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December 25

1874 I mark this Christmas in my diary

as one I shall always cherish for we

have shared it with good neighbors and

dear friends and it is the sharing that

brings contentment the sharing of all

things Davey and I know this now and we

shall never forget it for if Joy should

be shared so should sorrow

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and what greater sorrow can there be

than the death of a

baby even as we laid our little Davy to

rest on the Prairie I could not grasp

how a child so filled with life and

laughter one day could burn with fever

the next until the fever consumed him

and he lay still forever

seeing as there's no preacher to be had

Dave asked me to say the

words it seems to me there are no words

to

say that it ease Dave and Molly in their

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sorrow All Flesh is as grass and all the

glory of man is the flower of

grass the grass withereth and the flower

thereof falleth

away but the word of the Lord endureth

forever in the midst of life we are in

death ashes to

ashes dust to

dust in sure and certain hope of the

Resurrection into eternal life

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it seems to me now that even as we stood

at the gravide

Davey and I resolved that to spare each

other we would not speak of little Davey

we would not burden each other with our

grief and so the days and weeks passed

filled with unshed tears and unspoken

thoughts of little

Davey June into

July July into

August

September we were having an Indian

summer rare in the a territory where the

seasons seldom yield graciously to each

other

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who are they

Davey railroad Supply

wagons I wonder where they're

going beats

me why do you supposed to railroad's

hauling supplies that way

DAV I could be setting up a storage

Depot someplace

I guess I can find out when I go into

wild roads pick up the saplings PA sent

me from

home why don't you drive in with me

tomorrow it's been a long time since you

went to

town I assume not go I have things to

see to

here I'd enjoy your

company you have my company every day oh

Never Enough For Me say you'll

go we'll see now I'd best look to the

candles David David I must see to the

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candles Peters in

coming whole K and

Kaboodle keep from company I'll put on

some

coffee sure

will P money is allowing can we get us a

slate Molly said she'd learn me and the

young how to ride not me what you said

I'm growing up

ignorant okay Charlie that's no way to

talk I'll put a mind to

it morning morning

Dave looks like Summer's hanging

on yeah I hope so

picking up my saplings from Wild road

tomorrow I've got to get them planted

before we have our first freeze you

can't wait to set out trees m in the

house went to put on the coffee as soon

as she spied you're coming young was a

bading to come well Paul was wondering

about them wagons we

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see yipp mly got something good watch

your

manners now you going to choke you don't

swallow

that you two get out from underfoot and

stay out of trouble

I see you're making candles so don't

mind us oh the candles will keep until

we've had our coffee wouldn't mind a cup

of coffee Edy turned out a fair cook

since her Mall passed on but her coffee

seems lacking the coffee that's a

lacking been out of it for a week I'll

get the coffee I'll give you a

hand Dave

what do you think about them

wagons you figur the railroad's going to

set up a storage Depot well I figured it

that way you know now that I think about

it it doesn't make that much sense

railroad always sets up camps and Depots

ahead of the line of construction

railroad's not routed to go that way

maybe Loft us at The Company Store made

himself a private deal helped himself to

allad a lumber and he's selling it to

some

homesteaders that wouldn't surprise me

would being so scarce and valuable out

here oh I fixed your harness Mr Peters

it's in the barn I appreciate that I

never did get the Knack of working with

leather well my P was a good

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teacher looks good as new thanks Dave

glad to do it say did you give any

thought to my idea about buying a yolk

of oxen for the plowing be a three-way

split between you me and Dan Gray then

we could share them A yoke of oxen about

plowing sure go a lot easier and gray

say go

Inland you

would I sure would like to but uh well

right now I don't have the cash money oh

me either or Dan Gray I was thinking of

spring give us all a chance to lay by

some money if the hunting goes good this

winter

hope you can count me

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in that Charlie shows signs of being

taller than me someday I know it sounds

prideful but nothing gives a man more

pleasure than seeing his son grow tall

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and that was a fool thing to say Dave no

