The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-06-08

r'cS iutclD 60, but she cOuldrt tell i'm.
jes' bust out cryin' an KEEP cryin.
| an 'twan't fr a day n SO we ed even
guess at er bein' there. cause she was
tongue-ticd n somethin' an couldn't
say but fow words. poro little thing.
But we gifts at IT tint er names Norah.
we does, an th't she draps of train
jes' bfore she sights Ted Or him. herr.
"She was a beaut'. she sho' was. an
twa'n't more'n two days fore we all
was ready Z do most anything fr her
me m Ted, m oil lady Parry 9TH
boss wife) an all tn rest; an 4 don't
b'licve we want real glad. stead o.
sorry. when we fins out they don't
seem / be no one lookin' fr such
mavcrick-'cause we advertised. .
course, { git er folks. But we gifts no
word. not a bloomin shout. SO Ted jes'
bran's tn kid fr his'n. an proceeds &
raise 'er think o. Ted, which tn same
never raised nothin b'fore. raisin' that
little tender gyurl,), Mrs. Parry takin'
care of 'er f'r awhile.
well. Ted was Jest tn funniest cow
hand ] ever bucks up ag'in. We
wouldn't IA knowed i'm. Ted was a
howlin' wolf. regular oil hyena b'fore
that. but after tn Kid comes. he braces
right mp an gifts good, none o tn gang
objectin', cause they savvies why he
does il.
AFTER tn kid was bout nine r ten
years old. we all don't get Z see much
OF 'er. cause Ted. havin laid up some
dough, sends 'er off L school She's a
sho' 'nough thoroughbred, she is, says
Teddy, an she gifts no scrub trainin'.
Sd5e p
That goes. o. course, an tn kid
likewis goes L school. comm back
onct year. lookin' sweeter an purifier
n ever, an we all. mostly Ted. willin'
tlay right down an let er tromp on
our measlv oil fea-bit frames. oh, she
was jes' like Ted prognosticates on tn
jump-a sho' 'nough r'nghbred.
Tell We What she does one time.
bout two year ago They was Twin
I tn station. her. m Ted. n Mrs
Bell. TIL woman th't give tn gyurl les
sons, an one day some eastern folks
gifts off tn train, loolsin' FIR Mister Mac
Lehman. which is Ted since he gifts
intuh business for 'isself. They was a
real nice-lookin', fat OF girl with spec
tacles with handles to EN-. an dood
with one o. these yere foolish little
caps We sees through tn winduhs o. tn
slee pin cars.
Ted an Moran was at the deppo
lookin' fir some school friends o. the
gyurl's, when these folks gifts off, an
some one points Ted out, an tn dood
braces i'm
Jaw, me good man. says he, taSin'
sight at Ted over the end 0! is nose
aw. are you Mister MacLenDan?
..red's a good Inan--no discount or
that-but e does sho hate 1 be called
one. moreover by dood, which critter
is quite rousin' L Ted's KILN instinc' S
but e gives it out tint his brand Is
sech. an tn dood springs is game or
i'm. which is th't he n tn oil lady il
lookin' FIR Nora Sometime other
which is tn name o. tn kid th't falls
off a train one day ten years r 81
bfore-our Norah. sho' 'nough.
} '.They was a surprise all round. the,
was Then Norah takes hand an
} flies I tn oil girl an asts why she didn
find 'er then, an they gives it out tn
they never saw Ted's advertisement
an all that. an never learns where sh'
is ontell they lately runs ontuh Mrs
Parry somewheres out west The,
, likewise makes a play th't Ted has
stole tn kid. TIL OF lady was goin'
: fall on Norahs neck an weep lot, bu
Norah don't like that style o play. s.
; she gives 'er a chill, an moreover give
il ont cold th't she cont move a step
th't she stays with Ted. this be |
: reg lar dad 10 'er.
. AN she stayed, you bet, an Tes
was tn tickledest Of stiff in tn coun
: try. 4 think she'd rather flock with hir
thin Z train wi them howlin' swells
They makes no further play. thinkin
mebbe, th't Norah's temper's brett
. high up.
: .Evrything's real -ovely ontell III
I tie while ago-last year it was. Thing
e rot n little excitin round yere-rea
exci,in' rr some folks. l may say. The
was few gents in these parts was get
tin quite risky with brandin'-iron'
an was real careless bout drivin o.
bcef-critters. They was real retirir
modest kind o people. they was. eve
ef they was talented In tn brandir
line. an we was quite anxious I NEE
!, up with EN-. but they lays pretty low
we gifts two r three of EN- strayiI
round; but they keeps sawin' wood al
. maxim Us real tired, so we goes Z wor
an organizes vigilance c'mmitte'
with Ted as chairman.
:, .'They was a young fellow I tn ST.
!, ton then, named HARDWOOD He'd com
!. FIR IN some where's. an give it out e was
doctor little out q health 'isself-h
didn't look it. though. bein' aIbigthusk
! sort o chap. He hangs out is shingl
an gifts a lcetle acquainted. an the
makes dead play fr Norah, vic
|. seems Z 60 all right; Norah lettin' o
. L like tn duck quite plenty. oh, b,
he was sho' spoony on her. tn wu'
!. was, we was thinkin' tn gyurl Wa
stuck on him. too. an it did sho' 81,
as a pain. cause We didn't want n
!, bloomin' chump friskin' round Ted
;, corral cuttin' out Norah An still
!. this we're Teller seems white an decen
! an twas square impossible Z hate in
none whatever So, when he offers