Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-08

times hand -runnin', an had 10 beg |
Gray's pardin. an after that the Eastern |
feller WAS let severely alone.
.'liut every body said that things |
couldn't go that way forever, an they
didn't.
''one day Debby was missin', an so
was Gray. He had sent all his pictures
an traps OF before him Debby left
little note to her mother, sayin' that sh"
had gone of with Gray that she loved
him, an that she was willin' to give up
all the world for him, an that was all
there was about IL; that thoy had gone
"a New York, an when they got thar
she would write an let her know all
| about IL.
Then ,hm WAS mad He ramped an
sworc round till he left blue streak
after him: but 'twan't no USE they was
gone.
Well, after few days Jim began 10
cool down. an began To talk bout goin'
after 'em an KILN tiray an roscuiu' the
gal.
'As to KILN Gray. that he meant to
do, anyhow He had elew To him. an
he would shoot him on sight. no matter
II ne s,und him In the biggest hotel in
New York. an that without givin' him
time To say his prayers. An in this state
OF mind Jim started for New York, an
the rest Of it's Jim's own story jist as
he told 1t:
II didn't need To track them repro
bates, said he. for | knew whar TO find
'cm went straight To New York, an
on the way on got acquainted with a
parson goin' Ia the conference. told
him all the story an how ! was goin' u
find tho painter an dismiss him to tho
kingdom come on sight
Well, the parson didn't think Il
was best. lie advised me when got Il
New York and found out for certain
where the pair was TO go up to the po
lice, and let an officer go with me whci
I went to see them. and TO let him carr,
my revolver.
" 1 promised him would. and did
. didn't have long 10 hunt. found tha
, they were living with his mother in
grand house on Fifth avenue. and foun'
my way to the nearest police-station
. and according TO my promise To tn
parson after telling my story, took
? policeman along with me, giving hir
: my revolver TO carry.
4 (" Well. sir, no matter how II .urne
y out, no man ever went into house NOR
= fixed ON slayin than | was; an | foun
her In the midst of all that wealth coul
o give her. clothed in silks an laces al
a diamonds my Dehhy. 30 beautiful al
u so glad to see mo she threw herself int
f my arms an cried like baby.
y What could ! doe Why, crict
2 too. an the policeman cried. an eve
Y Gray was kinder sorry. But he told m
IL was all my fault an rally b'lieve
d was. An though they wanted me I
"a stay. IL was NO place for me, an jei
d came back to Snickersville as quick l
~ possible
Iy And here Iims been ever since
said my story-tellrr. mournfully. He
a. never be the same man again, for that
q a year ago, an he hain't got over IL yo
n GRAY give Jim a thousand dollars 70
he left New York. an gives him a tho
sand dollars year He kin afford
he's rich; an .lim says, an so does h
letters, that they love each other to a
~ consumin'."
~ well. what the deuce are you ta1kil
about. them What's the matter wi
90 Skeggs. any howe"
r. '.Wal, stranger. you can't blame u
q for bein' cast down. In the first phas
al he was badly fooled, an Is kind
al shamed 10 meet folks: an the secon
Debby married an artist an NJ
N York man. with more money than Jh
AZ an in the third place, his missus max
e. htm wear store clothes. as she says,
he keep up the dignity Of a gentleml
- with certain income, an IL sort
he wears on Jim's constitution. ~.
at Watson. in Philad1lphia Saturday Nigh