The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-03-31

LII uC u IuIucI ste 1uIIQds udTTy u
Hong Kong washee-man than pair OF.
18th him. Martin jest turned challxy
'roun til gills an went out 'thout
sayin Of a word. Tuck mitey good keer
ter pocket tn morgedge an cash, tho,
befo' e ent. An e didn't stop tel e
wuz outer tn Rockies, mother.
by gum, sir, that ar Teller never
showed is face in Fir Top again fer Il
year. Yes, twuz morn year. Brand
knowed ed come back, tho, an tn
pore devil tried ever way under tn sun
ter git up that mogedge money.
'Twant' no use, tho, an tn Misty of
thinkin' on it turned i'm sick
Jest befo' his time run out, e called
Linda an Bet ter is bunk an tole 'em
tn whole story bout that ar poker
game an tn morgedge. Course they
didn't give back no lip, bein' as he wlz
jest erbcut ter cash in is chips. 1t
struck Linda cole, tho, an alters no.
ticed arter that she had Il mopy kind r
look.
Bout thirteen months later on
Brand had bin planted ten months an
mitey nigh forgot carried in tn mail
bag one day, an old man links, tn
postmaster, went ter work sOrtin' out
tn mail. AFTER while e hefted one let
ter ter tn light an looked at it kinder
grim through is specs. I wuz settin'
on a sugar bar1, eaten crackers am
cheese. TIL ole man spoke up an sed:
'Yere's letter fer Dick Brand. I
dino whuther or not to SEN it back or
give it ter Linda Gin spealin' r tn
gals folks alters used Linda's name,
cause she kinder helt tn lines).
Give it ter Linda sed I; hit mout
be Important
Jest then Linda come in She pushed
back her gingham bonnet an sed: Is
thar ennything fer me, Mister links?
Wen, Miss Linda, l jest got a let
ter yere fer yer paw, but bein' as he
amt present ter receive it, mebbe I'd
better give it ter YOU. seem as how you
air his darter.'
Yes, femme take it, said Linda.
The ole man poked it out an Linda
tuck it. She turned tn envelope over
ever which way, jest as if she, could
read 1t 'thout Openin' of it, like tn trick
Teller in tn circus. Then she tore it
open an begun ter read. [ watched an
seed her CROWN pale an skeered like
Then she give sort of quick gasp an
tore tn letter all ter pieces. At that
time l didn't know tn ms an OUTS of
tn game, but I had glimmerin'. Linda
turned ter me an sed, in a sorter jerky
tone of voice:
Phil, what nd you do if a man wuz
goln' ter sell yer outer house an homer
ia Kill tn skunk, Miss Linda" sed
I, short off.
:" Well, looky yere no, Phil put in
ole nan links, speakin' slow an lookin'
wise, don't you think that ar 'ud be
agoin contrary ter tn statootsv.
Spec it would Sod l, lookin' in
Llnda's purity eyes; but when thu
statoots makes a sweet gal look like
she wuz plusgin' up tn weeps, SEE
c0nsarn the StatOOts'
Linda looked at me 18th soft little
smile creepin outer tn mist of cry in
her eyes, and went out
Now. who dove s'pose I tuck over
ter Fir Top second trip arter Linda got
tn letter? Don't know, Ell? Well. yer
oushter. 'Twuz Doc Martin. Yes. sir.
when [ pulled UP longside + tn train.
down thar at Sunset. th' Doc come
walkin' out, big as Ike, an got in
'thout so much as sayin' howdy. The
other fellers got in likewise. One wuz
miner an t'Other wuz some sorter
science intercollegiate, I think
they called i'm.
'Twuz tn middle of tn month. an
skacely emmy express money goin' over.
wen, ter come ter the fine pints. as
we nighed that ar bend in tn road that
L showed you, tn bosses got skeered
at somethin' they smelt in tn wind r
give m tn lash, an away thew went
just as we rounded tn turn-ne hold.
in EN- i'll than, you Know heard .
sllrill. boyish-soundin' voice veil ont
Haitian halt I did.
Gosh. how well I knOved Them
tones. Rite in front of TIL leaders stood
a slim young Teller, it'll mask over lis
eyes. Their WANT no whiskers or mus
fash on is face, nuther Stickin' outer
tn frs, 'longside r TIL road. wuz four
or five gun-bar'ls. Morn likely tn,
want no men benin EN- tho. Inst
then, out steps another slim-dandy kid.
18th is forty-four cooked.
My fr'en's,' sed he ter tn folks in
tn coach, faint no use fer Won fer
show fight. Them thickets is full of nv
men, Step out an cash I'D, please
Ihey got out an he went through
'em. LET Their watches, but tuck Their
cash. Tuck all Their papers. too. an,
was specially keerful in is 'tentions
ter Doc Martin. When Their play wuz
over, tn robbers Hoped back inter tn
hrs an l druv on. Th' miner lowed
as how they must be green stock. fer
they never looked at tn eXpress-box.
Purity soon arter that, we got ter
tn hotel. Them fellers didn't know
whuther or not ter go in. bein' as they
hadno cash, but 'spicioned how things
I'D turn out, an tole 'en I'd STAN fer
tn gang. They went in at that, an
Sally Jinks fixed things fer 'em, bein'
as tn gals want at home. Bout a
nour arter that they come in, tho, an
tn dinner bell rung. TIL strangers,
lookin' purity doleful, walked out ter
dinner, an set down Before they got
through eatin', Big Wallace-him that
runs the farrer bank-come hustlin'
in an sed:
is them ar gents that come in on
tn stage here?"
eyes," they all hollered at onct.
"'Well, Their viglunce c'mitty's done
tuck them fellers that robbed tn stage,
an strung 'em up. Yere's all th' plum
der. You gents jest name tn mounts
you had in stuff, an if tn totul fits,
you kin divide up 'mOng ye These
yere dockyments, spose, can be den
titled
LINDA an Bet wrlz a-settin' rite thar
all tn time. Bet spoke up an sed:
Mister Wallace, wuz them robbers
emmy folks we knowed?'
"'NO, Miss Bet. I guess they wuz
new hans, jest struck tn trail Dime
ohn