Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-05
The Sunday Story
A FIGHT
FOR A WIFE
By N. QUAD
Copyright. 1912, by Associated Lit
erary Press.

they calls It, but l reckon l shaved II
mighty clns when | got my wife. One
day, when l was a young Teller Of
twenty-five, seen gal over on tother
side Of the mountngs that jest filled
the bill / made up to her and was
talkin' bout bars and wildcats and
SIGH when her mother steps in and SEE:
Stranger. mebbe yo' are wantin'
to take my gal away fur wife,
Tim reckonln to consider that /
would replies.
Then I'll blow the horn fur her pop
to cum outer the woods and tell yo'
what is whatp
"She bowed and bowed, and bimeby
the old man appeared. He was
powerful man, and he didn't look good
natured. His name was Rabbit, and
arter lookin' me over he seq:
Stranger. It's got to be a mighty
good man who takes my darter Sue
away fur his wife How fur kin any
body h'ar yo' holler?
1.-TWO miles, If the wind is right
sell.
"'And about yo'r jumpin'f
" It's clus to eight feet when / don't
slip
. Hev yo' ever dun any climbin's'
az hev. I've climbed the tallest tree
in sight of these yere Cumberland
mountlngs'
"And the number of bars and Wild
cats what yo've slainT he goes on,
seemin' to want to pick furse with
me.
They'd purity nigh fill yo'r cabin
seq l, feelin' leetle riled at the way
he spoke
well seq he, arter stoppin 70 con-
slider 4 bit. nobody kin take that gal
awny Jest bekase he kin boot or climb
or kill yarmints. He's got to lay me
on my back in n far fout. I'll gin you
a week to think 1t over. II 70 want
the gal yo' must cum back and tackle
me. and I'm tellin' yo' I'm n bad crit
ter as long as I've got one foot on the
airth.'
Il went away feelin sort O. cast
down. but the mo thought OF It the
mo- l wanted the gal Sue fur my wife.
That night | made up my mind that
I'd try fur her, and next day l went
back to the cabin. Her pop was thar
and walkln' around and feelin' power.
full peart
Thar was a cl'ar space In the front
Of his cabin" said the old man. ''and
when the gal and her mother had cum
outdoahs we threw off our coats and
begun hizness was accounted
powerful hand on Il wrassle. but that
man was also a powerful critter. ard
reckoned I'd hev TO hey help from
the Lawd TO gain the victory. 1t was
10 o'clock in the mawnin when we
begun. and the clock was jest strikfn
when l Topped him on his back. That
spot on the ground looked MS ff foty
hawgs Ind hin roetln II up FUR 4
week, and he WAS so beat out he could
hardly speak. Mo than twenty times
IN them three hours that critter had
me almost dun fur, but Id send M
sort of prayer aud git new hold. and
at last | fetched him. When he was
able to talk be riz up and took my
hand and seq:
Stranger, 1t was n far wrassie.
and I've been Topped I wouldn't n be-
lieved yo, could hey dun It. but 20
did. and I'm sayin' yo ar 4 purity
good man Hewsumeyer. 1t amt over
yit. Yo'ye got 10 lick me to git Sue.
and | know you kin never do it Well
take three days TO rest up. and ihen
yo' kin cum back and tackle me-
And did yon Coz ! asked rs tho
old man msde Il long pause.
Fur snhh, he replied Il was
mighty sore and lame. but l knowed
be would be as bad off. Besides that
Gal Sue Ind haetea fur ne when l
Topped her pop. and l knowed by that
she was with me and would hope fur
me to come out on TOP In three days
l went back to lev ii out The crftter
was a-lookin' fur me aud glad 10 see
me.
".How's IL to beT SEE l.
"A far fout,' scz he, no THROWN
rocks nor hittin' with clubs. Whoop!
Cock-a -doodle-don
WAL, We went at 1t. Sue and her
nav was out thar as befo', and the gal
gin me smile as l went in. 1t was
rough and tumble fout. l Jest knowed
I'd got TO do my level best or go under,
and | lost no chances. That fout last
ed mighty nigh two hours, and two or
three times was almost on the pint
Of lettin' 60. Bimeby. howsumever
seen that Rabbit was gettin' tired out.
and the gal clapped her hands and
sicked me on. Ten mfnits nrter that l
had him whopped Thar wasn't no
mistake about 1t, bekase he riz up and
SEE to me:
.Zeb White, I'm a whopped man.
and that gal is yo'rs. | didn't believe
thar was critter on these mountings
as could make me boot, but yo' dun It.
And now when do yo' want the gall
Right now, reckon seq l.
Amt 1t purity sudden?
Not SO very. bein as she's ready
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