The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-12-25

built like a prize-fghter His head
was cropped and brislly-like as if he
had u viz nale Of hair-brushes. His
nos- lay straight down his face, like a
finger with the enIjoint tilted up.
They had been hrinking-l could see
that. And what queer talk they
uSeL. Mr.. Holmes inspected this
cabin, then lie took me hy the button
hole, AMI says he:
Throu,', he leepravc Of thought.
h,-ig = vpir, tiat sings
Built thee more stately mansions,
Ony soul.
SAYS ]. Il can't aforl it, Mr..
Holmes. and. moreover, l don't want
to-" Blamed if liked it pretty well,
coming from stranger, that way.
However. l started to get out my
bacon and beans, when Mr.. Emerson
came and boxed on a while, and theu
he takes me aside by tie button-hole.
and SAYS:
Give uls. agates for ny meat;
tive me caathari,is> To- eat:
FROM air aud ocean bring me foods,
From al zones and altltuie>.
Says l, "Mr Emerson, if You'll ex-
cnse me, this amt no hotel" You
see it sort Of riled me. / wasn't used
TO the WAYS of literary swells. But /
went on aswea.ing over nv work,
and next comes Mr.. Longfellow and
button-holes me, and interrupts me.
Says he:
Honor he to ;fpij,keewis,
You shall hear hoa Pau Puk- Keewis,
But broke i'm, and says l. BEG
cing your pardon, Mr.. LongfellOw,
if you'll be so kind "a to hold your
yawp for about FIVE minutes and let
me get this grub ready. you'll do me
proud" Well. sir. after they filled
up. set out the jug. Mr.. Holmes
looks at it. and then fires up all Of a
sudden and yells:
Flash out Il stream Of blood-red wine,
For would drink to other days.
BY George, l was getting kind of
worked up. l don't deny it. / was
getting kind Of worked up. l turns
to Mr.. Holmes, and says ]. 'LoOky
here, nv fat friend, I'm a-running this
shanty, and if the court knows herself,
you'll take whisky-straight. or you'll
go dry" Theln's the very words /
said to him. Now / didn't want to
sass such famous littery people. but
you see they kind Of forced me.
There amt nothing onreason-
able bout me; / don't mind a passed.
of guests a-tread'n on my tail three or
four times, but when it comes to stand
ing on it, it's different, and if the
court knows herself, you'll take whis-
ky-straight. or you'll go dry. Well.
between drinks, they'd swell around
the cabin and strike attitudes and
spout. Says Mr.. Longfellow:
This Is the forest primeval.
Saws Mr.. Emerson
Here one.. th,, emIattied farmer stood,
Ani iicd the shot heard round the world.
Says /, 90, BLACKBOARD the prem
ises rs much as You want tot don't
cost you a cent" Well, they went ON
drinking, and pretty soon they got out
a greasy old deck and went to playing
cut-,hroat euchre at 10 cents corner
on trust. l begun to notice some
pretty suspicious things. Mr.. Emer-
son dealt, looked Mt his hand, shook
his head, and says:
am the doub,er and the doubt
and calmly punched the hands and
went To shutting for u new layout.
Says he:
They reckon Ill who leave me out;
They know not well the subtle ways
Keep, pass, and deal AGAIN!
Hanged if he didn't go ahead and
10 it, too! Oh, he was a cool one.
Well, in about a minute things were
pretty tight, but of sudden
| see by MIR. Emerson's eye that he
Judged he had EN-. He had already
two tricks and each Of the
others enc. So now he kind Of lifts
l little in his chair, and says:
tire Of globes and aces
Too long the game IL played.
and down he fetched right bower.
Nr. Longfellow smiles as sweet as pie
md says:
Thanks. thanks to thee. my worthy friend,
For the lesson thou hast Taught.
and dog my cats il he didn't down
With another right bower! Well, sir,
Up jumps Holmes, a-war whooping as
'sual, and says:
God help them II the tempest swings
The pine against the palm
and / wish l may 60 to grass if he