The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-07-20

I wanted to say some'n' else to you.
AS | got to the Wilder Snowden's
house. q mile this side o. barley, she
came nj an axed me eff I'd object to
deliverin' a couple o. smoke cured hams
to n Teller in town that had ordered
'en. OF course that's what a old bach
like me g heer fer so | let 'er ding 'em
in the back end"
The speaker paused and smiled know
ingly. and Alan noticed that he slowed
his horses up by drawing firmly on the
reins as If he feared that their arrival
at the farmhouse might interrupt what
he had to say.
We'll" said Alan, you delivered the
hams?"
"Yes." Abner was looking straight
ahead of him. They was fer Colonel
Seth Barclay. | driv' up to the side
gate. after I'd helloed in front till l
was hoarse. an who do you reckon
come trippin' out o. the dinin' room?
1t was her. Eff you hain't never ketchec
'er off'n her guard round the house.
you've missed q treat. burned eff l
don't like 'er better without a hat on
than with all the fluffy ~iamdoodle that
gals put on when they go out. She was
as neat as a new pin. an seemed pow
erful glad to see me. That made me
bless the Wilder Snowden fer sendin'
me thar. She said the cool was off
som'er's. an hat old niger Ned, the
stableman, was in the garden patch
behind the house, so she was thar by
torcasf Che ooftoIIr InaI-aH Tito she
wanted to tote In the hams 'erse'f
ruther'n bother me, but you bet my old
bones hoped off'n this seat quicker'n
you could say Jack Robinson with yore
mouth open.
Il was afeerd my team wouldn't
stand. fer fellers was a~-scootin' by on
bicycles. but | tuck the hams to the
back porch an put EN- on a shelf out'n
reich o the dogs. Then | went back to
my wagon. She follered me to the
fence. an | noticed that some'n' wae
wrong with 'er. She looked so funny
an drocpy about the mouth. an kept
a-talkin' like she was afeerd I'd fly of.
She axed all about Adele an how she
was a-makin' out down In Atlanta. an
said she'd heerd that Sis was mighty
popular with the young men. an from
that she axed about my craps an the
meetin' goin' on at Big Bethel. Finally
she got right white about the mouth
an said kinder shaky that she was
afeerd you was mad about some'n' her
pad said about you. an | never seed 0
woman as nigh cryin' as she was with.
out dom of ii.
"f told 'er | was at the fust of it. but
I'd noticed how worried you've looked
heer of late. an so | told 'er I'd been
afeerd some'n' had come betwixt you
two. Then she put her head down on
the top rail o. the fence an helt II thar
fer a good minute. After awhile she
looked up an told me all about IL an
ended by akin me eff | thought she was
to blame In the matter. | told 'er no,
but her old skunk of a daddy had acted
sech n fool that | couldn't hold in. I
reckon | told 'er jest about what l
thought o. i'm. an the more | raked
up agin i'm the better she seemed
pleased. | tried to pin 'er down to what
she'd be willin' to do in a pinch eff 'er
pa continued to hold out agin you. but
she was too sharp to commit 'erse'f. 1t
Jest looked like she wanted to make m
with you an didn't want no row
nutlier."
The horses stopped to drink at a
clear stream of water which ran across
the road ON a bed of brown pebbles.
The brides were too tight to allow
them to lower their heads, so Alan
went out on the heavy tongue between
the pair and unfastened the reins.
When he had regained his seat. he told
the old man in detail all that had hap
pened at the dance at the hotel, ending
with the advice he had received from
k.ayburn Miller.
Il don't know about that" Abner
said. Maybe Miller could call a halt
like that an go on like nothin' had hap
pened. don't say he could nun
couldn't; but it's foo advice. You
mought miss 1t. an regret ii to yore
dyln' day"
Alan looked at him in some surprise.
He had hardly expected just that stand
Cd the part of Il confirmed old bachelor
like his uncle. The old mans glance
swept dreamily over the green fields
Cd either side of the road across which
the red rays of the setting sun We're
streaming. Then he took a deep breath
and lowered the reins till they resteo
on the backs of the horses.
My boy" he began. I'm a good
mind to tell you some'n' that | haip't
mentioned fer mighty nigh forty yeer.
l aOn't believe anything but my in.
trust in that town gal al you would
make me bring 1t up, Huh! Ray Mil
Ter says you kin pass 'er over jest as
eff you'd never SEED 'er. does he? An
go oil an pick an choose agin. Huh!
| wasn't as old as you are by five yeer
wnen the one I'm talkin' about passed
away. jest a week after me an herd
come to a understandin' I've seed
women. women. ome sence | seed
'er corpse that day amongst all thai
pile O. wild flowers that old an young
fetched from the woods whar me an
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