it eases my mind to talk about little

baby I can't go to Molly don't want her

to go unring and

grieving seem to me she's coming around

real fine oh she's doing her

best women have their own way of dealing

with

grief seems to me you've lost a bit of

weight how are you doing

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well I lost my first born

I lost my

son you and Marly have years ahead to

have more

youngans I reckon

so I don't see how anybody can take

little Davey's

place I'm sorry there isn't any sugar I

used the last of it for my baking that

don't matter Paul likes it black and

Powerful Dan graay been about lately

well he stopped by last week but um I

haven't seen him since it's a long ride

over I'm only asking cuz he promised to

take Charlie and Flor on an out to

Turtle Creek that's the only reason I

ask of

course will you go along

too I'm

might that is if I ain't too busy with

my chores

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coffee's

ready couldn't be ready

ourselves they fixed my harness good as

new looks fine now you set it down take

your coffee for a spill ITP sure smells

good Peters may go in on the auxin with

us oh wouldn't that be

fun why you figure I get the money PA

oxin don't come she oh we wouldn't buy

them till next spring so

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fig

Molly

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Molly Molly

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a dog

Molly you know Molly wasn't looking to

be mean it was little Davey's play toy

you found Molly's still hurting cuz

little Davey passed

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on e

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baby I'm

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sorry there's no need to say that

Molly you all right

now I want to go home watch up charie

I'll see if I can settle Charlie down oh

no that's for me to

do

Charlie I'm sorry if I frighten

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here I want you to have

this I'm sure Netty can make it all

shiny again for you won't take more than

some elbag grease to get that rust

off now you take the horn and thank

Molly nicely

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thank you nicely

Molly reckon we'll head home n's got

bread s I'm real sorry about what

happened M we wouldn't have caused you

no grief for anything but I guess you

know that it's all right truly you folks

come over when you can you bet

NY when I see Dan I'll remind him of

that outing what out ain't nothing

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P you all right now

Molly yes of

course I better fix the water bucket

it's leaking badly I'll make a bargain

with

you if I fix the water bucket would you

go into Wild Rose with me

tomorrow I don't like Bargains Davey Oh

well I do especially when they benefit

me having your company tomorrow is what

I'd consider a

benefit well I can see there'll be no

peace until I say I'll go I knew I could

talk you into

it honestly

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anybody home Dan yeah

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come on

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in I ain't got a Looking Glass but I can

tell I ain't fit for company I don't

consider myself

company I bagged more rabbits than I can

use when I was out hunting this morning

I thought you folks might like one

thanks

Dan this family's found a rabbit stew

Paul says nobody makes rabbit stews

tasty as

me I stopped by and left one at Dave and

Molly's too but nobody was at

home they went into wild roast to pick

up the saplings Dave's paw sent

out I didn't see your paw or Charlie and

Flora when I rode up well they's over at

the CRS getting some

milk I made corn biscuits yesterday come

out real fine

I mean I recall you saying you like corn

biscuits I sure do seems to me a shame

you don't have anyone to fix you the

kind of viddles you like I guess I'm

lucky cuz I have friends who

do well I get

him you want to sit

sure I was kind of hoping we could get a

cow Charlie and Flora need milk if they

to grow right oh no one can say you

haven't done a real fine job mothering

those

two ain't nothing more fitting for a

woman to be than a wife and a

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mother wouldn't mind having some of your

biscuits oh like I said they come out

really

good I guess Charlie got to him

seems to me like I used to do the same

thing to my mom when I was no older than

Charlie and Flora oh that reminds me I

got something for

him I was going through my old carry all

last night I come across

it I don't know why I held on to it all

these

years could be it was because it's left

from when you had a m and a paw

nothing takes the place of a

family here let me show you how it works

and you can show Charlie and

Flora well I I got things to do at home

best get

going you tell your paw to stop by

sometime well I sure will I until

Charlie and Flora I didn't forget my

promise to take him to Turtle

Creek you come along too

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it's been such a long time since we had

