The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1884-10-16
Into tho Trackless Void.

SOMETIMES Inc Sunday-Sch0Ol DOOk
hits it right, and the wicked man gets
it square in the nose.
Wrong and wickedness do not ALWAYS
bust the sCoot, as il were, of the up
right man.
I've known several instances myself
where SUCH was not the case, and
desire at this moment to give one
of those incidents to the civilized
world.
In the winter of $3.50 there was
quite party of US encamped on tho
Musselshcll, traders and bufTalo-hunt-
ers, some in tents and some in "shacks."
I grievc to say that the majority of the
party kept right on through the cold
weather gh;ing against the rsttlesnake
bite OF the preceding summer.
Only one man OF the gang seemed to
have conscientious scruples against
sheep-d:p and the juice of-Na-
tion. That was Wyandotte Smith of
Ubet-
He said when he 60: ready to sosk
his soul in the liquid of the devil he
would take his chances in due form
after he had shed mortality and pu: on
Immortality. Those were the tenets of
Wyandotte Smith. He proposed 10
offer resolution once in while as to
what should go into his internal econo-
my to steal away the gray matter of
his cerebel:um.
One night when the coin-silvcr slice
OF moon rode high athwart the azure
dome. band of buffaio-slayers and
''muskrat-skiunels," filed with mis-
chief and valley tan. stole forth to have
some fun With Wyandotte Smith.
When mans head begins to en-
large with an alcoholic idea, you will
generally find him searching for
temperance man with whom he can
argue while he breathes st him with
that odor of the cynical bung-siarter,
and tries to convince him that to:al
abstinence is Vi:aily wrong.
These boys decided that they would
monkey with the Queen Elizabeth fire.
place connected with Mr. Smiths
shack.
Inside you could see through the
chinks MIR. Wyandotto Smith frying
bacon Or Porkopolis quail.
The plan was to SIT some gunpow-
der through the interstices (xhateyer
those are) OF the rustic chimney into
the fire. and, surprise Mr. Wyanaotts
Smith with the forthwith and extreme
" consecutive manner in which it
would sputter. The parry would then
laugh softly and do it some more.
A young Swede, called by tie party
Twcquart Kettleson, TOOK tie keg of
powder and began TO sift It into the
big broad chimney. while the rest stood
around looking into the shack to watch
WyanLot,e Smith w:,er tie fire should
begin TO stsmmrr and spit at him.
Wyancotte Smith was singing s'Oh,
whu: shall the harvest be?" and iab-
bing the bacop every little while with
q pair OF ol.-fashioneG bullet-molds.
Kest,eson sif:ed in sons powder 1t
did not rake 2ny remarks.
he s;f.ed in Some ioore. 1t acted rs
though it might 10 damp.
lie let IN scne more, and finally got
disgusted and poured tie whols
blamed thing IN; but It reysr even
dashed.
Wy-nsles;e isTa::h weat On: What
shall the harvest bc-e-e-c? Oh,
what shall the hs:v; S: be?''
hS iAS e--t$I
Ket:.esan sho. through a jack-piEe out
into .he great trackiess void, into The
silence snd tbs night, inio the ether
blue, across the pisce where they hang
up the robe Of night athwa-t the u
most rim of The horizon went Mr. ket-
tleson with infringing moneutun.
while N the little cabin we could hear
Wycn1o:;e warblirg lis inquiry as TO
what ;he harrcs. should be.
1t turned cut Tia. there YVES larye
shelving ro1k IN The vide chimney thst
bald lie whole keg u pow'ier I'LL
WysaGotte s.ruek i!le higi, note ir his
song. and ,hst passed i little into the
FIRE Tnen Ai.. Ectticson took his
tiisr::. .Ee failed 20 iin2 him. /
We tried . certiorsri an;! s requ:si-
ton from :sIe GcVcrHo-, I. search war
ranL an. = q;iact of i-enz nc; bnt We
did 10; iiGd .i:ni. It'll Nge t.: Puck.