Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-18

| sights Ted pr him, her).
THAT little heifer was beaut', she
sho' was, an twa'n't more'n two DAYS
fore we-all was ready t. do most any
thing FIR her-me n Ted, n OF lady
Parry (th' boss's wife), an all tn rest
an, # I don't b'lieve we want real
glad, stead o sorry, when we fms out
| they don't seem t be no one lookin'
FIR such maverick cause we adyer-
tised, o course, It git 'er folks. But
we gifts no word, not bloomin' shout,
so Ted ies' bran's tn kid t'r his'n, an
proceeds t. raise 'er think O. Ted,
which tn same never raised nothin'
but rows b'fore raisin that little, ten
der gyurl y, Mrs. Parry takin' care of
'er f'r while.
"Well, Ted was jest tn funniest COW
hand l ever bucks up ag'in. Ye
wouldn't a knowed i'm. Ted was
howlin' wolf, regular O. hyena b'fore
that, but after tn kid comes, he
braces right up an gifts good, none O.
tn gang obiectin', cause they savvies
why he does it.
"After TIL kid was bout nine r ten
years old, weall don't get t. see much
of 'er, cause Ted, havin' laid up some
dough, sends 'er off t. school. She's
sho' 'nough thor 'ughbred, she is
says Teddy, an she gifts no scrub
trainin'. Sabe?'
"That goes, o course, an TIL kid
likewise goes 3 school, comm back
onct year, lookin' sweeter n purifier
n ever, an we-all, mostly Ted, willin'
t lay right down an let 'er tromp on
our measly OF frames. Oh, she was
ies like Ted prognosticates on tn
jump-a sho' 'nough thor 'ughbred.
''Tell ye what she does one time
bout two year ago. They was livin'
t tn station, her, n Ted, N Mrs.
Bell, TIL woman th't give tn gyurl les
sons, an one day some Eastern folks
gifts off tn train, lookin' FIR Mister
MacLennan, which is Ted sence he gifts
intuh business for 'isself. They was a
real nice-lookin', fat OF girl with
speetacles with handles to 'em, an a
dood with one O these yere foolish lit
tie caps ye sees through tn winduhs
O tn sleepin' cars.
''Ted an Norah was at th' deepo
lookln' f'r some school-fren's o the
gyurl's, when these folks gifts off, an
some one points Ted out, an tn dood
braces i'm.
"'Aw, me good man, says he,
takin' sight at Ted over tn end of is
nose-'aw, are you Mister MacLen-
nan?'
"Teds a good man-no discount on
that-but e does sho' hate t. be called
one, more over, by dood, which crit
ter is quite rousin' t. Ted's KILN in
instinc' e gives 1t out th't is
brand is sech, an tn dood springs is
game on i'm, which is th't he n tn
op lady is lookin' FIR Norah Somethin'-
'r-other, which is tn name O. th' kid
th't falls off a train one day ten years
r so b'fore--our Norah, sho' 'nough.
'They was 1t surprise all round,
they was. Then Norah takes hand
an flies It tn OF girl an asts why she
didn't find 'er then, an they gives it
out th't they never saw Ted's adyer-
tisemeDt, an all that, an never learns
ontuh Mrs. Parry somewheres out
West. They likewise makes play
th't Ted had stole TIL kid Tn OF lady
was goin' t. fall on Norahs neck an
weep lot, but Norah don't like that
style O play, SO she gives 'er chill,
an moreover gives it out cold th't she
don't move step-th't she stays with
hni N ln1 b,
can she stayed, you bet, an Ted
was tn tickledest OF stiff in tn coun-
try, t. think she'd rather flock with
him thin t. train w them howlin
swells. They makes no further play,
thinkin', mebbe, th't Norahs temper S
pretty high up.
"Ev'rything's real lovely ontell a
little while ago-last year i was.
Things got little excitin' round we're
real excitin' FIR some folks, | may
say. They was few gents in these
parts was gettin' quite frisky with
brandin' irons, an was real careless
bout drivin' off beef-critters. They
was real retirin', modest kind O. peo-
pie, they was, even of they was talented
in tn brandin' line, an we was quite
anxious { meet up with 'em, but they
lays pretty low; we gifts two r three
of 'em strayin' round but they keeps
sawin' wood an maxim lis real tired,
SO we goes t. work an organizes vigi-
lance c'mmittee, with Ted as chair
man.
"They was a young feller t tn sta
ton then, named Harwood. He'd
come firm somewheres, an give it out
e was doctor, little out O. health
'isself-he didn't look it, though, be-
in big, dusky sort o chap. He
hangs out is shingle an gifts a leetle
acquainted, an then makes a dead
play f'r Norah, witch seems t. go all
right; Norah lettin' on t. liketh' duck
quite plenty. Oh, but he 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 frisliin round Ted's corral cut
tin out Norah. An still, this we're
feller seems white an decent, an twas
square OnDOssible t. hate i'm pora