Evening star., 1905-05-09
SALLY SEARS,
Died October 16. 1888.
Although they disagreed in life,

Although they disagreed IN ilIe,
In death they not divided
.Drhev was the dIt outfit you ever see.
Sally was good woman in her way She
kept a boardin' house, done washin ana
cleaned the saloons. She never had nuthih
TO say to no one, and minded ner own
business She was equinomikal and saved
her money Nobody knew exackly what
she did with it, but the postmaster sez sne
bought money orders every month ana sent
'em to Kansas, where she had a girl AZ
school and some relashuns She never said
nuthin about it, but kept on sawin' WOOD,
neither askin answerin' questions
'She mount a bin thirty years old or
that-a-way. She was long-legged and
slim. and straight up and down. She cut
her hair short, cause she hadn't no time 10
do 1t up wore a mans hat and a man s
coat in cold weather. She was allus on
hand whenever a woman was wanted. She
nussed the sick and cd dress a gunshot
wound as good any doctor, and when
Buckskin Joe had the typhoid fever she
sot up with him night and day.
Nobody knew whar she'd come from,
tho a good many had taken the trouble to
inquire Whenever they axed the question
she'd git red in the face and say nuthin' .
Shed ben here about year when cheap
snort blew into town and lowed he wuz
loolin' fer his wife. Hangin' round a day
or two he caught sight o. Sally and 'clared
she wuz the woman. When Sally seen him
she looked fer a minute like as If her blood
was froze; but she had her nerve with her
me, have you. Jim and not anuther word.
He walked off with her towards tn board
in house she was keepin and both of EN-
was doin' some pretty tall talkin', but they
was too far way fer us to hear.
"Jim didn't come out again that day. AT
night the boys sorter come together nat
ural, in Hank Wilson's place, and between
drinks they discussed the situation and
finally pointed a committee to wait on
Sally and tell her that tn camp was with
her fer thick and fer thin. To make 1T
sorter regl lar ike, they axed the parson to
chip in an go with 'em. They found Sally
and Jim in the dinin' room where they
seemed to have been discussin somethin'
themselves.
Tracked by Worthless Spouse.
"'Yes, he's my ole man, all right says
Sally. He trapped me into marryin' him
in Abilene six years ago to git some money
I'd saved and when he got it he skipped
and left me with baby. l took the baby
to my folks to raise and follered him to
Leadville, where l did washin and cooked
to support him for a year. Then 1 found
the lazy, miserable cuSs was Stealin the
money l was sayin to send to my baby an
his baby, and ordered him off the place.
But he kept a-comin and beggin and
finally, when I couldn't stand 1t any longer
Jumped him, and that's when l came here
He's follered and caught up with me, an
don't know what his game is, but spect
long as he keeps straight it's all right. If
he goes crooked again he'll wish he hadn't
I've borne with him long enough and 1
don't take nuthin' more from him nor any
other man
"Jim didn't say word. He jest sot
there blinkin' and sorter thinki1' what a
mean cuss he was hisself. and the commit
tee come away.
-.Jirl stayed round camp fer three months
or SO, doin' odd jobs and helpirf Sally at
the boardin' house. And he seemed to be
q pretty likely sort o. feller. He was edu-
Gated, and had been most everywhere. He
had a pleasant way with him, and q good
deal to say on all subJecks, and told a lively
story now an then. Sally seemed to be
comfortable. and treated him all right; but
she wouldn't give him no money. One day
when Jim was pretty full he got to lam
bastin' her fer bein' mean and stingy. But
when he seen it wasn't popular with the
boys he quit handin' out that kind O. talk.
''One day Sally tole the parson she had
again caught Jim stealin' the money she
had saved for her baby. She said It was
hard enough on woman to have to feed