Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-05-21

way, IF :;r couldn't Xix, me- for my
self III vi. &1l<lnt kiss M ut all. "
"Iuu ra!,%:aftiy talk Ut kissing to
II man in .;:;il How long t"'to1v
toult MEETS;
"Ahout a week."
AS am thu only man to hc tried
suppose they will set through with |
1nt III short order"
II reckon 80; and I to hope they |
won't SIND you tn thu pc1lltt1Nlary.
for NOW that ! know yuu didn't steal
that horse like you ever ~ mitch
And like YOU" lie sslt1.
t>h, Of course" shc laughed, for
Il man always likes anybody that
feeds him. But like YEN sho nu1f.
think W exc, ;trt just lovely"
"Iu1 make nat blush, little miss;
untl wouldn't that hi Il newell sight,
Il bl,'S1it>1 j:tili,lfu:"
,Si.c !t4( l1ill :A,!l chicken and hot
biscuits. ;>5il 1T .:yrl!it4:; ~:ln;: to linn.
Milo <lttl.t:..,<l tIlHt lii. was lttr first
t.n1 only ln:u:* "l'ut. @14r always
;es1,l,'l, =! with l1*t1=ro11| it ] thought
ytu 4tule /, 1t>r<c,' ii:
4 nr & i}4urly1&l4t Il :t,e** 1ttt1u*ht@ linn
,1t,rs. tIl;,n tllt' usual |'lu>tt>t al t'"ja,
antl vll,.,l III: ,l>l1&l*1y:lv%l ut tho *uinnl~
da1lre she >t;it], *.''fhts must tlnynu a
,1ux: .:>' .:* Ill., ri" : #** ::~.::* IN
.',Whv so!''
A.tDvt,,>a>c I'm. :ySli'1g* away uu1
won't be hack until late tlli> crtnin.
The day WIS Il V'tl1y O1A' To til.
prisoner and he loug<sl tor evening.
Tic sin went down. the stars tA1nc
out. \ ,lo. w|intd and thea Il
cheerful voice said
I'm back again.
YES" liz cried. "anl just in time
to give Il soft touch to tho hardest
dry ever spent
"Oh. whit II tl:1tttrt' you are: but
you didn't steal the horse. Va yn1:"
No. little girl. I'll swear | didn't.
Il know yuu ,li.ln tt know you
Just couldn't. W. got news to1
you"
"What is it,"
court meets tomorrow.
I'm glad. and yet I'm afraid"
You must not LIT them sco that
you are srarcd. Ill sit by you durin
the trial"
She did sit beside him the next
day. and when the judge, utter hear
ing the verdict, sentenced him to the
pe,litentlary fur five years, >Ae hung
her head anu wert.
It WIS evening and the prisoner
was taken back IT, his cell X .lurk
night c:l1ln ull, and the Wrttrllc4l
man, Knowing that on the morrow
he should ht tukrn away lay Oh his
straw b"l wishing that lie might
slc. Hours passed. liz was desert.
Ell Tile .lu= w1l;nvl
keep quiet. Bose" some one
whispered, anil the @irl said sjttly:
You thought | had forgot yo11.'
YES"
But didn't. w;ll1tr.l tllc key
and l4a1 70 wait till Pup wc1t 1u
sleep. Tiny llutl Il friItr to guard
you, hut ! got linn drunk Pups
drunk. too. >hc gi*s@ltsl
What are you going IT, do" the
prisoner asked. almost brtuthlc<>ly
Tim gnin IL lt't you ont. Int YOU
:n1st Il" exactly It's tell you :tltl nn,
say I: word. II You try to run away
they will catch you tomorrow. hut it
you follow my plum they never will
ti1Hl yo11 {'nne ~. now
She l4atl Vnlrk.rl tie door :'Cumr
M1l1l1 this way un1 don't sly Il
word. Tln,4.'s old BnSc do:. but h.
don't :lln11nt to anything. 1t hr
llud III li;lye =ut hun drunk to,
Til, way now"
They wc1tt into the woods, Whcrc
the timber and untlcrt,le1sll Wt'l,. -,
thick that they had to pick their
way along
Let stop here and rcsta minute.
she said
Are VIC far enough away"
Yes, and they can't find us any
way when they're drunk" She gig.
gled again.
Little woman, you uro al angel"
No, simply a girl that don't want
to SEQ an innocent man 80 to the pen
itcntiary."
God bless you" he said.
And may God bless yoo1'' she re-
piled, and bless you, and bless you
und keep on .blt.ssin you till you arc
safe from tho folks about here"
"B1t what will they do with you,
little girl:'
They won't 10 anything to me
Pup will scnld and rcur and pitch,
but that will be all.
But won't the officers Of the law
put you in j4il:"
1T wouldn't bc good for ono Of
them it hc was to try it: Mother
says Tin awful when | get started
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