The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1908-07-25
disrespect than she had ever ad.
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dressed to any one:
You ought to be glad that l do not
take revenge on him. Ii he wasn't so
little | would. But he's not worth
bothering about. Sacked me, did he {?
III show HIM"
Why, Sally. What would you do"
Put him over my knee and spank
him and then pen him in the cellar"
sally. don't talk like that" pleaded
the old man. 1T sp'iles your voice"
And Sally gave him then and there
a rude specimen of how her voice was
being spoiled-which l may not re-
produce. But 1t was expressed in
anathema. Indeed. others had noticed
that her voice, somehow, had lost its
soft richness. She was particularly
kind to the young storekeeper now.
and he was particularly reckless and
drunken. And rumor presently had it
that she wa- known to be drunk with
him sometimes,
Sally" said SeTy timorousIy. one
day, Che had waited to tell her this
you don't think-you don't believe
that I-said-"
Il know" said Sally in voice that
froze him, that you are fooi-and
am not fond OF fools. Go away. Be
glad | don't lick you,"
And then rumor had it that she and
Sam were to be married-"for spite"
But. cuiously enough, the person
ly. nor Seify. nor Sam. 1t was SeGy's
father, whose sufferings were nearing
agony. Nothing could be done with
Sefy. And course of the love between
them, which had never been rufIied
since Seffy was born, was often rufiled
now. The old man. as their relations
grew strained, became more and more
exasperated at Seffys lack of inltia-
tive.
Gosh Almighty, You goin' to let
that molasses-tapper set right down on
you and nefer git of? Can't you see
that she wants you? 1t don't matter
what she says, Don't you know it's
dare? Air you going to take dare
Why. you usen't to when you was
baby, When you year that burned
new laugh of Sally's can't you see that
somesing's wrong? She's drinking,
That's what You think she'd laugh
so and drink II she wass happy? You
was a fool-yas. durn fool. It's your
fault, Go right up to her like man
and say So
Il did," said Seffy.
"Hah. you did? An what she says ?'
she said she knowed it,"
"Well-begoshens, She's a worse
fool. Gather her in and make a fool
off of her and git efen, Turning her
back on an oil man that harms no one
and her guardeen yit."
Alas, this was another thing he had
done to secure the pasture-field-
made himself her legal guardian,
IN gife it up-the guardeen. Vas
sir. She ken take keer herself. Fool
of course. Bose fools. You wait
tell she marries that durn molasses-
Taper if you want to see fun!'
There was such real agony in The
old mans voice that Seny suffered,
too.
"Pappy, I'm sorry-I amt no good.
l expect. l guess I'll go away before
the wedding"
w tudillS Iou s'a4h "
let that wedding go on? And lin git
the pasture-field? Put him between
us and the railroad"
How can | stop it. pappy?'
BY marrying her Yourself.
Il got enough, pappy," said Seffy
hopelessly. They'd lynch ne II
tried it again. l guess I'd better go
away"
Quick anger famed in his fathers
face at this invertebrate submission.
And his voice. when he spoke. was
harsher than Seffy had ever heard it.
Got enough-got enough-that's all
you know! And go away! That's all
you ken say. you bull-headed idiot!
Go and apologize and git her back.
Don't run. Then marry her next day
Thatll settle the molasses-tapper,
expect, and show that you got an inch
or two OF backbone, Choke her
chloroform her and carry her off,"