Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-06-01
I've got it now, SOS you can savy,"
said he. "What We wants gospel-sharp.

GospeI-sharp, parson."
ooh! Why did you not say so before ?
I am clergyman parsou."
Now you talk You see my blind,
and straddle it like man. Put it there r
extending browny paw, which closed
over the minister's small hand aud gave it
shake indicative Of fraternal sympathy
and fcrveut qualification.
"Now we're all right, pard. Lets start
fresh. Don't you mind mo snuffling a lit
tie, becuz we're in power of troub. You
SEQ one Of the boys has gone up the
hume"-
"Gone where p
up the fume-throw'd up the sponge,
you know"
"Thrown up the sponge
Yes-kicked the bucket"
"Ah-has departed to that mysterious
country from whose bourne no traveller re-
turns"
Return? Well, 1 reckon not. Why,
pard, he's Dead"
"Yes, I understand"
ooh, you do? Well, I thought maybe
you might be getting tangled once more.
Yes, you see he's dead oyaiu-"
"Again! Why, has he ever been dead
before?"
Dead before? No. Do you reckon
man has got as many lives as cat? But
you bet, he's awful dead now, poor old boy,
and I wish I'd never seen this day. l
don't know NJ better friend than Buck
Faushaw, know'd him by the back and
when know a man like him I freeze to
him-you hear me. Take him all around,
pard, there never was bullier uau in the
mines. No man ever knowed Buck Fan
shaw to go back on friend. But it's all
up. 1t amt no use. They've scooped
him !"
"Scooped him 2"
Ycs-death has. Well, we'll, we'll,
we've got to give him up. Yes, indeed.
It's kind of hard world, after ALL amt it ?
But, pard, he was rustler. You ought
to see him get started once. He was
bully boy with glass eye! just spit in
his face and give him room according to
his strength. and it was just beautiful to
see him peel and 60 in. lie was the worst
son of thief that ever draw'd breath.
Pard, he was on it. He was on it bigger
than an Injun!"
"On it.? On what?"
'On the shoot. On the shoulder. On
the fight. Understand? /? He didn't give
a continental-for anybody. Beg your
pardon, friend, for coming so near saying
a cuss-word-but you see I'm on an awful
strain in this palaver, on account of having
to cram down and draw everything so mild
But we've got to give him up. There
ain't any getting around that. I dent
reckon. Now, if We can get you to help
plant him"
"Preach the funeral discourse? As
sist at the obsequies ?"
"Obs'quies is good. Yes. That's it !;
that's our little game. We are going to
get up the thing regardless you know. He
was always nifty himself, and so you bet
you his funeral amt going to be no slouch |;
solid silver door plate on his coffin, six
plumes on the hearse, and a nigger on the
box with billed shirt and a plug hat
how's that for for high? Aud we'll take
care Of you, pard. Wen FIX you all right.
There will be kcrridge for you and
whatever you want just 'scape out aud
we'll tend to it. We've got shebsng
fixed up for you to stand behind in No. Is
house, and don't y"u be afraid. Just 80
in and toot your horn, If you don't sell q
clam. Put Buck through rs bully as you
can, pard, for any body that kuow'd him
will tell you that he was one OF the widest
men that was ever in the mines. You
can't draw it too strong. He never could
stand it to see things going wrong. He's
done more to make this town peaccable
than any man in It. I've seen him lick
four Greasors iu eleven minutes, myself
II thing wanted regulating. he warn't q
man to 90 browsing around af,er somebody
to do it. but he would prsnce 10 and reg.
Mate it himself Ho waru't a Catholic /;
but it didn't make no difference about that
when it came down to what mans right
was-and 30 when some rouehs jumped
the Catholic bone yard and started in to
stake out town lots 10 it, he went for 'em
And be cleaned EN- too! was there and
bsen ii myself"