Dan and the Peters over for supper well

I'd be glad to have them we don't get to

see Dan nearly enough lately I

know and a man living alone never

prepares a fit meal for

himself well I never noticed it stun a

dense growth in him just the same he

needs a

wife you do have your matchmaking cap on

don't you well d man should marry Davey

he's older than you are well I guess he

figures he's got a couple of good years

left in

him he's your best friend don't you want

to see him

content seems content enough to me in

fact if he was any more content he'd be

downright dull I expect you to help not

hinder I don't intend to do

either Davey what is he going to do out

there oh he's up do you know I'm all for

a man marrying why I made up my mind

when I was only 10 that you were going

to be my my wife when I got to marrying

age well I decided that when I was only

eight

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this are the last H do you think they're

still

alive H they look healthy

enough I guess they enjoyed the train

right come come on get

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him morning well hello Mr Doyle how

things going oh couldn't be better

and how are you Mrs Pon I'm just fine

thank you m oh I'm glad to hear that I

know you've been through a bit of a

rough I noticed some railroad Supply

wagons out on the Prairie well now it's

not too difficult to see any moving

object out on the Prairie day right I've

got to be off nice to see you both

looking so

well we know as little as we did before

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say why is the government setting up a

land office in Wild roads

the government opened an office here

because all the land is took up in the

territory now there's mostly claims

changing hands around here and other New

Towns springing up along the

railroad makes sense I

guess there's something to be said about

a man being on a spot when there's a

dollar to be

made I don't know that I follow you well

a man who has the uh inside track man

who knows what the railroad's got in

mind could make a dollar or

two buying a

plant somehow don't seem quite legal to

me no law against a man turning a profit

because he's in the know ahead of

others we should go for it to be home

before dark

maybe on our way

see you

again hold on a

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minute let me see if you're on the

list what

list folks who have to move out to make

way for the

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railroad why would anybody have to move

out railroad's being diverted to bypass

the Sue reservation that's being set up

it's been a change of plans you might

say Davey that's where those Supply

wagons were

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going name's beaten you mind telling me

who's on that list don't mind at

all

habit

Baker

Bennington

KS dimwood gray Smith Dan Gray that's

what it says but he's our friend

railroad can't do that to

Dan the route was laid out before he

took his

claim he got his claim legal and proved

up on his land government gave the

railroad the right to preempt any land

they

need matter of fact I'll be riding out

tomorrow with a bona fed representative

of the railroad to give your friend his

notice yeah we'll see about

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that get up get

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up there must be something we can do to

help Dan the railroad has no right to

take his land oh it all seems so

underhand it sure does

but I'll be standing right by his side

when yans and his Bona feed a railroad

representative come to put him

off they won't find it all that easy

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appreciate you're coming over but if

push comes to shove I don't want you mix

up in this you got molly to think of

Molly's all for my standing up with you

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good morning boys well didn't expect to

have the pleasure of seeing you again

quite so soon can't say I call it a

pleasure seeing what you come here

for you're wasting your time you might

just as well turn around and head back

to Wild road I'll simmer down I'm just a

messenger for the government you might

say then you can deliver my message back

to them just this is my land and I'm not

giving it up the railroad wasn't set to

come through here when I took my claim

I'm not the one that discovered gold in

the Black Hills and the government says

that the Indians got to be moved out

what has that got to do with

us the Indians got to be moved someplace

well all the same I'm not getting out

you tell the railroad to lay their track

someplace else just give them the paper

and the $36

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what $36 twice what you paid when you

