The herald., 1894-06-16
A PLAINS ROMANCE.

heard the story from Jerry Madden,
Teddy's present partner in the cattle
business, couple of years ago, as. we
sat in the shade of the ranchhouse one
afternoon.
"Why Teddy don't drink and like
wise swears quite few?' he asked in re-
Spouse to a query of mine. "Thatl Sho'
e hain't TUX nothin FIR most 10 r 13
year, count o. his kid. 'Married?' Oh,
no, none whatever. They hain't no
heifer gifts Teddy, not much. 'Whyf'
Give it up Mebbe you en- tell me?
''Ted was ridin along one day-'tis
10 year ago-ridin clost by TIL railroad
track one evenin, feelin kind o. sore an
disguised like, when, all of a Student,
o secs somethin funny trottin along tn
track. Ted stops an wipes is eyes an
gazes q hull lot more, cause what g
seen want nothin like what we finds
round this yere patch o. bresh. None
whatever Moreovermore, Ted ID BEN
tankin up quite plenty that day, @
had, an was dead leary O. what might
be tn matter of lis peeps. But @ rubs
'em quite a lot more, an l hope may
straddle tn ghost bronze eff there want
TIL purtiest little maverick ye ever SEQ
little girl bout year old-browsin
along tn track, loolin lost.
''Course Ted rides up an asts who she
is an what she's doin there, all alone,
with Ter purity face an hams an elegant
clo'es, but she couldn't tell i'm. Jes'
bust out cryin an KEEP a cryin, an
'twa'n'tf'r day r so we cd even guess
at 'er bein there, cause she was tongue
tied r somethin an couldn't say but
few words, pore little thing. But we
gifts at it th't 'er name s Norah, we does,
an th't she draps off train jes' b'fore
she sights Ted Or i'm, herr.
'"That little heifer was beaut', she
sho' was, an twa'n't more'n two days
fore we all was ready t. d. most any
thing FIR her--me an Ted an ole lady
Parry 9TH boss wife) an all tn rest,
an dam eff l don't b'lieve we want
real glad stead O. sorry when we fms
out they don't seem t. be no one lookin
f'r such q mavericl-'cause we adver-
tised, o. course, t. git 'er folks. But we
gifts no word, not q bloomin shout, SO
Ted jes' bran's tn kid FIR his'n an pr
ceeds t. raise 'er think o. Ted, which
tn same never raised nothin but hell
b'fore, raisin that little, tender gyurlD,
Mrs. Parry takin care of 'er FIR awhile.
well, Ted was jes' tn funniest COW
hand ever BUCKS up ag'in. Ye wouldn't
"a knowed i'm. Ted was howlin
VOLTA reg'lar ole hyena b'fore that
but after tn lid comes o braces right
up an gifts good, none o. tn gang object
in, 'canse they savvies why % does it.
"After tn kid was bout r 10 years
old we all don't get t. see much of err
cause Ted, bavin laid up some dough,
sends 'er off t. school. She's a sho'
'nough thor ughbred, she is says Ted
dy, an she gifts no scrub trainin. Sabe?
"That goes, O. course, an TIL kid
likewise goes t. school, comm back once
year loolin sweeter an purifier an ever
an we all, mostly Ted, willin t. lay
right down an let FER tromp ON our
measly ole flea bit frames. Oh, she was
jes' like Ted prognosticates on TIL jump
"a sho' 'nough thor ughberd-
TELL ye what she does one time
bout two years ago. They was Twin
It tn station, her'n Ted an Mrs Bell,
tn woman th't give tn gyurl lessons,
an one day some eastern folks gifts off tn
train lool1in FIR Mr.. McLennan, which
is Eed sence g gifts intuh business
for ITSELF. They was a real nice lookin,
fat ole girl, withspeotacles with handles
to EN-, an dood with one o. these yere
foolish little caps ye sees through tn
winduhs O. thu sleepin cars
''Ted an Norah was at tn deepo look
In FIR some school frien'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 e, takin
sight at Ted over tn end of lis nose
'aw, are you Mister McLennan?'
"Ted's good man-no discount on
that-but e does sho' hate C. be called
one, moreover by dood. which critter
is quite ronsin t. Ted's KILN instincts
but e gives it out th't his brand is
sech, an tn dood springs is game ON
i'm, which is th't e an ole lady Is look
in FIR Norah Somethin r other, which is
tn name o. tn kid th't falls off train
one day 10 years r SO b'fore-our
Norah, sho' 'nough.
''They was So prise all round, they
was. Then Norah takes hand an flies
It tn ole girl an asts why she didn't
find 'er then, an they gives it out th't
they never saw Ted's advertisement, an
all that, an never learns where she is
ontell they lately runs ontu Mrs. Parry
somewheres ont west. They likewise
makes play th't Ted had stole tn kid
TIL ole lady was goin t. fall on Norah's
neck an weep a lot, but Norah don't like
that style O. play, SO she gives 'er a
chill, an, moreover, gives it out cold th't
she don't move step-th't she stays
with Ted, this BEN reg lar dad to 'er.
"An she staid, you bet, an Ted was
tn tickledest ole stiff in tn country,
g. think she'd rather flock with him thin
t. train wi them howlin swells. They
makes no further play, thinkin, mebbe,
th't Norah's temper pretty high up.
''Ev'rything's real lovely ontell lit
tie while ago-last year it was. Things
got little excitin round yere-real ex-
citin FIR some folks, I may say. They
was few gents in these parts was get
tin quite frisky with brandin irons, an
was real careless bout driyin of beef
critters. They was real retirin, modest
kind O. people, they was, even eft they
was talented in TIL brandin line, an we