Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-09-06

est row, Miss, that liver l hard In me
life, going on in the kitchen.
81 put me eye to the crack, an there
saw the kitchen was full OF men all
fightin like mad, tn ugliest lot o.
customers that ivir clapped me
eyes on. 1t was somethin' about mon
ey l made out, an dividin' 1t fair, an
wan SEE to tn other, Sure, Mao, you
killed him. seq he, an whin the min
was rushin' at aitch other, the woman
she catches hold o. two ov thin, and,
For love O. hivin,' she ser, will yez
shtop fightin'?' And then man
came forward an he SEE, The vanithee
Is right SEE he; this hghtin' Is no
good at ALL
They shtopped 'fghtin', an afther
lot o. talk they bigan goin' of wan be
wan till in tn end only the woman
was left an the two men she took
hoult ov. Wan O. them, her husband
belize, was big, shtrong, griSzled
fellow O. so or Whereabouts, tn other
was ship O. young fellow about as
ould as mesel'.
""Tis a,nice days work we've made
ov it. SEE the woman to the two min,
an now maybe yell come to bed, for
It's near mornin' 1t is says She
eco to bed yersel' seq tn ould man.
Sure we've work to do yit,' seq he.
"'Then If We have, SEE she, III
shtay an see We do It.
"'Be off, SEE he, threatenin' her like
wild his arm.
$50, begob, Miss Mary, she began
to mount up the laddher to tho loft,
an as she was goin', saw her turn
an give such fritened look as never
was in the direction of where I was
lynn Well, IL the two murdherin' vii
lyins didn't go out, an l began to
braythe freer, an was Just waitin' to
let thin git clear away before I was
up an off for me life, whin, declare
to you, Miss, be the piper that played
before Moses, me heart all but lepped
out O. me body, for hard thin at the
dure ov the playhouse.
"Well, l lay as shtill as a mouse,
80 did, an in they came an fumbled
about, an iviry minnit meseI thought
they'd be on top O. me.
Where is that corpse?' SEE tn ould
fellow after minnit.
"T have him. SEE the son, an wild
that he claps his hand down on me
leg.
"'Have him along SEE tn ould
man; do We take his SHOULDERS, sea
he, AN I'll take his feet
well, Miss Mary, me darlint, I
shtiffened mesel' out as like a corpse
as ivir cud, an in me mind began
preparin' for death, an iviry sin that
ivir l done in me life KEN into mo
mind, and l said acts ov conthrition
as hard as ever | could.
can out they carried me, an II they
didn't lay me on wheel-barrow wild
me legs shtickin' out! just opened
wan eye. an | saw that the misht had
lifted, an the night, or rather the
mornin', though shtill dark, was clare,
but I closed it pretty quick when
heard the young chap say: He looks
mortal tall, doesn't he? l didn't think
he was so big.
can wild that off they whit through
the bog, tatin' turns in wheelin me.
oh laws!' seq l to meseP, what's
comm now? What's comm at all, at
all? An iviry bog-hole we passed by
l fairly peppered for fare they'd just
chuck me in, but they didn't. An
at last they stopped. 'This'H do
seq the ould boy. That minnit out
popped hare shat they'd disturbed,
an she ran across his fut, an he gave
wan yell, an the young chap dhropped
the handles O. the barrow that suddint
that | narely rowled out ov it.
What is ito SEE he, all thrimblin'.
What is it?' an he began thryin' to
make the sign O. the cross.
"'Sure, nothin' at ALL SEE the father
whin he saw what 1t was. IT'S only
a hare sez he, that fritened me-.
"'Good hivens!' SEE the son, sure
I thought l saw this fellow movin', SO
| did
mot move did he move SEE the
father, AN don't be maxim bigger
fool o. yerself than y'are. Where's
the spade?' SEE he.
"'Wars to the Queen O. Spain! sec
the young chap, but we forgot the
spade
why, we thick-skulled young
omadhoun,' SEE the father, why didn't
We mind it? It'll be daylight before
we know where we are SEE he, AN
the job not done. suppose l must
go for it mesel', SEE he.
"Ill be hanged if Pm goin' to shtay
here wild it all alone, SEE the other
DO you shtay an I'll CO.
81 won't be left wild him nayther,
seq the father, an on they wint, argi'
fyin', for both of thin was onaisy
havin' a bad conscience. At last II
was gettin' hated
"'Well, If you won't go for the
spade SEE the father, AN won't go
who the DEVIL sez he-savin' YOU
presence, Miss-'who the devil is tc
go% Wild that, Miss Mary, | sat righ
up in the barrow. I'll co. sez
quite suddint, an I looked at thin
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