The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03

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be cried. with an oath
Bims By We come IN sight ev Their
pass Now ses ter myself. we've got
ter shoot IL like them Injins does
SO I yelled. Not on yer life fer thar
big one; head her straight fer Their canoe
pass and l rowsd ike a mailman. Purity
soon Their bilin'. seethtn' water. all \ mass
uy white foam. showed up In Their moon
light. end al them ugly black rocks looked
Ike so many GRIMM demons. end Their
steep sides wuz ez black night We
went tAro' Ike a streak er tgntnin', Yer
ma G. smilin' ali Their time. end shown
Nv her white teeth. / rememb'r thlnkin'
ez how she looked more diviIish then
than black rocks themselves. Yer ma
headed fer shore
TAia't no USE ses T. FER thets gov
eminent Ian end Their amt no tran ez
leads back ter Their city
" Yes, Their IS. too. seq Hiss Markham.
sEniltn worse'n eny heather Chinee liver
see, thar's a tran ez I knows on. ind
we'll be thar long o'bout midnight
didn't half berlieve her. but she WIZ SO
COO end hones'-spoken. I Civ right tn
Wal. SIGH tine ez we he'd a climb
In en- a. climbln'. end a. never gittin' no
wheT' II wuz tist rocks end trees. Some
Nv them WIZ eroout two hundred foot
high. At las we come ter a sort O. ledge
end We sot down ter res awhile. end / lux
e. Their great mass NV shinIn', foamin'
in end a Begin Nv me not Ter trust her.
When. al Wv a sudden, seq yer ma.
laughin' At ter kir herself. Seth Miller,
thar ha!n't no trail"
"'No.' seq !: swhut'u we dor"
Stay en- this yere place TIL morain'.
when thar tide'H change"
'-Ther mex day il wuz all over town. end
May wouldn't so much ez look eft me. End
wuz thst mad end crazy cud q killed
her.
81 stayed on Their ranch fer hull week.
a. broodln', and then couldn't stan Il no
longer. So l went down end TUX her by
surprise. She went white ez death when
she saw ne. I tole her Their hull mis-
er'b,e story. end / begged her ter beriievs
meier. Oh. ] loved her so much.
do yer know whut she did. gal-my
! little. gentle May? She list stood up.
scornfEl end proud.
~ hev trusted yer lon enough sen
She cold and clear. Yer can go yer way
in future. Mr.. Miller. end I'll go mine
81 begged prayed. / even fell on my
knees end swore ter Cord WIZ tallin' Their
truth; bur might ez wall hev prayed ter
a ston'. End finally. she ordered me often
her ranch. end threatened ter git her
gun"
Dad" cried the girl. reaching out her
hands 10 the wild-eyed man and bursting
into sobs.
II amt done yit," said the old man
grimly az he waved her imperiously off.
and finished his story.
II kinder Kep' away from folks AFTER
tibet. II wuz bout a month later tibet OF
| man Armstrong end John Olsen strolied
| up ter the ranch. end, arter talkin a bit,
| John seq, easy like;
Were a goin' ter cali on Mrs. Calder
ternight. Guess you'd better come err
| lon Seth End went, fer I WIZ feelin'
| awful lonesom'.
Mrs Calder open'd her door ter US end I
| see she wuz lookin' worrit end grave
"'Good evenn'. says |. Good evenin',
| seq she. slow end low.
Then we went mend right in Their
| center wv Their best room stood yer ma.
She'd been cryin end held a Handkerchief
| ter her eyes She WIZ dressed in some
| kind NV red stuff. end look better'n liver
see her look
| Then Their fun began. Them two men
| whom I'd known fer ten lon years end
| counted on ez my friends, both Jumped
| on me terglther end when they lighten'd
| up a bit ter catch Their breath sot down
| end tried ter think.
ct made out ez they all tho't Ia done
| her some wrong John. he sed: 'Ez ther
| parson wuz in Their mex room end WIZ
| a'waitln' ter tie ther knot. end they WIZ
/ Their ter sec Justice doae a ennocent gall
Then seq Mr. Armstrong: Yer hev half
/ hour ter think II over. or'-end here they
| both silently drew Their guns end look ct
/ me mean'Ely.
| II understood on. yes. understood
| al right enouEhl look 81 them two big,
| strong. determined lookin men. end tho
| wuz a big man myself 7 wuzn't fool
/ enough ter hucg up agin them ODDS.
az went cold al over. but I seq. quito
| cuot. ~ ] look them squar' In Their eyes:
| Gentlemen. they are some mistakes
| here. ] Amt never done Their gal no
| harm: 7 swar' ter Their good Cord I aIn't"
| End then | turns ter her-'Look ne
/ straight IN Their eyes. Miss Markham. end
| tell Gcrd's own t-uth--hev I ever done yer
| a wrong? "
End ma" cried the girl srantically:
| "'oh dad she"
! ''sed: Yer hev.'" fnished her father.
Mach dad She"
| 'syv1iz divil"' cried the old man veh--
| nently: that's whut she wiz. I hated
| her She know hated black hair end
/ eyes. She hewltch'd me. She wuz tibet
/ oliver she could hev cheated OF Satan
| himself"
DON'T dad" said the girl hr.kily;
| shes dead"
! heartily. 'Td a-klllei myself he'd shea
| lived any longer But wus spared tAct"
"Fnd May" said the girl timidly
( yer know Their res. rsl. She married
/ n suivelin sicSiy, vhlte-fsce1 1917. Re
| wuz alters a-slneiu' hyYnr-chunes end
Il
/ hewss davis work ln his hui lise.'
| 4 .earei ter5av." said the girl softly,
! ''ez she vuE s-6yiu'."
''whoT" ouerlcd the old man eagerly.
! He - r. now Their widdc- Smith" an
/ swevcd che girl
"Gord"' cried The ol8 nan sharply.
Rising Re stumbled scrcSs the room.
: and on-ning n rough wooden cupboard
! hurt IN between the Two wiudaws poured
/ vlassfu. ~ liquor from ont one q row
/ % black bottles and swallowed i, a.
/ ru'n Then no came back and faced his
l daughter
/ ''Dia yer heer ANYTHING about her 'l:.is
J calP T~others al died hut Their lac one.
Their haHhv with Their Waller hair. hcered
v-ux Their IMAGE uv her ma. never seed
chem con'dn't a bear Their slEht Nv
+ Nirse- rev liked ter see :her baby :hcy
say II looks like May"
Yes" said The Firi scHtlv. "the baby
Is a. livin It's ucre'n two years OF now.
dad
TA> ola rnsn ~ose and picked NJ lamp.
Standing fer = moment fYresolu;e he turn
81 "a his daughter and SAD harsniy. 'T'm
sorry ,ole yer al. Yer aruv me- tsr e.
It's nigh uron twenty year ssnce al thet
/ Aeorenca. ord yer mas Bin dead mos
( nineteen year. YeTt = better Rev let
/ .heu ghosts Rep buried. "Tsln't done 10
roef fer - EN- waik-9gt now yer
Z know"
We walkct uustcasnv into re orlv other
/ room the shack possessed slamm,rE th-
door hehl7A hir
EsonE aster the ricle-lnx uEht that -