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

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heard the story from Jerry Madden,
Teddy's present partner in the cattle
business. couple Of years ago. q 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-
sponse 10 q query OF mine. ''Thatl sho'
g hain't TUX nothin f'r most 10 + rs
year, count o. his hid. 'Marriesl?' Oh,
no, none whatever. They hain't nc
heifer gifts Teddy, not much. 'Whyf'
Give it mp Mebbe you en- tell me? i
| "Ted was ridin along one day tits
IS year ago-ridin clost by tn railroad
track one evenin, feelin kind o. sore an
disgusted like, when, all of suddent
g sees somethin funny trottin along tn
track Ted stops an wipes lie eyes an
gazes hull lot more, cause what q
seen want nothin like what we finds
round this yere patch o. bresh. None
whatever. Moreovermore, Ted "a ben
tankin mp quite plenty that day, %
had, an was dead leary o. what might
be tn matter OF is peeps. But 70 rubs
'em quite . lot more, an hope may
straddle tn ghost bronze eff there want
tn purtiest little maverick ye ever see
little girl bout year old--browsin
along tn track, lookin lost
Course Ted rides up am asts who she
is an what she's doin there, ali alone
with 'er purity face am hans an elegant
clo'es, but she couldn't tell inn. Jes'
bu'st out cryin an KEEP cryin, an
'twa'n'tf'r day r 50 we cd even gness
at 'er bein there, cause she was tongue
tied r somethin an couldn't say bat a
few words, pore little thing. But we
gifts at it th't 'er names Norah. we does
an th't she draps OF train jes' b'fore
she sights Ted ('r i'm, her).
'That little heifer was beaut', she
sho' was, an twa'n't more'n two days
fore we all was ready e. d. most any
thing f'r her-me an Ted an ole lady
Parry (th' boss wifel an all tn rest,
an dam eff don't b'lieve we want
real glad stead o. sorry when we I'm
ont they don't seem T. be no one lookin
FIR such o maverick-'cause we adver-
tised, o. course, t. git FER folks But we
gifts no word. not a bloomin shout, 90
Ted jes' bran's tn kid FIR his'n an pr'-
ceeds & raise 'er think o. Ted, which
tn same never raised nothin but hell
b'fore, raisin that little, tender gyuriD,
Mrs. Parry talrin care Of 'er f'r awhile,
'tWell, Ted was jes' tn funniest COW
hand i ever bucks up ag'in. Ye wouldn't
"a knowed i'm. Ted was howlin
wolf-a reg'lar ole hyena b'fore that
but after tn kid comes e braces right
mp an gifts good, none o. tn gang object
i'm, cause they savvies why q does it.
AFTER tn kid was bout Q r 10 years
old we oil don't get t. see much Of 'er,
cause Ted, havin laid MP some dough,
sends 'er on e school. She's q sho'
'nough thor 'ughbred, she is, says Ted
dy, an she gifts no scrub trainin. Sabei'
'That goes, o. course, an tn lid
likewise goes T. school, comm back once
year loolin sweeter an pnrtier AN ever
an we all, mostly Ted, willin & lay
right down an Let 'er tromp ON our
measly ole Aea bit frames Oh, she was
les like Ted prognosticates on tn jump
IA sho' 'nough thor 'ughberd
Tell ye what she does one time
bout two years ago They was Mvin
Z tn station. her'n Ted an Mrs. Bell,
tn woman th't give tn gyurl lessons,
an one day some eastern follrs gifts OK tn
train loolxin f'r Mr.. McLennan, which
is Ted sence % gifts intuh business
for 'isself They was real nice lookin,
fat ole girl, with spectacles with handles
to em, an dood with one o. these yere
foolish little caps ye sees through tn
winduhs o. tn sleepin cars.
''Ted an Moran was at th' deepo look
in f'r some school frien' o o. the gyurl's
when these folks gifts of, an some one
points Ted out, an tn dood braces Inn.
law, me good man, says e, takin
sight at Ted over tn end OF is nose,
'aw, are you Mister McLennanr
"Ted's good man--no discount ON
that--but e does sho' hate q be called
one, moreover by dood, which critter
IL quite rousin e Ted's KILN instinc's
| but e. gives it ont th't his brand Il
sech, an tn dood springs 'is game On
i'm, which il th't e an ole lady ID look.
In f'r Norah Somethin r. other. which IA
th' name o. th' hid th't falls Oh train
one day 10 years r 90 b'fore-Cua
Norah, sho' 'nough-
'They was d surprise oil round, they
was. Then Norah takes . hand an fties
Z tn ole girl an asts why she didn'a
find 'er then, an they gives it ont th'i
they never saw Ted's advertisement, aE
all that, an never learns where she Il
ontell they lately runs ontu Mrs. Parry
somewheres ont west They nkewiss
makes play th't Ted had stole th' lid
tn ole Lady was goin & fall ON Norah'l
neck am weep q lot but Norah don't iikt
that style o. play, 50 she gives - |
chill, an, moreover, gives IL ont cold tn
she don't move . step -th't she stayl
with Ted, this ben . reg lar dad to 'er
AN che staid. you bet. an Ted va
, th' tickledest ole stiff. i'm tn country
II & think she'd rather fiock with him til'I
. t' train wi them howlin swellA The,
makes no further play, thinkin, mebbe
th't Norah's temper's pretty high mp. ].
ssEysryfhinQss real lovely Ontell a III