The Republican journal., 1871-06-29

Mound City. IN lOWay, and there Stubb
was knitted for something on other in
row, and died. He and | didn't 90 ca
boots as much AS Canvas and me did, bl
we missed him for all that We see som
hubby life, off and on, we did, and if
was a youngster, I'd rather set up in an
profession but circus driver, but ma
can't always have his 'drathers. Least
wise, if he could, p'r'aps he wouldn't b
no better off"
1--WE got to lowy, as | was sayin an
the boss was mighty teary one night Ii
had a swivel eye, and was lot when h
was drunk; and he gave Us partickle
deviltry, which no man bankers fur if h'
don't deserve il, which we didn't an,
that night Canvas come to me, and say
he, 'Centerpoe, | amt a goin to sling
this cart any more And | say to him
Why Y No man., says he, cal
drive over me with sharp corked horses
Which knew then he meant to leave th,
show, and | was bound to Join him any
way. And he says to me, There's al
Old pard of mine here, and he says 81
how there's Il guv'ment train goin' tt
start from Omaha next week, and we car
get n job there TO 60 out to the Injul
country We'll, Canvas saws l. kind
er slowly like, il you goes. | goes.
All right, says he
| couldn't help Wishin' twas somers else
than the Iniun country, for | had heere
them critters was lightnin' to fight an(
ate up dead 'uns It's all well enough te
stay at home and talk about ii bat when
ii comes to goin', its q horse of another
color"
You teamsters have Il strange, wan
| dcring life. How do YOU manage to live
?"
Most tellers as comes out here tc
work or drive has run away from the
East for robbin' or murderin' And they
can't stay in no one place it haunts them
all the time, and they must keep goin'
But never did no such thing. Have YOU
ever been in the lniun country ?"
Never in my life but | have often
wished to-"
"You had better stow that, and keep
out OF it. It's a temptin' Providence and
many red devils, to 90 there. But as |
was sayin' we squared up with the boss
which there wasn't much comm to US, for
we was Just like sailors, and never had a
dollar in the dunnage box-and it don't
take much drinkin', and dancin, and
poker to clean a teller out. But we got
away from there, and got to Omaha the
best we could-there wasn't any railroads
in them days--anu Canvas and me WASH t
long hlrin' out ter drive, for some of them
guv'ment solers-partickly them as had
dirty unltorms--has Il smart eye to pick
out fellow As knows his biz; and they
see at once rs how Canvas and me sa-
veyed hosses up to The handkerchief it
was true, though | say it, for Canvas and
me had saveyed hosses ever since we
We're kneehigh to Il snipe-:tnd some o
them drivers don't know no more about
hosses than a dog does the price of a
hymn book"
''Whal made YOU and Canvas such
friends ~
"Waal you see, we had padded to-
gether, and was made to go in double
harness. Don't you know that Natur'
makes every thing in pairs? And some
men get married which | never could
sence that city chap carried off 'MeGa
and which is rrsky, any how; but
there's some as gets to be pards, and
them's better nor man and wife And
when | was attacked by Il euchre Singer
in Chicago. which sometimes think he
didn't ought ter, rs | hain't been wuth
much TO nobody"
But" said |, there's always some
thing for man to DO, if he only knows it p"
And the teameter drained the glass and
answered:
"Youre right, there, but it's lucky if
down like. You amt 4 getlin' tired of
the story, are ye ~
by no MEANS" replied, ''it interests
me very much"
.'WaaI, we started on our trip, and was
bound for Arizona twenty-eight wagons,
four ambulances, and two companies OF
cavalry-a right smart line of us. 1t amt
very intcrestin' goin' over the plains !;
nothing but sage brush and rabbits, and
such vprmin. And the deserts, which we
had to drag along, hub deep in the sand,
water forty miles apart, and no grass nor
nothin'-in some o them nights | used to
wish to get home again. But Canvas and
me was goin' to get gold, and 90 back
rich and see the old iolks-but which it
can never be. Canvas and me done the
best we could. We didn't see many
Indians tust along; olst in Il while a few
would hang around behind us, or we
could see one or two sLlurying upa canon.
After we got well away from the settle
ments, they tried to stampede the cattle
but we was prepared for them, and they
didn't get but Il few 1t wasn't pleasant
for a man to he thinkin' o Iniuns all the
time, and many night, as I've been on
guard, thought | see a big 'un under
every bush My old mother used to read
in the Scliptu' about 'roarin' lions and
'seekn' to devour,' but that book don't
say nolhin' bout PEACHES, which is very
singular, if it makes To show us how to 90.
P'raps the tellers as wrote it was never in
Arizona, and | often thought as how God
left that country out of his daybook, as
ben' O. no account-leastWise, p'r'aps
that was the place where the devil squat
ted when he was .ierked out o. the gardn',
as gran'ther used to tell on.'
''But the government does its best there,
doesn't in Spends millions of money p
Young man, dye know | thinks our
guy v'ment is bilked in them matters.
They sends out agents. bureaus, commits
sioners, with pockets full of money, and
them fellers cheets the In Jun and cheets
the gnv'mem also.
Il see that some Quakers have been
uppolHlcu " lu'tl uoPttt liiioHl- l)oI you
think they will succeed ?'
You can just bet high agn' it, and bet
to win. Did you ever try to keep of
bumblebees by givin' on EN- sugar
Them Territories won't never be wutl
nuthin' nor safe, till them varmints is
wiped out ii l was the boss driver OF
thati department, I'd send enough soers
to corral alt on 'em, and I'd take every
blasted copper-colored thief and hang him
up in what trees we could find, till the
crows day O Judgment had settled OF
'em. But this amt my story
81 guess I'll lie up Il little; it runs
rayther heavy tonight" said he as h,
filled himself another glass and continued
ave camped out one night at the jaw
of canon, ate our suppers, and Canvas
and me was on guard together, in the
early watch. We used to meet at the end
of the walk, and stop bit and talk. Bu
we had a good lookout all the while. 1t
was very dark, and every one was asleep
By and by, Canvas, says he, Center, I'm
goin' up to the spring to get drink.
The spring was about hundred yards vi
the gulch, among the bushes. = Well,