The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-06-15

pr ceeus L raise 'er think o. Ted,
which tn samo never raised nothin'
but rows b'fore raisin that little, ten
der gyurl y, Mrs. Parry takin' care of
'er FIR q while.
"Well, Ted was jest "a funniest COW
hand l ever bucks up ag'in. Ye
wouldn't n knowed 'im. Ted was
howiin' wols, reg'ia o hyena b'fore
that, but after tn kid comes, he
braces right up an gifts good, none o
tn gang objectin, cause they savyies
why he does it.
after tn kid was bout nine r ten
years old, wc-all don't get t sec much
of 'er, cause Ted, hayin' laid up some
dough, sends 'er off t. school. She's,
sho' 'nough thoroughbred, she is,''
says Teddy, an she gifts no scrub
trainin'. Ssbe?'
THAT goes, u course, an tn kid
likewise goes t school, comm back
onct year, lookin' sweeter N purifier
n ever, an we-all, mostly Ted, willin'
T. lay wight down an let 'er tromp on
our measly OF frames. Oh, she was
jes like Ted prognosticates on tn
jump-a sho' 'nough thoroughbred.
Tell ye what she does one time
bout two year ago. They was livin'
t tn station, her, n Ted, n Mrs
Bell, tn woman th't give tn gyurl les.
gifts of tn train, loolin' fr Mister
MacLennan, which is Ted sence he gifts
intuh business for isself. They was
real nicc-lookin', fat oil girl with
spcctacles with handles to 'em, an
dood with one O these yere polish lit
tie caps yc sees through tn winduhs
o tn sleepin' ears.
"Tcd an Norah was at tn deepo
lookin' fr some school-fren's o the
gyurls, when these folks gifts of. an
some one points Ted out, an tn dood
braces I'M
cav, me good man, says he,
takin' sight at Ted over tn end of 'is
nose -'aw, are YOU Mister MacLen.
nau?'
"Tcd's good man--no discount on
that-but g does sho' hate t be called
one, more over, by q dood, which crit
ter is quite rousin' t. Ted's KILN in
instinc's-but e gives it out th't 'is
brand is sech, an tn dood springs lis
game on i'm, which is th't no N tn
CT lady is lookin fr Norah Somethiu'-
'r-other, which is tn name o tn kid
th't falls off train one day ten years
r so h'forc-.our Norah, sho' 'nough.
"They was surprise all round,
they WAS. Then Norah takes hand
au' flies t tn OIL girl an asts why she
didn't find 'cr then, an they gives it
out th't they never saw Ted's advcr.
tisement, an nll that, an never learns
where she is ontell they lately runs
ontuh Mrs. Parry somewhcrcs out
West. They likewise makes II play
th't Tei had stole tn kid. Th' oil lady
was Soin t fall Oh Norah's neck an
style o play, SO she gives 'er chill,
nm moreover gives it ont cold th't she
doa't move u step--th't she stays with
Ted, th't's ben n regular dad to 'er.
AN she stayed, you bet, au' Ted
was tn ticklcaest oil stiff in tn coun-
try, t think she'd rather flock with
him thin { train W them howlin'
swells. They makes no further play,
thinkin', mebbe, th't Norah's temper's
pretty high up.
"Ev 'rythins's real lovely ontell a
little while aSo-last year it was.
Things got little cXcitin' round yere
zeal cycitin' 'r some folks, l may
say. They was n few gents in these
parts was gcttin' quite frisky with
branlin' irons, an wns real careless
bout drivin' of becf-crittcrs. They
was real rctirin', modest kind o. peo.
pie, they WAS, even cf they was talented
in tn brandin' line, an we was quite
anxious t meet up with en-, but they
lays pretty low; we gifts two r three
of 'em strayin' round; but they keeps
sawin' wood an maxim us real tired,
SO We goes t work an organizes vigi.
lance c'mmittcc, with Tel as chair.
man.
''Thcy was young fellcr t tn sta
tion then, named Hurwood. He'd
come firm somewheros, an give it out
e was doctor, little out o health
'isself-hc didn't look it, though, be-
in big, dusky sort y chap. He
acquainted, an then makes a dead
play f'r Norah, witch seems t go all
right; Norah lcttin' on t like tn duck
quite plenty. Oh, bat he was sho'
spoony on her. Th' wust was, we was
thinkin' tn gyurl was stuck on him,
too, an it did sho' give rs pain,
cause we didn't want no bloomin'
chump friskin round Ted's corral cut
tin out Norah. An still, this yere
feller seems white an decent, an twas
square impossible t hate i'm, none
whatever. SO, when he offers t join
tn c'mmittee, we says yes, o course.
He want real tenderfoot, ye know,
and acted like e had sand.
"Wcll, we keeps up tn good work
an ropes n few gents, an they gifts
quite lot careful, but keeps or work
in. Then, one night, when Ted was
out yerc, an we was settin' up late,
we hears noise among tn home.
hosses in tn corral, an | says: 'O-ho!
they're goin iutuh tn hoss business,
too, are they an men Ted breaks
FIR the corral.
"They was five Of 'em; but we was
out FIR business an cuts loose, an they
don't wait 4 pick up tn cuSs we
drapped, an I'll eat rawhitc ef it
want Harwood!