Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-03-14


gers impudence patiently, laughing in
his sleeve; but when he saw Jonathan
take up his tooth brush, and make prepa-
rations to detile it with the washings OF
his great black teeth, he could restrain
himself no longer ~
''Here, Mr.. What you-call- en-
"Hallo!" s'i
'Td rather you wouldn't use that brush
if twould be the same thing to you"
"Yeou don't though !" exclaimed iona.
than, looking first at Charley and then a,
the brush. eyer mighty pcrtickler Y
seems to me-"
Eyes, but don't use the brush" ~.
'Ior! dye think 'twould hurt it to
scrape leetle of the dirt off my teeth with
it'll want to look as slick as possible
now I've come to town"
Certainly" said Charley, ''I'H try to
accommodate you. There's another
brush" .1t
"This one2' .. ...t w.. ., ...-.,.,,f
eyes, you can use that"
"Its.a good soft brush" remarked iona
than, using the article with a vengeance
Mighty soft, declarer'
"And sweet, too, should think" added
Charley, "for I've used it to clean my
nails for more than a month";
"The furies !" muttered Jonathan, dash
ing the brush to the floor, and splitting as
though his mouth was full of mustard
why didn't yer tell me o that afore.
Blast yeour nail brush y
Charley made no reply, but smothered
his laughter in the bed clothes, while the
intruder hurried out of the room.
After breakfast, being in the parlor
during the absence of the stranger, Char
ley related the foregoing incidents to his
fellow-boarders, who, giving due credit to
the joke of the nail brush, decided that
after all, Jonathan had given Charley
rather more than he received in return.
"By Bacchus!" exclaimed Charley, ''ii
you think 50, I'll pay him off with trick,
if it costs me fifty dollars"
Shortly after Jonathan came in. Char
ley said but little to him, but walked to
and fro in the room, absorbed in deep
thought, for he was racking his brain to
invent some trick for the sole benefit OF
the stranger. He could think of nothing
until the stranger interrupted him with
"Here, yeou Mr.. What's his-name, kin
yer tell Teller whar he kin git drink OF
water or su'thin of the sort2"
An idea struck Charley so forcibly that
he almost laughed outright; but he re-
strained his disabilities and answered
coolly:
an go and see if there's any water in
the dining room.
Charley went out and was gone so long
that Jonathan began to be impatient. AT
last Charley returned
There's no water in the house." he said
in the most candid tone of voice, "but
there's basin of fresh milk you can
drink as we'll as not. Step right in there,
and say nothing to anybody, and drink
the milk in spite of the girl, who may
scold little, perhaps. Never mind her,
she should have had some water for you
"Thankee," said Jonathan, proceeding
to the dining room.
Finding the basin of milk he took it up
and approached it to his mouth.
"Don't drink that" cried the table girl.
"Yeou git out" retorted Jonathan,
swallowing the milk greedily.
The girl protested, but Jonathan con-
tinued to drink off the liquid until-mys-
teries of mysteries something dark and
hairy made its appearance on the bottom
of the basin. 81 Il
"Lor a massy" exclaimed Jonathan
"what's herel" ...........,.
II was going to tell YOU" said the girl.
"a rat, true as the book!' roared Jona-
than, holding the drowned animal up by
the tail.--A nasty rat! and I've been
drinkin' the milkr'
At this, roar of laughter from the
boarders, who had approached the door,
burst upon Jonathan's ears, and with. a
curse, he rushed from the house, to the
infinite delight of Charley H, who not
only had his joke, but henceforth had the
large bed-chamber for his own individual
accommodation.