The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23

could think NV nothin' but tileS tilefs
girl m tn tree, who figured NUS
hev ben heap sight hetteT lookint
than circus lady.
Et come shutdown, an ez ] had tese
hustle ter git supper dragged ms
self tergether an moved On. wen
up tn valley three days an got 'bou
thirty miles toward Snyder count
but tn whole time was thinkin 'Duu
nothin' but tn girl IN TIL blue calks
dress. | never felt SO queer before
an didn't know jest what Ter do. Las
decided I'd hey Ter 60 back an hes.
another look ct her. SO I turned round
an kivered me tracks.
II reached thu orchard bout one das
later, in III afternoon, an hanged ess
she wasn't there, but a settin in q
tree closer ter tn road. didn't dasS
go near her. fer. knows how fraiI
tn weemen is Nv us men. But slid
enter me ole place, an jest lay there
watchin' her blue dress wavin in tn
breezes an then when seen as how
she'd changed trees, ] begin ter think
may be she'd seen me an moved up
i one tree nearer tn road. kinder SO as
we'd be closer"
one hand upon his ragged breast and
gazed over the valley through tear
filed eyes
Now quit your blubberin'. trampy,
cried the loafer, AN git ter the en-
of this ere yarn"
The traveller wiped his eyes upon his
coat sleeve and continued:
''Wull, as / lay there ~watchin' her
SO still an quiet I began ter think.
wondered what her name must hev
ben an lowed ct orter ben a pretty
one. Then | kinder thought bein' ez
didn't know her name might give
her one7-th' prettiest / could git up
I fheo; ,,r,f sfr,s, 11x- e.,
Emily Kate-thet sounded heightened.
Then | begin ter wonder who'd 1e so
fort'nit as ter git Emily, an cussed
meself fer bein' SIGH a bum. I kinder
thought l might reform, but final
lowed eff she'd take me without me
hevin' ter reform, ct 'ud be sight
pleasanter all round. / see how she'd
moved up a. tree, an kinder wondered
eff she'd seen me. TIL more thought
on ct, TIN worse I got. I begin ter
think mebbe eff / cleaned up 1 wouldn't
be so bad-in fact, heap better than
lots of folks knows. By tn time ct
come sunset conceded ter resk ct,
an begin ter think NV crawlin tn
fence an interducin' meself; but then
me heart failed me. / put ct off tell
tn next day, an slid over tn feel ter
barn an spent the night.
Il didn't eat no breakfas. L couldn't.
But when ct come sun-up went down
! ter Tn Sp11nS an WaSn6Q= UP. IHen
I cut fer tn orchard, 'tendin' ter wait
tell she come. / Expected she wouldn't
be there so airly, sence she'd likely do
up tn breakfas' dishes.
81 Skinned TIL fence inter TIN road,
an then what a sight 1 seen. l near
yelled. They was a great big Teller
he'd his arm right round her fwafs'
She was layin' all limp-like, wit her
head pitched forward SO L couldn't see
ct; an her feet was dragging through
TIN timothy, fer tn Teller was pullin'
! her along down tn orchard. Eft first
L was fer runnin' to her resky, but [
thought mebbe I'd better wait tell I
see what come Nv ct,
eth big Teller he pulled her, all
| limp, down ter tn other side, an then
| leaned her up agfn a tree an hit her
a punch wi his fis'. I seen tn blue
caliker sunbonnet droop. Then he
jumped the fence, an started down
over TIL meddy.
''Me heart was a-thunlpin' awful.
waited tell he was outer sight an then
clumb tn fence an slipped down
through TIN long grass ter where Emily
Kate lay, half dead, agin the tree.
seen a chickin' coop there an hear tn
ole hen cluckin'; an I stepped up an
raised tn girls droopin' head. She
he'd a straw face, an was keepin' tn
hawks off them chickings. My Emily
Kate was q scare
The tramp's voice grew husky, and
| he f91tered