Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-06-07

"They was q surprise all round, they
was. Then Norah takes hand an flies
Z 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 out west They likewise
makes play th't Ted had stole tn kid
Tn ole lady was goin t. fall ON Norah's
neck an weep lot, but Norah don't like
that style o. play, so she gives 'er q
chill, an, moreover, gives it ont cold th't
she don't move a step-th't she stays
with Ted, th't's ben reg'lar dad to 'er.
"An she staid, you bet, an Ted was
tn tickledest ole stiff in tn country,
t. think she'd rather flock with him thin
t. train wi them bowlin swells. They
makes no further play, thinkin, mebbe,
th't Norah's temper's 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, may say. They
was few gents in these parts was get
tin quite frisky with brandin irons, an
was real careless bout irivi ID vsei
critters They was real retirln modest
kind o. people. they was, even - they
was talented in tn brandin line an ws
was quite anxious t. meet up with EN-,
but they lays pretty low We gifts tive
r three of 'em strayin round, but they
keep sawin wood an maxim us reai
tired, so we goes t work an organizes
vigilance c'mmittee. with Ted as chair.
man.
''They was a young feller t tn sta
ton then, named Harwood. ED come
Fl m somewheres, an give it out g was
doctor, little out o. health ITSELF
o didn't look it, though, bein big,
husky sort O. chap. .'E hangs out lis
shingle an gifts leetle acquainted, an
then makes dead play FIR Norah, witch
seems t. go all right, Norah lettin on t.
like tn duck quite plenty. Oh, but g
was sho' spoony ON her. TIL wust was,
we was thinkin tn gyurl was stuck on
him, too, an it did sho' give US pain,
cause we didn't want no bloomin
chump friskin round Ted's corral cut.
tin out Norah. An still this yere feller
seems white an decent, an twas square
onpossible t. hate i'm, none whatever.
So, when g offrs t. join tn c'mmittee.
we says yes, O. course. e want o real
tenderfoot, We know, an acted like e
had sand.
"Well, we keeps up tn good work an
ropes a few gents, an they gifts quite a
lot careful, but keeps on workin. Then,
one night, when Ted was out yere, an
we was settin up late, we hears noise
among tn home hosses in tn corral, an
I says, Ohio! they're goin intuh tn
boss business, too, are they?' an men
Ted breaks FIR tn corral.
"They was five of 'em, but we was
out FIR business an cuts loose, an they
don't wait t. pick up tn cuss we drap.
ped, an I'll eat rawhide eff it want
Harwood!
II was FIR KILN of i'm clean, right
there, but Ted wouldn't have it, e
wouldn't, so we takes i'm intuh tn
house an brings i'm round, not SO bat
hurt, after all He wants us t. finish tn
job, 'fraid, mebbe, we're savin Of i'm t
string up some, but Ted only grins {
little, sort O. sour, an tells him t. keel
quiet
"Next day men Ted hol's meetin
we does, an settles tn case, an tha
night we goes t. tn c'mmittee meetin a
Jeb Barlow's, where Ted gifts up al
makes a game O. talk. Says e:
" Gents, an my pardner, Mr.. Mad
den, has made real techin discovery
I hain't no greater talker, but jes
wants t. say th't we find th't Doc Har
wood, a member O. this yere hon'r'bl
body, is one O. tn gents we want most
est, am
Fright yere they gifts excited, bu
Ted calls 'em down an goes on tellil
'em how we gifts Doc, an SO on. The
says e:
4 wants t. add right yere th't Do
Harwood is at my house hurt bad, an q
long as 'e's there I stand over i'm o.
keeps i'm firm harm. An l adds fur
ther th't I don't do this because 'I'r
stuck on Doc, but because him an m
little girl is stuck on each other. Now
gents, I want t. make o offer. Ye can
have Doc 'thout gittin me an breaki
little Norah's heart, but ! agrees
pack tn galoot off t. tn States an gual
antee o stays ther' eff you all lets III
go. Does that go?'
"It went o. K. after some rag chew
in. So in few days Doc glides bac
t. tn States
"Nope. Norah didn't go--not any
Ted goes t. her an gives it out th't Doc
BIN hurt by hoss thieves an has got
slide home. Does she want to go?
,, Fright yere Norah gives i'm tn me-
ry 'ha hal' Not much. She don't wal
t. go. Not with no hess thief anywa!
Uncle Teddy, she says.
'Hoss thief?' says Ted What ~
7 mean b. that?'
Mean what I say, says Moral
Never mind, Uncle Teddy, I know
what I'm 'ludin at.
"Ted sees she's on, an it sort O. ra
zles i'm. But look here, says o.
ben thinkin you-you sort o'-wel
) liked tn cuss hull lot.
, None at all, Uncle Teddy, sa,
Norah real promptly. I was jes' on
havin leetle fun with i'm. It's du
out yero sometimes, ye know.
, "This yere makes Ted feel q hull /
better, 'cause-'cause, ye see, tn o
9 fool was ('e tells me all about it, sort
havin aspirations 'isself.
"About week after Doc left Nors
: comes e Teddy one mornin smilin {
blushin an kerryin letter. Ted W
Q settin lookin out tn window, real sc
emn an sad, wonderin, jes' that minut
eff twas q squar' deal an right {
; straight, f'r t. ask th't leetle gyurl
marry him. Th't there proposition W
xubo%,5 HON lyoap;n ,,ora o1o Ted ava