filed your claim doubled your money back

in no time at all now Dan proved up on

his land he put up a Shanny he put in a

crop just give him the paper and the

money you afraid to come here alone

yansy you have to bring a bully boy

along hey no watch who you're calling

the bully boy Mr

Pac is a bona feed day representative

for the railroad a ex Pinkerton

man I heard about you Pinkerton

detectives finish up your business yansy

before I plant these two

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help

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oh

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all

right that will

do you get the that paper

served or I'll plant you to simmer down

simmer

down here you

are all legal and proper according to me

it

isn't my my people are sure hard to

convince nowadays well when the train

and the railroad comes plowing through

your Shanty then you can come in here

and pick it up I ain't forgetting

that I'll be back

too I'll still be

here and you can count on

that Chop

Chop can't stand in the way of progress

can we

boys the country's growing and we need

the

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railroad I got two years sweating this

land and I'm not

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moving it's no use in fighting Davey

well I couldn't very well just stand by

while that railroad bully was throwing

his weight to Dan

we ease up Molly it's just a scratch no

Dave it'll Fester if it's not cleaned

properly is there anything Dan can do

now he's going into town tomorrow to

talk to Doyle Mr Doyle is only the

construction boss for the

railroad the railroad admires the job

he's doing he might listen to

him I'm going in with Dan tomorrow Mr

Peters might want to go along

too I intended to ask him good

Peters and Danny become like family the

only family we have out

here I guess you still miss your folks

huh no more than you miss

yours I take off your shirt I'll get my

sewing box and mend

it you show me where it says the

railroad's got the right to take my land

now take it easy done I've always been a

good friend of the homesteaders a you

know count friend so but taking a man's

land seems mighty friendly I got no say

in the matter Dave I wish a God I had

the railroad wasn't marked to come my

way when I took my claim and if you're

bypass the new reservation why can't you

bypass my land as well the surveyors

chose the route they considered best

done and you're not the only man has to

get off his land it just ain't right a

man puts his sweat in his place and then

loses it I don't plan to lose it who do

I talk to over you over me is it I'll be

God you can talk to President Grant

himself if you like it won't do you a

bit of good look down the railroad made

a deal with the government and the

government has what's called eminent

domain what's that the right to take

private property for public use or to

authorize his taking with just

compensation to the owner sure Dan

you're going to lose your land there's

nothing you can do about that but you'll

you'll be paid for it

$36 yeah well of course the government

did give the right to the ra I'll bet

it's not the same price yans he gets the

land he's bought

up ain't that a sad

what's the calvary doing here well it

might be to make sure that you Brave s

Busters don't cause no trouble for the

railroad not the end of the world J fell

you can always start

again it ain't all that easy starting

again I've had my f of it

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I chose my land and that's where I'm

standing it'll take kuster his entire us

Cavalry to get me off My

Lan September

23 I long to plant a sapling near our

baby's grave

a tree to provide shade in summer and a

place for birds to build their nests but

since we never speak of little Davey I

cannot suggest it it is very hard not to

share our

sorrow take a while for these saplings

to grow but we'll have trees someday

Molly still nice and soft beneath the

bark you've been wanting Tre since the

first day we got

here the pray was so vast and

empty still is trees will change a look

of

it we'll be the first to set out

trees you've always likeed to be first

haven't you

Davey I guess it's in my

nature besides a man gets tired of being

called Sunny all the

time makes him want to keep proving he's

a man that sounds silly to you Molly no

do you think we should ride over and see

Dan I plan to as soon as the saplings

are

planted besides it's a good time to

leave him

alone sometimes a man is just not up to

socializing well we go when you think we

should um wash up we'll have our supper

I need some more soap

take the

baby wash him wrap

him put him in the Cradle near the

fire oh Molly don't you want to see your

son

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Molly did you find the soap

you find the soap no it's such a mess in

there Dave you really should make order

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they look so spindly

Davey I know but they'll grow fast it'll

take a lot more trees and we have to

cover 10

acres well I guess the government never

planned how many trees it would take

to fill up 10 acres

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I don't recall inviting you to my

