Connecticut western news., 1898-03-24

I
 pardners He has mighty likely dar-
 ter, an Jim had been shinin round her, lettin on she was bout the kind O wife
 he was lookin fur. When I tole Bill
 how things was shapin up here to the
 ranch, had to fairly put hobbies on
 him fur to keep him frum goin right
 over an spongin Jim off the yearth. He
 was mad chin deep, but showed him
 a fist full O trumps
 ''The upshot was we makes a late
 call on Hank Yummers Both me an
 Bill has saved Hanks scalp mum 'rous
 times, an he'd try fur to stan off satan himself if we'd intermate we wanted it | Mex day Hank hires out to Jim Bump
 CT, an it hain't long till them two is
 thicker than two brothers Hank never
 mentions no gal by name, but he allus | says she was the sweetest critter what
 ever picked posies from the parary, an why didn't Jim jist rope her on the | sly, run her off an marry her. A game
 man could do it. an there'd be no trou-
 ble squarin up with the ole man arter- | ward
 "Jim gifts up his sand an agrees, Hank guaranteein to give the gal some | sleepin medicine an have her in a ham
 mock back O the gin 'ral's house, but | there mus be no brace game. Jim mus
 marry the gal soon's he could git to a
 parson or 8 squire, or he must settle | with Hank. If he done square, Hank
 would stan by him 'gainst whole army | O rustlers, if it kim to that kind O . | show down.
 'When this 'greement was all made, | Hank gallops over an tells me an Bill,
 an we tells him fer to go ahead an have Jim run off the prize One O us would | be at the round up.
 When the pursuing party came with | in easy range of Jim Bumper, we saw | there were two horsemen instead of one. When the generals voice rang out a | "Haltp' one of the men faced his horse | toward us and threw up his hands Jim | swung himself in the saddle, laid the | girl tenderly by the side of the trail
 and struck the spurs into his panting horse. The general fired, but Jim | plunged ahead I took careful aim and | pulled, but shout of defiance from Jim
 was the only result, for we were using
 blank cartridges without knowing it
 Then old Buds long rife gave forth it's | whiplike report, and the retreating
 horse went down, while his rider pitch ed headlong to the ground. It was with
 the greatest difficulty that we prevent | ed the general from doing some more
 shooting, especially when he discovered | that Jim's companion was Hank, whom | the general had done many favor. "Durn me, if this hain't Bill Plant
 ers' gall' shouted Bud as he knelt by | the side of the trail.
 Course it is, snorted Hank. That's her, an they won't be none of
 you gents walkin round tomorrer what
 says it hain't her. Jim Bumper wanted | her fur his wife, an she wanted him, | an greed to see 'em through When | gins my word, there hain't nothin less | 'an bullet goin to make me out liar.
 There's goin fur to be weddin or a ] few 'ristocratic funerals" !"
 When Jim discovered that he had
 really carried off the wrong woman, he | began to buster, swear and deny, but when he felt Hanks gun at one ear and | old Bud at the other, while the latter JOlu Uudb Ll6 HUT Ildl1h WOu 6oc hO
 shame put 'pon darter O Bill Plant CTS, as has allus been our pard, !" he wilted, went meekly back with us and sat down to breakfast married man
 And charming little wife she that was Miss Planters made him. Indeed,
 as old Bud put it, ''she jist coaxed all | that sneakin meanness out O Jim an
 made him bout as decent a critter as ] you gen rally see ill double harness. " When Kitty and were married, MT. and Mrs. Jim were both at the wedding, and for the first time since the "kid-
 naping" he had talk with Bud
 "Old fellow" he said, ''you rung in a cold deck on me, but was winner
 after all and there's no grudge l git
 even with big Bill by calling him | grandpa now, and Hank don't find time | to do much but roll around with the | baby. ''-Detroit Free Press