The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1882-11-24

show bis frionds there was nothing
small about him, and they Doth cat
particularly SILty, and ho NE lik'
I the day Of judgement was ut hand
Finally Sanity called for the bill. I,
was just nine dollars, and as SANITY
reached for his walltt. be su ldcnly
remembered that lie hsd left IL at hi,
.fice. He would step oas and get il
while the gentleman could wait fol
him.. So time sped along, until 40
hour had elapsed, then the propris-
tor came arunnd, .aa-cqilared Biuwvt
-5.-ss n,,a ~ apacA sp VI 60 TO
Jail Poor Blower could do nothing
but pay, which he did, and departed
in quest Of Sanity, with another deep
sorrow ranking in Lis bosom, but he
never caught him. Ssve al times be
caught sight Of Santy's olaw.hammer
coat tails, as he turned the corner Q
block ahead: Bower then decided
to fre shot that woa.d hurt. He
would 60 70 sauty's Uncle, the Span
ish Hidslgo B,uker, and be would
acqu'inthim with his nephows strange
conduct. So he weuded his way to-
wards Ssnt5's uncles. and finally
found the gentleman in person. He
was fne specimen Of the Spanish
gentleman. Tall and commanding.
finely formed, noble looking, and re-
minded Blower OF one Of the Ancient
Gfandses Of Spain suddenly come to
light. bat he wos not at present en-
gagged in the banking business. He
was, oh horrors! only second boss oil
peanut s.anl. Taie last horrible
discovery completely collapsed Bow
er, and he hurried home to tell
Swipes the sad nowr. They immedi.
s'ely resolved themselves into the
we'll known firm of Gin & Boar II.
Thinking the while that it was a long
lane, etc., ard finally afser several
weeks, the Ian Q did turn, anil landed
Sanity in the town Of Hatdnut, about
thirty miles oA, where he hung out
his single as Dlnciug Master, the
Spanish Fand ango q specially. As
soon as this glad news struck the
toxpe syipes csllcd5d d Cir CSI-..l ,,,.d ,b.,
SANITY must be licked, and Blower
volunteered to do the work. The
meeting adj .urned aud Bower went
among his friends to tell them how
he would mop up the town ct Hard
nut with Santy's ca rcass: He would
wag his little head, aud shake his fin.
ger at your nose, and in his little
piping voice, tell low he would punch
his head, aud learn him how to rob
innocent folks. The town must be
protected, and le would do it, so II
would be a warning to such cattlo in
the future, to steer clear OF the town.
He would take Swipes along to pros.
ecute. he would 60. him cntang!ed
in tho muse l"s oi tho law. and cause
him 10 languish in o Iastilc,-and we
knew lie would do it too,-you could
tell that by his tone and manner,
So tho prelimiuaries were oil alang-
ed, and the following day set 10 do
tue work. The boys took abou. four
ing, s Of pine.top and mounted th
train, telling iteir friends 10 watch
tie telegraph Office, and they would
get the news Of the smash up ms soon
they could get their hands on Sanity.
So these two fiery sons OF Mars,
rolled IF in high feather. smiling like
a basket Of young 'possums, and ev
cry time they thought OF how they.
would "sweep him up" they were
seized with fits Of uncontrollsb'e
laughter (which would last oil the
way between stations. When they
arrived at Hsrdnut, the 6rst man
they met was Sanity. he was in
high spirits, and evidently somewhat
Of Q Ion. from the way in which the
crowd took OF their hats AZ they pas
sed. he was very glad to meet Blow
or and Swipes, and the Shentlemens
must drink with him. Tney did 30
and then drew OF TO form some plan
of action. They hated to lick him
ublickly, besides solnc one might
interfere, and they wanted their MOL
eys worth they said. Il finally oc-
CURED 10 them what o tremendous
eater Sanity was, and they resolved
to take advantage Of that one weak
spot in Sanity anatomy, and invite
the dinner at Georges. Sanity &C
copied, and they went over and took
seats, in o stall and ordered dinner
sin,y sat licking his chops in antic.
ipation OF the good things to come
when dinner Was brought in, Blower
very slowly, with . wink OF Swipes
locked the door. and put The key II
bis pocket, to keep him from gottinl
.vav. They had in tte meantim