Connecticut western news., 1894-11-15
A PLAINS ROMANCE.


 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 fewf' he asked in re- sponse to query of mine. ''Thatl Sho' e hain't tuk nothin fir most 12 r Is year, count O his kid 'Married?' Oh, no, none whatever. They hain't no heifer gits Teddy, not much 'WhyT Give it up Mebbe you on tell me?
 ''Ted was ridin along one day-'tis IS year ago-ridin clost by tn railroad track one evenin, feelin kind O sore an disgusted like. when. all of a student e sees somethin'funny trottin along tn track. Ted stops an wipes is eyes an> gazes hull los more, cause what e seen want nothin like what we finds round this yere patch O bresh. None whatever. Moreovermore, Ted d ben tankin up quite plenty that day, e had, an was dead leary O what might be tn matter of is peeps But @ rubs 'em quite lot more, an hope 1 may straddle tn ghost bronc' eff there want tn purtiest little maverick ye ever sec little girl bout year old-browsin along tn track, lookin lost
 ''Course Ted rides up an asts who she is an what she's doin there, all alone, with Ter purty face an hans an elegant clo'es, but she couldn't tell i'm. Jes' bust out cryin an kep' cryin, an 'twa'n'tf'r day r so we cd even guess at Ter bein there, cause she was tongue tied r somethin aA couldn't say but few words, pore little thing But we gifts at it th't Ter name's Norah. we does, she sights Ted ('r i'm, her).
 '"That little keifer 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 tth' boss wife) an all tn rest, an dam ef l don't b'ieve we wa'n't real glad stead O sorry when we fms out they don't seem t be no one lookin fir such Q maverick-'cause we adver- tised, O course, t git Ter folks But we gifts no word. not bloomin shout, so Ted jes' bran's tn kid f'r 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 Ter fir awhile.
 "Well, Ted was jes' tn funniest COW hand ever bucks up ag'in. Ye wouldn't "a knowed i'm. Ted was a howlin wolf-a reg lar ole hyena b'fore that but after tn kid comes e braces right up an gifts good, none O tn gang object in, cause they savvies why e does it
 After tn kid was bout T 10 years old we all don't get t see much of Ter, cause Ted, havin laid up some dough. sends 'er of t school She's sko' 'nough thor 'ughbred, she is says Ted dy, nn she gifts no scrub trainin. Sabe?'
 That goes, O course, an tn kid likewise goes t school, comin back once a year lookin sweeter an purifier 'an ever an we all, mostly Ted, willin t lay right down an let Ter tromp on our measly ole flea bit frames Oh, she was jes' like Ted prognosticates on tn jump "a sho' 'nough thor 'ughberd.
 'Tell ye what she does one time bout two years ago They was Twin t tn station, her'n Ted an Mrs Bell. th' woman th't give tn gyurl lessons, anme-day some eastern folks gifts off tn train 'leokin fir Mfr McLennan, which is Ted senoe @ gifts intuh business for 'issef They was 2 real nice lookin, fnt ole girl, with spectacles with handles to em. an dood with one O these we're foolish little caps ye sees through tn winduhs O tn sleepin cars
 ''Ted an Norah was at tn deepo look in fir some school frien's O the gyurl's. when these folks gifts of, an some one points Ted out, an tn dood braces i'm
 .Aw. me good man, says e, takin night at Ted over tn end of is nose. 'aw, are you Mister McLennan?'
 tTed's a good man-no discount on that-but @ does sho' hate t be called | one, moreover by dood, which critter Is quite rousin U Ted's killin instinc' s but @ 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 IT so b'fore-our Norah, sho' 'nough-
 ''They was a su prise all round, they was. Then Norah takes hand an flies t tn ole girl an asts why she didn't find Ter 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 out west They likewise makes 8 play th't Ted had stole tn kid. Tn ole lady was goin t fall on Norah $ neck an weep a lot, but Norah don't like that style O play, so she gives Ter a chill, an. moreover, gives it out cold th'i she don't move a step-th't she stays with Ted, th't's be- n reg lar dad to Ter.
 .'An she staid, you bet, an Ted was tn tickledest ole stiff in tn country, t' train wi them howlin swells They makes no further play, thinkin, mebbe, th't Norah's temper's pretty high up 'Ev'rything' real lovely ontell lit. tie while ago-last year it was Things got little excitin round yere-real ex. citin f'r some folks, may say. They was few gents in these parts was get tin quite frisky with braudin irons, an was real careless bout drivin of bee1 critters They was real retirin, modest kind O people, they was. even ef they was talented in tn brandin line, an WI was quite anxious t meet up with lem, but they lays pretty low. We gifts twt
 T three of 'em strayin round, but they keep sawin' wood an maxim us req
 tired, so we goes t' work an organizes