Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-11-12

some litlIt spell. LnarS moro settlers
than yer think fur stealth slylike inter
the land office at Baxter and contractn
fur their claims unbeknowns ter thei
league. tell yer, we uns II git er con.
tract fur this piece o land, let ole humpy
live in Their dugout undjsturbed till thct
leaguers cool off er bit, then we kin
show our papers, and run ole Hamlet an
Their gal of"
"Purty slick, Dick; but wot eff Ton
Byers gets wind of it? They say he's
struck bad on Their settlers gal, IN
Toms mighty hard ter contend aginst
let me tell yer"
81 reckon Tom would be or ugly Gus.
toner to deal with. Durn his big pictcr'
He's been watchin' me like er hawk this
summer, but he's down in ther lnjun ma.
ton now, pickin' up some sAippin stock,
m ! hyGr it said tibet he's go!n' ter sci.
out his ranch an leave Their county. Ei
he does, we uns needn't fix fur any
racket with him, an Of we uns gifts
squatted down hyer on Their claim it'll
take more'n Tom Dyera Ter git us or"
81 reckon il would, with the gang trum
Lightuin' to bacl; u.s."
"Ihets Woteyer"
"But sav Dicl, ,rhv don't ver cnr.
tract fur Their cIoirn vprsolf. nm not Take
er parduor:" the other suddenly asked.
II would eff he'd Their money. l know
scr hey ulentV o cash, after stoppin
i,.t fra. over in }Tissoniv. and Ifj.p.
cbucIlel pleefullv cam KIN nav down
thor fee required Inv tbcr land aren't"
"Waal. / am better le,led than afore
| boarded tuet train - rrpIied Fiulav.
AN I'm Wiliin' ter go cohoot5 on thel
clam win yer, DICK. W men 90 yer
wat ter SIT thor contract;
II thought we could start IN thel
mothli atorc daylight an ride ter baN
ter returned I4lN2s or see, II we
ans a.'5 CT aliiy start H"houF Ill lAel
IL 5n'oIhood VIII see w. an 80 we un'
VIII MOI lie susucloned ol g'in ter thei
i0Ld o,itc. 4Dr ALO" i1et league has
spies Gus.
Then the rlottcrs mounted their pO
MICS, which had been permitted to crop
the grass along The margin Of The stream
and rode off, chJcl;i.ug with much self
satisfaction over the c.everAess Of tnelG
scheme to gain possession Of Adam Ham
lets claim.
The girl nearly petrfod with fright
over the undernaud plot to which She
had listened, and which, il carried out
according to the villains plans, would
rob her aud her father Of home where
they had been faithfully toiling all sum
mer, waited until tie deepening shades
Of evening Ind the horsemen from view,
then leaving the COW TO find her own
,cay bacl she sned mn the creek towarS
iha l,ro,lt
She foun5 her father nalo thin and
weak. sitrinr in the door. where thecool
breath Of evening famed his feyerish
brow lie looked 50 aDo,tii;e. So now
erjess to contend with human affairs, rs
he half recIined there in tbe srarlight
that Nancy bosi+ated tn tell him what
sne had overheard down in the wild
plum tnicket. But il was right that he
ahorl5 ha forawaru4j and she nusr
break it TO him as gently as she could.
"Wher' YER been. Nancvf" l,e asked
rea1lv ne she threw herself ON the bench
,aor him
"Tsst dow, thar creek - she answered.
her voice trenbiior.
Yer act scarf. Nancy. as eff ver'd been
a-~,r7;n'." her father remarked NOTICING
rra rirl.s strange agitation.
"LTe,. paD. | did see two big var
,,;,-s down ON the corner q thor claim =
sla returned irving TO laurb.
Two Ii. yarInfnt., Wolyes;n
"Ves n, 1.a--,,ia, wolves thet hes
two feet All wears Observation-Disclosures
wolves v,ot': cr boan mora danrarouser
tbar +-ar f,r,r footed kind"
"W.. II, ver mean. Nancv?" Hamlet
as'..7 ra,-.'fad
81 saeI Dick lines an one o. bis eano
down thar
"D:.-, Hines, On NV claim? Wot was
he dom foar.n
"p, ,t,,r' fer cit or contract frr oDr
claim ou' then RIM ns ont" md with
that ir+rodnctorv evrIanotior sho govo
la. f.4ier clam onco,,n4 oP tbe vii.
I,i,'. .rla,ne "a ebn had overheard #
"Wot kin we do.9 Ina onDealrd 10 tho
oi,i !, his LalnIa.s wan JrosI ~ rec1,on
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