The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-03-06

SUCH treatment. Inc O0rten0e
laughed and told the young fellow b.
had better 60 end apologize to tina
man or he would kick the other coat
tail off the first time he saw him, sn(
the young man said ON second though
he reckOned he would.
Why Mullins Had His Big Mouth
Against Miranty James.
Texas siftings.
There is one species of the prickly
pears growing in Southwestern Tex.
as that, as far as We know, has never
been described in the papers. As il
was in the country when the Ameri.
cans FIRST came here, it still retains its
maiden name of PitalIa which is pro.
nOuaced PLAYA with it the accent
on whichever syllable you choose to
put it.
The Pitalla is the Only variety Of
cactus 80 far As We know, that pro-
duces fruit that can be eaten without
the man who does the eating being
sorry for it afterwards. The fruit Of
the Pitalla is quite small. not much
larger than mans thumb, and it has
almost the Identical favor of straw
berries. The berries have to he eaten
with great care, as the small thorns
are apt to stick in the IiDs.
There Is a very romantic story con-
nected with the PitalIa, a wild. weird
legend in which undying love. Pitallas,
and COW boy are mixed up. Some
years ago the mother of a fair wild
prairie flower happened to look out
in the direction of the cowpen. which
nestled up costly to Pitalla bush,
when her motherly eyes perceived the
wild prairie flower and a freckled-
faced cow boy, the son of neighbor,
fattening their noses ON each Others
faces with a pressure of 3. 900 pounds
TO the lquare inch. As the family of
the lovers were not on borrowing
terms, the mother of the prairie flow.
er lifted up her voice, as Jacob did.
but Instead of weeping as Jacob did,
she warbled forth:
"Mirandy Jane! On, Mirandy
Jane Oh, Mirandy Jane Come
right up here to the house. Oh.
Jane! you Jane you Jane I! you.
Mirandy Jane! come right up here /
say
She came. He, the coy and gen
tie cow boy, slid out of SIGHT behind
the Pitalla bush.
"Didn't | tell you. not to have no.
thin TO do with that low-dowo, handy
legged. slab sided, Notwithstanding
Jake Mullins, and seed you axis
in him and q kissin him."
Indeed, uother, you err. You do
MIR. Mullinsa gross injustice. He is
too much of gentleman, too noble,
too pure"
"Shet yer CAB, or I'll wear you to
a frizzle agin tree. Mirandy Jane
Didn't [ see Jake with that big cat
fish mouth smack up agin yourn,
say"
NV, mptnef, hc Uiu HJI SuHch me-
You do Jake an injustice. He is too
noble, too pure"
What did he have that big mouth
of his up agin your fool mouth for. |
if he wasn't a-kissin you ?"
HE was extracting the spines of the
Pitalla from my lips. | had been
partaking Of some Pitallas, and had |
got some of the spines in my lips, so
[ requested Mr. Mullins to extract
them. and he had to do it with his
teeth. YOU see mother. how unfound-
ed your suspicious WERE"
The door of the little cabin was sud-
denly closed. and the stiffness of the |
forest was pierced by succession OF
annotated with loud whacks
at regular intervals, justifying the con-
clusion that the old lady had got the
prairie flower across trunk and was
taking advantage of the situation with
a board.