Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-02-07
trouble with the fellow

satisfied the rapscallion, and was going
off quite peaceably
whist, Mr.. O'Keegan, says he: you
have mighty fine coat that 'ud just fit
me, and I'll trouble you for it,
Mr.. O'Keegan though it wasn't worth
while to fight about coat, so he pulls it
off, and the other chap pats it on, and
Mr. O'Keegan thought he was going to
get home at last in his shirt sleeves.
But the rapacious scoundrel wasn't
satisfied yet.
Its bad the coat looks without the
waistcoat, Mr.; G'Keegan, says he, 'and
ifye'd be after letting me have that gar
ment peaceably, it would save a misun-
derstandiDg between u.s.
Mr. OKeegau believed in concession,
so he peeled again, thouh he began to
shiver, and thought it was cold comfort
to be Christian under such circumstan-
css.
But the chap hadn't done with him
yet
Its your boots l want now, says he.
Mr.. 0'Keegan began to think that the
chap was little too Radical, but as the
chap insisted that the boots were an in.
dispensable concession, Mr.. O'Keegan
pulled them off, saying to himself 'he's
got everything now, and I'll be off,
While the william was putting on the
boots, Mr.. O'Keegau wished him good
night and was trotting off, when the un-
reasonable backyard calls after him.
'Mr. oKeegan, says he, Just sthop
where you are. l have your watch and
your money, and your coat, and waistcoat,
and your boots, and ] balsVe that's all ye
have about ye that's worth taking But
now yell be after going to the magistrates
and telling yer story and sending the peel
ers after me, aud trying 10 get your prop
erty back and me hanged. To save ye
all that trouble I'll jist konck ye on the
head, and make ye comfortable bed III
the bog aud cover ye up SO that nobody'll
disturb ye. If ye've mind to confess
your sins before ye take yer nap, llgive
ye jist two minutes by your own watch
Now, Mr.. O'Keegan began to think
that the virtue oi concession had its lin
its, and that it was time to take stand
in defence of conservative principles.
His eyes were opened
He was aroused, and instead of saying
bis prayers, he squared off and pitched
into the unconsconable scamp, and being
some on his muscle, when his dander was
up, he knocked the blackguard out of
time in the first round, recovered his
property and banded the chap over to
the first policeman who came along.
'Bedad, said Mr.. O'Keegan, 'if l had
only done that in the first place I d have
saved myself dale of trouble and bad
cold.'
l think we had better fight it out on
the first issue.
CHILD's PRAYER IN DANGER.-Littlt
Lizzie got lost in the woods and feared
she would die. A rabbit had run to hel
in fright, and she held him fast in he
arms. When the stars came out she
thought of God, and wondered why sht
had forgotten him. Then she knelt dowr
and prayed thus: go dear God I'm
alone in the great woods and nobody dom
come after me and / thank you 70
giving me the little rabbit he's rea
warm. But don't want to die here al
alone in the dark if 1 do, won't 20,
take me to heaven? But I'd a gea
deal rather go home to mamma and papa
Please to let them find me, and TAX
care ofme tell they come, for Christ's SAX
Amen Thatisn'tsaying' Our Father
nor now 1 lay me- thought Lizzie
but guess it's just as good. | should
wonder if he sent great white ange
with wings right straight down to tax
care of me."' She fell asleep, but wa
soon found by her friends
sJosh Billings says: never owne
: a mule, and never mean tu, unles
! there is a United States law passed re
! quiring it.