Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1881 — Too A wfully Utter. [ARTICLE]

Too A wfully Utter.

J/, , : : ,WWeU/’ sald ft Degdwopd rqau who hid just been introduced to 9 Brooklyn girf, dod who hid been asked -by her if they had mmy of thoae- lovely frontiersmen otft bis way-f*?wpll, gram, we, have.right smart of ’em iu pur peck o’ wood?,’’ f * , ' ’ “And, do Wear fringed legs and bout those dear,-sweet buffalo?” staked .the girl. lo ..nuni ./. bj “The stage diivers wear fringe, and sich, and when a buffalar shines out some one h» pooty apt to book on.” ? I IfHiow fcupre me! Abd those gorgeous Indians ip their, jiicturesqne wigwams or watqpuin, v ith their combinations of war-pglnt, do you often see them?” •«» .-al ■ -f. «■ - - . “Ohl once in awhile we get a hack at % buck, but (mostly they are on the rwervatlone.V replied, tbe Dead wood man, curing. “The ydoes cotoes in occasionally, but we don’t track with th*m.” T ? • ;• ,ei l

• The sweet tilings! And yoi* have such sunsets opt Ln-your mountain fastnesses, and such loves qf highwaymen ! Do you eVer see those delightful highway men? I “Not often; mUm. ( ,Tney get In the brush; and arrbr Sunsets, we get eta prettV reghJitr in fair Wfebther.” ■' “Isn’t it-just too awfully too?*' exclaimed, tlie giil, clasping het baud# ami,rolling her eyes. .- . “Yes uium, M stllmtbered tbe D?a47 wood man, “semetiifaes it’s pretty darn too; leastpriw if was t&s day that Cobbles Duffy came into town on tbe lahd Slide ” T n r • ‘•An avalamrfiet Do you mean an avalanche? Oh! Can there be anything more crystally utter than, an avalanche!'* > i‘‘lt was poofy, toofy utter,” hazarded the Dead wood man, dropping info bis companion’s style of expressio'p. “The cobbler had a—a—be lxad-a cryfotally shaft up the sideof the ’biMte, apd one day he wae— i was toolng around, up and’things slipped out: frOm Under him. - "■> •;>' .* •) . *!•! i “Oh! how radiant! . How iridescent!’’ ir n \ - > \

•‘Yes mum, and he began tofadiata. towards tbwri at the rate Of One thousand miles aud three furlongs gvm&iute. We see him a—a uttering down tbe aide of the mountain, ripping up trees and rocks, and toeing alone, sod his iridesoent wife-flapped out bf jjger shack and began to raise a row.”. .}. nPoorDfly,’’ moaned the girl; “did she Step tbe glorious avalanche?” . **No, mum, «ot quite, Duffy fetched up against his shack, all -atanaiug Usd' began to bawl like a ’cause, he thought he'd lost bis mine, But when they tipped the landslide on One end there Was the-mine underneath Justus he bad left it. Sohe cdirld work it right Underi'lite.'..winder.' That was pooty considerable, ted, -eb!” aqd the Dead woodman never-winked. “How sublimef'“Butl Wfcs going to says we never had a sunset sinee,” r -- > ; !j stall nrurmored tbe girl. “Yes, mostly like aslar. -You see the, iandslkfe staqds toe re to this *day ‘on end, and they don’t darei to llirn it over for fear of filling’ im* the 6owu, sp. we don’t get any trail after 11 in the morning.” •- - -rae' *. “A perbnnltd Cwilightl &o fearfully, terribly, awfully uttM’.v •>< " • “Yee,” mui mured 'the Dead wood mao,” it is about as utter as you oau get’fid.'W •ith'ii‘l • 5 s’ A Aud she sot and gszed upon- |iim, wrapped hi admiration, while: he fell, into a r«ve»le, hud Wondered, ab Brooklyn bospitaltty iu oot-prdvidiag ’‘sand boxes” for-strangers.: » Tsid « t. , - ■•j - .. _. . . . .no?