Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-11-07

he'd left. An sure enough. ole lady
Smith did die afore long. She ulster
set an cry an cry an say she'd never
see her chile any more. 'Twan't so
many years afore the { lie man died too,
cause he wuz gittin' ole. 1t got so
lonesome l couldn't stan it no longer,
so / took meself down an tole ole
Squire Carriers gal ther way twas. an
We spliced.
''You see that rise out yander? Well
Jedge, one day Iwuz settin' down there;
it war where me an Bill sed goodbye.
Iwuz thinkin'-it he'd been ten long
years since We parted. an how things
he'd changed round in that time, an
l wuz wOnderin' where Bill wuz now.
Bout that time somethin' slapped me
on ther back. an SEE: Here he is
'Laws-a-mercyr yelled, fallin' of
Their stump an rollin' all over, What!
you, Bill! o, Mr.. Bill, reckon l orter
say
:" No, the same ole Bill, he sed, with
ar smile.
He he'd grown so tall an handsome,
at first l couldn't believe it war he;
but arter lookin' in that face ar while.
it looked so kim an good. jes' like it
ulster, 'ceptin' it he'd whiskers. 1
knowed it war Bill. Bill, whar in other
worl' hev you been an how is you?
Come right down an tell me an Their
ole oman all bout it When / sed
that, ar strange look come over his
face. He looked down ar minute an
wuz still. Then he raised his head,
an sez: Ike. is Kildee up at her
house? tried to get back sooner, but
l couldn't; but knew she would wait
until came. Let's go up there first.
1t has been ten long years I've been
waiting to look in those eyes again.
Come let's find her. A great big lump
come in my throat an my eyes bergun
to water when he sed that. Poor
| Teller! he's been workin' all these
years lOOkin' forward to comm back
an gittin' his leetle gal-an' now
she's gone, the Lord only knows
where. Bill 1 SEE, tryin to swaller
the lump. 'Kildee's gone. She run
away with ar stranger long time ago.
an no one don't know whar she is.
The ole man an his wife, an your dad.
too, are in them col graves in Their
field nigh Big Bar Cave.
"Sech ar look ez come over that
mans face 1 never seed! He turned an
afore could say ar word he wuz gone,
gone!
Il lived On ther same ole mounting
life. Two chilun war given me, gal
an ar boy. The gal we named Mary,
the boy answered ter Bill
Now. Jedge, bout Kildee. 1t war
ar mighty long time afore we ever
hearn of Their gal. l never thought I'd
hear again.
when Their Teller run away he took
her to New York. He made her ar big
lady. She he'd ar fine house an horses
an every thing. She had plenty of
frien's, too. when she wuz ar lady. l
want thar, but l knows that leetle
mounting gal wuz Their puttiest woman
thar when she got on them thar fine
clothes, an them eyes a-shinin' an
that hair a-wavin'. An sometimes she'd
git in her fine carriage an go ter
church. Onct she went to hear thar big
gest preacher thar preach. Thar wuz
somethin', she couldn't tell jes' what.
that made her like him so much. An
his face wuz so kim loOkin'.
Late one night when Kildee wuz
sick in bed, her ole man come in; his
face was sorter excited like; he went
over ter whar Kildee was layin' an
tOle her he had ter go off on some
business for ar few days. She didn't
think nothin' queer of that cause he
wuz ulster doing it. But thar mex
mawnin' when she picked up Their
newspaper, 10 and behold, thar wuz
her husbands picture right afore her
eyes. an ar great long piece about him.
He wuz ar thief! He had been Robin
Their bank he wuz in for years an
years, an Their bank folks hal jes'
found it out! But he had gotten away.
she asked, lookin' round an
findin' herself in plain. leetle room,
with a kin'-faced woman watchin' over
her. Mother, where is Bill and Ike?
" ell all go down to the cave. an-but
no, that's not mother. What does it
mean? Where is my husband and
child? This is not our house. What
does it mean, kind woman9 The
woman then told her about the bank
robbery and how her husband had got
ten away. And about her reading
about it in the paper and fainting.
And that the house and every thing
had to be sold. and she and her little
boy be brought to the hospital.
Poor lettle gal, there she lay. No
friends now an no money. But ar
thought struck her. She'd send fer that
kin'-lookin' preacher.
IAN Their preacher come. He did
look so lovin' to her. He took her lit
tie thin, white ham in his. She begun
ter tell him her story. But, Jedge, she
didn't! Forgittin' whar he wuz, Bill
threw his arms round her poor, weak,
leetle neck, an lookin' her straight in
Their eyes sed:
"'Kildee, Kildee, don't you know
Bill? Look at me-
40. Bill, is it you! No. no, can't
look you in the eyes! Had but been
true 10 you, instead of runnin' away,
and being miserable all my days, and