughed.
oyer letno man 60 agin yer, chi Is yer
mcm'ry long anuff ter fetch up the ono