Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1893-08-25

briefly to debate the ouestiona as to wbeth-
* or not Mrs. Sammis was justified in
doing ne she did. Jim thon proceeded.
9TH other case I was thinkin Of Is diff
frnnt o liun lot. Tn woman in it was
bout tn same calibor rs t'othcr one, I
reckon, but moro porseverin.
1T was mp in Dak0ty, too, this hero
case; over Z Gilman, bout 90 miles firm
Bessemer. Twas sheiun then On knowed
everybody in tn blame county. B'sides
th' gyurl was q gorter relation O. mine,
how l came t know s'much about it.
'This here gyurl vas a dandy high
stopper. Her oil nan was wen fixed an
she'd went e school g st. Louis an was
purity persnickety. Blame hne gyurl,
stunnin purity an nice, but p~ersnickety,
cause some O tn finest and best fixed
boys in tn county wanted Ter, m she
turned mp her nose ag tn hull bilin.
Treated 'em all nice an all that, but
treated 'em alike, witch was unpleasant
fer tn boys.
"The trouble was, l reckon, she'd ben
readin q hui lot o. blame trash. an
expected some prince was comm long e
offer hissef, witch did happen, only he
want no prince, kept, mobile, 'cordin
T. her notion. Il was a blame dood firm
somewhere east th't struck town an got
q job t tn Cleveland smelter keepin
time-a fclier named r calm hisself
Ward Fortcacue.
"Ho hadn't hardly struck Til camp
bfore him an Name meets each other an
is mashed, most immejit. He was u
O these slim, purity ducks th't en- sing
lots an put up q real smooth talk, an
make book loye-onc o. these sweet
warts th't a Teller aches c spank an kick.
Is'pose it's worlen's natur' & g,t stuck
on EN-. cause they allus do.
Anyhow, Fortescue, as he called his
self, wades right in an rushes Name fer
all he was worth, an Name she liked it
all right, 60 want long fore sho up an
tells her folks th't him and her is goin
T. git spliced. The oil lady was tickled
lots, cause Fortescuehad lied t her con
sid'ble bout his folks an how rich they
was, an so on; but tn oil man kicked
right smart, tcllin Name th't Mister
Dood had got t. cough up his papers
an show his hand, likewise givin Smith
names Of people they cd write to fer
recommends.
"Mame, as I said bfore, had sperrits
herself, an she kicked hard, sayin she
was Of age an her own boss, an cd do as
she pleased; but tn oil gent got hot in
the collar an tol her T. shet up, witch she
done, keepin up heaps o thinkin all tn
time.
"Th' oil gent come t me an chinned
awhile; then he went an seen Berry
Wright, tn lawyer, an he writes some
letters, witch, for a wonder, one was an
swered real prompt. Pinkerton's agency
wrote th't iii description b'longed to a
chap named Ward th't was wanted in
Michigan fer shakin his wife and loavin
tn bank he worked fer in tn hole.
Il tuck TIA letter an started fer
Smiths after I'd ct supper. On tn way
up, hero come Smith, Ike a hen with or
head cut of, shakin hans with hieself
an tur'ble 'xci5ed, cause he'd bo'n.t' Gee
Fortescuo, an Fortescue told i'm he was
dead sure t marry tn gyurl ef sho didn't
shed IN.
Il tol tn Of gent 'bo1t tn letter an
ether evidence, an he felt better. Then
We walked up t. tn house and yvadod
inter tn gyurl, proYin T. her TINS the cuss
was as low lived q scamp as they was
out O Jail. Dye think she keored? Oh,
no.. She jes' rips ont at me, and you bet
she roasted me bad, winGin mp b hopen
sho'd never see me again. Then she
turns on tn Of gent with q lot O rot
bout his slanderin F~ortescue, an how
she loves the blame rascal an is goin t
foller i'm G tn devil OF s~omewheres.
9TH next mornin her an the dood was
mi5sin. They went T. tn next camp, got
married by a jestico o tn peace an
skipped. She wrote t. tn Of folks firm
Denver, askin t be forgiven an sayin
how happy she was, but her pa wrote
back sayin she cd come home jes' wen
she pleased if she'd leave Ward-Smith
called i'm Ward, witch was his name,
sure 'nough-an came t. stay.
Odd she Gomez sh'd say no. She
stuck & Ward an got treated like q dog
for it. He used T. get drunk and 'buse
Name, an raised Cain all sorts o. ways
an still she didn't kick none. We never
give Pinkerton's any more inf'rmation,
so Ward wasn't bothered none FIR a con-
pie O years. Then he up and run away
FIN Name an tn kid, leavin 'om nary
red; but it ies' happened he met a Teller
th't knowed i'm, an he was gentlyrunned
in an TUX & Michigan. They socked it to
IN hard, too, causo his first wife's folks
riled up, an the bank he'd stole from
was likewise achin t. take a fall out of
i'm.
"Mame? She's at d troit-I don't know
how she got there-takin in SEWN and
tryin T. keep her an tn kid alive till that
gifts out o. Jail.
Don't women beat tn very doocel"
And Mr.. Hardin shook his head and
heayily.-R. L. Ketcham in Ar
gonGut.
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