The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-07-16

k1nu people, tnRy was even eI they
was talented lii rh' brandin line, an we
Twas quite anxious T. meet up with 'em.
but they lays pretty low. We gifts two
r three of 'em strayin round, but they
keep sawin wood an maxim IN real
tired, so we goes & work an organizes d
vigilance c'mmittee. with Ted as chair.
man
They was q young feller q th' sta
tion then, named Harwood. Ed come
fr'm somewheres. an give it out e was
. doctor. little ont o. health isself--
% didn't look ID. though, bein big,
husky sort o. chap e hangs ont 10
shingle an gifts leetle acquainted, an
then makes dead play f'r Nrah, witch
seems G. 90 all right, Norah lettin ON y
like tn duck quite plenty. Oh. bnt .
was sho' spoony ON her. Th' wust was,
we was thinkin tn gyurl was stuck on
him, too. an 1t did sho' give us a pain,
cause we didn't want no bloomin
chump friskin round Ted's corral cut
tin ont Norah- An still this yere Teller
seems white an decent, am twas square
onpossible e hate i'm, none whatever.
So when 70 offrs q join tn c'mmittee,
we says yes, o. course. 'Ewa'n'ta real
tenderfoot. ye know, an acted like %
had sand
We'll, we keeps up tn good work am
ropes few gents, an they gifts quite q
lot careful. but keeps ON worlrin. Then,
one night, when Ted was out yere, an
we was settin MP late, we hears noise
among tn home hosses in tn corral, an
says, 'O-hol they're goin intuh th'
hoss business, too. are theyY an men
Ted breaks f'r th' corral
They was five of sem, but we was
out f'r business an cuts loose, an they
don't wait T. pick up tn cuss we drap-
ped nm I'll eat o rawhide ef it want
Harwoodi
~ was f'r KILN of Inn clean, right
there, but Ted wouldn't have it, e
wouldn't, 90 we takes i'm intuh th'
house an brings Inn round, not 90 bad
hurt, after ALL he wants us G. finish tn.
job, 'fraid, mebbe, we're savin of i'm t.
string UP some, but Ted only grins q
little, sort o. sour, an tells him & keep
quiet.
Next day men Ted hol's meetin,
we does. am settles tn case, am that
night we goes g tn c'mmittee meetin at
Jeb Barlow's, where Ted gifts MP an
makes game o. talk. Says e:
Gents, an my pardner, Mr.. Mad
den, has made real techin discovery.
| hain't no greater talker, but / jes'
wants g. say th't we find th't Doc Har-
wood, member o. this yere hon'r'ble
body, lis one o. tn gents we want most
est, am
Right yere they gifts excited, but
Ted calls 'em down an goes ON tellin
'em how we gifts Doc. an SO ON. Then
says e:
I" i wants e add right yere th't Doc
Harwood is at my house hurt bad, an as
long as 'e's there stand over inn an
keeps Inn firm harm. An / adds fur
ther th't / don't do this because TIM
stuck ON Doc, but b'cause him an my
little girl is stuck on each other. Now,
gents, ! want t. make offer. Ye can't
have Doc 'thout gittin me an breakin
little Norah's heart, but ] agrees T.
pack tn galoot of e tn States an guar
antee q stays ther' eff you all lets i'm
90. Does that go?'
1T went O. K. after some rag chew
in So in few days Doc glides back
q tn States.
Nope. Norah didn't go-not any.
Ted goes t. her an gives it ont th't Docs
BIN hurt by hoss thieves an has got e.
slide home. Does she want to go?
Right yere Norah gives i'm tn mer-
~ 'ha hal Not much. She don't want
g. 30. Not with no hoss thief anyway,
Uncle Teddy, she says
'Hoss thief? says Ted What rye
mean b that!.
Mean what I say. says Norah.
Never mind, Uncle Teddy, knows
what I'm 'ludin at
Ted sees she's on, an it sort o. raz-
zles i'm. But look here, says %. Il
BEN thinkin you-you sort o'-well.
liked CHI cuss hull lot.
!" None at all, Uncle Teddy, says
Norah real promptly. i was jes' only
hayin leetle fun with i'm. It's dull
out yere sometimes, ye know.
This yere makes Ted feel q hull lot
better, cause cause, ye see, tn ole
fool was l'e tells me all about it) sort o.
havin aspirations 'isseh.
about week after Doc left Norah
comes g. Teddy one mornin smilin an
blushin an kerryin letter. Ted was
settin lool1in ont tn window, real sol
emn an sad, wonderin, jes' that minute,
ef twas . squar' deal an right an
straight, f'r g ask th't leetle gyurl T.
marry him. Th't there proposition was
what'd BEN keepin pore ole Ted awake
f'r nights an nights, an he was sho'
puzzled Bout yere Norah bounces In
ON i'm ON makes inn jump
'Oh, Uncle Teddy. says she. i
wants ye q do somethin f'r Norah.
''Ted looks at 'er real solemn min.
ute am then says more solemn;
:. .Ye know they hain't nothin g
ask Ter th't I won't do f'r ye. % saya
WY, see yere, Norah. darlin, can't "
understand th't r.
" oh, ] know, ye dear ole goose.
says Norah, breakin Of 'is talk on short
But hain't this great? I've just got 9