Connecticut western news., 1894-11-15

 husky sort O chap E hangs out Is shingle 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 a was sho' spoony on her. Tn 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 friskin round Ted's corral cut tin out Norah An still this yere feller seems white an decent, an twas square onpossible t hate i'm. none whatever. So when @ offrs t join tn o'mmittee. we says yes, O course 'Ewa'n't a real tenderfoot ye know. an acted like @ had sand
 "Well, we keeps up tn good work an ropes few gents, an they gifts quite a lot careful, but keeps on workin- Then. one night. when Ted was out 'yere, an we was settin up late. we hears a noise among tn home hosses in tn corral. an I says, 'O-hoi they're goin intuh tn hoss business too. are they? an men Ted breaks fir tn corral
 .'They was five of 'em, but VIC was out fir business an cuts loose, an they don't wait t pick up tn cuss we drap- ped. an I'll eat a rawhide ef 1t want Harwoodl
 'I was fir killin of i'm clean. right there, but Ted wouldn't have it a 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 men Ted hors meetin. we does, an settles tn case, an that night we goes t tn c'mmittee<neetin at Jeb Barlow's, where Ted gifts up. an makes game O talk Says e:
 Gents, an my -pardner. MT. Mad den, has made @ real techin discovery hain't no greater talker, but jes' wants t say th't we find th't Doc liar wood, Q member O this yere hon'r'ble body, is. one O tn gents we want most est, an'-
 ''Right ycre they gifts excited. but lem how we gifts Doc. an so on Then says @:
 '' I wants t add right yere th't Doc Harwood is at my house hurt bad, an as long as 'e's there I stand over i'm an keeps i'm firm harm An 1 adds fur ther th't 1 don't do this b'cause I'm stuck on Doc, but b'cause him an my little girl Is stuck ou each other. Now, gents, want t make offer. Ye can't have Doc 'thout gittin me an brealin little Norah's heart. but agrees t pack tn galoot of t tn States an guar antee 70 stays ther' ef you all lets 'in go Docs that go,'
 Ut went O. K after some rag chew in So in 8 few days Doc glides back e tn States<
 Nope. Norah didn't go-not any. Ted goes t her an gives it out th't Docs b'n hurt by hoss thieves an has got ( slide home Does she want to goi
 Right yere Norah gives i'm tn mer- ry Ina hai' Not much. She don't want Ego. Not with no hoss thief anyway. Uncle Teddy, she says
 'Hoss thief?' says Ted What d 'ye mean b. that?'
 Mean what say, says Norah- Never r,ind. Uncle Teddy, mows what I'm 'ludin at
 'Ted sees she's on, an 1t sort O rag zles i'm But look here. says @ T ben thinkin you-you sort o'-wen. liked tn cuss a hull lot
 "'None at all, Uncle Teddy, sayr Norah.real promptly. I was jes' only havin lectle fun with i'm. It's dull
 
 ''This yere makes Ted feel hull lot better, 'causc-'cause, ye see, th' ole fool was Ce tells me all about it) sort O hnvin aspirations 'isself.
 About a week after Doc left Eorah comes t'.Teddy one mornin smilin an blushin an kerryin letter. Tod wns settin lookin out tn window, real sol emn an sad. wonderin. jes' that tminute. ef twas a squar' deal an right an straight, f'r t ask th't leetle gyurl t marry him Int there proposition was what'd ben keepin pore ole Ted awake f'r nights an nights, an he was sho' puzzled. 'BouOycre Norah bounces in on i'm an makes i'm jump
 ' Oh, Uncle Teddy says she, I wants ye t do somethin fir Norah
 ''Ted looks at Ter real solemn 8 min ute an then says more solemn:
 'Ye know they hain.t nothin t ask fer th't won't do fir ye.' @ says Wy, see yere, Norah, darlin. can't ye understand th't I-' Oh, know, ye dear ole goose, says Norah, breakin of is talk of short But hain't this great? I've just got a letter firm Alec Who's Alec?' says Ted, most broke up an gettin out O tn chair trenholm
 Wy, Alec's-you know-Kate Clark's brother, an I met i'm at New York when was stayin with Kate, an he says e loves me an wants me t marry i'm, an. oh, Uncle Teddy, ye hain't cross, be ye? And she falls on Ted's neck an weeps lot
 ''Ted stan's an lets 'er weep quite plenty, him chokin down big swellin in is throat all the time. Then. says e, very quiet:
 Didn't tell ye. darlin, they hain' t nothin ye can't have? don't know this yere Alec chap, but ef ye wants i'm ye sho' gifts Tim ef l has t rope i'm my i self
 ''An so she does. Oh, they's nothin Ted wouldn't do fir that there gyurl !" l Lester Ketchum in San Francisco i Argonaut