The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-07-08

ner, an my rust move w to take keer Nv
him, no matter who he wuz, but his clothes
uz mighty pc lookin, an lowed he ux
n0thin but er tramp, but remembered
bout the Samaritan we read erbout in the
good book an tuck him in.
HE staid at my house two or three weeks
fore enn. boldly come to see him, but when
he w gittin erlong all right, spanking
team NV horses driv up to the house one
day, an the purtiest lady ever seed hoped
out and axed me cf had seed err man that
looked any ways like the Teller had in the
house. Ireckernized the 'scfiption jes' tiz
soon rs she had made hit, an led her into
the room whar my sick man wuz. When
she entered the door, he looked up an hol
Tered:
my God! Sis, what brings you heres'
'She didn't say nary word. but throwd
her arms round his neck an cried like er
baby
Don't you know you are doing wrong?'
ag'in asked the stranger.
"'No. | am not,' and her eyes flashed,
mister, when she sed that. 1t is my duty
to look out fer my brother. even if my hus-
band don't know it,
when she sed that, opened my peppers
wide, kin tell ye, fer eft he w her brother
rs she sed thar wuz sOm'thin wrong sum-
mers. But didn't say nothin. Hit wuzn't
my bizness, SO ! laid low to see what'd
come arter.
when she left the house, she called me
to foller, which ] did, an when we got to
the gate she sed: a
"'Take good keer NV him, an I'll pay you
we'll fer yOre trouble
THAT w all she sed, but it mean ter heep
to me an the little uhs had eroun me,
an ye kin stake er pile that done my duty
by the stranger. BY an by he got able ter
walk bout the house an in the front yard,
but he never tole me what his name wux,
exceptin to call him Ole Miserable. The
purity lady KEEP er coming in spite nv what
he'd say, an allus KEEP her word with me,
80 far rs pay went.
Zone day they started out for longer
stroll than usual, aud stopped right whar
we air sittin now. l never'L fOrgit that
day, mister, long as live; he leant aginst
this same old pine, an she uz sittin at his
feet, an the way she looked at him, made
my heart ache l knowed that somethin
" wrong, but couldn't think ter save my
lie.
"They hadn't been there morn q half
hour when heerd the sounds Of q carriage
er comm down the road. IN purity soon
buggy kim dash erlong with the maddest
lookin man In hit ever seed. He stopped
jes' afore he got to them and hitched his
horse Then he tuck to the right, thar, ies'
in the edge er the woods, an slipped eroun
to the back Nv the two. thought he VI
actin mighty GURUS, but didn't think fer er
mint erb0ut what wuz gwine ter happen.
The fus thing ! knowed arter he slid into
the bushes wuz hearin a pistol shot an or
scream. rushed head over heels to where
l heerd the fuss, an saw the newcomer
holdin er pistol in his hand, with smoke
still comm from the bar'l. An heerd the 1
lady cry out: ##
"'Ohi Silas, you have killed himi'
"Yes, snorted the man, AN I'll kin emmy
other nm that comes tween you an me-
"She fell on the ground by the wounded
man an s0bbed:
"..My poor brother! In life you were an
outcast, and now in death you have met .
worse fate.'
When she se3 that the man grabbed her
What did ye says"
HE was my BROTHER" she moaned.
my Godr groaned he, what have ]
donei"
"Ye have shed inherent blood" yelled,
gettin thar by that time
HE didn't anser, but laid down an clawed
the groun. turned to the wounded man
an foun that he w goin fas' an wouldn't
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last much longer" Il
isis, he gasped, don't blame Silas with
this, for ye know tole ye it looked wrong,
an bein or jellus man he's did jes' what I'd
er done"
'She KEEP on er cryin and rubin his hair,
never noticin the man rollin in terror at her
feet. BY this time az sorter myself ag'in
an started fer er doctor. w gone some
time, fer it looked like it w the hardest
matter ter git er doctor that day ever
seed, an when got back thar w the big
gest surprise ! ever had in my life. foun
the man dead an a-lying in the room where
be had been sick. an the man an 'omen
gone, Lord knows whar. Hit put me in or
nice pickle, but got out all right, for they
lef . letter clarin me NV all 'spicion an
givin 'structions bout what mus do. So
put the body whar ye see the grave, an
have KEEP hit lookin decent ever since"
"You get paid for it,"
"Oh, yes, }" he smiled; lever month gits
my little check fer pas an present serv-
ices"
"Are they living together yety
ayes, an erbout got over the trouble Ye
zee, that young husban wuxn't ter blame
much. Ell 70 wux ter nee yore wife meetin
" stranger way out here In tho woods, would
70 stop ter AK q lot or questions!"
didn't the law take hand In 1T" finally
I asked.
At this he smiled and said:
"Mister, thar amt much law In Dodge
county now, an what could 70 expeet y
yeers agot'-Exchange.