property

uf's Cavalry don't need a invitation no

need to be

testy he's

dead you killed Dan not yet that's kther

stretched out back there but your friend

Gray's next if you don't clear

out KS was a good man you had no right

to kill him man aims a rifle at me I

don't wait to get a hole blown through

me just the way it happened

ain't that the

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truth you murdered

KS I'd watch How I put

that government don't take kindly to a

military action being called a

murder you take a good look at KS a real

good

look if your friend don't leave

Peaceable you'll be keeping K's company

in the Wild Rose

graveyard and if you're planning to

stand up with him tomorrow get there

bright and early and there'll be two

holes dug in that

graveyard come what

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Davey what are you

doing got to help Dan Molly there's no

way I

can't you could get killed as well as

Dan the only way you can help him is to

convince him to give up his

plan you think I'm not going to try that

D could be Mighty

stubborn especially when right's on his

side and I have to try too I'm going

with

you no you're not he might listen to me

if not

you besides if I'm there the soldiers

are far less likely to resort to

violence now you get back in bed you're

not going I'm not getting back in bed

and I am going there's no way I'm going

to let you you can't stop me

Davey but I don't know what's going to

happen there Molly then it's all the

more reason for me to go I'm going

Davey and if you won't take me I'll go

alone

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well look what the wind wind blw

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in can I talk to him he's already been

talked to not by

me you don't want him

out you want him

dead only this time you've got witnesses

mister

unless you're planning to kill us

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too all

right but make it

short

mly go over behind the calvary over

there you stay well out of the

way do like I say Molly you promise

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your gun

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take yourself out of this Dave I don't

want to see you hurt and you shouldn't

have brought in Molly give it up Dan

that Pike is itching to kill you you'll

have to to get me off my

property now I admire a man that fights

for what's rightly his but nobody can

take on the Army the railroad and the US

government all the same it's what I'm

going to

do I don't know if I got words to to say

just how I

feel but from the first time I heard

there was free land in the Dakota

territory and and rode out to take a

look I knew this is where I wanted to

set myself

forever I could see the wheat that' be

stretching across the Prairie someday

clear the Black

Hills the land's all taken now but I got

my piece and I intend to hang on to it

now stop making yourself a Target it's

not worth giving your life for

it seems to me a man ought to care about

his own life as much as his friends

do besides you won't be going all that

far away I'm giving you my tree claim oh

no I'm not about to deprive you because

the railroad wants to deprive me well I

don't look at it that way been enough

talk get out of the way Dave

I'm going to stand planted right here

Dan so unless you're set on making Molly

a

widow you best Give It Up

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hand me a

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rifle and we'll put an end to

this before they put an end to the both

of us

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okay Pike you can clear out out

railroads proved that all it needs to

get what it wants is a call in the US

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Army thank God

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chop chop

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now I know how you've counted on

trees I'm going to give Dan our treat

back oh I'm very glad I didn't say I'd

take your true claim Dave well said or

not Dan that's how it's got to be no and

I wouldn't have given up except I didn't

want to see Molly a

widow that's about the only thing I

wasn't about to do

now let's talk

Sans where are you going to go with

winter coming on if you don't take our

claim we can't live off the land when

the blizzards start you're going to go

to work for the railroad and hold up in

one of their camps I'd as soon die as go

to work for the

railroad then you've no choice but to

take our claim I won't do

it now when you and Molly talked about

setting out trees from the first time we

met Dave and I would rather have you

stay than have a whole

Forest appreciate that but I'm still not

taking the

claim

honestly for all the talk of women being

stubborn I've never met a man who didn't

outdo them I'm Molly don't you owe Molly

me it takes just as much grace to take

as it does to

give you sure got a way of putting

things in a different

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light and you'll take the

claim no but I'll win her on it and I'll

thank you for that

but in the spring I'm moving on hey Pike

keep your hands off my sany I'm taking

it with me you can take it to timbuk to

for all I

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care Monday was my

Wednesday Tuesday I got married

Wednesday night my wife took

sick Saturday she was buried oh lucky

her oh look you are look right over

Yonder don't you see the old Gray Goose

smiling at it's almost ready good we got

a lot of hungry

folks let's get nippy out foror I'll get

you a sh from the

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wagon the weather is changing it'll soon

