The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-08
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 "' Banks,' sed l, drzwin' my revolver. an holdin' hit pursy durn close to his dancin' eyeA ef you lose this race, I'll berry yon night kyar on the euaek-shore You hear me.
 'Yes, sah yes, sah.'
 ..Well'n good. But if you win. IT, give you wun hunderd dollars, an free you when die. sw'ar hit. lcu ke,ch on?'
 -'Yes. sab yes, sak.'
 ~ Good enuff. Nov listen. When the word Go IS given, Ges, yoa %. Understan' ".No, sah.'
 "' Don, roE go, say bu: hold Hog Eye down 10 the ground all pear le,e' fif,y yards ahed-'bou, even with wonder fence corner. Sabe
 @' Yes. sah; yes sah.'
 "s Then. give him his he'd an the cow hide, an yun him-rus him thru, b'gosh, clear hundesd yards ahe'd O Pete. Don't git skeered keep your eyes skinned an hoss on the track, an'-an' win ,h,s race or I'll eat you. by the Lawd will .'
 ".Yes, sah yes, sah.'
 -'All reddy? All right, ,hen-Go.' sang out Choctaw with an unremem- berable name.
 With grun, rear rete piosthis legs up an hoppt on I, or iS foot ump. an I'll be cuss't ef he cleared 10 foo; in the whoie mile. Ne, could see he was adoin' his best. his level best Af.er awhile he got to the fence corner. an then Hog-Eye shot forward. The dus, ris an the ar crack'i as he spun thru 1t. an fore yoa could well mash mouth ful O uise outen a new chaw O plug to- baecer. he'd won the race, away an away wonder ahe'd O the ln)un eow-pony. An then. boys. hell broke loose. Jews an lerusilum. the fuss them ln)uns did make. left Bunk to look after himself an Hog-Eye, too, an s,raigh,way go, between Loh an Rutfuruffer an stayed ,hyar till things sprter quilted. Finally, the noise died down to ordnerry cussin' tones. an most of the lnjuns sct down on the grass to wait fur the of6shul iedx- menf. Nov, I'd ven that race, q ccsso, fair an' squair, bst when 1 slappt Loh on the sho7dsr an sed:
 "You've losk ol' felles,' he simply grinned an' mutSered:
 Dunno, not VI, nohow.'
 An, b'gosA, he stuck se a that hG didn't kno' an couldn't kno' SAo'd lcel till the jedges reported. But they wsSk no hrrTy to turn over @ much good muuny to a forrener like me. Up th6 track an' down hit agin, back ards ar' ior'ard, they kep' a-movin' for mo ncg an hour. Al lasf, feeain' leefle 'oneesy, l went to 'em an ed
 "tGentlemen, hav' you decidedi'
 asIjgh?'
 al mean, have you ,ol the crowd I'd won the racef "Ugh.
 "s The munny's mine, haint hit?
 ssNo un'erstan'.'
 "sYes, you do. See hyar: peart pess started fust. eh = a. Mebbe.'
 "' An come ou; las; =
 "'ugh"
 :" Gosh 'lmity, man, listen ,'r1e Didna Hog-Eye start last
 "' Yes, look't like hit "' An come out fus;:'
 ".Ugh.
 An then. thou, wai,in' for fur,he, queschions, them edges riy an went of 10 themselves. Bymby, long 10 ards sum down, they made up their minds. Rufu. ruifer whoop', us all together. A edge climbed a stump. All was still. Then, good Lawd. good Lawd iha, uncon- shunable lnIun sed:
 "' Ei,'s peart pete's race an Hominy Loh's mummy
 "Too bad, too bad! But wha. did you do.'
 "Nu,hin', nu,hin' tall. The blow aa,tened me. But after cussin' all things an cuffin' Banks till my nerves got sorter soothed, went to wun of the Jedges an sedi
 "' How the devil d'you make out Pess won!
 Come sed he, leadin' me to the track. Then, thou, another word, he walk'i over hi; from eend to eend, me follerin', an ev'ry wunst in a while he 'c pint ,o Hog-Eye's side an then 10 the Peart wun's an grin, cuss him.
 a. See 2 sed he, when we'd covered ,hs mile.
 s No, durned f l do.' sed I. But did see Hog-Eye star, las, an finish fust.
 - Jusso, sed he. But then Fear, Pete made two times mo jumps than Hog-Eye did. See.'
 Good Lawd good Lawd.'
 And did you submi, 10 such an out. rage.
 Had to, for scalp's sake. An now Flash, don't you never fiosohze agin bout eggsperiens when I'm round, for the boys won't b'lieve you when they look an behold in me the remains of real egg. speriens. But I'm tired out an'-shankee Bill. Yes, will take somethin' The same old things good enuff for me straight alters, an mind you, Flash strong, real strong"
 --S-o@- The Influence of Mans Surroundings
 Wii.amspori Gni.l
 Man as rule is what circumstances make him, and the man who IS an excep- ton to ,h,s rule is generally fool. The