The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-09-21
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i ttAuu..a we tfaSeleul AnQx xtTereleO,
until We got to Mound. City, III
Ioway; and there Stubby was
knitted for something or other in 4
row, and died. He and I didn't
go cahoots SO much as Canyas and
me, but we missed him for all "a
that. We see some hubby life of
and on, we did I; and #, I was a
youngster I'd rather set mn in any
profession but circus, driver; /; bu,
a man can't always have his
'drathers. Leastwise, If lio could.
perhaps he would be no better off.
Z. We got to Ioway,- as ] " Was
saying, and tile. boes xas mighty
teary one night. He, had q 9 xiv.
el.eye, and was hot when be 90,
drunk; and he give ms partick1er
diyiltry, which no man bankers
fur il he don't descrve It. whicl,
we didn't: and that night Can vas v'st
comes to me, and says he, Centre
pole, 1 mint a goin' to osling this
cart any more And T saws to
him, Why 2 " mo man. says he,
can drive over me Will, sharp.
corked horses Which 4 knew
then he meant 20 leave the show.
and and was bound 70 jine him any
way. And he says to me, There's
an old pard of mihe here and he
says as how there's q Guy'ment
train, going to start from Omaha
next week, and we can get q iob
there to go out to the Ihjnn coun.
try 'tlWelI, Cahvas,' saysI, kind.
er slowly like, 'fy you goes, l goes.
'All' right says he. I Couldn't
help, wishin' twas som'ers, else
than the Injun country for
[ had heerd them critters
was lightning to fight, and ate up
all the dead ones. 1t is all we'll
enough to stay at home and talk
about it; but when it comes to 90.
ing, it's a horse Of another color" I"
4 t" You teainsters have a strange,
wandering life. How do you man.
age TO live SO T. ..,.~.. g.. ........,.
!" Most fellers as comes out here
to work or drive, has run away
from the East for robbery or mur.
ders. And they can't stay in no
one place; il liannts them all the
time, and they must keep agoin'.
But l never did no such thing
Have you ever been in the Injun
country2" ..., .L -. ..., =.
Never in my life; but have
often wished to-" .e.. j
You had better stow that, and
keep ont of il, 1t 10 tempting
Providence and many red devils
to e. there. But rs 1 was saying.
wo squared up with the boss
which there wasn't much coming
to us, as there always is, tor we
was just like sailors, and never
had dollar in the dunnage box
and it don't take much drinking
and dancing and poker to clean a
feller out. But we got away from
there, and got to Omaha the hest
we could-tlIcre wasn't any rail.
roads in them days-and Canvas
and me wasn't long in hiring ont
ter drive; for somo of them CIV
mcnt sojers-partickly them as
has dirty uniforms-has a bugger.
ed smart eye to pick ont feller as
knows lis biz, aud they see at onct
as how Canvas and me saveyed
hosses up to the handlc-whicn it
was true, though / say il, for Can.
vas and me had saveyed hosscs ev.
er sence we. was knee high to a
snipes-and some Of them dri. crs
didn't know no more about HOSES
than n dog does the price Of hymn
booksp ~ 7 : -
g What made You and Canvas
such friendsf'
" Waal, you see, we had pad.
died together, and was made to 90
in double harness. Don't Won
know that Nature makes every.
thing in pairsi And some men
gits inarried-which I never could
sence that city, chap carried of
'Meiia, and which is rcsky, any.
how, because one or the other il
bound to kick over the pole or bust
the breeehing; but there's some ne
gets to pards, and them's better
nor man and wife. And old Can.
vas, he ,onst1 saved my life when j
was attacked by a euclIre-slinget
in Chicago, which I sometimes
think lie didn't ought ter, ms ]
hain't been wuth much to no
body" .... = -
" But there's always something
for man to do, ii he only knows
it," I said. 5 .... = -. :
And the teamster. drained his
glass, aid answered:
"Yo,l're right, there, but it is
lncky If anybody can find it ont,
if he onst gifts down like You
amt a getting tired, are yea III
60 through the rest like the Ten
Commandments through Sunday
school"
" BY no means it interests me