Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-04


see sich hair nowadays ez Becky
stump hed-soft and black like.
Eyes' Why. they sparkied Jest like
they was filled with new buggy paint,
an was all watery like. An, mighty
Souls, but she could plough! fer she
wasn't none OF your modern girls as
y 100 proud to plough. Many a day
! SET over on the porch at our place an
looked down across the valley an
seen her a-steppin' along th'oo' the
her. an thot how I'D like ter hey
one Mantle while she'd hev the other,
an wed go trampin' along lifes fur
row together.
The whole thing came TO a pint at
speiiin' bee up TO Swampy Holier
school," continued the Patriarch. un-
mindful OF the interruption. Becky
stump was there an looked unusual
pretty. FER II was cold outside an the
WIND had made her face all red on
tne drive over from home. Slime was
there. too. logged out in store clothes
IL didn't take me five minutes TO
see tibet Slime cruller was tryin' to
show on afore Becky Stump: was try
ing TO prove to her that he was
smarter lad than me.
when intermission come Slime he
gifts on In one corner an begins blow
In to lot OF the boys. I heard him
taikin' loud about me. SO ! steps over.
lie sayd II was all mistake: that he
could beat me at anything -spsllin'.
wrastlin,' or fishin'. He was shown
on agin. for he talked loud like Becky
stump could hear. an makes up me
mind wouldn't stand his BLOWN.
See here, Slime cruller,' sails. sails
!. you uns Is nawthin' but a blow
horn.' ] sails. You claims you kin
wrastle. Why. kin th'ow you in less
time an II takes 10 tell II, an. II you
step outside I'll prove me words
You th'ow met he sails. Then he
begin TO laugh like he'd die at the
VERY idce.
with that We went outside. folIer-
Cd by the rest or the boys. They was
quarter moon overhead, an the girls
put two candles in the schooihouse
wlnder. SO with the snow we could see
pretty we'll.
AT II We went. Boys. you otter a.
ben ihere' You otter "a seen It,
That was wrastlia'. When Sine an
me clinched / ketched him 'roun. the
wais, with me right arm an gifts
hold OF the strap OF his right boot
with the. forefinger OF me left hand.
He gifts his left arm aroun' my neck
an down my back somehow, an with
his right hand tears the buttons OF
me coat an grabs me in the arm
hole CT me waist-coat. Over we goes.
Ike two dogs. snarlin' an snappln'.
while the boys In a ring aroun. us
cheered an the girls crowdin' the
schooihonse porch trembied an
screamed with fright. We twisted we
turned. We rolled over an over tell
we looked like livln' snowballs. Slime
got on the boot I'd holt. on. an |
gives me sudden turn tibet almost 1
sent me on me back. But was Quick.
Mighty souls. but was quick, / ups
with me foot an landed me heel right |
on his chist an he went fyin' ten
feet inter a snow bank. keryin' me
coat-sleeve with him. He was iookin.
up At the moon when ! run up 10 him.
an I'd "a he'd him down, but he turn
cd over
But I was quick. Mighty souls. but
| was quick, I KEEP me feet an gifts
one han inter his wairtcoat pocket an
hung 10 aim. Whenever you wrastles
git your man by the bootstrap or the
pocket. an YOU has the best they is.
81 hedn't "a done tibet. might not
"a ben here today. But ! done Il. an
fer full hour me an Slime Cruller
rolled roun'. even matched. Time
an agin ] got sight OF Becky Stump
standin' on the porch. her hands
gripped together. her face pale. her
eyes almost poppin' outen her head.
she was watchin' us so hard. an, the
very sight of her urged me on to in
human efforts. II seemed 10 have the
same effect on Slime. The blood be-
gin to run outen both me nose-holes
an yit KEEP at It. Me heart beat so
hard Il made me buttons rattle. Still
| KEEP at Il. Slime was so hot Il was
Ter me Jest like wrastlin' with a stove.
an still We KEEP at 1t. Then all of
sudden--it was two hours after he'd .
fust clinched everything seemed to
swlm--I couldn't feel no earth beneath
Il only know'd that / was still hold ,
In on TO sime-then / know'd nav
hin.
when came TO was layin' be the
ichcolhouse stove, an Becky Stump
leaning over me rubin a snow
ball acrosst me forehead. The other
lolks was standin' back like. fer they
seemed to think tibet after SIGH an ex-
,ibition It was settled an they didn't I,
want to disturb us.
Becky | whispers. did I wing
"'You did, she sails. You both
ainted ct oncet, but you tainted on I
OPP
An now. s'pose you'll hev me- |
sails, fer II seemed like there was
in her eyes tibet kinder I
lrred me on.