Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-08-21

| - - !, ~ itT lilS Cne Dad mans assertion
that door absolutely existed in that por-
ticular side of the apartment. ''''' ''.i-
e. wen, my consumptive friend.'' faint
3 tpo IaCe tur you to use thet same hole in
tt,e tt, %all-you'll be in time to hear how
thet dog fight you was sneoEins abo,'t ,e1,r nv"
lC,I OtI, tHenoe, ell yer uncommonly lively -,
Don't keer how it come ont ;, ANSWER
| ed the holloW-cheeked individual in bis
most woe-begone tone of voice,
"Don't, eh? Yer sure We don't want to
know witch dog licked %
fAin't bettin' a continental red on
nary dog fight jest now, an amt agoin'
| to, nuther." There was a host of en-
phasis in the latter portion of this speech,
| but it was almost wholly chOked by the
gloomy sadness of the tone in which it
was uttered.
FFIt's purity rough, blamed eff it ain't, -
the end of the bar. 'tI'd ez soon tackle a
raft o. measley babies, but it's got down
| to ground hog case, and eff don't do
somethin' purity soon the boys will be
kickin. me from end o. the country to the
other. It's got to be did. Theirs no help
for it. say, sickly, mebbe ye'd like to
say a word or two afore it happens"
E'Wa't happens? ?''
'swhy, watts goin' to happen Wen
turn loose
'tAin't got nothin' to says
''Any place, pertickler, ye'd like ter be
hauled to arter the matinee?"
''W 'at matinee?"
s'W'at matinee! The matinee that's
goin' to open up in about one minute by
! thet yer clock.''
"Don't know nuthin' bout it.'
FEYOu'll know mOre'n you want afore
git through 18th you. Amt got no
/ friends thet'd plant ye decently in case
the Coroner he'd to sit on yOu?"
s'Nary friend"
sFNO money ?''
''Nary dime.''
FFGOt a name, 1 s'pOse-Write it down
an I'll see thet it's spelled right in the
papers,"
"Cheerful Harry"
F'Age?''
''Forty-four.'
"Born anywhar?"
Missouri
'sBizness ?''
s'Herdin Sheep"
sECheerful Harry-forty-fo in
Missouri-sheep herder. Is that ker-
rect?''
''Kerrect.'
''Mebbe you'd like ter hev a verse or
two o. po'try tackled on 20
'FW'at fur?''
"Fur a send off in case ye don't sur
vive. Some folks is ruther perticular
bout sich things; didn't know but you
was one o. thet kind.'
nary VdFSe
s'Don't feel like 1ightin' out,I s'pose %
: ''I'm cOmf'table."
care, are ye?"
, ssNever felt more conf'table in m'life. ,
By this time Dan had approached very
) close to the little man, and he appeared
} to be attempting to stir up latent wrath
sufficient to "open the Matinee He
hesitated for the last time as he remark
. ed:
ssSay. Cheerful. you'd feel a mighty
sight cheerfuller eff you was out huntin
, up the perticulers o. thet dog fight"
; The reply came laden with the very
quintecence of contempt.
EEYou be-!''
There was a sudden outreaching of Ee
} River Dams long arm-a ringing crasl
as the stove pipe came down-a gleam o
/, steel-a blendingof two forms-a hoars'
r howl of rage and pain-another crash a.
: the blended forms reeled over upon tn
1 card table, and through that frail piec
= of furniture to the floor-more cleaning
steel-more hoarse howls of despair ant
; pain-and Cheerful quietly returned t.
t his position beside the stove unconcern
!, eddy wiping a frightful looking knife Oh
a his coat sleeve.
= DR.. Squills was of the opinion that
: Dan could survive the wound under tn
). fourth rib he might, in the course of fou
IS or five months, be able to leave his room
= Dan did survive the wound under HI
n fourth rib, but nobody saw him leave hi
i room. DR.. Squills was again appeale
e to, and gave it as his opinion that Et
It River Dan, no longer the redoubtable B.
i River Dan of yore, had left in the night
/, Be that as 1G may, he never trouble
n Pilot City again, although he must haN
% been aware of the fact that Cheerful Ha
: ry had returned to his pastoral pursui
h in the mountains of Trinity Argonau