Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-09-14
TWAS Luci'.oYs TURN.
And the sooa wem.n Took ~ with
Vengeance.

and the ssooa weman Took u with Q
Vengeance
a pair OF elderly. leathery- looking
men ami a limp-looking. broken-spir-
IT, d woman in a calico dress and
Don net fashionable before the war. APP
peafed in a lawyers Office uptown one
day last week.
One Of the men said that they wanted
q deed made out, and then he turned
10 his companion and they discussed
the details Of the trade they were about
TO make.
The meek looking. heavy-eyed little
woman tried to say something once or
twice. but her husband silenced her
with:
4 Come. come. now. Looeindy; me
an he kin settle this bizness our
selves IL haip't woman's place to
take hand In matter o. this kind
She's got other fish to fry. I'm aoin'
this trsdin' myself You jist sit still
till yer wanted"
I,oocindy. thus admonished. ''set
still. but she seemed little less limp
and a trihc moro spirited. while her
heavy eyes frightened good deal
win en- her husband said:
y Now. Loocindy. we're ready fer yer.
Jisk come along hyar an scratch yer
me out in full on this blank line.
TIL ats ali we want of you"
ID was simply rcfresE.ag to see the
col or come 10 Ldossndy's wan cheeks.
and TO nots the ilrmness OF her voice.
rs she said:
II shan't doit. Cy."
You shan't do WHAT"
4 shan't sign my name to thnt there
decd
Why. good lawd. woman; that's all
I b ung you along fer!"
4 know ii. Cy. and amt a goin' TO
dol
What in thunder do you mean?"
ga4ped out Cy. as he stared at Loo
cindy with his eyes like saucers and
hia mouth wide open.
II mean just what say. Cy Jack
son Oh. you needn't stare so at me.
CyI It's my time TO take hand in
tn Is trade. Cy. an I'm goin' to do It.
IL hin't often / git a chance to show
so oa I'm OF any consequence in this
world. but now I'll learn you that |
an ~
'Lookee here. I.oocindy. I'm blamed
II I'm goin' to stand thisl What ails
you to go to cuttin' up like thisP Now.
yon put Your name TO that deed an
have done with your foolin'."
Il amt foolin'. Cy." she replied
calmly. US she took the pen he handed
her and put IL back on the pen-rack.
and then pulled her faded old shaw
uH around her gaunt shoulders
''Lookee here. Cy." she said at last.
''the way look at Ii. that lands mine
much as it's yours. I've dug and mig
gdred harder'n you have. an Fme
bl AIMED IL amt goin' to have some say
so bout sellin' it, Now. I'll tell you
W hat I'll do. Give me half the money
Higgins is goin' TO pay you for the
la hd right here in my own fist an I'll
Ign the paperr'
You must be crazy. Loocindy; I
want you 10 stop"
Forty million Of men couldn't make
me sign without" she said. calmly, as
she dropped into "A chair.
''Loocindyr
We'll. Cy?"
'l-I-b,amel II I-I-what you
mean. carryin' on like this?''
ii mean that | am goiu' to have a
dollar or two in the bank kin call my
own. and some decent duds. Hand
over the money. Cy. an Ill sign; an
I i never sign without itr'
Half an hour later Cy and Loocindy
left the Office. Cy with dazed look on
h Is livid face and Loocindy with se-
rdnely triumphant expression on hers.
as she walked away with roll OF bills
clutched tight in her bony hand, and
visions OF a new ''alpacky" dress and
a iive-dollar bonnet and bank ac-
count Of her own before her glistening
eyes. Her time had come. without
fld,,ihf Time