Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-05


knitting his eyebrows. Here have /
for most year been begging her to
marry me, and to leave her people
See here. offered to give something
toward the keep of that mother of
hers. AS to that brother of hers, he
may hang. for what I care. l don't
know what to do"
Nor did 1; so 1 advised nothing.
Sadie was mending in looks but not in
spirits. l conld see she was just pining
for news of Dave, but she never let on.
He didn't show up. but / heard from a
friend of Dawes that he was working
on a steamer in the Erie Basin over in
Brooklyn, and boarding there.
ooh! he's gone, sure" said the
party, 'and took that Butch with him.
You don't catch Dave without that
beast. What he sees in that cur don't
know; he isn't fighting dog"
didn't think any more about Dave,
when one day. three weeks or more
after, 1 saw a dog following ME. Now
dogs don't take sitter me in a natural
way. Whether he was white or brindle
didn't know; but he had kind of
miliar like. That cur kept dogging me
all the time was on my beat. Ididn't
try to chase him off, After awhile 1
kind of felt it must be Dawes Butch,
but he was mighty dirty, lank and
tucked up. He kept nigh me until I
had to report ut the statiOn-house, and
there he sat outside. 1 told the fellows
not to bother him. When went home
there he was. My wife hates dogs
more than l do, and 1 was for shutting
him out, but the door was not more
than on the jar when inside he jumped,
and then the first thing 1 knew Sadie
was on the landing a,crying and sob
bling. and that dog a-yowling.
'You have seen Dave Shaw" said
Sadie.
mo. I have not" I replied.
But here is Butch, and where Butch
is. is my poor Dave, she cried.
l tried to explain. 1t was my wife
who was sensible. She gave Butch
some broken victuals, and he didn't
show much sentiment as to the way he
bolted them. Somebody opened the
door, and Butch made for it. and was
no Butch. Sadie got wild. Dave was
dead. or something" she said. 1 felt
that it wasn't all right; so 1 passed
word over to a friend of mine on the
Brooklyn force, and the day wasn't
out before found out all about Dave
Shaw. Dave had had a bad fall. right
down the hold of steamer, and had
broken his arm.
was obliged to tell that to my wife,
and what must she do but tell the girl.
and nothing on this earth could keep
back Sadie then.
Butch told it to me, and must go
to Dave. For Gods sake, as kind rs
you have been to me, don't try to keep
me away from him. must nurse him.
and when he is well, then 1 will bid
him goodbye forever;
Then if you 60, must go with you,
Sadie" said my wife.
''Oh, if you only wouldr'
Sadie had no clothes, and it was my
wife who rugged her up. When my
wife came home, this was what she
said: THAT ugly dog! he met me at
the street corner. Dear me, how thin
he was! He did yelp, however. when
he saw us. and tried to jump on Sadie,
and tumbled over, he was that weak.
All we had to do was to follow him,
and we did. Yes, Dave Shaw has a
broken arm and n fever. He didn't
first seem to know any thing, being in
kind of stupor, until Butch-that's
his name, kind of yowlcd in his ear.
Then he woke up and Sadie kissed
Dave, and guess she's in for steady
job of nursing. 1t will end all
right
.Are You sure?" said 1.
Certain sure" said my wife.
1t did end all right. Dave had been
pretty much neglected, and had been
too ill to send to me for money. /
went over more than once to Brooklyn,
and it was ever so funny. On one
side of his bed would be Sadie, and on
the other side Butch; and every once
in awhile that dog would come and
slide his snuff-box nose into the girls
hand, and give little satisfied yowl,
and the girl would say: mo. you
amt Dawes Butch. but Sadie's Butch,
now.''
1t just beats me out how that dog
crossed over to New York, found me
out and Sadie. and got back again.
May be he had crossed ever so many
times looking us up. He was after
Sadie and not me. for he must have
known / didn't banker after dogs.
Sadie said the dog couldn't have slept
for weeks; for once she was by Dawes
bed, that dog turned in and took
steady snooze of twenty-four hours,
until Sadie thought Butch was dead.
Yes, they were married, and my wife
gave Sadie away. Dick is an engineer
or something in mine somewhere in
Montana. Saddles old mother died