The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-08-13
BEFORE THE FIRE.

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"When he fust como to us at Dog Hol-
low he looked so all fired spruce, and
had such fine show of Boston togs on,
that we thought him reg'lar soft 'un.
not worth n cuss; but he showed us
what grit war fore he got through. you
bet! He had been thar two days when
Gougin Jim, the ugliest man in the hull
crowd, got playin it down pretty bad
on poor old crippled Frencher, who
kept possible store. Up steps Jack
and says, very quietly, but as if he
meant it:
Don't You see that mans a cripple?
Let him alone.
Jim looked quite took abacll for a
minute, and then he whips ont his knife
and hollers:
"'ETold your cussed tongue or I'll cut
it outr
But fore he could strike Jack had
him by the wrist, and give him the neat
est little wrestlers trip as ever yer seed,
and down went Jim, fetchin his head
stitch lick agin a stone that for more
than an hour he didn't know the ten o.
clubs from the Ten Commandments.
oval, from that day Jack was jist
like king among rs, and Gougin jim
froze to'him as eff he'd been his brother,
and thought nothin that cud do half
good enough fer him.
buV u JlsV Wiieh yeW We strnck pay
graVei thao lhe water giheraiIy begins
10 SOAK H. anu u was llsV Wneh every
thln was soln rlgnt win us that snthih
came lN, anu spollV an
ga JacA ana war staliu'h ny nag
gerry grocery one lhorlilh Wheh tile
Rockville stage cum along ana an at
once seeo MN turn paie as peanut !
looked up ana thar' INSIDE the stage
seeu JlsV ho"t lue pnIlles' sal ever so'
eyes on, ana hn'ldo her tall' black
alred chaP' VINO peAred TO be maxim
love TO hef as II ne were hred at ilye
cents the WORT
.Jack 9ulil -d i"f aid' quite WlldIlEc'
an h2llef'u'
'Hev yon soJ place Irlt aboardt
,Duess so-lt2t one
All riSut-l il lake H.
ANA lore L coG say WHISKY ne ge'
my hahu q grip anu says 10 me 1aht ,,
care o my traps 'lll l come pack' BILL
an ne war OH
"Ihat war 'he lasC / saw OF Dandy
Jack' ana u warn ul a good While
arter that l heerd the rest the story.
But when l ana near IT, yew may Del
| yer DooVs dlul forget II again. ana
KIN tell II you JlsJ us Il l seeu u an my
sell.
ms Sal that poor ola JACK war Sc
sweet on war the daughter OF rlch Ole
chap Whod got faich not iar IRON
the upper FORK OF the no ltrande' an'
her dad had sent her TO Nlslt some lolh'
at the east ana she war comm pacS
arter havln quite Il sood ulhe' .,
rms Diack alred cuss that was VIII
her was ieiiow named Granger, al
Ola chull Oh her ual, ana pretty hlgli a.
rlch as he was lie hau managed u
Jlne her on the road mum ]lst as II by
ACCIDENT Oul reckon lhaU ar accldeh
war done o. purpose
Jack Went with them right ON Il
KockyllIe' out ne never gov snow 10
TINS Granger was one o them smootl
tongued, on and honey cusses that don
give nobody chance, and he KEEP St
close to his gal that Jack cu'dnt ge
sayin word to her.
"As for the gal herself, l guess sh
war sorter balancin between EN-, an,
hadn't quite made up her mind whicl
ON EN- she wanted; but anyhow, Nhel
poor Jack squeezed her hand at partil
she civ him back just nun OF his owl
squeeze to make him feel heap betterl
what nn dome TfnTn
"Wal at Rockville, Old dad and som
Of his friends war waitin for the gal
and they all went home together
cone day all the folks went out fo1
ride over the parairy, and the gal, neye
thinkin no harm, put her horse 10 spec
and sot of for a good rousin gGllop b
herself. But Granger had his eye o
hes, you bet; and he keep her in sigl
till all the rest war out o sight, an
then he ranged up alongside of her Hn
got hold of her hands and asked hcl
fiat out, would she marry him or not.
"What she'd ha' said IN answer
him l can't tell yer nor nobody els'
neither, l reckon for, atore she Gu
open her mouth, man cum sallopl
along rs if old Nick war arter him wit
a ten pronged mtchtork. Iheyd ]r
time to know him for Dandy Jack whe
he lifted hisselt IN the saddle an
scroeched ont to bust his throat'
Ride for your lives! The prairie
ON fire!
Il guess they didn't want TO be tol
twice, and indeed the hosses war o
full jump tho minute they heered th
shout, just as if they understood a
about It, Away they went like the win
"Hev yer ever seed a parairy fir
Wal, if yer hevn't l guess yer cud jii
as soon git an ideo of what it rally Is Z
yow cud put Niagary IN % gals thimbl
Fust thing you see Is little curl
smoke far of. Then, all at once, it b
gins to git thicker and redder bout u
D. edges, and suddenly 80 hear rush iii
b a river comm down in full flood.
"Ihen mp through the smoke goes
= big spout o FIRE and an behind yen