The herald., 1894-06-16
,ilanoe o'mmittee, with Ted as chair

husky sort O. chap e hangs out is
single an gifts leetle acquainted, an
then makes dead play FIR Norah, witch
seems t. go all right, Norah lettin on t.
like tn duck quite plenty. Oh, but e
was sho' spoony ON her TIL wust was,
we was thinkin tn gyurl was stuck on
him, too, an it did sho' give us pain,
cause we didn't want no bloomin
chump frislzin round Ted's corral cut
tin out Norah. An still this yere Teller
seems white an decent, an twas square
impossible t. hate i'm, none whatever.
So, when g offrs t. join TIL c'mmittee,
we says yes, o. course wants real
tenderfoot, ye know, an acted like e
had sand.
"Well, we keeps up tn good work an
ropes few gents, an they gifts quite a
lot careful, but keeps ON worllin. Then,
one night, when Ted was out yere, an
we was settin up late, we hears noise
among tn home bosses in tn corral, an
1 says, 'O-ho they're goin intuh tn
boss business, too. are they?' an men
Ted breaks FIR tn corral
''They was five of 'em, but we was
out FIR business an cuts loose, an they
don't wait e. pick up tn CUES we drap-
ped, an I'll eat rawhide eff it want
Harwoodi
81 was f'r KILN of i'm clean, right
there, but Ted wouldn't have it, e
wouldn't, so we takes i'm intuh tn
house an brings i'm round, not so bad
hurt after all He wants us t. finish tn
job, 'fraid, mebbe, we're savin Of i'm t.
string up some, but Ted only grins a
little, sort o sour, an tells him t. keep
quiet.
Next day mem Ted hobs a meetin,
we does, an settles tn case, an that
night we goes t. tn c'mmittee meetin at
Jeb Barlow's, where Ted gifts up an
makes game O. talk. Says e:
" Gents, an my pardner, Mr.. Mad
den, has made real techin discovery.
l hain't no greater talker, but I jes'
wants t. say th't we find th't Doc Har-
wood, a member O. this yere hon'r' BILE
body, is one o. tn gents we want most
est, AM
Fright yere they gifts excited, but
Ted calls 'em down an goes ON tellin
'em how we gifts Doc, an SO on. Then
says q:
" Il wants e. add right yere th't Doc
HARDWOOD is at my house hurt bad, an as
long as 'e's there 1 stand over i'm an
keeps i'm firm harm. An l adds fur
Their th't l don't dc this because I'm
stuck on Doc, but because him an my
little girl is stuck ON each other. Now,
gents, l want t. make offer. Ye can't
have Doc 'thout gittin me an breakin
little Norah's heart, but / agrees e.
pack tn galoot Off t. tn States an guar
antee o stays Their Of you all lets i'm
go. Does that go?'
eft went o. K. after some rag chew
In. So in few days Doc glides back
t. tn States.
"Nope. Norah didn't go-not any.
Ted goes t. her an gives it out th't Docs
BIN hurt by hoss thieves an has got t.
slide home. Does she want to goe
Right yere Norah gives i'm tn mer-
~ 'ha hap Not much. She don't want
t. go. Not with no boss thief anyway,
Uncle Teddy, she says.
'Hoss thief?' says Ted What dye
mean b. that?'
"' Mean what / say, says Norah.
Never mind, Uncle Teddy, knows
what I'm 'ludfn at.
'"Ted sees she's on, an it sort o. raz-
zles i'm. But look here, says e. L
ben thinlrin you-you sort Dwell,
liked tn cuss hull lot.
None at all, Uncle Teddy, says
Norah real promptly. L was jes' only
havin leetle fun with i'm. It's dull
out yere sometimes, 70 know
''This yere makes Ted feel a hull lot
better, 'oause-'oause. ye see, tn ole
fool was ('e tells me all about it) sort O.
havin aspirations ITSELF.
"About week after Doc left Norah
comes t. Teddy one mornin smilin an
blushin an kerryin q letter. Ted was
settin loolrin out tn window, real sol
emn an sad, wonderin. jes' that minute,
eff twas a squar' deal an right an
straight, FIR t. ask th't leetle gyarl t.
marry him. Th't there proposition was
what'd ben keepin pore ole Ted awake
FIR nights an nights. an he was sho'
puzzled. Bout yere Norah bounces in
on i'm an makes i'm jump.
ooh, Uncle Teddy says she, 4
wants ye T. do soinethin FIR Norah.
"Ted looks at 'er real solemn a min
ute an then says more solemn:
'Ye know they hain't nothin t.
ask fer th't won't do FIR ye,' e says.
wy, see yere, Norah, darlin, can't ye
understand th't r
oh, 1 know, ye dear ole goose
says Norah. breakin of lis talk off short.
But hain't this great? I've just got a
letter firm Alec
Who's AleoT says Ted, most broke
up an gettin out O. tn chair tremblin.
Wy, Alec's-you know-Kate
Clark's brother, an met i'm at New
York when was stayin with Kate, an
he says q loves me an wants me t.
marry i'm, an, oh, Uncle Teddy, ye
hain't cross, be yer And she falls on
Ted's neck an weeps lot.
"Ted stan's an let's FER weep quite
plenty, him chokin down big swellin
in lis throat all the time Then, says
e, very quiet:
Didn't tell ye. darlin, they hain't
nothin ye can't have? I don't know this
yere Alec chap, but eff ye wants i'm ye
sho' gifts i'm eff has t. rope i'm my
self.
can go she does. Oh, they's nothin
Ted wouldn't do FIR that there gyurl "
Lester Ketchum in San Francisco
ATgonaut.