Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-10-31
Gales srrn Skftfkts.
The COW WIDOW OF COLORADO.
Continued from yesterday

'.All right, Dick. you shall know her.
All right, Slim Dick and again he
slapped the breath out Of him. While the
tall. pale and thoroughly disguised young
man was pulling himself together, the
thin, h;.tched-faced little doctor squeaked
in his ear as he dangled the pill bags on
his arm:
You look SCARE, young man. Nothing
triangular or three cornered ?'' You'll do,
Slim Dick But if you didn't come to
Colorado to buy a mine, you came to Col
orado for your health. didn't you ?'
"Yes-I--l-yes, | came to Colorado
for my health, suppose.
well. if you came to Colorado tor
your health, you OF course need doctor, y"
The tall, pale Young man shrugged
his aching shoulders and muttered aside
to himself: why what does he mean
But see I've got to humor him in order
TO get acquainted with the widow" Then,
turning to the doctor, he said. ''well, yes,
doctor, of course, and if l need medical
advice l."
Need it? You need it the moment you
arrive here. It's while getting climated
you need doctor. Once climated you
live forever. Now, I'm the doctor and
the bosom friend of the COW widow. And
by the way, I'll introduce you, Dick :"
and here the little squeaky doctor p9ked
him Familiarity in the ribs with his thumb.
Yes, and you take my advice. Slim
Dick, employ the doctor. build yourself
up. get biceps like that-and go tor the
wilder and here the giant brought
down the big right hand with force that
almost extinguished the Disguised stran-
ger. .,
LET me see your tongue" squeaked
the doctor. The tongue came tlmldly
forth. Just as | expected. High living !!
Coated Livin' too high. Been eatin' too
much That's the way with young bloods.
Kill yourselves eatin' when you first come
here" And without another word the
hatchet-taced little doctor goes to the bar
and Ginger hands him his other bags,
from which he takes small paper OF
powder and hands it to Livingstone, say
ing: Now you take this at once"
The tall. pale gentleman started back
and trembed where he stood ''But-
but you-you may be mistaken in the
case, and, and"
.'NIistaken in the case? l mistaken?
You insult me sir Take it! Take it at
once Perfectly harmless"
well, if il is perfectly harmless,
suppose it will do no harm; and the tall,
pale gentlemen shut his eyes and meekly
swallowed it,
"Goodr' calculates the little doctor,
Now little somethin' to work it off,
and | will have you as sound as a rock.
All this high Twin is a very dangerous
thing. Ginger, hand me out my biggest
saddle bags. puts on another PAIR OF glass
es, and unbuckles and takes out bottle.
The colonel and doctor conferred tor
moment as the former unbuckled the
enormous saddle bags and set down the
bottle. and then the former came gaily
forward and. again slapping the shoulder,
cried: Yes. Dick. you must see the wild
der ride. Why, she's comet Twenty
miles at dash, and don't turn hair.
Her ranch is twenty miles up the noun
tains. Been to Paris9 All, she's no
SLOUGH Dress ! Well, she's the only real
copper bottom that ever | seed in Colo
RADIO, and here he leans and speaks
close and confidentially-.'ifI don't get
her I'd rs soon you'd have her as any man
| know, Slim Dick"
The tall, pale gentleman was nearly
knocked out OF his boots this time, and as
ne turned away he muttereu:
"Ah! these vulger fellows with their
nicknames and familiarity. But |
won't have it. I'm going to hold my
own in Colorado
II say. Dick. can You ride ?" gaily
cried the colonel, following him up.
Ride? Yes, all gentlemen can ride"
Bully! Now l sort of suspect she'll
ask you to 90 up to her ranch. She's
powerful kind. And since she's been to
Paris she kind o. takes shine to clothes,
we know. And now if she does ask you
to 90, you go. And if you do 90 for to
take that twenty miles ride, you keep up
with her"
II say, Ginger. you got a tablespoon ."
calls the doctor to the red headed man at
the bar.
mo; but Eve got soup ladle some
where"
Good, 1t will take about four doses.
He's been Twin so high" And here the
doctor takes and examines the enormous
ladle and pours out something from the
bottle. saying to himself: ''Jest the thing
wanted"
Yes. SIR" continues the colonel gayly
''she shook a fellow here last year, a
banker mt that. because he couldn't keep
up with her. If she asks you for to go
with her, just you go. and you keep up
with her if it Kills every horse she's got on
her ranch"
Again hope blossoms in the heart of the
tall. pale gentleman. and while he dis
dams to respond to the vulgar colonel, he
says cheerily to himself: "Tll go with
her. | will WOO her. win her." Then.
feeling better. he turned to the colonel
and reached his hand. saying; II thank
you. sir; thank you with all my heart
You are little rough; but you seem a
frank, good fellow. and hope we shall
be friends. am a stranger, and don't
quite fit in Colorado. yet. And to tell you
the truth. don't intend to fit in altogether
No. sir, don't like nicknames. and
don't intend to have one. l am going to
hold my own in Colorado"
The doctor had put the cork in tn bic
bottle and put the bottle in the saddle
bags. and. with his glasses low down on
his nose, was now coming slowly forward
from behind with big ladle full to the
brim.
Now. Mr.. Slim Dick. il you'll Just
take this oil to work OFF,
"Oil Oil! Good heavens! But I, I'm
not going TO take that. IL"
IL.