Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-29
/ DIDE IN TEXAS.
Chicago Herald

" | TX about Yer doOds." said Texas
stnc man on the Chicago, Burlington
X Quincy train last night, =" but a lit
tie the doodest dood | ever seen was a
fellow that come down from Boston
into our kentry il year ago last Septem-
Der"
He didn't stay long in Texas,
guess" sad a little man in n silk hat.
"iaas, he's thar now. Wall. I'll tell
YOU how IL was W. cOIue to let him stay.
He came down there with his peek ed
boots an his tight trousers an yaller
kid gloves, slinglu more style than a
new Congressman on the Fu'th of July,
and a teilln' folks that the doctors said
he'd got the consumption an would
have to live III a warm climate
All, yes of course, you pit! d the
poor fellow, and lot him stay on that
account.
Not tx city that, but as | was q say
in he slung his style like a Mormon
walkin' by United States MarShars
office. WAL, one night hs come into a
saloon where A lot of US wds n drinkin ,
an steps up to the b'r an 5 W. 'AW-
! say. bAh-tendah. give me a triiie of aw
VAIN lemonade.' Bill jackson snorted
right out. and then says e, Boys. what
q We say Let's make the dood drink
gin 1t was a 90, SO Bill walks up an
slaps the dood on the back like he d
break i'm i'll two. Bills the best man
on the muscle in our hull kentry. Say,
says Bill, you'd better drink gin 'Aw
but it's VAIN lemonade desi ib. '
says the dood. WAL, says Bill. warm
lemonade don't go III these ere parts {:
You drinks gin or you drinks nothin'
YOU hear Inc = 1t aw-seemS to me
YOU re mistaken. says the dood, 'ithout
seelnin' To see there wuz trouble ahead /;
III want to-dwInk VAN lemonade.
and he reached out for the glass.
"Eiillsswu at the rest Of us, and SAY 5
to the dood, Dye know what I'm IA
goiu' to do eff you tries to drink any
thing but gin!' 'Weally, do not, NAH
deah boy WAL says Bill, I'm goin'
To st md YOU on yer head In that ar box
IF sawdust' .Ax-that would not be
wight says the d cd. tipping up his
glass to drink. Bill reached ont and
grabbed HIM by the neck. an | never
se.d man in nv life get licked so
quick"
Bill WAS a little too much for him,
was her"
mo, Stree; il was t'other way. Ii
WAS Sill that got licked. Gerusal M
and Gln'ral jackson. bnt how that dood
did Jump about An every time e
jumped be fetched Bill one on the eye
e. under the ear er along the jaw, an
Bill couldn't git i'll ganshot nv i'm.
Why. tibet air doJd he'd more tricks fur
| fightin' than Bill ever dreamed OF. Fust
| he'd behind Bill an then on top Nv
| i'm, an then under i'm, an every time
Bill opehed an eve the dood stuck his
fist in terry inst, 1t didn't make TO
difference tn him. He was just about
as handy with his thump-rs o. any man
needs To be IN this world. 1t didn't
| take him more'n minute to 90 all
around Bill en- over i'm an through i'm
in the bargain. an then whea he had
Bill pretty we'll licked he took him the
allfiredest crack on the nose an sent
i'm over in the corner behind the ICE
box like bundle o old clo'es"
What did he do them!
why, be just turned aroun' and
brushed the sawdust off bis knee, wher.
he'd ducked down to come mp undel
Bill, an he says, Gentlemen, will yor
join me-aw-in VAIN lemonade:
An We jined ira too quick"
YES. he's there ylt, an l guess h'
kin stay, unless the cousumpti IN git
away with i'm. There hain't nothins
else down there that kin do II, that
| SURE.