The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-06-22

Oh' W ny uluh you say SO before!
| am n clergyman-a parson."
"Now you talk You see my blind,
and slraddle it like man. Put it
there l'-extending a brawny paw,
which closed over the minister's snail
hand and gave it a shake indicative of
fraternal aud f.rvent qualification.
"Now we're all right, pard Lets
start fresh. Don't you mind me snuff
tling little, becuz we're in a power Of
trouble. You see one of the boys has
gone up the lume-"
"Gone where 2"
Up the flume-throw'd up the
sponge, you know"
Thrown up the sponge ?"
"Yes-kicked the bucket"
"Ah has departed to that mystcr.
lous country from whose bourne no
traveller returns"
"Returu ? Well | reckon not. Why,
pard, he's dead"
"Hes, | understand"
ooh, you do? Well, thought maybe
you might be getting tangled once more.
Yes, you sec he's dead agaiu-"
Again Why, has he ever been
dead before ?"
dead before ? No. Do you under.
stand man has got as many lives as a
cat! But you bet he's awful dead now,
poor old boy, aud wish I'd never seen
tins day. don't know no better friend
than Buck Fanshaw. know d him by
the back and when | know man like
hlm-you hear me. Take him all
around, pard, there never was bullier
man in the mines. No man ever kuowed
Buck Fanshaw 20 buek on a friend.
But It's all up, you know; it's all up.
1t Amino use. They've scoopod him.
"Scooped him ?"
"ies-d,ath has. We'll, well. well.
we've got to give him up. Yes, indeed
It's kind ot hard world, after all, ain
it? But, pard, he was a rustler. You
ought to see him get started once. lie
was bully boy with a gas; eye! Just
spit in his lace aud give him room ac
eoriing to his strength, and il was Just
y
beautiful to see him peel and 20 in
lie was the worst son of thief that
ever drawed breath. Pard, he was on
1t. He was on it bigger than an lujunl'
"On lt2 On what p
"On the shoot. On the shoulder.
Do the fight Understand? lie didn't
give contineutal-for anybody. Beg
your pardon, friend, for coming so near
saying cess word-but you see IN on
an awful strain in this palayer, on ac.
count OF having to cram down and draw
everything SO mild. But eve got to
give him up. There amt any getting
around that, [ don't reckon. Now. il
we can't get you to help plant him"
"Preach the funeral discourse ? As.
sist at the obsequies p
"Obs'quies Is good Yes. That's
1t; that's our little game We are going
to get up the thing regardless, you
know. lie was always nifty himself,
and so you bet his funeral ain I goin to
be no slouch; solid silver doorplate on
his coffin, six plumes on the haarso. and
a Niger on the box with billed shirt
and plug hat-how's that for high ?
And we'll Jake care of you, pard. Wen
hx you all right. There will be ker.
ridge for you; aud whatever you want
you just scape out and well tend to il.
We've got sheblDg fixed up for you
to stand behind in No Is house, and
dou't sell a clam. Put Buck through
as bully as you can, pard, for anybody
that knowd him will toll you that he
was one Of tho whitest men that was
ever in the mines. You cant draw it
too strong lie never could stand it to
see things going wrong. He's done
more to make this town peaecabc than
any man in it. I've seen him lick four
Greasers IN eleven minutes myself IL
thing wanted regulating, he warn't
the man to 60 browsing around after
somebody to do it; he would pranee in
aud regulate it himself lie want
Catholic, bgt it didn't make no differ.
ence about that when it came down to
what mans right was-and so, when
some roughs Jumped the Catholic bone.
yard aud started in to stake out town
lots in it, he went for 'em (! And he
cleaned 'em, too | was there and see
it myself"
"1hat was very we'll, indeed-at least
the impulse was-whether the net was
strictly dcfensible or not. Had deceas.
ed any religious convictions ? That is
to say, did he feel dependence mon
or acknowledge allegiance 10 , birhor
powerY'
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