be winter

I know I can hardly wait to Christmas

there's still a way to go to

Christmas it'll come just as it always

does I once got a Christmas present once

P was making some cash money and Yankton

and bought me this

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dolly let's

see it's a fine Dolly Flora

ow what happened I got

sticker oh you got yourself a mansiz

splinter there

Charlie I'll tell you

what you shut your eyes you hold on to

me real tight you sing your best song as

loud as you can and that splinter will

come flying out whiskey is a life for

man whiskey Johnny whiskey is a for man

whiskey Johnny whiskey give me broken

no that didn't hardly hurt you've done

it good as my

paw I got two paws

now din's ready rabbit's doing corn

cakes yippee

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September 30 Dan moved into his new

Shanty today and although he insists it

is a temporary home he seems content our

hope is that by Spring he will accept

our tree claim as his

own it would have been a joyous day if

it had not been for Charlie calling

Davey his second paw although Davey

tried to hide his grief he could not

Molly Molly come here I've got got

something to show

you oh you best bring your Shaw there's

a bite in the

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air look

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Molly Dan and the

Peters first time there' been two lamps

out on the Prairie oh Davey it's awfully

good day

neighbors it sure

is I'll do my best to see the Dan days

too we both

will at any rate we'll have a house full

at Christmas when we go into town to buy

winter Provisions I want to buy

Christmas presents all we can afford

when can we go

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Davey tomorrow suit

you better go into town soon before the

weather changes find ourselves

snowbound tomorrow will be just

fine I've returned to my diary to add

one

thought the Prairie is a lonely place

but less lonely now how comforting it is

to see lamps shining through the

darkness What a fine thing it is to have

others to share one's Joys as well as

sorrows

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that's for stringing not

eating corn ain't what should be strung

for

Christmas I guess it'll do seeing we

don't got

cranberries what's cranberry huh they're

little shiny red berries

remember once when I was as little as

you mom gave me some to string for

Christmas reckon it was the finest

Christmas I ever had I don't remember no

fine

Christmas PA done the best he could you

two got no cause to complain

ma had a way easing

things I remember once when I was as

little as you I wanted a dolly for

Christmas and I carried on something

fearful M

said Christmas wasn't dollies peppermint

sticks Christmas was the Christmas baby

God gave to the

world that was the best present anybody

could

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get October 1 there's frost on the

ground each morning now but the weather

holds clear and

sunny Davey thinks we'll have a mild

winter if if so it'll be the first since

we came to the

Prairie back home papa is harvesting the

pumpkins setting aside the best for Mama

to make pies for Thanksgiving and

Christmas I think I shall ask Mama to

send me the seeds there's no reason why

pumpkins shouldn't Thrive here as well

as in

Iowa we shall have a fine drive to Wild

roads today to buy our Christmas

presents all the happier because the

peters and Dan are going as well

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see that Morgan

Molly she's almost as pretty as

whitefoot was white fo the Morgan you

lost coming out here that's right they

were a matchet of Morgans Paul gave us

as a wedding

present I was in such a hurry to get to

our claim I drove her too hard broke her

leg had to shoot her

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they'll get into Mischief if I don't see

to them I'd best see to netti or she

takes the things that we can't

afford someday we'll get another Morgan

Molly we'll have a match pair just like

I

promised I'm sure we'll be able to

afford one in time baby

guess I'm just not all that good at

waiting well let's go we got a lot to

do seems like uh my horse is about to

throw a shoe so i' best go see to him

meet you inside when you

finish how you getting on there young

fell glad we'd be still having you

around for a while anyway no thanks to

the the government or the railroad oh

come on now there's no need holding a

grudge like that you know I didn't want

to see you put

off yeah I reckon I know

that still rils me though the way the

government and the railroad work

together as close as

thieves that old G with the uh Morgan

horse just coming to town oh yeah he

just got in this morning from Boston

name is Brer he's a judge don't tell me

the laws finally come to Wild Rose no

unfortunately no he's come to look after

his sister in our Homestead your old boy

doesn't seem capable of doing what's

necessary in a homestead yeah he'll be

looking for help next spring but I had

to tell him every available man is

spoken for by the

railroad thanks

thany for what

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salt now you stop hanging around here

