The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-03-05
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piLilt snlItS Oh. ] was Nv law '-t'
train and had to take the next one. But
where to: The agent thought the hired
man bought two tickets for Murdoch.
pnt wasn't shore about it. ] bought for
Nurdoy.. but she'd went way with
Arthur.
Il a i IS called him Arthur. He was
from Kansas City. he claimed. and led a
life of ga ,ty there. He wanted to come
IN the iarm and stiddy down. Well.
knew if Arthur worked the way did a
few wears it would stiddy him down SO
that his own mother wouldn't know him.
Poor boy mother said. yen mustn't
work him too hard till he gets used to it.
So | let him chore around a good deal, |
beatin carpets and turnin the wrlnger.
ETC.. whilst | pulled stumps and did other
light work till | could hardly stand up.
..Arthu- knew a little music and could
play tunes on the cottage organ with one
| hand "a we'll or better'n he could with
both.
when he wanted a fried chicken or
preserves, he would tell mother how he
| had no mother and had been drawed
into evil ways by bad men. Did You
ever notice. Henry. how even the devil.
if he's IA married man. would make his
wife believe that he was led into his pres
ent business by bad. designing men: III
bet he does Just that way. and mis- wife
says to him: Safe. You are too popular.
Everybody likes you. and you hate to re-
fuse 'em. and by and hy You step aside
from the path of rectitude.
Arthur could crochet, too. and he
would spring up and help mother peel
pertaters whilst | set there all beat out
with hard work. | felt kind of foolish
about it first. but after awhile ! said. i
am supporting mother. and II don't give
me time to fondle her so much as Id
like and would feel bitter then to-
wards somefhin or mother that made me
have to pull weeds and haul refuse from
the barn all day till l was most dead and
then set round at night SO tired that !
was Ikea big unsavory beast. with hard.
crooked paws on me and hair like a
badger.
I'D snooze in spite of myself. whilst
mother q always called her mother after
Sid was born. but she was just only
crowdin 40 when she Went with the hired
mani set and sewed "a blue woodpecker
onto "A felt tidy while Arthur read one
of F.. p. Roe's works ont loud.
Arthur used to be quite a youmorlst,
too. and asked mother when she worked
on that Job whether she felt tidy and
mother would laugh. and | never got
onto the joke till yesterday on the cars.
Travelin seems to brighten up IA IA ]
think. sometimes.
We'll. did Won ever find herr"
We'll. | tell you how it was. got
all worn ont and give it up when | got to
Kansas City. and thought I'd go to a
show one night and try to forget about
my trouble. had mothers shawl along
with me always over my arm. for knew
she left in such a hurry that she couldn't
provide herself and might need it if she
was ont much nights.
Arthur took all of his cloze with him
and 5000 that ! was TO get another team
with, but that's neither here nor there.
| don't know where it is. but don't be-
: lieve mother knew Arthur took it.
; We'll, the show was a vaudeville,
with what they call speshelties thrown
in it. One man was down for a sort oi
! ~ackobattic thing that was claimed to be
the most difficult and dangerous thing
r that was ever attempted TO BE- done by
. man or beast. Well. it turned ont to bt
sort Of "A midair jump from one of these
here trapeZers TO another one. and ! seer
: in two seconds that the Teller was my
: hired man. He chalked his hands ant
razzrumed his moggaslns, and away h,
+ went up a rope and hung there like a ca
/" that's been freed by a dog. He hopiet
around there and swung away out owe
e the audience. He was dressed in sort o
tights. and one of the ushers sort o
I laughed and said the Teller had on an e X
ira tight. he thought. My God, says
g will the cuss do such things as that witt
a jag on him and scarcely anything else:
jest then the drum give a big thuml
d like a blast in a deep well, and the fellow
made a long jump. and before ! coul'
boiler Whoa he lit in the aisle as nea
J as me and you is. The blood sqnirte,
ont of his nose. and | heard his nee
z crack. and the doctor that looked at hin
seq, seq ,e:
u Take him to his home: he is dead
seq 'e. He has no home seq the stag
UldIldStI. lltTS, MAMA. HS SNHs NV
shall we send him to:
r Its none Of Maud's business wher
u he goes to- seq another girl with tar 0
her eyelashers and a coat of pink white
wash on her as fur as the eye codl
Y reach. Her name was Little Flossy
II thew sed. We've been married twice
p him and me- she sed and throwed he
y gum in the other girls face. Maud h
ie her over the eye with IA Roman sta
knife that scaiped Flossy and left her i
he her own hair. which hurt her feeiin
worse'n eff she had had her head cut OF
re We'll. they fought over the matte'
Il Arthur's two widders did, till they ha
ie to be sent to the courthouse in the
mackintoshes.
l. Then l saw mother had been watchi
e. the whole business. and she looked brol
down and shamed. She give a scarf loo