The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-01-07

dollar gold piece. You'd ought to seen
the look on his face. Then he put his
hand In his pocket and pulled out an
other one.
"'How did that come therer he
asked.
Haven't you got any of emp 1
asked his brother.
"The Teller put his hand in his pocket
and pulled out some gold too.
"'See here he said: you men have
been putin tint gold Ia rnr pockets.
"'Well. posin' we have, / remarked.
"The brothers looked at EACH other
mighty queer.
"'Thls is too much said the big one.
If you knOwed all about us you
wouldn't a lone it
"He looked MS If he was agoin' to cry.
"'Who are your I asked.
81 think. he said. lookin' at the 9th.
er M we'd better tell 'em the whole
thing
Reckon we had
THAT oldest oi.r he began to tell
us a story, and before he'd half finished
he got to cryin'. That set his brother
to dom the same. l hate to see a
man cry. and / told 'em to stop their
blubberin'.
81 can't said the one that was talk
in. I amt a man: neither is he. We're
girls. We're out to run off stock. Our
folks is over there beyond the hills.
starvin', and my sister and I allowed
we'd got to go and git somepin' to sell
for money to buy yictuals with. Hoses
is all that's worth anything, and we
was goin' to light out tonight with
two of yours. But your kindness has
broken us 6il up. We can't do it.
Jack saw me feelin' for more gold.
and his hand went to his own pocket.
We handed out a couple O. more pieces
and that opened the dan O. tears still
wider. We told 'em it would be all
right In the mornin'. We'd go over
to where they lived and see what we
could do for EN-. Then we spread all
the buffalo skins we had. one over the
other. to make a bed for EN- and put
on a couple o. blankets for cover, and
they turned in.
Il reckon that was the fust nights
sleep they'd had in a long while with
out feelin' that the bottom o. the world
vas a-droppin' out under 'em. Jack
and l didn't do nothin' till they got to
sleep. We hadn't left ourselves any
thing to sleep on or under except u
overcoats. and we allowed we'd keep
up the fire all night, and we spread
u coats over the girls, cause it's cold
In that region when the suns gonc
down.
Next mornin' the girls got breakfast,
and now | knew they was girls |
wasn't so struck with the handy way
they had and what good things they
could make u o. our small stock o
provisions. After breakfast we all went
ver the hills to their home. We found
a log hut and a family. The fathe.
was sick. the mother frightfully run
down and the children the most miser
able sight | ever saw. They'd come
out to the west not KNOWN what they
was goin' to find, and they hadn't
lOuuu uOLnli.
First thing Jack and ] done was to
go out and shoot a couple o. antelopes.
There was a lake not far away with
some good fish in 1t, and we pulled oui
some Of 'em. We stayed with the fam
fly till we got EN- in pretty good con
dition sc far as grub goes: then we
went down to Denver and come back
with a lot O. clothes. But they didn't
stay where they was very long. The
man got well and took 'em all to Den
yer. where he got a position with a
firm that did a business ne knowed all
about, and pretty soon he was gittln' a
good salary.
Jack and ! stayed In Denver. too.
for we'd got tired p%rospectin', not hay
in the luck to strike any big thing.
We had a little money between us, and
we went into buyin' mimi stock. first
or odd lots. and, maxim suthin, we
went on till we sized up a purity good
pile. We found 1t easier to make mon
ey that way than p~rospectin'."
what became of the two girls"
asked. who were intending to run off
your stock?'
"Oh. the girls? Why. I married the
eldest one. and Jack Cundif married
the other"