there's no free head outs here damn K's

kids these two belong to ks his wife I

mean you heard me now you get hold on a

minute

give them two of them I'll

pay you saw Busters sure are free with

your money not half as free as a

railroad is with making

widows what else you want

kerosene mine hiding these days I don't

want n the Young on to come across

Before

Christmas it's very

pretty do you like it

Davey I sure do it's about time you made

yourself a new dress oh no it's for

netti for Christmas doubt she's ever had

a dress that wasn't a makeover

then you go right on and make it

one how much will the dress length cost

exactly 86 cents ma'am that much yes

ma'am never mind go run on and get

it all

right one dress length please and a

spool of matching thread apples come too

high for us to buy n just six won't be

all that much that's all I need to make

apple jelly apple jelly ain't as

important as other things we

need a for

us I don't see how we can go

empty-handed when Molly's making the

Christmas

dinner please Paul I don't mind going

without something

else well in that

case I guess I don't either

did you find everything you needed just

about you take your time just get your

horse

shot what oh I no no find out that he

didn't eat you after all you come see

too Paul you come too Nelly thank you

ladies please come again

ain't it fine it sure is Flora momy you

come see too

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coming I've never seen a prettier

sled Charlie and Flora come across his

sled can we get it paw Me and Charlie

for

Christmas

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well oh

$6 that

much oh there's just no way I can spend

$6 on the slay I guess loft's figures

with wood being so scarce and valuable

out here

can ask any price he wants but $6 it's

robbery well we're in the right store

for being

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robbed it' be the best Christmas present

I could ever give

myself if I could buy you that

sled but we just can't afford it it

don't matter P we got no cost to carry

on little Davey will never have a

Christmas

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no

no I should have done it long ago

why I've seen you in

here

grieving over this cradle

now Molly I can't keep other people from

doing you harm like Flora did today but

I can do away with this cradle and keep

it from reminding you do you think I'll

remember any less if the Cradle is

gone I just don't want it to be any

harder on you than it is it was keeping

our sorrow inside that made it harder we

closed ourselves off when we needed each

other most Davey

I only wanted to spare you

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Mommy I wanted to spare

you there's been

times when

when when I didn't think I could hold

back the tears inside

me hasn't come

Dy let him

come he's he's

gone little baby is gone

he's

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gone

there there we said it

Dy we finally said to each

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other we don't have to

watch every word we say Davey

we can talk about little

Davey and how good it was to have him

even if it was just for a little

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while I I wanted to talk about him Molly

it was like he was slipping away and he

was because we weren't sharing his

remembrance I've been thinking about

Flora and

Charlie how much they long for that

sled I

know recall how I felt when I got my

first

sled Paul made it for

me do you think you can make a sled for

the children Davey I could if I had the

lumber but I

don't you could use the lumber from

Little Davy's

cradle but you care me from breaking it

up oh it isn't the same

Davey you'd be making something of the

Cradle something that would bring joy to

others are you sure you want me to do

that

Mo yes I'm

sure you won't feel sorry

afterwards it'll make me happy Davy

truly

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all right I'll get on it right

away that Prairie flyer won't hold a

candle to

it I know it won't

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is

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that apple jelly sure smells good put it

