Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-01-11
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little g-yurl couldn't do no harm. thess
a playun with cr. So l went down
there lots, becaise she wouldn't 60 no.
whurs at first So thataway l h-yurn
lots thengs. un ] see lots thengs at
nobody thought l h-yurn ur seed. Ur
IF did. at | reckle-lec,cd um. gut
TO fine ont at they was somehun aginst
Bogus whur he'd come tllrum -whur-
uvver that was l toic mother un she
tole father But reckon hit didn't 80
much furder Mataway.
"When see that feller Martin at
you tuck on so about, ! seq right away
I've seed you before. my larkey. He
was h-yur when Boguses first come
h-yur, I'm went away thurreckly after
that. But he come back uvver once
en- awhile. Tn whuts cuerce about
ut, he allus fotch whole drove
HOSES un sole rYl to Bogus, un he
taken UNI I'm shipped UNI plum way
off, to France Ut some'rs urruther. way
off.
"Uvver time thattair Teller Martin
I'D come, Bogus I'll run out un asst i'm
Of he'd gut ut. Have you gut ut this
time. Martini he'd holier. No.
hain't gut ut this time. But I've bout
gut the promise NV ut Martin nd say,
a laughun lack he allus does. Then
Boguses underlip nd drap und he'd
growl out some en- Il Outlandish lam
guage. Tn his wife nd come down IN
cry, I'm cry aroun fur thee four weeks
at time. I'm Bogus I'D be as mad as
a sct,un goose all that time. Then
she'd kline git over ut. un thengs I'D
be kline i naychurl fur awhile agin.
Then Martin nd come back agrn. IN
they'd have the same theng over agin.
That was good while ago. l hain't
ben with Polly so much the last yur.
becaise she didn't lack the way IL
l."
Understand Fan. Go on" said.
pressing he. hand and holding it on my
knee. and, l believe whimpering lit
tie after boyish fashion.
Il was down town when thattair fell
lei come the last time. An I h-yurn
Judge Banks say to Bogus:
Martin hain't gut ut, Bogus. I'm
SO he won't git Polly. will 'eP'
"'H He won't git er eff he hain't gut
ut seq Bogus. as vigurce as a tagger.
"'The Teller at gifts ut fur you. b.
gus-he's to git Polly. hain't EFF he
wawnts erp'
80 You kin have 'er eff You GIT ut,
Judge SEE Bogus, kline a grinnun
lack.
"Ikin-kin l?' SEE the Judge, q
grinnun.
"'Yes, sur seq Bogus.
"'Then she's mine, Bogus H-yurs
the dock munt' und he drawed out a
paper folded all up and tied nth a lot
little marry blue ribbons. Tin nth
picters NV big yaller eagles on ut.
Bogus han shuck so. at he could
scaisely hole ut.
"'Rcad er fur me. Judge ize q
settun down.
"'I CANT read Frainch.' SEE the
Judge. but you kin read ut when
you come to yurseff. But reckleleck
bout Polly
"'she's yourn, Judge SEE Bogus,
gitten up.
'''But I thenk she lacks that young
stripper NV Silkut,' seq the Judge,
kline whislun to hisseff.
"'No deffurnce whut she lacks.
She'll have any body at l say SEE
Bogus, stompun his foot. I'm ZEN they
both kline sanchurd off a talkun, un
didn't hy.year nuthun more tell hit
wair tole roun this evenun at they was
marsicd. Judge Banks looked as
piease'n US
1.-The scoundrel! He deserves hang
UNI! I'll kill i'm before shutdown to-
morrow ef it's the last theng I do"
said l. springing up and feeling for the
long pistols that Buck had armed me
with.
''Set down." said Fan. pulling me
down again and holding me firmly by
the hand. They'll be time enough
tom-morry fur all SIGH as that. Seems
to me if I had all the chaincte that
Polly Ann Leatherwood had I'd ben
about as find as her, I'm nd knowed
rs much ur more"
We continued talking there until it
was beginning to DO light and every
kr,dv had vona hack IN their homas