The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1896-08-04

set y'r heart a-thumpln-black's any
coal an bright's di'm'nds Well, she
did sho' drive tn boys crazy, an they
want hardly one o. 'em th't want
wild t. be tn landlord o. th't there
bean joint TIL wust O. it all was tn t
they want none o. 'em but what, one
time r mother. was dead sure be was
goin t. s'ceed tn 'lamented Buck, which
was gone b'fore bout three years back
FIR eff they ever was a sho' 'nough
flirt twas th't same Wilder Buck.
She'd take up an smile sweet It ev'ry
new man th't showed up ontell she had
i'm ON tn string good an hard Then
f'r tn next.
''But wen our Ben jumps in an be-
gins maxim love in real ser us shape, we
all begins to calc'la th't tn bloomin
wilder is sho' ketched lot, an reckons
they's goin t. be some splicin did in
that there camp b tore Chris mas--waeu
all of suddint, along comes lawyer
chap hailin from Salt Lake an puts up
t TIL Hotel de Wilder Buck, thereby
eausin hull lot O. grief in camp, cause
he hops in immediate an begins maxim
love t. tn landlady, her maxim no
objections as anybody knowed of.
''Yere's where Ben makes dead
wrong play FIR, instead of stickin to lis
guns, e right off makes jealous break
r two, causin row wi tn wilder,
quite natural Then off goes Ben an
hires out t. tn COVE nm mt FIR scout
bout that time tn .. P. road was bein
built, an tn Ogalalla Sioux was maxim
'emselyes real unpleasant, ehargin round
an liftin section hans hair an sech
like playful leetle tricks. So, g says,
Ben goes off in q huff an leaves tn run
min t. this yere Salt Lake maverick as
calls ITSELF Jedge' Sherman an puts
an hull lot O. bogus airs an talks
book English. Say, it jest made us sick
---it sho' did--th' way that there couple
spooned round. They was sew raj O. tn
boys th't jest ached t. git Sherman intuh
argymint an kill i'm up lot. but
they never got no chance-th' ledge
was too foxy, he was, an too smooth t.
get intuh open trouble.
''Jest about Chris mas time tn In
juns let up a few an lays low, tn
sojers. round them parts, an one mornin
tn wilder gives it out th't she lays t.
go over t. Green River an enjoy 'erself
alot-she was fever beefin bout all
work an no play. So, next day, off she
an tn ledge goes, with greaser named
l~tx h
jest got acrost tn South Fork an was,
reasonable, quite conf table an happy,
wen, all of a suddint, Manuel lets out
a screech an jumps out of tn wagon,
hollerin th't Injuns was comm. Sher-
man looks out an sees cloud O. dust
bout two mile away (they want no
snow on tn ground), an he jumps out,
too. an in a holy second him an that
greaser bad them muels cut loose an
was aboard 'em hittin the trail real
swift FIR Green River. Course tn wild
der screeched after 'em, but, turn
round?-none whatever. Wy, that tar
nal skunk didn't even wave is handl
"Well, tn wilder sits an weeps
quite copious FIR awhile, an then makes
up 'er mind th't she don't perpose t.
stay there an get scalped-none what
ever. So she piles out o. tn wagon an
makes sneak t. git under tn bank an
then travels up toward tn dus' cloud,
fggerin tn Injuns ID be most likely t.
look down stream instead of up, but
wen tn Injuns comes clost, high, low
and b'holdl They hain't no Injuns at
all, but some O. Gen raj Augur's troops
a-driyin in strap stock, an Ben was
with 'em.
"Well, o. course they tackles on t.
tn widder's wagon an heads FIR Green
River, mad hull lot t. think a male
critter calm ITSELF man d run away
an leave woman t. be scalped by Oga-
lallas-an they all agrees t. make it dam
hot FIR Sherman eff he's ketchable. Ben,
he didn't say much, but purity quick e
rides alongside tn sergeant an speaks t.
i'm, real quiet an fore long he's a
chasin off on side trail t. git intuh
Green River first, fore tn troopers
come.
SHERMAN was in tn barroom o. tn
hotel, tellin how the'd BEN ambushed
an tn wilder killed at tn first shot
an how him an tn greaser'd fit an tried
e save 'er body, wen in walks Ben, is
faces whites Sherman's an is eyes
a-blazin. Sherman knowed in a minute
th't Ben was after him, an he reached
FIR is gun. but Ben was too quick, an
covered i'm.
'Hol' on, says he. You dam scoun.
drel, ought t. kill We where ye set, but
l hain't no coward, an l fights fan
whoever with-even a cur th't runs
away an leaves a woman t. be scalped
an murdered by Indians. And he goes
on an tells tn crowd about whit Sher.
man had did. o. course ev'rybody want
ed t. hop in an do SIM ropework, wi
tn jedge fggerin as 1T, but BeI
wouldn't have it. none at all
No, gents, says he. 1T don't 60
b'ieves in givin all kinds fair shake
I gives it out th't perpose t. git tn
gent, but I does it fair. an gives hin
tn same show as me. Step outside yere
dam We, an fightl'
Sherman begged an pleaded hui