The daily Alaskan., 1908-07-16
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 "SpcaGiu' D miwgrs." snll the o'i rauchcr. eve don't pear to git no such mnagcs as We used to git Dun no whether the eIymcnts has changed OF my cycsicht is brcakiu' down. but don't see no more land llrun' with cv. cry,hug Gwwcd as if it war pantin' under your nose such as seen often when fust come to the country"
 What kind of miragcs do you have down here. asked the gentleman from Na sachuscUs, those that elevate oh- icgts or those tEat show objects hay mg no cNis,cuccT
 "Waal, | reckon you'd call 'cm clc- yators."
 live seen mirages on Lake Mich ',mn." saiI thc Chicago man. "but | never knew whether they were the eastern shore elevated or the western hore reflected"
 There aiutuo reelection down here remarked the muchcr "What you see you see. | saw Somcpln oncct that changed the hull course of my .rc. .t want DO reelection. you bet yer life
 How was lhut?" asked the MUsSa- chusctts muu
 "'TwlS this away: When | war a vOuug man [ worked at COW pUnchin for man as lived on ridge that looked over like ridge fifteen mile away. The river run between each ridge midway. and the ground ou each side the river war as like as two peas Tanner llvc1 on the east ridge he war the man worked for and fifteen miles away on the other ridge his brother-iu-nw. Bmnt. had built a house after the same plans The same architect had planned 'cm hoth ana lumber had been sawed for thc two of 'em at onccG Each stood in the ccn- ter Of a rlg ranch.
 Hammer had a daughter Ewnicc that tuk a shine tO me. | war am in- noccnt young rr,icr In them days and hadn't no notion O hooku' mp with any one and tried to keep her on my scent. but she rolIcrcd me like a blood. hound. anl somehow. though l could git rid O most things, couldn't git rid O her Whenever I'd try lt she'd set down beside me kind O lovin' like, and that d be the end O my tryIn' to shake her.
 "Waal, at last she hlvcd mo, and the fust thing | lnowcd I had gone to the ole man and uNeI for his gal. He was wlnn'. and so WIG was engaged, as they say in the towns. EunIce oncet havin' lassocd me gimme a good deal O rope, iist SIS though we was married md 1 couldn't git away nohow.
 "What made 1t hard on me was that I wanted another gal That gal war Sally Brant Eunicc's cousin. Sally war a quiet little thing and didn't run after nobody. I couldn't see very much of her cause EunIce regarded me as her property and wouldn't let me or cvonin's to ride over to the Brant ranch. and daytimes l war lookin' after the cattle.
 "One mornin' 1 found myself lost There had been a heavy fog all night and instead of takin' my beorln's be. fore 1t settled and goln' to sleep whar war I tried to pull through 1t. But student, about 10 o'clock in the morn. i'm, the fog lifted and found myself a mile from the Brant ranch house Thinkin' it would be a good chance to go and tell Sally Br0nt that l war goln' to be marriedSI l rode over. Sally was on the front veranda knittln socks. I jincd her and as soon as could git up spunk told her that war settled 10 be broke by Eunice Tanner She didn't say a word; she jlst bent down. and could see that she war oryin'.
 "Of course thar war jist one thing to do. sct down on the bench beside her. rUt my arms around her, and"-
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