Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-02-19
a NEBRASKA HEROINE.

"ooSDk1 Vomknunltys
Talk about leetle women" said the
man on the cracker box, who was enter
tanning the insurance agent and tree
traveller, there amt nothin' under the
sun leetle woman can't do il she sets
out tew. She Jest takes hold and does
by stratagee what big woman does by
main strength and awkwardness. Amt
1t 80, Sleepy Sam2" ..l..
The reservation Indian designated
grunted ''ughI" although he did not un-
derstand word that was said, writes
Mrs. NJ. L. Rayne, the recorder Of this
anecdote, in the Detroit Free Press.
1T minds me Of incident which
happened when I was the postmaster an
'spress agent at this here place. Omaha
Warn't much more than a village, an it's
main curiosity was a hoatin' bridge in
them days. There was valise come in
by 'spress with no kind Of direction on
it Now I'd just had queer 'sperience
with trunk that got left here, no name
or nothin', but q young woman come in
for 1t, an sed, SEE /: IDENTIFY it, my
dear: II 1t is yours, while open it.
81 will says she; there's a dozen
eggs in I'm takin' to my aunt to make a
Omelet.'
""Take it, my DEAR says 1; sit'a
yours, an your aunt's omelet is made,
but guess the rest OF your things amt
improved any
Gentlemen, when I hefted the valise
it was as heavy as lead"
'Dynanite?" suggested the traveller,
gently.
"Bricks9" inquired the insurance man.
Way of. felt it incumbent on me
as Government officer to open that
valise and find out what was in it, and
was getting ready tew hunt . key,
when right then in walked two women.
One of them was the Widow Smell, a
poor washed-out, weeping woman, that
always aggravated me to death a sniff
fin over her dear departed Jim, the
meanest and most cantankerous human
this side of the Rockies. The other
was little mite of a dandif1ed woman.
could hev' lifted her with one hand,
an her head was hardly above tho coun-
ter.
"'Cap'n,' says she-yes, fit in the
war-'Cap'n, Is there valise here for
me%
"'Ain't but one valise here, ma'am,
an that amt for you,' says /.
"'How do you know?' says she, as
pert as you please. IN thank you to
let me SEQ it.
II lifted it up and banged it on the
counter.
BE CAREFUL says she, it might go
off, then she took a key of a ribbon
ut her neck and handed it to mo.
"'Unlock it, says she.
1.-THE way she ordered me round made
head l,n1
unlocked it slick as whistle.
You'll please tell me what's in this
hero valise, mn'am,' says I, in my official
voice.
"'Oh yes,' says she, gettin' up on tip
toe, there's navy revolver, an seven
shooter, and an English bulldog that
only holds one bullet, but shoots to kill
and
"'There they are, ma'am, an they're
Tvs 1; Il don't dispute your
word in the least and will be much
obliged If you'll just take the hull ar
senal of my hands,
''She stuck the revolvers in her belt
and carried the bulldog in her hand.
"'Come, Alice says she, we'll 90
home now and she walked out and
walked out past all them reserve Injuns
without look at 'em, the widow fol-
lowing as meek as Moses"
"What was she doing hereP' asked the
insurance man.
"GenGlemen, she were q visitin' her
cousin, that poor, sighin', cryin' widow.
1t were the year thet the Bad Axe In.
juns was sent up here to our reservation
to mako life burden to US, till that
leetle woman come up here loaded for
bear. That cousin Of hers didn't have
sumption enough to keep them from
stealing tho roof from over her head.
An one night gentlemen, the little
woman heard step outside her window,
and saw an Injun taking off the widows
best horse, an she jest opens the door
and steps out, an says she: Stop in
your tracks or you're dead Iniun,' and
4he held tho cold muzzle OF the pistol to
his head. He didn't wait for no parley-
In, but just evaporated to onct.
"The Iniuns liked her nightly for
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