The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-09-28

sutuln Inc matter with his throat an you
must have hearn him cough half mile, but
we doctored him up till he wuz about fifteen
to eat and then killed him.
had nos appetite. The girl after strip
ping the meat off the wish-bone, held up
the e-shoelooking thing aud told me to
pull. pulled and Sis jumped up and left
the table, out soon returned and took her
Place beside me. After dinner my host
said that as the creek had not run down l
would greatly oblige him by continuing to
heip Sis dig potatoes. II would come up
an dig too,' he added, "but have got a
power of fiddlin' about to do.''
wanted to risk the creek and told him
SO, but he would not hear to it. "W'y
bless yo' hfe'' said he, ssyou'd
git drownded sho. To-morrer mornin' will
be time enough, an in the meantime
you WIN be dom of me great favor by
nelpln' git the potatoes in Ricolleck that
L don't charge you nothin' fur stayin' here,
and bein upright man you oughter re-
| turn one favor for anothern
How did long for night to come. The
nard work was scarcely less wearying
than the sickening talk of the girl Once l
told her that l should be compelled to 60,
but she shook her head gravely and said
That would make pap awful mad l for
got to tell you, but you mustn't make pap
mad | have know'd him to foller man
fur week that had made him mad An he
mighty nigh alius ketches up with the
u1an he follers.''
81 was asleep by the time 1 touched the
bed that night, and having been too tired
to think just before lying down l
dreamed OF what fool had been in &C
cepting any terms offered by the old man.
On the following day / announced my
firmly fixed intention of leaving The old
man professed great establishment.
"Whatrn said he, "trifle with the affec.
tons of my family an then leave US in the
lurch.,'
could only grasp in establishment.
wy, you promised to mary SIS"
This staggered me. promised to marry
heri'' | exclaimed
"Yes, fur right out thar in the later
patch you flowed that you wanted her.n
81 did not, sir,'' almost yelled.
Didn't you! Wall, l reckon you did
You lowed she wuz 'lasses, an eff that
amt akin in this country nobody don't
know whit is; an agin you pulled with
her the other day-pulled the wish-bone of
the old rooster that you mout at one time
have hearn cough half mile An don't
you ricolleck when she got frum the
table! Wall, she put her piece of the
bone up in the fork of saplin'
an you walked under it an that put the
law on you. Don't caper, now, son, fur
u. "A dQOGQer
thing, my son, don't try to run away an
leave US after trifiin' with our affections
I've got whole host of kinfolks nigh
here an they will be nightly pleased
to know that Sis, thar, is goin' to marry
Teller that is SIGH hand to dig taters.
reckon yon better work along with me to-
day. want to mark some hogs an then
want to dig stumps outen the new ground.
Let's eat snack now an go ahead fur /
want to hump ourselves today
| saw him tuck pistol into his jeans
trousers before we went to work l saw
more than that; saw that l should have
to run for my life knew that argument
would be without avail, so, with shrewd
strategy l pretended to be reconciled.
What an awful days work. was almost
dead when night came. | went to bed
early, and when the moon had risen, slip
ped downstairs. The old man was snor-
ing. ] would soon be free. The stable
was not far away | would soon be
on my horse. Shortly afterward l stood
in a cold peTspiration. The horse was gone.
a dog barked. l ran down the hill toward
The valley through which flowed the creek
THAT had caused all my trouble. The val
ley was there, but where was the creekl
The old follow had lied to me. l travelled
all night and until noon the next
day before coming to house. What
a thrill | experienced when a rail
way station arose into view. While
walking up and down the platform, expect
ing every moment to see my host and his
many kinsmen. | saw man sitting on the
end of cross-tie He got up on seeing
me, and advancing said: ~ bet I've had the
boss experience of any fellow you ever saw.
came round here several days ago to sell
fruit trees, but if l ever get out alive rll
Join a church and devote the rest of my life
TO charity. The other day / stopped at
hillside house way over yonder, and the
fellow wouldn't charge me anything, but
he pretended that couldn't get across the
creek. and made me work for him, and the
first thing knew he said that called his
girl 'lasses and had to marry her. He got
three days of mighty hard work out of me
but reckon better be showing on into
the woods. am afraid he'll find me here'