Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-18

wouldn't, so we takes i'm intuh tn
house an brings m round, not SO bad
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. keep quiet.
''Next day men Ted hol's meetin',
we does, an settles tn case, an that
night we goes t tn c'mittee meetin'
at Jeb Barlow's, where Ted gets up an
makes a game O. talk. Says he:
Gents, I an my pardner, Mr..
Madden, has made real techin' dis.
covery. hain't no great talker, but
l jest wants t say th'twe find th't Doc
Harwood, member O. this yere hon
'r'ble body, is one O tn gents We
wants mostest, an
"Right yere they gifts excited, bit
Ted calls 'em down an goes on, tellir
'em how he gifts Doc an SO on. Then,
says he:
"I wants t. add, right yere, tat
Doc Harwood is at my house, hurt
bad, an as long as he's there / stands
over i'm an keeps i'm firm harm. An
I adds further th't 1 don't do this b.,
cause I'm stuck on Doc, but because
Hmm my little girl is stuck on each
other. Now, gents, I want t. mske a
offer. Ye can't have Doc 'thout gittin'
me an breakin' little Norah's heart !;
but I agrees t. pack tn galoot off T. tn
States an guarantee he stays there,
ef you all let's i'm go. Does that go?'
'It went o. X. after some rag-chaw.
in; SO, in a few days, Doc glides back
t tn States
"Nope. Norah didn't go-not any.
Ted goes t. her an gives it out th't
Docs ben hurt by hoss- thieves an has
got t slide home-does she want t.
go?
"Right yere Norah gives in tn
merry 'ha-hap Not much, she don't
want t go. Not with no hoss-thief,
anyway, Uncle Teddy, she says.
'Hoss-thief?' says Ted. what 'ye
mean b. that?'
"'Mean what I say, says Norah.
Never mind, Uncle Teddy, 1 knows
what I'm 'lludiE' at.
''Ted sees she's on, an it sort O.
razzles i'm. But, look yere, says he,
Il BEN thinkin you-you sort o.
well, liked tn cuss a hull lot.
"'None at all, Uncle Teddy says
Norah, real promp'; 4 was ies' only
havin' leetle fun with 'im-it's dull
out yere sometimes, ye know
'"rhis yere makes Ted feel hull lot
better, 'cause-well, cause, ye see, tn
OF fool was (he tells me all about it)
sort O. havin' aspirations 'isself.
"About week after Doc left,
Norah comes t Teddy one mornin',
smilin', and blushin', aud kerryin' a
letter Ted was settin' lookin' out tn
winder, real solemn an sad, wonder
in, jes' that minute, eff twas squar'
deal, an right an straight, fr t. ask
that leetle gyurl t. marry him. That
there proposition WAS what'd ben
keepin' pore OF Ted awake f'r nights
n nights, an he was sho' puzzled.
Bout yere Norah bounces in on i'm
an makes i'm jump.
"'Oh, Uncle Teddy, says she, 4
wants ye t do somethin' f'r Norah.
"Ted looks at 'er real solemn q
minute, and then says, more solemn
"'Ye know they hain't nothin' t.
ask fer th't L won't do FIR ye," he
says. wy, see yere, Norah, darlin',
can't ye understand th't /
"'Oh, 1 know, ye dear OF goose
says Norab, breakin' of is talk off
short, but hain't this great? I've
Just got letter fr m Alec
"'Who's Alec?' says Ted, 'ncst
broke up, an gittin' out O. tn char,
tremblin'.
"'W'y, Aleo's-yo1 know-kate
Ciark's brother, an 1 met i'm at New
York when was stayiL' with Kate,
an he says he loves me an wants me
t. marry I'm, an, oh, Uncle Teddy,
ye hain't cross, be ye?' And she falls
ON Ted's neck Il weeps lot.
Ted stan's an lets 'er weep quite
plenty, him chok:n' down big swell
in in is throat all tn time. Then,
says he, very quiet:
"'Didn't 1 tell ye, darlin', they
haint nothin' ye can't have? I don't
know this yere Alec chap, but eff ye
wants i'm, ye sho' gifts i'm, ef l has t
rope i'm myself.
"'An' 50 she does. Oh, they's
nothin' Ted wouldn't do f'r that there
pyurl. "-Arronaut.