The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-06-07

hurt, after all. He wants us t finish tn job, fraid, may be. we're savin' ot i'm t string up some; but Ted only grins little, sort O sour, an tells him tkeep quiet
 Next day men Ted hors 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 he:
 Gents, I an my pardner, Mir. Mad den, has made a real techin' discovery hain't no great talker, but jest wants t say th't we find th't Doc Harwood, a member O this yere horrible body, is one O tn gents we want mostcst an'-'
 Right yere they gifts excited, but Ted calls 'em down an goes on tellin' 'em how we gifts doc, an so on. Then, says he:
 I wants t add. right here, th't Doc Harwood is at my house, hurt bad, an, as long as he's there, stands over i'm an keeps i'm firm harm. An adds further th't don't do this b'cause I'm stuck on Doc, but b'cause him'n my lit tie girl is stuck on each other. Now, gents, l want t make offer. Ye can't have Doc 'thout gittin' me an brealSin' little Norahs heart; but agrees t pack tn galoot off t tn states an guaran- tee he stays there, eff you-all let's i'm go. Does that go?'
 'J went o. K, after some rag-chaw- in; so, in few days, Doc glides back t tn states.
 Nope. Nora didn't go-not any. Ted goes t her an give it out th't Docs ben hurt by hoss thieves, an has got t sl de home-does she want t. go?
 Right yere Norah gives i'm tn merry 'ha-har Not much, she don't want t go Not with no hoss thief, anyway, Uncle Teddy she says.
 'Hoss thief?' says Ted. What dye mean b that?
 "'Mean what I say says Norah Never mind, Uncle Teddy, I knows what Pm 'lludin' at.
 Ted sees she's on, an it sort O raz- zles i'm. But, look yere,' says he, I ben thinkin' you-you sort o'-well, liked tn cuss a hull lot
 None at all, Uncle Teddy says Norah, real promp': I was jes' only havin' leetle fun with limits dull outyere sometimes, ye know
 This yere makes Ted feel hull lot better, 'cause-well, cause, ye see, tn or fool was (he tells me all about it) sort O havin' aspirations 'isself.
 About a week after Doc left, Norah comes t Teddy one mornin', smilin, and blushin', and kerryin' letter Ted was sittin' lookin out tn winder, real solemn 'an' sad, wonderin', jes' that minute, eff twas a squar' deal, an right an straight, fir t ask that leetle gyurl t marry him. That there proposition was whatd ben keepin' pore op Ted awake fir nights n nights, an he was sho' puzzled. Bout we're Norah bounces in on i'm an makes i'm jump.
 "'Oh, Uncle Teddy says she, T wants ye t do somethin' fir Norah.'
 "Ted looks at Ter real solemn a min- ute. and then says, more solemn:
 "'Ye know they hain't nothin' t ask fer th't I won't do fir ye,' he says. Wy. see yere, Norah, darlin', can't ye understand th't T.
 "'Oh, I know, ye dear oT goose says Norah. breakin' of is talk off short, but hain't this great? I've just got a letter firm Alec
 "'Who's Alec?' says Ted, most broke up, an gittin' out O tn chair, tremblin'.
 ''W'y, Alec's you know-Kate Clark's brother, an l met i'm at New York when I was stayin' with Kate, an he says he love me an wants me t marry i'm, an, oh, Uncle Teddy, ye hain't cross, be yep And she falls on Ted's neck n weeps a lot.
 "Ted stan's an lets Ter weep quite plenty, him chokin' down big swellin in lis throat all tn time. Then, says he, very quiet:
 "Didn't I tell ye, darIin', they hain't nothln' ye can't have? I don't know this yere Alec chap, but eff ye wants i'm, ye sho' gifts i'm, ef l has t rope i'm myself
 An so she does. Oh, they's nothin Ted wouldn't do f'r that there gyurl "- Lester Ketchum, in San Francisco Ar gonaut