The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-11-14

nore rapidly forward, the cap.sin's
nose became more poic:ediv iroui-
1 g than ever, Houses there were
ca,sere1 here and there. with sor 8
Sl,d strt OF reference 10 possihl,
>tfeet, and some OF them we're even
Of that ambitious sort where oEe
SIO!, tr.eS To Use ard c.IJuD - Tie
iiguity OF two Tae~e wee fran,
buildings, with msrvsicusly SJta~ =
ing slgCs-nUst of them ''aCte.s,'
''hslls, ''shades, and miners para
tises of that sort; but some were ap
Iare0riy intended for iegi imste bu
'luess -''dTy goods eUpnuums. ''apc
be ike, not to speak Of three OF t,ul
'Oshks,' sad '-C~"0ked- Pine
prsuch-IiDt aud assay ciiice''
''Tast ttaT's whar thay used &,
Keep The ugsr,"' SSH Bing. III wa
righs shout thar tGs. tire skeer took
lie. But whsr on yesrth are ali tn
boys gone to -
Wen he might ask, for. although
the cspta'n' : EO~e had pointed every
where, bot the fist sign OF an in
usi'iIsnE had q, yet msde It's appear
~BCs.
'Wha: can be the matter ?''exciaiu-
ed the captain. Are you sure
was such u healthy pIsce ?"
''Hssl:hy p said BlEg' "Wali.
-now, YOU kin just bet. ANY how ! We
come and rad right straight into
Crooked Pine. HullO. it thar ain,
somebrdy stIrrin'! Tell We Whist.
eap'n, was beginning TO GIT leetIe
skeered agIr, every thing looked SO
.eonAAlAs>I lonesome a'--'--- -
Even as he was speaking, a batter.
ed, grizzled, uakempt, ,unwasbed spec
'men Of elderly humanity came imp-
ing toward them, bearing in his hsnG
rusty old dOuble-bsrreled shot gun,
"LOok cut, whispeIed Bug 10 The |
captain /; "Lhar's no coming onto |
these yer Crooked PM boys |
rney're most likely layIa' low Tor
Then he sdded, aloud
81 say, stranger, Whar hev ail the
boys gone ter? What's got inter
Crooked Pine p
SIS that you, Bing - draw!ed the
nsn with the shotgun. "Why,waar
lev you been Nothi.' amt go;
nter this yer place-thst ain's what's
he matter but every Iiyia' snnl ,
cept me has got out OF it. Oid
3ing, tell yer, Cfooaed Pine is a ,
lead town"
"You don't say ~ exclaimed Bing. .
With wnas the captain took tor :
,rOan bui the lstler aimed his nose
g the man with the sh1t-guD, and
sked him q: :
"WhaG did the town die %, and =,
that made you say here aitef iS was
cad 2"
'-Dle of p drawled the shot gun :
Of? Why, taey'ye made ,, ,
mother town, twenty mile away over =
ntO the new railroad and they do d,
ay i heas this er city al! boiler y
Vhst made me stay? Why, stran- '
er, | never seen 3 railroad, and ]
on wsnt 20 4; and so,when the boys a.
Pgun % clar Ou5 tor tha. thar heW
ty,I just bought thar improvements =
got some on en- powerful cheap, / =
ih, an / won three hotels q, one Il
file, did. Biggest luck you ever
zen And l Aep' on and on, buyIn'
nd winEin, ill reckon l oEn tLs
hole town, and the graveyard, too
- fiue graveyard, and it's got an C
wful good start bnt it's just the b
earliest town you ever seen. What L
o | stay for ? Why, what should I :,
.ay for? Don't | own the hull oil y
rocked Pine ?" )
"Cap'n said BiDg, mOurnfully. 81 il
econ he's tellin' the truth. I've =
nOwn this yer sort of thing TO hap !,
en- before. Do ye know what I'm Il
wine to do p Al
"Nc, 1 don't, said the captain. Il
oval, you kin wait for yer cavai- re
men, /, you wasn't ter. Pm gwine r.,
ride right on INTO that thar other hi
wn, on this Oil mule. I'H ride hi
ght in thar. Mebbs I KIN find ca
me OF the boys and anyhow 1 want N
see if that thar raleraid kin put be
other white skeer Cnto Old Biug %
pm, Cooked PIne's just the dead- us
t town | ever see'' ",
Whack" went the stub whip Oh ca
e tough hide OF the old mule, and IN
went B,ng, IS il be knew MS way ne
d di5dained further information Gl
d,While the old man with IEe shot Is
In stood looking dreamilY and uC
stiul,y after him, the captain
leeled his his horse, gave hjn a b.
arp dig of the spur, and galicped M
iskly swsy down the vs!ley, irom N
e lower end of which there came or
st then the far away, ain', ghost!y IN
ties of q cayslry-bugle. 1. vas 81 ",
even music refused to be lively IN of
dead q town ss Crooked Pine ia
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