through a cloth four times so it get

bright and clear and it made a bread

pudding put in all the Apple leavs ought

to be real

tasty be a real treat for Charlie and

Flora guess his candle's all

melted that's going to keep it sealed

real tight till

Christmas I can use this wake again when

next I make

candles you sure ain't one for wasting

this

back like some manif find wife

I intend to

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the

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n

a

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h

Merry

Christmas Christmas

tree oh Davey it's

beautiful Pine

con where'd you get them I ask P to send

them along with the

saplings and you kept them hidden all

this time

oh Davey it's the loveliest gift you

could give

me you don't know how I've missed a

smell of Pine and to have a whole

tree thank

you someday we'll have a real Christmas

tree Molly no tree will ever be as dear

to me as this

one now I must give you your gift

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I've never seen anything like this

how'd you manage to get it done without

my

see you do like

it like

it well you just wait and see how I show

it

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off Merry Christmas come on in

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let me take your coat oh just a minute

got some presents in the

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pocket this one's for

Charlie this here's for

Flora so

pretty the sweet smelling stuffs for

nety it's a wonderful gift

Dan thought maybe you could put the

presents around the tree you know about

the

tree what's the use of having a good

friend if you can't take him in your

confidence

honestly I got something for you and

Dave as well oh there was no need

Christmas is for children well Dave's

been called Sunny often enough to not

mind getting a

present there you are what is it well

you never find out if you don't open it

up well thank you

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Dan it's

lovely it sure is

had a soldier sitting on top but uh I'm

not overly fond of the US Cavalry so I

took it

off there's a letter that goes with the

with the

present you're giving us a

Morgan sold your labor for it toy horse

was just to remind you that it's

coming remember that old jent in Wild

Rose with the Morgan Horse you admired

so much well I made a deal with him of

course you won't get your real horse

till spring after I finished plowing and

seeding put up a new Shanty next to the

old Sai where he's living now but the

Morgan's

yours well that's what it says on the

paper the judge wrote up oh we can't let

you give us a Morgan can't and won't

there's nothing you can do about it

Deal's R up and

signed look the day you stood up in

front of me chaning a

bullet well Molly said it takes more

grace to take than it does to give so I

don't see how you can do other than take

the

Morgan well that was different Dan but I

don't see it that

way the only way we'll take your

Morgan is if you keep our tree claim for

good I mean

no it's the only

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way how'd things get so twisted

around A man gives a present to his

friends there ought to be strings

attached there's no string Dan mly and I

been trying to think of a way to make

you keep our

claim looks like you did it for us no

I'm not taking your tree claim all right

then I'm not taking your Morgan oh yes

you are no I won't you sure will no I

won't that's quite

enough we thank you for the Morgan Dan

now you thank us for the tree claim

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I guess I thank you for the tree claim

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Merry Christmas Merry Christmas Merry

Christmas Merry Christmas Merry

Christmas get in you two sit

down take off the

snowshoes here sit down Mr Peters come

on get by the

fire sit

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down Dan won't be leaving in the spring

well that is good news thank you Mr

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Peters wouldn't you say so Netty yeah

P apple jelly Molly I made it myself

come out real good

too oh we haven't had apple jelly since

we left

home well Molly just gave me

this go D that's wonderful don't know

how she made it without me seeing must

have taken a long time to make

that my ain't it pretty ain't it pretty

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Paul Young ain't never seen a Christmas

tree

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before I can't think of any reason to

hold up giving Charlie and fla their

present can you mommy no no I can't

think of any reason

Jason

well this is what your paw had me keep

hidden from you till Christmas morning

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we got a

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SL oh isn't it pretty can't wait till

tomorrow go outside and play in the

snow we got a sled we got a sled we got

a SL we got fine looking SL got look

just like the one in Wild Ro we got a

SL say is anybody against us having our

dinner now I've been watching that bird

roast all morning it's more than I can

bear well we taking a vote I vote for

dinner

dinner December 25

1874 I mark this Christmas in my diary

as one I shall always cherish but we

have shared it with good neighbors and

dear

friends and it is the sharing that

brings joy and contentment the sharing

of of all

things Davey and I know this now and we

shall never forget it

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