Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-06-10

were talking up stairs ma heard a
rooster squawk, and she went to the
stairway and told pa there was some
body in the hen house. Pa jumped up
and told the visitors to follow him, and
they would see man running down
the alley, full of salt and he rushed out
with the gun, and the crowd followed
him. Pa is shorter than the rest,
and he passed under the first wire
clothes line in the yard all right
and was going for the hen house on a
jump, when his neck caught the second
wire clothes-line Just as the minister
and two of the deacons caught theii
necks under the other wire. You know
how wire, hitting man on the throat
will set him back, head over appetite
Well, sir, was looking out nc back
window, and | wouldn be positive, bu
| think they all turned double back sum.
mersaults, and struck on their ears
Anyway. pa did, and the gun must
have been cooked, or it struck the
hammer on stone, for it went off. and
it was pointed towards the house, and
three of the visitors got sailed. The
minister was hit the worst, one piece ot
salt taking him in the hind leg, and the
other in the back, and he yelled as
though it was dynamite. / suppose
VIXEN you shoot n man with salt, il
smarts, like when you get corned beet
brine on your chapped hands. They
all yelled, and pa seemed to have beer
knocked silly, someway, for he pranceC
around and seemed to think he haC
killed them. He swore at the wire
clothes line, and then | missed pa anC
heard n splash like when you throw {
cat in the river, and then | thought o.
took pa by the collar and pulled hin
out. o, he was awful damp. No sir
it was no duel at all, but a naxident
and | didn't have anything to do will
it. The gun wasn't loaded to kill, anc
the salt only went through the skin
but those men did yell. Maybe it wa.
my chum that stirred up the chickens
but | don't know. He has not com
menced to lead different life yet, anC
he might think it would make our folks
sick if nothing occurred to make then
pay attention. | think where family
has been having a good deal of exer
else, the way ours has, 1t hurts them tt
break off too suddenly. But the visi
tors went home, real quick, after we
got pa out of the cistern, and the min.
ister told ma he always felt when he
was in our house rs though he was or
the verge of yawning crater, ready
to be engulfed any minute, and he
guessed he wouldn't come any more
Pa changed his clothes and told ma tC
have them wire clothes lines changed
for rope ones. | think it is hard tc
suit pa, don't you?'
o, your pa is all right. What he
needs is rest. But why are YOU moi
working at the livery stable? You
haven'C been discharged, have youP'
And the groceryman laid little lump
of concentrated lye, that looked like
maple sugar, on cake of sugar that
had been broken, knowing the boy
would nbble it,
mo, sir, was not discharged, but
when livery man lends me kicking
horse to take my girl out riding, that
settles it. l asked the boss if couldn'
have a quiet horse that would drive
hisself if wound the lines around the
whip, and he let me have one he said
would go all day without driving. You
know how it is, when fellow takes a
girl out riding he don't want his mind
occupied holding lires. Well, Igot my
girl in, and we went out on the White
fish Bay road, and it was just before
dark and we rode along under the
trees, and / wound the lines around
the whip, and put one arm around my
girl, and patted her under the chin
with my other hand, and her mouth
looked so good, and her blue eyes
looked up at me and twinkled as much
as to dare me to kiss her, and | was