The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-23
A CRUEL REVENGE
How an OIL sqaa,,er Ensrapred Rati.
 way Conductor.

How an OIL sqaa,,er En,rarred Raii.
 way Conductor.
 sometime ago an old squa,,et boarded failWay aaln teI the tts, tune and VAS naturally very soir ious concerning the distance he had to travel and wha, tune he would reach his station. The son- duetor. member of that class who thinks tha, all necessary lntorma,ion should be glcaned from any but the rght source, and ,ha, everyone should know h,s own business, was very cuu in his reply 10 the old fellows questions.
 Wall. about ~hat hour by sun does your oonuap,lon gi, thar:'
 Il don; know
 lou know what the place IS. don't you
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 Wall. can, you give me some ser,er dec about the 70 on then" he con ttnued as the conductor left him
 several weeks afterwards the eondue- tor. together with several railway oon- tempofaries went out io the mountsins en ,, tsh.ng eNeursion Losing ,heif ~a, one csenaag. they stopped At a,bin ,c ,nqnitc thc road to hiuc ,fcek Inc farmer ne, them Il the gate and after 4 s..iisiled shake at he head as though a iaas loaked.lnI opportunity had come, hc invited the spot,smen ta sct out ot the wagon.
 Nc haVen'' 70, ,ime sld the fnn- duu,or Nc merely wanted to learn the neares, ~ay to Blue creek an zoe give us the direction =
 "oh. ycs. Eve been liAin' here :as thirty seai. an have catched many 6>h oalen the creek. tlacst pike there you ever seed Got to use live bat. though Well, which way must ~e go lemne see. thats several ways The nnest fish ever tuck outen that VA ter was snatehed ou, ny my son Ike Wan, | Ike turning io boy
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 Want he lively
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 b.1n', he make you pranre around like d cot;
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 We iont doubt tha, Il IS an excellent place ,o tsh said one of the men What We want b 'o get there and begin haeilns ern oa,. We're getting hun- xfy. ,oo. and ton, want to stop and cook any'hins un,l se se, 'e he scek
 rht- < scastb'c iee some foBs 70 hs. s.p. aa some io..s = .aa dosn the s'yc.uu
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 "0.dn'I he make you pranee like s col,
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 Here. old man. we've go; oo ume to fool along ~ith yoa Whieh direction sha. @e :ake
 Mai the neardest way p D iAae down rhst hoilef yonde an .eep ,iopn $ .ill ;here's lssh hlsr on eaeh ste. Is.e 4 at. s8 thr blaH all keep s,';in' closer sn eiosss. bg. aftsr alie rAsy ~ldrn ast ff-a ag be nga' af sae efek
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 Didn's he make gog pfAase Ike Drse on demanded she eond daetor. We can, fool aroaad here auy longer They turned do~n into he ~ hoiIs& and ihe wagon f4n 5.ef the rough stone wish -erses of eoaeassioas that .eened the time. The old man and Ike ~atc ned the sagon fos few minutes, and then ianghed boisteroasiy.
 Come on sad the old man erl Whip aroua' an glt thar fast" And they started over the hill Al rate of speed surprising for 70 old man Q attain. The wagon proceeded antsl preclpa,ous walls. be.~een the tao mountains. rose