The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-05-24

it's all up. you know; its all up. 1t
amt no use. They've scooped him!"
'Scooped him ~
"Yes-death has. Well. well, well,
we've got to give him up. Yes, in-
deed. It's q kind of hard world, after
all, amt its But, panl, he was rust
Ter. You ought to see him get started
once. lie was bully boy with a
glass eve! just spit in his face and
give him room according to his
strength, and it was Just beautiful to
see him peel and 90 In. He was the
worst son of a thief that ever ,lraw'd
breath. Parl. he was on it. lie was
on II bigger than an Inium.n
..On t. On wIlaty'
"On the shoot. On the shoulder.
1 On the fight. Understand? He didn't
give a continental-for anybody. Beg
yonr m,rlon. friend, for coming so
near saving a erlss-wom-but you see
/ I'm on an awful strain in this palayer.
on account of having to cram down
and draw everything so mild. But
we've cot to give him mp. There
ain't any getting around that, | don't
! reckon. Now. II we can't get you to
I help plant him
"Preaeh the funeral discourse? As
si>t at the obseqlies::'' -
"Obs'quies Is good. Yes. That's
| 1t; that's our little gamc. We are
going to get up the thing regardless,
vou know. He was always nifty HIM
| self. and 50 you bet YOU lis funeral
amt going to he no slouch: solid sill
,cr door plate on his coffin, six plumes
ON the hearse, and a nigger on the box
with billed shirt and 4 plug hat
how's that for high? And we'll take
care of vou. pard. Wen fix you all
riobt. There. will be kerridge for
Won. ond,whateyer YOU want you Just
'scane ont and wen tend toit. We've
cot n shebanr fixed I'D for You to
Stand behind in No. l's house. and
don't Won he afraid. Just 30 in and
foot yo,r horn. if You don't sell q
rIom put Bnck through as bully rs
you can, pard. for ANYBODY that
| inow',l him will tell vou that he was
one Of the whitest men that was ever
in the mines. You can't draw it too
strong. He never could stand it to
900 t6ipcs Going wrong. He's done
more 10 make this town peaceable
than any man in it. I've seen him
lick four Greasors in eleven minutes,
myself Ifa thing wanted regulating,
he warn't A man to 20 browsing
aronnI after somebody TO do it. but he
would prance in and regulate it him
self lie warn't a Catholic; but it
didn't make no difference about that
when it came down to what a mans
right was-and so, when some roughs
jumped the Catholic bone yard and
f started in to stake out town lots in it,
he went for 'em. And he cleaned
, 'em, too, was there and seen it
myself
"Ilat was very well, indeed-at
least the impulse was whether the
act was strictly defensibe or not.
Had deceased any feiiHtOtts coitNic-
tions: That is to say. did he feel a
dependence upon or acknowledge al
leGiancc to higher power?"
More reflection.
II reckon you We stumped me again,
parl. Could you say it over once
more. and say it slow Z"
"Well. to simplify it somewhat,
was he. or rather had he been con-
neetcd with an organization sequester-
ed from secular concerns and devoted
to self-sacrifice in the interest: of NOR
alitys"
AN down but ninc-set em up on
/ the other alley. parl."
"What did | understand you to
saw z"
'Why, you're most too many for
me. you know. When you get in
with Your left. hunt grassevery time.
Every time ron draw You fill but |
don't seem to have any luck. Let's
Ehaye new deal
"IIow? Begin asain:"
'eIlat's it. :"
Very well. Was he good man,
and"
/ "There-I see that: don't put up
another chip till look at my ha,d.
A rood man, says yous Pard, it ain t
r no name for it. lie was the best man
flat eyer--nard. YOU would have dotted
on tl,at man. lie could lam any
paloot Of his inches in America. It
was lin tIlat nut down the riot last
election before it rot start; and
everybody said that he was the only
; man that could have done it. lie
, waItzcd in with trun,pet in one hand
t and a snanner in the other, sent four
teen men home on shutter in less
than tbrce minutes lie had that riot
! All broke mn and prevented nice before
n auybody ever cot a chance to strike a
9 blow. lie was alway. for peace. and
he would hare pcace-he could moi
. stand disturbances. Pard. he was a
/ great los TO the town. il would
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