Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-05-16

the clearing, ana defiance succeeded ue'
lection m the feee of the young fellow
tr,m Ohio as he placed one ann protect
ingiy around the girl.
"YereN reared the justice, stridiUg for
ward. Let sp 90 that OHIO! That thar's
my - |, wy, that's yoGy--yure d8ught
en-, Hydou Minded me Wv
lie stepped back.
I'm git.in ole!' ne mutetred hoarsely
"She's Rrowed heap" he went on, II
didu't know her az FIRST "Mmde3 me
-. And that thar cuss WAS a-tIy I'M to
steal herr,
"rhats what he was, an I want the
limit uy he law oato hjmw
"You shall have hi. haint got no
ufe - OSio, hov, en-"
Squire Interested appearing ,"tcks,
"taint my putt in, but thar was "a heap Nv
proyocauon.n
60 ahead, Wtels H'aiL't sot no use
fer Ohio; but 10 on"
''W8l,n began Wlcks, Gas | WAS a say
in, hit haiu't my put in, precisely, bat /
/ 'mtmhered her, an jhar was provucatIon,
Me an you went out together, occy pied
the same Yankee cell together. came
/ home together, an stuck together ia hat
/ iu' Onio. Wall, when he, that come a
! fullowin' Bessie, we're, home, ! had no
more use fer Ohio than I had before But
some lays o. uuthar he packed himself
! onto me TO board. Had no use fer Ohio,
| but | KEEP him when-wal, ! seed she was
| hsppyN with him, an she looked so much
/ like"
"a heap like" said the justice, softly.
| oval, 'twain't my put in, but ole mau,
1 thar, WIS opposiu' en-. and wal, sort o.
/ helped EN- 10 meet 'rvant my put in,
1 but
4 "Yorcm cried @ d Man Hydom, the APP
| pearauce of whose hard ole face, q bruis-
ed nose and dried blood had not improy
/ ed. THAT neither yere sur yondeI!
/ H'aiu'tuulhin' TO do with Rtyin' ME the
/ law on
"H'aiu't my putt in interrupted Wiok,
"but wisht you'd hold yore mouth, ole
mHn! Not my putt In, but when ono,
lere, started over TO hydom's this morn
IN surtu foile5ed sloug, known that ne
was goin' TO ast ter Ru' take Bessio az lac
could. Wal, ! was behind the sald plums
When they met. When ole man Hydom
came out, IN a little bit, thar was some
right lively rarin' an the ole mans part
an as h'it want my putt in, | stayed be
hind the sand plum. Thea when OVu
thai rared back an Gst Bessie woqld she
go with him anyhow, an she just putt
her hand ON his arm au' sen, i why eht
looked SO much lk- Wal, then hel
father, thar struck her.
"Struck herY'
The words OF the justice we're almost E
roar.
Eyes; want my putt ia, an | staycC
behind the sand plume. Ohio thar, dtdn'
need me, fer he hauld of AM
Wal look az the ole mans face. u
"Noueh nv this proj lciu" cried Hy
dom. If want the law un ---
AN You shalt have hhtw broke in th
justice hoatsely. "Strook herr Seem
nike --
/ Squire" said Wicks, "aiut my put
IN, but you cou ant marry couple Ina
loves tH'h o.her, II some Teller ha
lowed licensed be needed an brun
r hit aloneS "Twa'n't my putt in, bu,
moi roared old Hydow. Id
o I he next moment Wioks was situu
asiride OF Mr.. Hydom, who-e race wt
= crowded into tho dirt and leaves IN
shameful manner
"Spite nv the objections nv the girl
9 fatherY asked Wioks.
at | don't hear them objections
= To guard against the possibility d
4 Hydoms voice coming from the leave
4 spd dirtto the Justices hearing, Shore
and Polite, the accomplished listener
/, moved by common impulse, stood up
r on either side OF Long jim. Each had
finger in a judicial ear while the oere
; mopy was perform a that made tn
( cliugirg girl the wife of the youug teliC
0 from ONO.
"Hain't my putt in, " said Wicks, whe
the released Hydom had risen 10 Is fee
; "but a man who roars that away is liabl
a to strain himself
i The inyeotives and maledctioDs tina
D the blood and dirt covered man hurled q
all present did not disturb the eqdAnimi
g ty of any one but the girl, who now cluuJ
e trembling TO her newly made HUSBAND
"Pach yetselyes out o the count
z Quick IA tracks kin travel, fer I'll max
a nat too hot TO hold ye! m never forgiy
= ye! III
"Hydom," said tie justice, slowly, $50
0 wanted the law. Wal, the Revised Statute
d sayB that no man what won't forgive hl
e daughter that locks like--wal, hit say
Z he shant' never FISH IN Rcd Horse oret
! from end TO end, an "
| IAN me an Shores an Pottle will BAG
: the Revised Statutes an SOS that they ~
enforced broke in WioKs.
/ "You bet!" agreed the renowned listen
!, ere.
"Nsver fish ~ in Red Hoss -agin
ga-ped old Hydo.n.
"Noap"
Ten minutes later, after ossting hi
d eyes alternately upon his daughter an
=, upou the placid, coffee ooiored surface O
: Red Horse creek, old Hydom grun'e
d ont a reluctant forgiveness for the Soun
il couplr.
Squire" said Wicks, owe hesf
= that the Revised Statutes have ben re
pea'ed.'
r "They have"
e owal good-sy Ohio" Long Jim cal
!. 90, o. the young couple and Wlck6 an
i Hyolm we're leaving, and Shores au
If PutIe we're casting their lines into N
= aater sglln. "Never had no nse fer ON
uobow bus wish sou mighty welii'
4 "Nhy II he 30 bitter against my state
TIE Young groom a+ked presently.
m wal" answered Wick-, "him an ii
n. went our together, an seems IKE h'it w.
40 am.N