Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-01-25

was real careless DOut triNlu OF D1cI
critters They was real retirin, modest
kind o. people, they was, even Of they
was talented i'm tn brandin line, an we
was quite anxious g meet up with 'em
but they lays pretty low. We gifts two
r three Of 'em strayin round, but they
keep sawin wood an maxim Us real
tired. 50 we goes e work am organizes a
vigilance c'mmittoe, with Ted as chair
man.
They was a young Teller Z tn sta
ton then, named HarwoOd. ED come
firm somewheres, an give il out Q was
a doctor, q little out O. health itself
e didn't look il, though, bein a big,
husky sort o. chap. 'E hangs out is
single an gifts q leetlo acquainted, an
then makes dead play FIR Norah, witch
seems & 60 all right, Norah lettin on e
like tn duck quite plenty. Oh, but g
was sho' spoony ON her. Tn wust was,
VIC was thinlin tn gyurl was stuck on
him, too, an it did sho' give us q pain,
cause we didn't want no bloomin
chump frislin round Ted's corral cut
tin out Norah. An still this yero Teller
seems white an decent, an twas square
impossible e hate i'm, none whatever.
So, when o offrs e join tn c'mmittee,
we says yes, o. course. 'E want q real
tenderfoot, ye know, an acted like e
had sand
well, we keeps up tn good work an
ropes a few gents, an they gifts quite q
lot careful, but keeps on worlrin. Then,
one night, when Ted was out yere, an
we was settin up late, we hears a noise
among tn home bosses in tn corral, an
/ says, 'O-hol they're goin intuh tn
boss business, too. are tbey?' an mem
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 cat a rawhide Of it Want
Harwoodl
II was FIR KILN of i'm clean, right
there, but Ted wouldn't have it, o
wouldn't, so We takes i'm intuh tn
house an brings i'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 a
little, sort o. sour, an tells him t. keep
quiet.
Next day mem Ted hol's a meetin,
we does, an settles tn case, an that
night we goest' tn c'mmittee meetin at
Jeb Barlow's, where Ted gifts up an
makes a game o. talk. Says o.:
Gents, 1 IN my pardner, Nh. Mad
den, has made a real techin discovery.
/ hain't no greater talker, but ] jes'
wants t. say th't we find th't Doc Har-
wood, a member o. this yere horrible
body, is M o. tn gents we want most
est, am
Fright yere they gifts excited, but
Ted calls 'em down an goes on tellin
'em how we gifts Doc, on SO ON. Then
says g:
L wants t add right yere th't Doc
Harwood is at my house hurt bad, an as
long as 'e's there l stand over i'm an
keeps i'm FIRM harm. An 1 adds fur
ther th't 1 don't do this because I'm
stuck on Doc, but because him an my
little girl is stuck on each other. Now,
gents, l want t. make u offer. Ye can't
have Doc 'thout gittin me an breakin
little Norah's heart, but / agrees t.
pun VI BuAOO0 OA 4 II bNdlto jill kulI-
antee e stays ther' eff you all let's i'm
go. Does that go?'
"It went o. K. after some rag chew
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
BIN hurt by boss thieves an has got t
slide home. Does she want to go?
Fright yere Norah gives i'm tn mer-
~ 'ha haP Not much. She don't want
t. go. Not with no boss thief anyway,
Uncle Teddy, she says.
'Hoss thief?' says Ted. What dye
mean b. that?'
" Mean what I say, says Norah.
Never mind, Uncle Teddy, 1 knows
what Pm 'ludin at.
"Ted sees she's ON, an it sort o. raz-
zles i'm. But look here, says e. I
ben thinkin you-you sort o'-well,
liked tn uss a hull lot
None at all, Uncle Teddy, says
Norah real promptly. i was jes' only
havin a leetle fun with i'm. It's dull
out yere sometimes, ye know
'"This yere makes Ted feel q hull lot
better, 'cause-'cause, ye see, tn ole
fool was Ce tells me all about it) sort o.
havin aspirations ITSELF.
about a week after Doc left Norah
comes t. Teddy one mornin smilin an
blushin IN korryin a letter. Ted was
settin lookin out tn window, real sol.
emn an sad, wonderin, jes' that minute,
eff twas n squar' deal an right an
straight, f'r t. ask th't leetle gyurl e
marry him. Th't there proposition was
what'd BEN keepin pore ole Ted awake
FIR nights an nights, an he was sbo'
puzzled. Bout yere Norah bounces in
on i'm an makes i'm jump.
'Oh, Uncle Teddy says she, I
wants ye t. do somethin FIR Norah.
''Ted looks at 'er real solemn q min
ute an then says more solemn:
'Ye know they hain't nothin G.
ask fer th't ! won't do FIR ye, e says.
WY, see yere, Norah, darlin, can't ye
understand th't p
oh, l know, ye dear ole goose,
says Norah, breakin Of lis talk of short
But hain't this great? I've just got a
letter FIRM Alec
Who's Alec?' says Ted, most broke
up an gettin out o. tn chair tremblin.