The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-09-01
TIL WIDOW PROVES
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IN no wilderness h orc viliin' widsler
ntsh hand IL this hon Eoin' IN long,"
~su him comm ou' % 'hsrc twice..
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Norsr Nkelv fsn't M sood th,nAin'
shout n. 'hen.- aid old man Gr-~nhut
h"r~t~.slv. 4 man en- ~ go q wo'nsn
nn~t = seek " . spell, an then m~hhs
oome To HE ssose- again sfors t''s ton late.
nut -h~n . full grown man coca twic-t
rst. ~ . week to -es the SANE woman he's
.i'her soin' 90 fetch mp ~ tho pars"n's
~ The hug hois., thout-n the woman has
'oo We s~nss FOR 10 hsv. him, an then
nr~hhe he'll bs lucky enough N get into the
rv.- en- ~ escap~ tho pains an pertis O.
nstrmonv. This here rod headed littls
-oman though, iss widdcr cord'n' 60 what
YOU say. Sam
That's What she says. replied Pearsall.
'Cslls herself the relic ~ . preacher. name
= hsscom. departed I'm Helena last year.
'Didn't hear no p'tic'lsrs about him
dersv:n'. did you?' inquired Gresnhut.
Some q IN married men throwed him
IN the river, ! herd
Then she's Q vtdder. all right. said the
old man. Even " he swum ashore he
Won't show up. an there amt no hope r.
jim Twtcst In ono week. sam"
sam Nodded; gloomy silence ensued.
After . tame old man oreenhut: spoke
again.
-Desp'it GASES calls fr de~p'rit doin's.'
no said. Here's these Vicksburs shsrps
comm In tonight. for to do up the ans
City talent, an the skinin' est dealer in town
b tied 10 . widder's shoestring.
-More'n likely Arkansas City cd take
~rs Of itself. even At that. on'y fr Ed Wild
dlcomb bein' the champeen card handler o.
Mississippi. but the way tits. there amt
nothin' to be did. on'y to fetch Jim back
to a reelixin' sense OF duty. l reckon JOEL
nave to 90 an git him.
What, MOI exclaimed Joe Bassett.
Not on your life, | won't
You must said old man Grsenhut.
firmly. You're the Sheriff. an your oath
Of once says fr you to apprehend male
factors, an II Jim Blaisdell amt q male
factor, leavin' the town in tho mrch like
this, there Amt none outsn jail"
That's all right about Jim bein' a male
factor said tho big Sheriff. Call him all
the names you like. But my oath OF offioe
didn't say nothin' about beardin' q red
headed wilder into her own frestone an
hearthside. I won't do it. that's all
We'll. it's GOT TO be did, : said the old man.
an IL you won't do IL, I reckon Jake Winter
bottom IL the next most capable man"
Il amt got the courage said Jake VIM
tsrbottom. frankly. Then, after a mo-
nsnt's pause. he had Q bright thought.
NJ don't blieve you das't to do IL your
own self, Gresnhut. = he exclaimed. We've
heer'd q heap about what you've did. now
an again. but l reckon you're afraid OF .
woman. like anybody else"
Amt afraid O. nothin',.' growied the
old man, but | can't leave the bar long
enough to"
oh. yes. you can said Winterbottom
tantali.ingly. I'm take charge O. the bust
ness fr half an hour. an reckon ! won't
s,eal all you got, not with all these wit
nesses around. You're afraid
Tell ye I amt" exclaimed old man
Greenhut with increasing agitation.
oh, I don't know said Mr.. Owen
Pepper. knowed a Teller onct--'
If you knowed . Teller said old man
Grecnhut, ansrily. its the only thing
YOU ever did know. Rather'n to listen
TO one o. your limitations o. perjury, I'd