Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-07-22

ful like She were always mighty gen.
tie an quiet an was always doin some.
thin for mo, like she were tryin ter say
that she thought q heap o. my standin
up fer her. This were long bout hnr-
vest time, an / hadn't been feelin 80
good rs then senco Lizzie run away.
The women folks didn't neighbor much
with her. but mann. she gays the women
air q pack o. fools, an set n heapo' store
by Lizzie.
zone evenin I struck up with Nate
Rogers on the road, an he says. says no;
Say, did yo see that Deering Teller ter
! day7 He were round by your house
/ talkin ter Lizzie, he says, an I seen her
cryin.' Look here, Nate, ! says, 'ye
mean well, I reckon, but ye remember
that ye air talkin bout my wife now.
ooh, we'll, says Nate, 'Ididn't mean no
harm, on'y I thought ye orter know
what was goin on, > an with that he took
q short CUE cross the fields, an / KEEP on
the road.
"It were Just shutdown. an L weEb
walkin long the road, where hit rourds
the hill long above the river. l we're
Roin slow, thinkin over what Nate said.
an not lookin fer anybody, when all o.
a sudden I run against q man. Hit were
Deering himself. He jumped q little,
but Gays, cool rs anything. Good
evenin, Joskins,' an mnde like he were
goin ter pas" on. l reached out my hand
an stopped him.
"'Ye'vo come down here ter make
moro trouble where we've made too
much a're'dy.' says /. 'Ye've come
down here ter sec Lizzie, my wife, !
snys. but IL ye make aay more trouble
for her or keep hAngin round tryin ter
see her. by God. I'll kill yor
"'It takes a better man than ye ter
do that, says no. smilin ugly. 4 was a
Lotter man In lovo than ~. an / reckon
I am in some other things. Ye fool,
he says, II | wanted Lizzie. do ye
think she'd stay with soch a country
lout as yOl She'd leave ye termorrer II
/ said the word
aye air a liar. | says. an he struck
at me with n cane he carried-ono o
them loaded ones. ! ketched IL on my
left arm. an her ! gripped him. lie
was strong as me pretty near, but he
wasn't hghtin fer what / was an he
went down under me heavy. My LEFT
arm were under whom we went down
an l felt il sort o. give way. but l got
grip on his throat with my right hand
an 1 choked the life most out'n him.
We rolled crost the road, an | was look.
In fer both Of Us ter 60 over tho side
We knowed hit were him or me. an hi
- n-LAl- ku-1 g. k1o lfNo kt,t Il NvoRf
hghtin harder fer Lizzie. an ! had th'
best Of 1t. He dono his best ter fight my
hand ofH'n his throat. but hit weren'
no use. l had bit gripped. He hit IN
In tho face an tried ter get his hands OF
my neck, but my arm was the longest
l pushed his head back al back. will
him hghtin q little weaker all the tim,
! an his face Rsttin dark. Then 1 felt u
both a~-slippin. an l managed ter jerl
loose an fell back on the road. an b
went over the edge. He made n graz
but be on'y ketched the loose rocks
: Then there come a splash On a rattle {
q fallin stones. an ! knowed he were o
: the rocks In the river 9 hundred foe
> below.
; II laid there awhile, an then ! strul
0 gled up ON went home. The doctor
a yander, kin tell ye the rest. He hxe
a my arm up that night IN tended Liz
Q next day when the leetle baby come, q
g her an the baby both died.
The prisoners hands worked on Il
+ arms Of the chair. There was n hush !
. the courtroom, and come one in ii
= crowd sighed heavily. The attorney Il
70 the defense arose. MAY it please Il
n court" he said, ''the defense rests l
i case." - Henry Holcomb Bennett
IS Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.