New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-06-06

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'Recon | know story that'll lay DER
Like ter hear it!''
eyes, SEE all, and Job begun:
stWhen my father was err young man he
ned er CURIOUS dream three nights ham
runnin- He did't b'leve in dreams but thes
ere un wus so queer tibet it stuck ter him.
1t war this wise: He thought he war
wa1kin' threw Their er pines down at Their
cove, when all CIV err suddint tall dark
man appeared afore him.
He was sorter surprised, fur he hadn't
heered no footsteps nor seen no one com.
ing, but he warn't skeert an jest stood
loolKin' at Their chap, till ne turned round
an beckoned him ter foller him. Father
done 80, an they walked till they cum to
er place whar three pines STAN, so thet her
shadders meet in err pint It wus full moon,
an father could see Their shadders plain.
Thcr man went to Their pint an strikin'
his heel on it three times, seq: 'Digl digit
but look not behin' yerl' AM then afors
father could think he was gone. This was
Their dream and after dreaming il three
times 3atner thought thar must be sum-
thin' in it, an Their ,nornin' arter the third
time he walked down to ther cove. he
,foun' ther three pines jest ez he see 'em in
IA OICetlI luu nS COutun y CZGCUlY local
ther spot Whar Their man stood an so ker.
cluded ter wait till full moon am go agin.
Wal, full moon be tuck his spade an went,
an sure enough, thar lay Their shadders
jest es he had seen emil lie went ter dig
GIN. Their sand was soft an he had got er
good size hole dug, when he neered some
thin like q heavy marchin' in ther distance.
''He stopped, an was goin' textbook around,
when he reckelecLed Tier words sDigi but
look not behind ye,' an ne went ter work
agin. The hole got bigger an Their sound
come higher. AT last his spade hit
sunlthin hard, an at the same time he 7elt
an awful power O er him. In spite ov him
self he looked around, en- thar stood
sailer cs tail cs c giant, with no head on,
an carryin' Their mainmast ov er ship on his
shoulder. Es father looked ther mast fell.
He heered o roar, an seen O fash ov light
min, an then he didn't know no more till
he cum too nett morning in thor clump ov
pines. He was all right ;cept his left
shoulder, an on theS was five black marks
es if tivo fingers he'd grabbed it, am them
nlarizs staid thar till his Gyiu' day Tais
be the. yarn en- it is true, every word ov
1T"
Job lit his pipe, en- every one so. stun
Still til Nellie seq:
ssAn' all thet money is thar yet. What
er fool not ter go back. Ell was only a
man, or knowd er man brave nuI ter go
fur it.n
She :siS up ez she spoolz an stood with her
eyes ashinin, and her cheeks g. Aamin, o
picture purity anuf ter make man face o
worse danger then a no headed sailor.
All looked at her, an Uncle JOB sez:
"Spozen er man wus brave aEuh, Nellie,
what would yer do fur hims''
s.Do," seq Nellie, '.Td marry himl'
Joe en- Os sprang ter their feet, an
cried:
s'say thet aginW And she SEE, boldly:
"I'd marry him!"
eyer hear tibet" SEE Joe. eyer hear ~
We hear she hahn t said nothin more ter
yer then 10 one else.n broke in Os. ssBut
ser kin all hear me say. I'll git that box or
be buried with it.
.An say, we'll both be buried afore ye
SsAsrss ~, relied Joe, steppin up ter HIM.
Os brace. -ur him. but Job ketched his
arm
s.fist thari Don't make r..s-. var-
selves. Yer can't both git Their gal, am ~
it depens on yer gittin the box, guess yer
won't nuther do it, Set down an cool OFF -
An scrowlin a sulkey they drawd back.
But this trouble upset things for the
eyenin, an purity soon ther party broke up.
L Nellie expected Joe or Os would sec
her hum, but nutner cum nlgn ner, an, sne
went hum with sum nabors
An war wus Os an Joe? They he'd
slipped out soon arter their muss, went
huza fur tools en- started fur Their three
pines, am rs tney lived IN opperslJe dlrec.
Gons, nuther kn0wen what t'other wus eft
till they met thar. They stood lookin ct one
other mint and then Joe seq:
. "Os White yer must be crazy ter cum
here ter night. Yer knowed I'd come. an,
yer know let no man go agin NO Go
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