Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-06-24
SH0RfY'S TAME BEAR.
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The Painful Results of a Landlords
Forgetfulness.
Ihe'r Boain Exhibition-A Couple
Of Incbriates-Ssoppfng tho Whole
BIsiness-When ssSoIomon
Had the yans..'


| ~ New York Sun
| "a good many folks thinks, When they see
Shorty Ryerson for the fus' time, that some
time or other he must hal ben layin' in the
saw-mill whar the log had orter ben, with
the maj a-goin' fun split; but that amt st., !"
said Old Sol, landlord Of the tavern at Soils
Ridge. Shorty Ryerson, had just gone out.
There was nothing remarkable about his
appearance except that he was less than five
feet high, and that every square inch of one
side of his face was a scar
No, that wa'n't it," said old Sol you
see, goin' onter fye year ago had tame
bar, an KEEP him chained to that pole out
thar in the road. Him an Shorty was
ptlckiar good friends, an when Shorty
want dom nothin', which were giner'ly
from daylight one mornin' till daylight mex
mornin', countin' Sundays, he were out thar
foolin with that bar. They'd cuddle down
together an go to sleep,f Shorty an the
bar would, jesias natral 'zif they war both
bars, an it got SO that when Shorty hap
pened to be away fur ten minutes the bar q
GIT so Uneasy that We could hear him heller
like baby. all 'rpund the Ridge.f Shorty
iArnt the bar a heap o. smart tricks, an,
business was s'pended half the time. an the
folks all out a-watchin' him putin the bar
through what he know'd
"The thing TINT tickjed 'em most was the
boxin' matches Shorty an the btr "a give.
Shorty had lar4t that bar so he'd STAN up
an spar with him ez nat'ral ez life, and
swan if 'twa'n't sight good fur a lifetime to
see 'em stan thar an bat away at one an.
other ez if they was a fghtia' fur money am
the stakes was up. Mother thing that llsety
take the town down was the way that bar q |
walk inter the tavern with Shorty, whenever |
any one invited him to take sumpin'. an |
stan thar long side o him an take his glass !
O rum ez good ez the best on 'em. That bar |
were harvest for Shorty, fur ev'rybody |
that II come along d hat TO call Shorty an |
Solomon-Sborty named the bar Solomon
cause he know'd SO terrible much-they'd all
call Shorty an Solomon in to hev su,npin'.
Conscience was that both Shorty an the
bar had Their wuthless skins full pooty much
all the time They got to be the hardest
drinkers on tie Ridge, an iustey say that the
frst thing anybody know'd they'd both git
the jams.
"Wall, by-an'by Shorty an the bar got 10
be nuisance. l got tired o seein' 'em
pformn' out thar, in the road an suckin
rum, an the huA town spendin' its time a
watchin EN-, an | threatened time an agin
to shoot the durn bar an stop the hull bust
ness. But hated to do it, an kept putin
up with it, an'.alin' it out in cussin'. Shorty
alluz commenced business with the bar long
about daylight, an the fust thing on the pro.
sramme were alluz sparrin' match. One
nice mornin' in June Shorty come sIuiiIin'
down ezusual to begin the days work The
bar were cuddled up round the pole. Shorty
gave him whack on the side an hulers ont:
Come, Solomon, Git up an put up yer flip. !
pcrs' ,
"fhe bar got up an put up his flppers. Yc
zoe whar that panel o board fence is, up thar
Dy the hen house. Wall, Shorty were picked
Up right thar. They took him hum an sewed
lis face up ez good ez they could, an the b'aI
were gone when Shorty come back to the
tavern three weeks arterw'ds. He never
lsked no questions sept to say, Solomon Z
tina had the jams, didn't her
I'VE SEQ tue night afore the bar put up his =
Upper to Shorty, ez told We, and arter evry q
'ody had gone hum, tn were peddler come
long TO stop all night He had durn ugly
Var with him that he'd traded fur, and the
dee struck me 10 swap Solomon for that bar
N SO to boot, an l did. The new bar were
hained TO the pole, an by daylight mex
nornin' Solomon were ON his way east. Ar
e see, furgot TO sem word to Shorty bout
he dicker.' q