The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-28
ON A PRAIRIE.

tell you 'ow do story 'appen.
Ono day Philippe, my 'usbnn, say at |
me, Josephine, TAX dc egg an dc butter |
an sell dem on do Anglismen dat live
roun' dc Ink"
Dose men com of Anglan an tink dey
max do farm, but dey shoot an fish AN
drive on do prairie an let deir crop grow
as % please.
My 'ouse wns seek mile of, an dere was
do lon drive roun' dc lax.
Wen l com near dees plns, see one
tent, an tink I IN som Injun. But
praysonly see on dc grass one W Ito wo-
man. an she 'af dc lofely face, an dc long
hair fall roun' 'er an shine cen dc sun.
Wen she ear do wagon, she sit up an
look ut me- Den she loan by ono tree an
cry an cry.
zhump from my wagon an say, wat
ees do trobl' Of you9'
Den she cry: ~ 80 glad, so glad for see
you. t'ink never sec one woman SOM
more. t'ink my cart brak' wen lilo
'ere all do day so lon'som'."
look roun' an say: "W'ere ees some
body? Wy dey leave you SO lon som'!"
Den sho say, "My 'usban go way for
shoot an for fish oil day, nm % don uner-
stan dat I'll be frighten an lon'som."
After vile she tell me dc story Of 'ersev.
She did live on Angland wild fader, mod
der, sister, brodder, an many people com
cen deir 'Ome.
Bimeby sho promise for marry wild one
young man, an frs o com on Canada
wild 'eemsey, an % write many letter OF do
lofely prairie an 'ow she be 'appy In dis
plas wild 'eem.
Den 'e COM back on Angland an marry
wild 'er, an sho leave 'er people. She miss
dem, but she try for be 'appy wild eem.
Wen dey arrife on Canada an go by de
city an do town an do farm, she t'ink she
like de coEtry. But dey COM far an more
far an go trough de prairie w'ero dere's
no tree, no water, an her eye grow tire.
After vile dere's no more train, no moro
car, an dey drive cen de wagon far an
more far, an she see no 'ouse, no people.
Den 'er cart feel Ion SOM, but she try for
seem 'appy.
At las dey arrife by dis plas', an she
see SOM tree an dc lofely lax, but dere's
no 'ouse, deres nodding but de tent, an
one man stan near by an smoke.
Den 'er 'usban say, "We stop ore"
She say, NV ere ees de 'ouse?"
'E say: "Dat tent ees my 'ouse, an you
ave no trobl' for 'ousekeep. Sometime
Tom, dat man, 'elp you wen e's not
busy"
She say, "W'ere eos dc woman for 'elp
me?'
'E say: "No woman live near dis plas'.
Dose lady dat COM from AnglaDd an live
on dc prairie be glad for work an 'elp DER
'usban."
She spik not, but go cen de tent Dat
tent was dirty, SO dirty, bacos dc man,
Tom, dom trobl for wash t'ings, an dc
pot and pan, dc blanket an dc coat, lie all
roun.
She was tire, for dey drive far; she was
col, for do fros' was yet cen dc groun; she
was hongry, but she know she eat not
wen things look like dat. So do tear COM
cen 'er eye.
Dat MAX 'er 'usban angry, an e say
"I never t'ink you was dat kin Of woman.
Odder men 'af do brave wife dat 'elp dem. +"
Den she sit on do groun an cry like 'er
cart brak'
Den % grow more angry an go way off
on dc prairie.
De man, Tom, feel sorry, an e ask 'er
eef she not know she mus live cen one
tent An she say she never know dat. She
t'ink she live cen one 'ouse were odder
people live near.
Den Tom max dc fire, an fry do pork
an dc potates, an max some tea, an %
say, "You feel better wen you eat SOM
ding"
She try for eat, but dc pork was fat, an
de potates swim cen de grease, so she
| tank eem, but say she feel too seek for
eat But sho drink dc tea an feel better.
De mex day she ache all over. She eat
nodding, she walk not, for dc groun ees
damp, de tent ees damp. An ut do frs 'er
hut 30, irn
| for TAX care Of 'er, an o say, "Dere's no
good cen life ecf one man mus stay by do
tent all day." An wen she grow not
strong @ leave 'er day by day alone wild
'ersev.
Before 60 from 'er dat day I cook for
'er do poash egg an do toas', an she eat
like she be starve an she say, dat ees
like dey cook by my 'ome."
After dat drive 'roun do lax an arrife
on de little cottazhe w'ero live do tree
Anglismen. An spik wild one Of dom
abou' dat woman, an . say, "Er 'usban
ees one selfish brute"
like dat Anglisman, an I t'ink, "W'y
she not sec you before sho marry wild
eenp" For dat man WAS SO 'andsome, SO
brav' an 80 strong.
After dat drive every day by 'cr tent
an wash de t'ings an cook somding dat
she may eat An she grow more strong,
an bimcby she laugh an say sho don feel
80 lon SOM.
After vile deir 'ouse arrifc. Zen de
prairie, were dere's not wood for bull. do
'ouse, dcy buy do 'ouso cen do city, an %
arrife all pack up, ready for put togoddcr.
DO big Anglisman dat lik' com 'roun
do oddor side Of do lax. an % 'elp 'er wen
she put do furnizhur cen dc 'ousc, an wen
she laugh an seem please q watch 'cr, an
do eye Of ecm grow sof', mn do sigh com
from ocs cart. But she don know dat.
Many time % com an - rcad for 'er an
sing for or, mn somtimc doy sing togcd-
der. An do color com cen or check, an she
look appy. an % smile wild do sweet smile,
MI / t'ink: "Ah, you would bo dc kin
'usband. You would bc strong, you would
' bo zhcntil But dat ces too late now"
One day wen I arrifc she look w'itc and
stranzh. An after w'ilc she put 'cr arm
roun' mo mn cry: "Oh, Joscphc, Joscphe,
mover tink dorc was any wrong won q
com for SOC mo. an toll my 'usban every
time q COM, an q noyor say do wrong
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