Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-20

seemed ter shun
Their shift at piled fer Harr;scs ez soon ez |
work wuz done.
But when tho boys insisted he never made |
err beef,
An stood his round O. treatin' without or
sign O. grief.
He never wuz or stingy duck, but still he
didn't give.
Tho bulk of all his airnin's ter let the gam
blers live;
An ez fer wimmin's company, he KEEP 'em
all aloof,
An showed 'em by his actions at he wuz
bullet proof.
ct seemed to me at Kansas he'd suthin' on
his mind:
He went around abstracted-like, an some
of us opined
At mebbe he wuz ha'nted by ghostes of
thor past
At follered him ter Harrises tor do him up
ct last,
He useter git er letter from Their carrier
every week
At brung her mail bag over from Their
stage ct Frozen Creek;
An no seemed to grow moro clipper, fer
err day or two ct least,
Ez he dreamt about the writer 'at wuz
waitin' thar back East.
He wuz up on eddication said them cz
thought they knew,
An CT fer pints on grammar, he could give
us all er few;
But still he never put on airs an alters
acted white,
Tell he became ct Harrises Their gin'ral
faveright.
We uster gethcr every week ter see him
get his mail,
AN soon ez ct wuz handed him he'd moscy
up Their trail.
But purity quick 'ud sonter back, his eyes
er dancin' bright,
An then we knowed ther gal wuz true an
evcrythin' wuz right.
ct gotter be absorbin' fun ter see that
mail come in,
An all Their boys at gcthered thar reflected
Kansas grin.
ter enthusc
his cheerful news.
| o. course he never said CIR word regardin'
his affairs,
Fer thar is secrets scch e. these er .eller
| never shares,
But tho ther critter fancied at no one
knew his play
rhet whole blamed camp wuz posted in er
| most surprisin' way.
| He even knowed the color of her eyes an
| style o. nose,
AN speckerlated mildly on Their pattern Of
her clo'es.
While DARN Dick McMasters, who had
Travelled in Paree,
Opincd she was an angel Of superlative dc.
gree.
Some thought at she wuz stately an per-
haps err trifie slim.
With er pile O. gold an larnin', but none
too much for him;
| While others drawcd her pctur' CT or sort
O. fairy miss
At WIZ peart an small an nippy, an
made fer men ter kiss.
3ut mono o. these reflections Bleedin'
Kansas ever heard;
ct wuz only in our cabins at these re-
marks occurred,
An ez Their critter stayed alone we didn't
hev no fears
At what we said about tho gal 'ud ever
reach his ears.
purity soon we heered at Kansas wuz
fixin' up his shack,
An then we seed him buildin' er kitchen
ct Their back,
An one or two PROJECTIONS at he added ter
Their side
Set oil Their boys er chucklin', fer they
kuowcd ct meant er bride
But still he never peeped or word, fer, o.
I've tried ter show,
In spreadin' information Their cuss wuz
mighty slow;
But when Their shack wuz finished an VIC
seen Their way he looked
We mentally determined at tibet eastern
gal wuz booked.
Mex Monday, when Their carrier come
a-lopin' up Their trail,
Thar never wuz SO many ducks er iookin
after mail;
But, in course to Bleedin' Kansas they Civ
Their right o. way,
Fer when Teller gifts in love thar's alters
hell ter pay.
Their carrier held Their letters an siftcd
thro' Their list,
| out UuCI HAL ICE DlSculu fAAuSdS 1Cr CT
wonder he'd been missed;
An Their disappointed lover dropped outer
line an few,
With every mothers son Of US or feelin
Jest CT blue.
Another week an then or third, but still
no letter fell
In Bleedin' Kansas waitin' hands ter tel
him she wuz well;
An all on US wuz mournful-like, ON won.
dered Of could DO
Their gal he'd jumped Their cantract an
agreed ter disagree.
Et last our mental feelin's he'd come to,
sech pitch
AT some Of US determined fer ter try an
larn Their hitch;
But ct broke our resolutions an Civ ouI
hopes er cramp
Ter find At Bleedin' kanses he'd TUX an
/ iumnod thar ckmn