New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-07-11
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Jes SO, Gaping; he Wur here ter
day.
Thought so. Gin me the truth,
now. He's here now, ain. t IIe?''
Alb tore off a long leaf of tobacco
from home grown twist and held it
u tempting proximity to his mouth.
Nat'ra huff, capting, eff he hahn t
guy you the slip he be heah Wit.
sConfound the fellow, we might
a-known by their takin iitso cool that
he had yamosed; curse the whole bust
nessr' angrily retorted Paxton; but
Ab had slowed the tobacco leaf safe
| ~ into his mouth and lazily dropped
into chair before the fire.
| Ills talk was over for the time.
| Ihe lukeWarm sheriff and enraged
detectives had taken themselves off.
| down the ridge, some time before Alb
said, with a satisfied chuckle.
TWAIN t no lie es I tole 'em, Mirry.
| knowed them poW'ful sharp fellers
| Wouldn' t believe hit; but mind YOU,
gal, you hain't got my say SO ter
TEX no man commits murder, en-
| you'll never git hit, kase he dom
mean you right, en- hits onlucky.
The girl knew her father too well to
remonstrate. She knew, too, that.
| Heathe was only safe while she adj
hered to her promise not to marry
him without Abs permission. The
cold winter frightened it's grip, and
still an uneasy sense of surveillance
and danger hung over them. The old
moonshiner's family had once been
full OF expedients for deluding doubt
full visitors. They seemed to come.
backto Miriam, along with thou
sands of ingenious devices for the
comfort and safety Of her lover. All
the winter long he was neither seen
nor heard of at Abs cabin, but all the
winter long neither rain, nor snow,
nor raging tempest-the tempest
ofthemountains prevented the girls
daily pilgrimage to the hut in the.
blackravine. Alb would watch her 90
out in the Whirling snow wreaths,
with the basket on her arm, but he
never questioned her errand. So the
winter dragged it's ice cold lengths
away. The fine frosty flakes Of snow
betokened a fercestor1n coming over
the ridge already it had sifted like
white powder into crack and crevice,
shutting out the rigid wind roaring
savagely among the pines outside,
but passing almost contemptuously
the warm, substantial cabin crouch
ing beneath them. The snow dead
ened all sounds without, the dogs
gave no howl nor warming, when sud
denly the doorWas thrown open, and
with the sweeping gust and snow two
men came in. They were the sheriff
and a stranger.
Don't make no stir, Abr shouted
the sheriff '.It's all right other
feller's confessed. Heathe didn't doit..
This here's his brother other fell
Ter owned up when he's a-dyin'.''
Alb smiled grimly.
ssIWouldn't hev TUX nobody'sw u'd
for hit but youa'n, shurf."
Yes; We've KEN a-puppose ter get
him, tho it's cold es blazes,' added
the satisfied sheriff, 'sYo on see Heathe
KEN in on EN-, en- folks knowed thar's
bad blood 'tWixt 'em so they pitched
oh him, en- wouldn't believe nothin'
else. TWur a clear case 'gainst him;
but he's innocent, and men his
brother KEN for him. He's all right
now
1'Fotch him, Mirry- hi It's my say
so.''
4sYou had a close call, young man;
they'd hev hanged you sure, if they'd
caught you, the sheriff said, an hour
later, when explanations had been
made, and Heathe stood among
them, beside his brother, free and
innocent.
II must have had an inevitable
and final call this terrible winter but
for this true and loving woman, y
answered Heath, as he looked down
into Miriam's lustrous eyes and
beautiful face, softened and agloW
with Joyous tenderness. s'And now,
Alb, there is nothing to hinder-we
Will be married tomorrow. And
they were. indie in Frank Leslie's.
Another Story of Gen. Sheridan.
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