The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-05-12

hNN hNoAh ANAl liGllA % -
bout them ldiun wilnmen, speshly
the Chorokees; how they wuz good
loskin' ez white folks, an he'd coed
eddicashuns, an lived like white
felix's, and how some ov 'em had
land an cattle tell you couldn't
rest. AMI know'd, too, that some
o the boys had moved oye in a
mong the nashunS, an married,
ah' done perty well. An wen |
though O. this. | wish | may die
eft | didn't feel g cd all over, an
sez | to the old gray team, git up
SEE |, fur we're gom' to marry a
Iniun %prinCetess, that vol were
goin' to do, shores nay names
Tenn OsbY,'
"Well, | m~seyed long, com
terrible like, an got perry well on
inter the Cherokee krntry. ~ the
time a keepin' my eye skun for Il
good chance at a lnjun %princetess.
An blmeby | did hear O one that
seemed to perty near fill the bill.
"Thev called her Cherokee Kel-
ly. She lived up on a fork O the
i Canadian, an wuz said to be the
richest cattle owner in that section.
She had unlimited range, all the
water out O. doors, an free run O.
all creation. They tole me she
had bout tour million cattle. an a
/ heap o bosses. an a right smart
chance o mules. Wen | heerd
bout them mules my heart fairly
t leptor Joy; cause eff theirs anything
, IN earth l nacherly love, It's a
; mule.
"Well looked out for Cherokee
1 Kelly, an wen | druv up to her
door one day declar my heart WIZ
in nv neck, cause I know'd how
much wuz at stake. | onhooked
ont in front. an went into camp an
tiniy went in an axed eff Mis- Kel-
ly wuz to hum; an | fine she
J. were" Here Tom lapsed into a
spell Of musing, and seemed dis
inclined to continue, until urged Ia
give further details.
= Wot kind O. lookln' critter wuz
l my Iniun princetessi" lie said
a Why, | .drouther not say much
d bout it. She wuz tall, bout s,H
or maybe sewing. She had black
hair an eyes-leastwavs, one oI
&c Fem wuz black; she didn't hev bu.
one eve. She wuz, | may saw, ov
a commandin' presence, an she
or spoke her native tongue with 1
o. regler pony express style"
"Well, 90 on" said /.
"ldon't want TO 20 on" sac
TO Tom.
ri "But you ought to finish"
It. eyes" said he, with a melan
II cholv smile, 81 VIM perty near fir
- ished tor a fact. Say" he rcsumeo
with a sudden energy, this ye
to world IS a cool place tor a homes
N mana cool place"
of Yes, but the princess"
70 con, the %princetess. Say,
Jest went in, an in a quiet an gen
lemunlY way [ done tolc Chereke
m Kelly wot wuz the object o m
on visit. But that thar woman, sh
er didn't no more take to it n eff !
been a rcglor 'd%venturcr. 81
looked atme a while, an. then 81
or sung ont, an seq she, Larry, con.
a in @ will yez, an see pwhat y
lis foind.' seq she.
ne "And then = big teller he CON
-. in, an they both looked Mt me a
~ LATED. And then Cherokee Kel
I'D she sez, 4 guess he's one O. the.
boomers, an I'll treublc We, LAIR.
or. 10 inforrum the posht an hey e
..b put off av the range An ia
wrauglc me all to cllmpety cla"
ST. eli that amt wot they done, shor
fer my names Tom Os6y. An Il
ont more | tried to explain, the clos
lie. the lniun ]princetess come to fill
me full o holes. An the sole
done tote me up to the line a
II congregate my old gray team al
SCI turn NE loose without nothin'
me earrh, 'ceptin' Of my native homes
on an 'dHstrous habits.
rs "Soy, amt on to them In
!, pwncctesses, said Mr.. Osby, att
a mournful pause. There's sol
EN- mistake out bout that bizness. A
some way, it seems to me like M
a4 ez ct the world didn't have
sympathyin 1t fer Il pore man Ii
DOS me, ov strugglm' but honest a
rful dignifed habits. There amt
rav more chances for me. Et Won