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

hurt after all lie wants ns 4 finish
III job. fraid. may be. we're savin' Of
i'm Z string up some; but Ted only
grins little, sort o. sour. an tells him
q keep quiet
Next day mem Ted hol's neetin'.
we does, an settles tn case an that
night we goes 4 tn c'mmittcc meetn'
al Jeb Barlow's. where Ted gifts up an
makes a game o talk. Says he:
Gents. | an my pardner. Mr.. Mad
den, has made a real tcchin' discovery
hahn I no great tall<er, but jest wants
L say th't we find th't Doc HARDWOOD. u
member o this yere hon'r' Die body, Is
one % tn gents we want mostest an
Right yerc they gifts excited. but
Ted calls EN- down an goes on tellin
EN- how we gifts doe. an SO on Then.
says he:
al wants 4 add. right here th't Doc
HARDWOOD is at my house, hurt bad. an,
as long as he's there. | stands over 'im
an keeps i'm firm harm. An adds
further th't | don't do this bcause I'm
stuck on Doc. but o'cause Hmm my lit
gents. want L make offer. Ye can't
have Doc 'thont gittin' me an breakin'
little Norah'a heaut; but agrees Z pack
III galoo; off Z tn states an guaran-
tee he stays there. ef you-all lets
I'm go. Does that go?'
II went .. X, after some rag-chaw-
in; So. in few days, Doc glides back
L tn states
Nope Nora didn't go-notany. TED
goes L her an give it out th't Docs
ben hurt by hoss thieves. an has got L
Side hvme-does she want I go?
Right we're Norah gives i'm tn merry
'ha-ha- Not much. She don't want Z
GO Not with no boss thief, anyway,
Uncle Teddy she says
.Hoss thief? says Ted What dye
mean b. that
MEAN what ! say says Norah.
Never mind. Uncle Teddy, knows
what I'm 'lludin' at
Ted sees she's on. an it sort o raz-
zlcs i'm. Bat, look yere, says he. i
ben thinkin' you--you sort o'-well.
liked TIL cuss hull lot
None at all. Uncle Teddy says
Norah. real promp': 1 was jes' only
havin' a leetle fun with limits dull
out we're sometimes. We know
This yerc makes Ted feel a hull lot
better. cause well. cause. ye see. tn
oil fool was the tells me all about ~
sort o haviu' aspirations isself.
"A bout "A week after Doc left. Norah
comes t Teddy one mornin. smilin.
4 in l.fs
Ted was sittin' loolSin out TIL winder.
real solemn an sad. wonderin', jes' that
minute. e. twas sqnar' deal. an right
an straight. f'r L ask that leetle gyurl
t marry him That there proposition
was what'd ben keepin pore oil Ted
awake fr nights n nights, an he was
sho puzzled Bout we're Norah bounces
in on i'm an makes i'm jump
".oh. Uncle Teddy says she, !
wants We L do somethin' FIR Norah.'
Ted looks a, err real solemn min
ute and then says more solemn.
".Ye know they hain't nothin' { ask
fer th't won't do FIR We he says
wy. see we're, Norah. darlin', can't "
understand Thu l.
"-Oh, know. We dear oil goose, SAYS
Norah, breakin of is talk of short
but hain't this great? I've just got I
letter firm Alec
".Who's Alecg says Ted. most brok
up, an gittin' out q III chair. tremblin'
Ivy. Alec's you know - Kat
Clark's brother. an met i'm at New
York when l was stayin' with Kate
an he says he love me an wants me
marry i'm. an. Oh. Uncle Teddy. "
hain't cross. be YEP And she falls Oh
Ted's neck n weeps lot
) Ted STAINS an lets 'er weep quit
J plenty, him chokin' down a big swellin
in is throat all TIL time Then. say
) he very quiet:
Didn't tell We. dariin'. they hahn
nothin' We cant have? don't know
this we're Alec chap, but cf ye want
i'm. We sho' gifts i'm, ef has I rope in
myself
. AN so she does Oh. they's nothiu
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