Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-08-29

souri, % Ind htE- but he TOOK zte& On
The way and can't 20 any further. ami
20 came o1 To End pap and take him
10 her He'll b~ 50 glad to know she's
c0us- woa't hep
ldan-why. y-s. ITow So Brandy
ssanmered cut --Leasswise. he OFT
{ b.
~Ah be will. too tor I know he
must hs awful good Mother wouldn't
talk about him 50 much. and cry over
his picture ard old letters every day.
Il he wasa'tshe sess zan Iiv-g He 10
good AMT her
Brandy ssauu1ercrL hesftasfnz. AMI
surued -pt 8. the face. has made no ~
ply After 4 little while the gjrt re-
Psate1 her question
Why. s~artinIy. o course" Brandy
said
md yOuTl help M End i'm too--
Vas. veil help you Sam yos
stay here With the child an the rest
Of RsTI look round a little fer Ike
sam understood Old Brandy's mean
ing. and nodded assent The others
drew away and walked some distance
down the guleh- where they came to n
halt
Now says Brandy. -yoa have all
hssrd the gals tale. an We all know
old Ike Whut ys got to say to itar~
For n minute no Oue spoke. then
Jerry stepping forward said
Brandy. you've aIIus been sorssr OF
n leader here. an ia like ter know
what you've xOt to say yerSsIt-
Brandy stood foe a silently
raspfgg his jaw with bis nails
Wal. boys. he Said as last. YOU
nj hesrd ne a-taIkin' up thar Will.
ago bout n wife and u gal I've gur
back East didn't yer-
They nodded their heads
Wal TIL till - boys s'pose that
wife an that child u8 git 4 notiou into
en- to cuus a-hunsin ne up cut we're
u s'pose bout the time they'd found
whar I wUz I'd d0uss SON ethfn' an the
~tellers nd string ne up ftfu1 BE- purity
do-gOued hard GA the wife an gal
wouldn't it5-
Bet it would Jerry replied. n
I'd be in for Iestin' you 90 II you'd
stole ever cent o. gDId dust in the
m~ountfng
Them my sentimental boys Bran
dy said Ia conclusion. Now. What
DO the rest % you say
Let Inn got Turn i'm Ioo-e-- they
all cried
Then he goes said Brandy. and
the miners broke Ions,s in a Wild cheer
that schoed and re-echo.,i through the
suLeh and far up among the n~1ouutaTns
~Thsy'v re found TTm-they-v We found
Inn the child cried. when she
heard it,
Il dunno" sam said- whether
they We found i'm jet. bat they will
ind i'm purity He was here to-
day. and be can't b. far or l. your
ma much sTcEEr-
Yes sir- shes awful sick and don't
SnOw nothing that goes on She lust
talks aII the time about pap. ami bsg-
Us to fetch him Ia her
Then she didn't send you up here
after 'ImS~
No sir I come myself bad lust
enough money to pay my way
Il reckon you'd like to 20 back to-
Night. wouldn't yous-
IF could find pap / would for I'm
afraid mother amt goin to live long
May be not till morning
There amt no stage down tonight.
an It's a long ways TO walk
tn ! wouldn't mind that. IL I ONLY
had pap to 20 with me- Do you reckon
they'll iad hIra sooaT-
Yes. / spscs So
just then they heard the miners com
ing back. and the girl wafte,I almost
brvathIsssEy foe their approach
Wal little GAL Brandy said.
we've fOuHd your pap an he'll be
here in a minute The boys Is fetch
IN i'm up from his cabin
In Il little while Ike samson came
up and after gazing nj the child an in
slant. opened his arms. saying NV
Jane. my child
She few into his arms and thew
closed about her. rs the father and
daughter sank down to ths ground
weeping together
The men stood around In silence an
n0t a word passed between ther
rh0uf-h rra-u h.
Wa drawn cross 4 pair Of wet eyes
Directly Brandy whispered to Jerry.
and n moment later there was n eIinx-
ing Of gold and silver a. a hat passed
about from Ous to another
This Is fer you an yer MA Brandy
said Is he tied the money in Il bag and
handed il to the girl
And for pap toorF she asked
Yes for him. too
Wow. boys" sam said. Ike must
be got down to the fort Tonight. fer
the gal says her mothers bad OF m
msyu't live till noruEn'. an shes list
a-beggin' foe Ike all the time. He
uus git there right Of
That what he must Brandy re-
Piled AN TIL 20 Il dollar on hf-in'
jim Bankers wagon an tam.
No. you DON'T Jim cried. NV
teamu take EN- 'shout 4 cent o pay
In short order the Wagon Was
brought around and when they were
settled in 1t. Jim cracked his whfp AMI
away they bounded down the xuIeh.
followed By a Io1g-cputinued cheer
from rnA nf-a-S Of R,rf. - -~uL