Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-07-17

was powerful good-looking, wore
fine clothes, and had the finest horse
] ever seed. But | wouldn't "a rode
him or driv' him for all the money
you could "a give me. lie sartinly
was close kin to the Oh Boy, and
wouldn't low nobody tp touch him
but Dick. / alters lowed he'd take
Dick TO the devil, and, sho' 'nough. he
did.
"As ! was a-saying, as soon MS
Dick Lorick sot eyes on Truthy skin
ner, that day in Fair Creek church.
he must "a said to hisself: That's
the girl want, and I'm goin' TO have
her SO he made up TO old Skinner
and Skinner asked him 10 the cabin,
and they got TO be as thick as two
peas.
"You bet your bottom dollar this
kind o. thing didn't suit viii Lacey;
but what could he do? The old man
was agin him, and he couldn't get
To see nigh as much Of Truthy as
Dick did, and he was mighty feared
she would be took with his good
looks and sto' clothes. II was nip
and tuck now between Dick and viii.
All the neighbors was bettin' on one
or t'other Of 'em. viii, he begun to
think that Truthy liked Dick the
best, and she was too proud to tell
him better. so things went on get
tin worse and worser. Wills only
chance was to show up Dick lie
watched all the country papers to
see II they was adyertisin' for a jail
bird, but he couldn't find no descrip-
tion that looked like Dick.
at last we heerd that old Joe was
goin' to make Truthy marry Dick
the next week We all went to meetin
that Sunday. Truthy was there
lookin' mighty white and mis'Hble
but she hilt her head as high as
ever Dick and her dad didn't low
no one to git nigh her. After meetin
he kind o. sneaked around and asked
some o. us TO come to his house
Wednesday and see Truthy married
win was mighty cut up, and that
evenin' | heerd some q the boys say
he'd gone to town, tho, says 70
myself, it's a curious time TO go TO
town, and the roads like they is,
and another man walkin' of with
your sweetheart / had been bettin'
ON VIII all the time. give up right
then dnd thar.
"Well, Wednesday came, and II
cleared up for the first time in two
weeks. / don't know whether Broth
or Sales pra'rs had anything TO do
with its clearing or not. You see II
wns Just a-comin' down an ruinin'
all the crops, so we all lowed II
might do some good 30 pray in meet
in for IL to hold up. So we elders
got together and told Brother Sales
he wouldn't be goin' agin the Scrip
lures to pray for what we all want
ed so bad. Well, says he, IN do
IL, II you are all SO set on II, but
'cordin' to my idee, II amt much
use In II as long as the wind sets
from the southeast Anyhow II did
stop, an the Lord got the credit for
II. But the roads was terrible, an
the river was just like It is now,
ronrin' and chargin; and way out
of It's banks. My old oman said she
wouldn't cross this here river To see
anybody spliced, let alone Dick Lor-
ick. So | went by myself II was
more like funeral than n weddin'
Poor Truthy looked awful white, and
kept goin' to the door like she was
'spectin' somebody. Joe skinner and
Dick was the only pleased ones, and
they had been havin' little too
much corn for their own good.
could hear Dicks horse neighin' and
powin' out in the yard. where he
was standin' hitched to buggy, for
Dick lowed he would take his wife
of that night To catch the train
'Pretty soon the preacher and five
or six neighbors come in, and old
Joe he lowed thar wasn't any use
wnitin' any longer Truthy took one
more look out'n the door and came
back and stood up 10y Dick just as
quiet and proud like. The preach
er started the sermon, and all was
as solemn as could be- when we
hcerd the sound Of horses feet
spashin' thro' the mud. The door
opened sudden like and thar stood
win Lacy; behind him two con.
stables. Dick, you're wanted for the
murder Dock didn't wait to hear
the rest. In iiTy he was out'r
the hnck door and In his buggy
There was a general stampede; every
body cept Truthy rushed toward ia,
river, for we could see Dick drivin
like mad. That horse ~ his'u looked
like he had the devil in him, sho
nough On to the bridge he flew
by golly,' says l. he's goncr But
just as he got about to the middl,
of the bridge hccrd somebody ur
tothcr side hollcr: Haiti an ",
heerd n pistol shot ring out. Tn,
next minute we seed for il wa,
bright ns day, that devil ~ horse
rnr up, and over the rail he went
like flash, buggy and all 1t wa,
an awful cry Dick give us he went
down, but the roarin' waters closel
over him and we never seed him II,
more. That pistol shot must Ell
done the business, for the poor
horse, and Dick was caught in d
suck-hole. Any how, we never fouu,
anything hut some pieces of IA,
buggy and Dick must be rcstin
mighty uneasy, for see how he keep,
comm back"
"Wcl, what become Of Truthy?'
| | asked.
"Oh, she married viii; and Jo,
/ he didn't live long after Dick Lor
ick went down. lie was sho' upset
well here comes nnothcr log
Wait till | got 1t away and IN wall
along home, don't low to spcu,
all night listin' to Dick lorick. o.
| New Orleans Democrat
Castro's Term of omcc.
Castro has been president OF Ncue
luela, says the Chicago Rccord-llcrald
for six years on and on.
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