The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-10-20

ing logs 70 OullO me mouse WDlcn
Mr.. Erskin was to erect as soon as the
logs were ready. As soon as l had them
in shape I obtained the services Of
some Of my new neighbors and We
erected the house in which l immedi-
atelY took up quarters.
l worked IS days for Mr.. ErsSin
and cut twenty-five cords of wood for
him. 1 moved on his place in Deem
Der and remained on until the follow
ing May working partly for him and
for his neighbors and ever since l
have had a very high regard for Mr..
Erskin and his good wife. During
the middle Of May l removed again to
Sed,lia into q house, the property Of
Mr.. Cooper, in which l renamed two
weeks and then moved and worked
for Mr.. Lyons who resided three and
one half miles east Of the city. l
obtained q partner and We cut cord
wood for a month when the weather
became very warm and he left.saying
he was going south. / saw him safely
aboard the cars and have never heard
of him since. There was an idle ru-
NOR stared that / had killed him, but
it was false and nothing was never
thought of it. Shortly after this &C.
currence, my wife was taken very sick
with collie, shortly after eating supper.
wanted to call in a physician, but she
was suffering intensely from i, and l
was afraid to leave her. She did not
live an hour after taking sick. l
buried her myself, being to poor to 60
to the expense of having a funeral.
l buried her close to the house in
which We were living. A few days
afterwards the neighbors
NOTED HER DIsAPPEARANCE
and began to inquire for her. l told
them she had gone to Calhoun to visit
some of her relatives. ! then went to
Sedalis and lived in an Office near the
old mill, remained there q month and
then went back to Mr.. Lyons, with q
man by the nalneof Russell. Istsyed
with Mr.. Lyons a month and then
returned to Sedalia. l sawed wood
for Mrs. Graves for two weeks, then
hired at the fair ground tor three
weeks, then found a resting place in
Mr.. Simpsons barn and for company
had q man by The name of HUFF. We
were saving wood for sl.25 . cord,
and it took the combined efforts OF
us to saw Q cord q day. We went
back to Mr.. Lyons and commenced
cutting wood for him. We remained
with Mr.. Lyons for some time, barely
making enough to keep US from starv-
ing. l then went back to Sedalia and
Mr.. Simpsons barn and commenced
saving wood and doing chores, and
picking up all the work possible. In
April Mr.. Charlie Moore informed me
that his father desired to have a talk
with me. / went out to see him
They lived two and a half miles
southeast of Sedalia. He made me .
proposition, that if I would do his
cooking he would furnish me with all
the land / could cultivate and allow
me one half of all I raised. I accepted
and
WENT TO LIVE WITH HIM.
A few days after he told me that il
and his son Charles would clear up
some land We could have all we raised
on it. We accepted, and went to work.
Mr.. Moore then rented some of bis
land to a neighbo- who agreed to put
in millet. Instead of doing so be
planted it in corn. When Mr.. Moore
and him had quarrel and he did moi
come near US for some time. Thii
neighbours name was Anamosa, who
had three daughters. One day
shortly after his quarrel with Mr..
Moore ST., Charles Moore proposed
to me that we 20 over and call on thu
Misses Anamosa. We went. Icourtei
the eldest and Charles one of thu
younger girls. In q few days VI
escorted the young ladies 10 q meeting
of the Salvation Army at Sedalis anC
became regular attendants I proposet
to Miss Anamosa, the elder, and va
accepted. Charles and l got oui cor,
, land in shape for planting and tn
. girls came over and helped to plan
: our crop. They would stay unit
evening and we would escort thea
S home. 1t was the intention of boil
of US to marry the girls. The reason
we did not fulfil our promises WAS OF
, account of proposition Mr.. Ana
, mosa made to me viz, that If b
, could get Mr.. Moore sr., cut Of tn
8 way, be would obtain possession o
3 deeds and have the property trans
0 f.rred to him and would make it
. present to his daughter