The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-16
sland!, How'd you ind him, Michigani
Did he done come right out o . CLOUD
CHARLES IENNEY JACKSON
.y.;es The nEYM SOULS. NY BROTHER
kEEPEK elc. ETC.
CotvfisAl ia17. The BohSs-Merii company

Did he done come right out q 9 cloud
o. glory7"
Michigan pushed aside tho mosquito
bars under the palm thatch where Q,
He famed IL with his hat and the child
gravely watched, one old man and then
the other. One was tall and the other
short, but each had lost q iegl The
two brass bands shone yaliantly. She
smiled out of her dark-eyed, thin little
face which had looked upon much brief
change and indifference In o meager
little life and wa not given to whirn-
pering.
wasn't no cloud o. glory" answered
Michigan, mournfully. II don could
MT get hold Of n child anywhere till
along come a lot OF orphans with them
convent sisters, And i see the littlest
one and Just then the sisters got hus-
tered with all the Mardy Graws blow.
Done know'd III" crowed Old Man
Captain d~elightedly. "A cloud o. glory
or some excitementl"s
"Oid Man Captain, I got 70 tell you
something. 4 grabbed the Mttlest one
with the little blue pants bat We
made an awful mistakei"
"Huccome mistake, Michigan7"
shes o grill"
Old Man Captain looked fearfully at
Aurelie in the gloom Of the falling
night. go on, now" he murmured,
"go on, nowi" a.
How could I tell whom she had on
them little blue pants just like q boy,
Old Man! And we got way down In
the swamps before I found out"
per. He peered at his partner doubt
fully: "Huccome o find out, Michi-
ganf"s
Michigan was more terribly embar-
raised than he had been since the sur
render. His pink cheeks burned, while
his partner. pulled his own white beard
nsry ToS g;t HuSsoms, Miehiganr'
"Oh, well, equivocated Michigan, II
see a little chain with q silver cross
hangin' about her neck under her
dress, 30 ] just got to peekin' roundl"
Old Man Captain was terribly
shocked. He spat on In the swamp az
he squatted by the fire. The serpent
had entered Eden. In "a. years Of wan
dering they had their first dilemma.
.How's o girl goin' to lead emf" asked
Old Man Captain mournfully. 4
Michigan raised his eyes with O great
idea. who said q girl c~ouldn't7 Reck-
on nothin' was said In your revelation
about II bein' a boy7 II Just said
child!"
Old Man Captain stared. The great
idea was too big for him. The mosque
toes were drifting in with their night
fall ~singsong, and when they bit Au-
relic she whimpered, and her dark eyes
sought Old Man Captains appealingly.
She put out a trustful hand to- touch
his wooden leg. That was too much.
He smiled. She crawled over and pat
ted Michigan's wooden leg. The two
shy old swampers laughed together. \
we done got q babby, Michigani"
D.. ttyyo lAN.a Eaorro ola NHnYal A N alnn0
o. yore crazy notion! You wouldn't let
me alone till I go to NsAwlyns and get
q child to bring up"
want no crazy notion. 1t was re-
vealed to me, I done tell you. But ]
reckon 1t didn't say 1t had to be o
boy exactly"
aWeii, Old Man, IL we keep this girl
swamps. No more b~ush-cattin' upriver
when the big waters comm, or turf
lin down the lakes. or diggin' up the
shells for pirates hide-ups. No, sir--if
we keep her we got to stay right here
like we was q family" ~
Old Man Captain stared again. This
was q sudden turning of the long road
OF romance. Thirty years he and Mich
igan had flshed and seined and trapped
and drifted logs and p~rospected pirates
treasure from Grand Isle to Butte La
Rose. and this was the first time fate
had put q tnger across the path. He
rubbed his head. Reckon 90. Bein' q
girl, i reckon sol"
Got to stay right yere,p pursued
Michigan relentlessly, "and make q
home and get a woman"
"A woman?" That IA too much.
Old Man Captain was dismayed.
"Yes sir. How's two old fool john
niles like you and me go!n' TO raise her
to be q lady IL we amt got q woman2"
Now You begin to raise problems
when I thought everything was ca'am,"
QuaVered his partner.
We'll, how's she goin' TO lead EN- II
she ain't raised to be a lady?"
Old Man Captain could not answer.
Il reckon" he murmured. "Only yere's
you and me hung together year I'm and
out since the surrender, and every
Christmas. Michigan, i whittle out q
new leg for o and you whittle out
for me, and nary q word o. VIM
min. Twenty-eight legs we cut out for
each other, and nary g. word o VIM
mini" w t~
"well, we're we are" retorted Michigan
helplessly, got to have a woman. Meb-
be we cal get one OF the Chino win
men from the platforms, or mebbe we
can get the Bia Woman"
CONTINUED next week.
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