The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1892-01-15
A TENDERFOOT.

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Twas in the summer Of 49,. was
then workin fer Ole Harvey Skerrett,
who KEEP store an run a ranch down at
Three Forks, in tn foothills.
Near Skerrett. 'bout two miles away,
Ole 81 Hendershott he'd a ranch. He
likewise he'd bout tn purtiest an incest
darter thet ever wore millinery. an 81,
he was proper proud of her, you bet.
Moreovermore. all of us galoots round
Three Forks was up to our back hair in
love with her-plumb. tearin. wide
awake mashed. as I've heard say. But
it didn't do none Of MS no goOd-least-
ways. only n Of as. That war Perry
Roane, a young rancber from down tn
creek bout ten mile. Perry, he cut Us
all out, 'thout half irwin, cause he vas
a big, handsome cuss an well fixed, BE-
sides havin been { school lots when a
kid. So he wenti in an winned-almost-
That is t. say, he froze Us out an KEEP
reglar comp'ny with Hetty.
Il guess twas all settled that they
was t be hitched ON time Or Other,
when bout May along n a feslez
from Boston with a letter 70 Ole ) trou
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PerT R0ana. He hated him lots so9l
IL ssen him Cause why jest caae
Syencelay wa under II SINE roof with
Heety, n l. kngwed that i might turn
oat kind of bad fer hin. specially a. be
E1owed right fhen-whlch nobody else
dId-that Hetfv want much s1uck on
him, anyhow. an had only promised !
marry him I please tn Ole nan Ie SEE
Perry vas q good deal Ct a bully. an
drank considerable, an then there vas
an ole story bout his haFin' skipped ont
from n states, leaYin q wife that died q
little later. Bur this didn't cut no figger
with s.. He had his eye 81 Perry pile.
an was willin I take chances on maxim
Perry treat Hetty first rate. cause Ia
ole man was q f0ler BE dangerous cuss
himself.
well, tn artist feller got t feelin
sort OF soft On Hetty himself, an mos-
ey'ry day they go wanderin round III
country, DRAWN. an fishin, an 50 on, an
in III evenin when Perry come ever t
set awhile he'd find Mister Artist there
in tn Settin room, cool as . cucumber
an polite as polite, him not KNOWN that
Perry had a first film on tn calico. An
Hetty, jest like any woman. 'njoyed it
all immense.
But Perry sasn't tn ehapt stand this
very long; 50 one mornin, happenin I
be al tn. store an meetin Spenceley there.
he walks Up an says t him: See here
M pale faced an weak eyed consump-
tive. Dye know whose toes you've been
steppin on?
"Spenceley looked at him kind Of
queer, but said he didn't know as he'd
hurt anybody.
Well, says Perry, it's my toes, and
it'll pay you t climb from under, fore
something draps on ye. Dye know who
has tn first claim On Miss Memberships
company? Better find out and take care
Of yourself And Perry started t goout
staggering, but tn artist says, real
sharp, Mr.. Roane, l wasn't aware that |
was interfering with you. If | am, how
ever, and you don't like it, I'm sorry; but
Iwish you t understand that nyther you
n'rany other rowdy can bluff Inc one bit.
Dye understand
Perry turned like he'd ben kicked
1t was tn first time we'd ever heerd him
sassed and We was looking fer tn artist
Teller t get bruised a whole lot. But he
wasn't-not any. Perry looked at him
q whole minute and seen there was no
scare there, 50 he jest turned and walked
out, gru1nbling and cursing.
'!Somebody hid, took a shot at Spence
ley a few nights later, but he never
kicked none, only come up t til store an
bowed hisself in fer a forty-four an
took shots at a mark ey'ry day-jes' fer
sport, he SEE; but | kinder s'mised ha
was 'xpectin Mister Roane an hind hey
trouble in tn near f0ochur, which was
erect.
"One day not longer arter TINS some
galoot brung word tibet tn PEACHES was
out thou muzzles, an was chawin ey'ry-
thin in sight-an, moreovermore, comm
our way, an not fur off, nuther. Nope,
we didn't wait none. Men AN the ole
man jes' tax all TIL dust III tn box, hid
all tn stock we could, nailed up TIL
shop-'twas stone-an lit out fer Hen
dershott's t tell them. Thar Skerrett
leaves me, him hayin tn fastest little
mustsng in the kentry, an goes on t
tell folks, ez many ez he kin.
"Wa-al, Hendershott's folks was
ready, real sudden. only Old 81, he
wouldn't go. Seq he: i hain't goin one
foot. This here's all I've got, 'cept tn
ole lady an Hetty, an I'm goin t stay
right here an hold it. Eff them wimmen
he'd me an no ranch they'd be wuss off
nor nothin.' An thar Ole ST staid, an
bundled me n tn artist an the women
folks off fer Chloride quick. Tn vim
men was in a light Vaughn, little Jose,
a Greaser kid, drivin, an two Greaser
girls on TIL back seat. Me N Spenceley
rid the bronco back 'longside.
along in tl' afternoon. bout y we