The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-16
"A FIGHT
FOR A WIFE
By ". GLAD
By N Quad
copyrighs. 1872. 4.y a~e.,..!a:.-.s II
ei-=Iy i'ee<s

day. when ] Was young Teller of
| twenty-five. Z seen a gal over IN t.other
side OF the mountinys that iest filesl
the bill. made up to her and WIS
| taikin' bout bars and wiid~atS and
sieh when her mother steps i'm and s-z:
stranger. niebt,e yo' are wantip'
to take my gal away fur wifey
I'm reckcnii-- To consider that |
| wonh.- replies.
Then I'll blow the horn far her pop
| Ia cum outer the wouds and tell so
what IL what
She hiowed and bowed and bimeby
the old man appeared. He was n
powerful man. and he didn't look good
natured. His name was Rabbit. aud
arter ieokin- ire over be seq:
"Stranger. it : gut to be a mighty
good MAD who takes ms dar.er Sue
away fur his wife. How fur kin any
body bar go hoiler:'
Two miles. IL the wind is right.
sezi
".And about yo.r ismp;nr
ats Gins to eight feet when doB't
slip.
Her so ever dun any elinbin'T
81 hev. Eve climbed the fallest tree
IN eight OF these yere Cumberland
mouptings.' =
Add the number Of bars and wild.
cats what rove. siainY he gees on.
eeenxia' 10 want IN pick q furse with
me- 49,
'Theya purity nsxh an ye'r. eatia.'
SCI z feelin' a teetie rised At the way
he spoke.
Well. seq he. arter stoprin' 70 con-
slider asbit. nobody kin take that sal
away iest bekase he kin boot or climb
or XIII yarnints. He's got to lay me
on my back in far tout. I'll gin yon
week to think II over. II yo' want
the e4i TO must cum back and tackle
me. and I'm tellin' go I'm bad crit
ter as iens as I've got one foot on the
airth.'
II went away feeiin' sort u east
down. but the mo- I thought of ii the
mo- 1 wanted the gal Sue fur my wife.
That night | made up my mind that
I'd try fur her. and next day ! went
back to the cabin. Her pop was thar
and walkin' around and feeiin' power
ft,i pcart.
Thar was cfar space in the front
Of bis cabin said the ull man, ana
when the gal and her mother had cum
outdoahS VIC threw off oar coats and
begnn siZnesS WAS accounted a
powerful hand on 4 wraSaie, but that
man Was also 4 powerful critter. aud
4 reckahed I'd hev to hev help from
-4ise- re VIZ! 70 gain the victsrr@. It waS
~aa--e's.s ~ in the nIa Win when we
begun and the clock was jest strikin !
when Hoped him on his back. That
spot on the ground locked as if fo'ty
hawgs had bin rootin' II np fur a
hardly speak Mo than twenty times
in them three hours that critter had
me almost dun fur, hat Id sen,i np a
sort of PRAYER and cit a new hold. and
az last fetched him. When he was
able to talk he riZ up and took ny
hand and seq:
"'Stranger, it was far wrassle.
and I've been Topped. | wonIdn't a be-
iieyesi yo' could hev dun it. but 20
did. and I'm sayin' yo' ar a purity
good maa Howsumeyer. il amt over
yit. Yo've got to lick me TO cit Sue.
and | know sou kin never do it. Well
take three days to rest up. ana then
yo' tin cum back and tackle the.
and did you so:" | asked As the
old man made long pause.
"Fur suah. he replied. Il was
mighty sore and lame. but | knowed
he would be as bad of. Besides. that
gal Sue. had hooted fur me when |
Topped her pop and knawei hy that
she was. With me and would hone fur
me to come out on top In three days
I went Hack to hey II out. The cr!ster
was a-Iookin fur me and glad to SIZE
me.
"'How's it to BET seq I.
"a far fnut.' SPY he, no THROWN
rocks nor hittin. with clubs. Whocp.
Cocks -d,,od.e-do
-Ha.il. We xent at it, Sue and her
NAV MAS cut thar as tsefo. and the gal
gin me a smiic as went in. II was 4
rough AID tumble fauf- jest knowed
I'D got to do my level lest ser go under.
and tsst ns chances. That fout iast-
cd mighty nigh two hours, and two or
three fimesi was almost ou the Pint
q fetfins GO. Isi@eby. hcwsumever. 1
SEEN That Rabbit WAS gettia' tired cut
and fAes gal s.Iappea i,er hands and