The Detroit times., 1913-07-15
A Sterling NoUei OF The
Great Middle West

q. fence the-greCu cane grew The lean
: hound pups came 20 greet them from
S ualer he palmetto hut and tive old
2 man lifted the child aud SET her there
r AMONG them
2 Ycres home. ne said And we're
. youl grow up 20 lead en- l.eell
( come on bis big white horse. and
r SrOuowal a-2Harciu' and rarin and
p ole Jcn stuart and Colonel Mariana.
duke as my ole batr,. And M and
, Iupu come the old gray lines Jest as
lis done aeen revealed 20 me-. an!
, ihis little ca!ld shah lead EN- 10 oc-
cup the land
old Iap,~you been drukin too
much o-~rha' CaWn coffee since left
NoS/yore ole head Is done buzzin'.
IDld YOU feed them pups"
Alush and pot liqueh every day.
Michigan!"
Done stretch them mink pelts on
he ole China-tree9"
Done stretch every pet. Michi-
gan
Done tote every pound MICHIGAN
Done SCI the traps and run the era b
line and tend the lily boom. ana every
min lte | says. Yere~I De down I'm the
sWaWrS where never surrendered
and mp Nawths the government and
a. amt never surrendered but now
! Michigan 5 comm 10 bring the child
thar II lead the ole gray line TO occupy
me land How'd you End him. Mich.
isan? Did he done come right out O.
a cloud o glory
Michigan pushed aside the mos.
/ quito-bars under the palm thatch
/ where tiny fire 1ickered In the clav
! furnace He famed II with his hat
| ana me child graelVv watched ono old
/ man and then the other one was
! tal and The other short but each had
/ losi leg The two brass hands
shcne aViiantly. She smiled ont Of
her dark-eyel thin little face which
had loofed upon much brief change
ana indifference in a meager little life
ana was not given 10 whimpering
wasn't no cloud - glorr answered.
Michigan mournfully Il done couldn.t
set hold OF q child anywheres till
along come a lot of orphans with them
convent sisters. And see. the li,tIest
( one and just then the sisters go,
mustered with all the Mardy Graws
blowln horns and yellin'--"
Done know'd IT, crowed Old Man
captain delightedly A cloud O
glory or some excitement"
Ola Man Captain. | got 10 tell YOU
something grabbed the lttlest one
with the little blue pants: but we
made an awful mistake"
Huccome mistake. Michigan? >"
She's a girl"
Old Man Captain looked fearfullv n,
Anrelie in the gloom OF the falling
/ night Go on now he murmured-
/ 90 on. now
How could | tell when she had on
them little blue PANTS Just like a
/ boy Old Man And we got wav down
IN the sWamps before | found out
Old Man Captain could hardly wbis.
FER He peered at his partner douh,.
gan '''0 0"'' M'cu'
Michigan was more terribly emhar
, raised than he had been since the sur
render His PINK cheeks burned
"hlie his partner pulled his own Whit
90 ~ nerFouslE. 'Huccome. Mich.
gan gasped Old Man Captain
On. well. equivocated Michigan
see little chain with a silver
cross hangin about her neck under
round. ~ peeA'h
Old Man Captain was terribly sbooL
ed He spat off in the swami as ho
squatted by the fire. The sernan, had
entered Eden In twenty.rya vears =,
wandering they had their fire, drorD
ma "How's a girl goip IN lead ,an, o.,
asked Old Man Captain mo,irnf,,,,,.
Michigan raised his eves iii
great idea Who said Girl co,,1d.,.s
i.cAoh hothln was said In your reveI.
alton about il bein' how ,. ,..
said chttd!- - IL I1sl-
Old Man Captain stared The prea,
go was 700 big for him The mos.
qoItoes were drifting In with their
's"tid'' sIhgsong. and when they nj,
a,uIeIIe she whlmpered. and her dark
ingly appeal
IN, Sne pu' ont trustful hand 70
.ouch hls wooden leg. That was too
nu, ne smiled. She crawled over
ana an, patted Michigans wooden leg
ne TWO shy old swampers Iaugbed /,
NV. We done got a babby. Michigan
we done have. Old Man, An
a'ohg yore crazy notion W.,
wouidh LEI me alone tn on 20
IN - orlhs !,
Wan no crazy notion :, woe
revealed 10 me I done tel Won az
rotor = didnt cav il mad rc be .
Wei 0ld MAJ. y We sa.p ~,
E'ri 80 -o' 20 dn;r drif'in roma no (
- 'ni.e No more hush cam. n,,.
rye, rlsn mo 5!s v.ate,'r rarj, y.
tr l' a., i'@n The laket. or esfn up
,t' a."t4 for n'"4es hilc-s@o No
SIT we grcr her re r., ~, stsr
M EeE' 10 - was forl1ly ~
o'f Van tsDto'l =,arof aeaic Tbi--
va s.coen 'nrniue oftae long road
.. romance Thir'r 7-s III s@G
Mlchisan had fshed ami so,rcd %rJ
Pol and drfted .ors erl ~.
peete1 pirates froasurc fran, C,srd
isla 70 BUTTE ~ Rose adj ..t, a.
.Rs first 'ime fate had pu, 6,ser /
a a. ne pa'h- fie r4bbel tir 800 /.
/ on So" 81, iefh' /
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