The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-01-11
!, CROOKED REPoRTERi

After clearing his throat, Col.
Bungstarter oegun:
THE CROOKED REPORTER!
OR,
The BEER-JERKEk's RRvENaEi
Tale of the Serious Nevada.
II was dark, and stormy night in
the Serious Nevada. BY the, flashes
of lightning that almost blinded our
hero, solitary horseman might be
seen vending his way amid the peals
OF thunder that fined the road
through the gloomy, lndian-haunted
canyon. BY getting in front of him
we can see by the flashes of lightning
thai he Ia young, and also that In his
sidc.pocket glisiens something il
won't do to tool ewith too much.
Ever and anon, as some horned owl
boots mournfully over his head far
up the canyon. no grasps this shin
ing thing, exclsiming: 20
"HaW
Mr.. Sickembull next!
CHAPTER III
we draw nearer 10 our nero, ana
oy me electric iight read tne iegena
inscribed upon the shining thing that
no holds in horizontal position to
his face E; II is lrop bitters--hcre doz-
,,"s,;,, 81 m,o Js"p.~ ~ M 49,
bsinr s ra,.g ,y on ,h;s move, w;,han,
.as;ng ,I,a ,,r,,r,asoro 6rs, Cs,r,od
sesn'k tno P,"p.ioVo.o nio" |a'i'v"'
| far ABOVE 'he foh!ing oi .pe Al
piheHorni our zero hears wha' ap-
pears 10 % .he voice OF le'naio ~
mstfess' fiuhging 'ne spurs ihto MS
noole s'eeo:'he p.uhses "'auiy uo"n
inc mouh's'h'siue. "nen' suouehiy--
MAJ. Jones, neA.
~, eHNrrLh III. ;,
-four young men are seated around o
taelc, ID ooninern Call'ornla Town.
whose features pear 'ne stamp Q, m
.slec'. iney were p,ssiE poker
ing re1A'ees nanher " WHEN my
mo. "nu ios' ~, .uourahur Ploe's'u'eu
uel' oA'"ss. AhoT "oro ho"spApcr
"ss. ,,,, -,
uasp'"s nahu'ul VI suu ao"'
.nc .so'n' .ao younees' 'oss,ns !. W,
war" ." a"o.r".na''e' n'aiusn ha'o
by, murmured, Three beers and a
straight" as the elder dealt oot
three carde round, the younger De
gan 10 sing In = low' plaintive voice
This is the pair long have sought,
r, anu ngu'nsa .'"s ~ Asse /. a.e. nns~ !.
ihe e.usl 'eo..e1 ~ .an,o'1 " ~ ~
ny, ior no re.useu 70 .raauie 'n'
o.nu anu e.a, 1a ~, oa,' ~ .Ae n.'
WIN .ns 'ois ps.i aouu'ou nis a.,e
aiu naue y ssoop =. ~ sons ~ ou' .h' .h
yoank one %" oi,n' "nu "as w 'n'
pVinl " faisins nun ou' " ms ooo's
wneh ...,r..
u... ..s LA a,.;.. ns, ~ ,o,do.
mnea & w o, or,es hsru s.u" cnu',"s 'Us sna au
'uu"e', u'''., WV" @ % 80. csnvnr b..
aeny 70 tno ,vvs y. s'.s y, 20
heId 'enlalc io,m pc'oneu upou
rocs ~ .ne in'uu'e " loa,ins 'i'e. -,
Il necuicss =. uaneei, no p'unsc" ~
morse ln'o .ne see'nlng ws.ers, nno
As ne e,asPea nes nrouuu ncr slo".o
WAIST, ,no NURSE orohe n"sy' snu ~ ~,
MN aiono upon .ne roos WIN w
maiuen. NC ~a'ers. WIN eAu',su .
surx'e,loso a,e Iose sn'i y ~ o,,i''
deep arosau 'ns'e, mneh suooeh'y-
Il Mr' oAousrsss neAss
NV caArIhs n, -
When suoaohiy ney oo,h rohc'
oyer ahu WAS arowheu' ano-
hero .ne ciao "ae "a = kcncral VI,
roar OF protes. see'ns' we WIN
muroe, OF lhe nero n.o' 'he s'ar'
ohoagrass Was ru'ca ou''
>hr' nimpsou ne1'.
,1 ShArIhk VI ia i,
, Wneh shoaen's ne o'a % in"u sa,. Ns.
Il see your i"cn'y anu fAisO ,ou
5 nse, w,
II ~ cal YOU "ha' nave you so''
I Two Two pair, -,
!, mo goou, sau 'ne Viu msn' ~"
ering IN inc po', un,i' no nu saw u.as
was Two na put W a0Ss Tsano .no yo"nk om,a ~ =
nau accp'nu'n'c"; tnefe wou.u
8 "os s;-,s 81 h.
: ,nah nan 'nIee aces h,'nsen' ' suu ~
oegsn 70 Inanlles' : ues'le " ~ y
& n'nu 'no se.u's., w"en 'D.S ~ = ~ ~
i was heasu, Anu w,n s,.ieA 'no .
> ihs,u WIN 'n, ~, y .auoui" Ae'' '"'0' "
q crying. rlrci ,.
Inc sceue cnunses. asns up ~
y down y 'ne ce.' s, y, sne pa,son mns
d 10 seen u .nsn aoySs w;m' 10y u ssio
age, morc or,eOs. oon a.s ea.s W.. 10
q eiapseu s'noo sno w nis"s
I iei' nun pe,onoa =. .. .vvA ~ 'A0 ~
e viz " !. n~~''"''' -,
VI sno nese. oon,o ~ ~. ~"
i msss, as nc s'suU1o .s.n go ~, Wy rSs
y one cn.ers WIN ! !, ~ ~ j w .',sn. ,o'
& hesse,' ou .he P,.sonsi Ppns,.nau ns"su y. .,.
y ~ ~ uss, inaIuV Ns.s. sno o.n
!; imey y oriny ~ y vsiuiOs VI mu'u' ~
r ine jury = pin p'sym ponea :ss au "'E
70 ge' sne nsns ~ sno os'u.aSe' = =
n some ,nieinAt noke au aun ~ ~
\, hanu . iours son,'nc 'vi'i'a"' a'
at Is iur nansih " now
a. mi. .,,. osArasn 3 sa,ahna ,
Inc gaiio"s sre nh,shcu.
or Inc prisonel - p,ayn .a ss'
e. OF seven-up WIN 'ne ohei'n' w