The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-03-18
By JEAN IA
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Young Green stood in their midst.


mind and start the ball of converse.
ton rolling. That every one thought
as he did on this subject was a matter
Of course. He looked around on tNem
approvingly as though to impress
them with the fact that he was with
them there
"Ets better So, said Lode, grave
ly, changing his left leg over the
right; cts better so than fer him ter
hev run inter hidin'"
A silence fell over them all; each
thought the same; in fact they thought
considerably beyond that but not one
OF them dared say what was in his
mind.
''Reyther unsatisfactory ans'rs they
give us when we won't ter ask bout
hem said big Tom Smith. dissatis
fedly, as he pushed the cat from the
hearth with his foot aud drew his
chair up nearer the fire.
'Ther icdges son were thar saio
another big, stout man, with mali
cious snort of laughter. "Ther iedge's
son were thar, an theys were toe
big ter speak ter sech common folks
as we uns. What hev we ter do with
they us sence Their iedge's son he,
took up Johnsiug an his gal"
A loud burst of laughter drowned
the sobbing of the storm, Lodie alone
sat quite unmoved, staring grayely
into the cracking fire
Look azhyar ne said. slowly
changing his right leg over the left
Look a-hyar, men, mebby t amt sech
a good joke as ye seem ter thenk
with yer larfiin' an yer jollin'. When
| helped with Johnsins tell Their doc
tors KEN | could see plain tibet I
warnt no common theng he'd hap'd
Johnsing Thar he were with his
two legs broke an his arms, an GOV
cred with bruises an mebby no end
o. broke bones; an I says Ter myself
tibet t warn't no common theng he'd
hap'd Johnsing An when Their doc
tors KEN theys sed--I asked ther
jedges son as | were comm out, an
he telled me-theys sed Johnsing amt
long ter live, an thet t would be o
mericle eff he even live a week. An
thar were Johnsing's gal standin' ct
Their winder starin out ct Their rain
ies es she'd stood ever sence we
bringed her feyther home an she's
never moved or spoke sence. Stop
yer larfin, men; tain no larfin' mat
ter-thes thet hep ha j Johnsing'
"Hev Their gal stole yer hyart fro
We, Lodie?" asked one of the men,
again starting the rough laughter
shes a sweet gal, jim, an yere wei
come ter her ef We ken get her frum
Their jedge's son. But yell hey ter be
lively man. Tain't ey'ry gal kin get
ther son o. iedge. an ye'd best put
yer best foot forrard as soon as may
be-"
Look a-hyar, man"-there was a
wrathful CLEAN in the big fellows
black eyes as he arose TO his feet in
all his height of six feet three-"et
makes no difference what ye say tel
me or bout me- but Their next one
what speaks tibet gals name like
thetll be laid outen llatter'n ever
Johnsing were, an he'll never git up
agen. How'd We like one o us ter
say ther same O yer darter Hiram
Sadler?'
''Iii. hi" the man exclaimed. with
another burst OF laughter not so loud
nor so long as before Hi. hi! hyar's
ken a champion fighter fer tibet gal
o Johnsing's sure's ye live Jones,
Let's hev a drink outen ct. ter drive
all i'll feeln' off. | meant no harm ter
ye, Lode, nor ther gaf neither"
And the big man looked down on
the speaker with steady eyes as he
answered:
Say what we like bout me an ter
me. Sadler. but there frs sech word
bout thet gal O Johnsings from any
O. yell be yer last"
And they knew he meant what he
said.