The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-06-11
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] PENCILIN GS FROM LIFE.

Put your little tootsey wootsies up
Five years later: N s5 ~ n + ~
Take them blamed old hoofs away.
can't youp Do you want tofreeze a
fellowp'' g n sg,.s e n
':Do you consider him man Of We
fae Tx 4
j la say ". de & you consider hin man
"Well, there's no tellin what he
might do If he was mad an had a gum
.'My good brother, . said the preach
or to q sick man, lis there nothing you
regret; nothing you are sorry forpn
Yes-yes, . came from the invalid
In q whisper. n "a: y;
What is it, my good brotherp''
well, I5wassa blamed fool that j
didn't sell that gray colt before il
broke its leg. ! was offered 5000 for
1t, too. 80 I.
Ma, what you thin II There's
q rumor that Mr.. Blicks is q married
man! Amt that: too bad ~
lush! Don't you believe it. 1.-The.
isn't q bachelor there never was one, .
s''But how do you know he is p'$
Why, pshaw, child; any body could
tell that by the agonizing look that
comes over him whenever he sees a
baby
'.But I tell you he's a good man..a,,s.s
81 don care # he is, I shan't vote,
for him. x b
s.Why ~ a
he tres to put on airs.''
I'm what way P'' RI
s.Why, b'gosh, he wears two sus-.
penders N carries his terbackertin q
4 box, an he never thought O. chuckin'
his pants into his boots till he wanted
the nomination. = s5 sssi15:3 Il =
she P,, a.. 81 fs.. s.,.
" es; she's dreadful siok.'' ...
Confined to her bedP''
No, but she 8 got SO low / ain It got
much hopes Other IA 8gis,ss &;
81 wouldn't be alarmed as long aas
she can Sit ups. ssN . 4ss
But you can't imagine how dread.
3 full bad She is. Why she don't care a
whiffet any more how she looks, nor
what the neighbors are up to. =
He seems a real bright little fell
low, but he doesn't look stout. Is he
5 healthy, Mrs. CandishP'' ]. ]
..Well, NOUN, / don't think he is;
for you see he's sick right SMART E4s
what do you think is the matter
! with him pr 81 1!,f
5$ al ''..Well, I dono, mum. I've never
been able to make it out list; but from
his symptoms when he has q spell, I
guess it must be somethin' or other
he's inhaled from his father. = 81 IN b
An old man who was dangerously
sick gathered his grown-up children
about him, and proceeded to divide his
& property by telling them what each
was to have. .s5
While 80 engaged a boy about ten
years old cameinto the room, and
said: &, US I'll al
Father, let me have your knife.'''
Clear out Of this, you consated lit
tie whiffet!' exclaimed the sick man.
Don't you know better than to mix
in and interfere with the perceedin's
when you see I IN busy .disposip' Of
my property ~ Wait till your turn
i think, y said one lady, IN q con
versation on church matters, s.that the
proper way to say grace at the table is
y to have little child do its There's
4 something about it l like '5s$5
i can't say that I do, :, said another.
3s.The child Of course can not under
stand it. . =, q Al
Certainly moi; but it can learn a
i form and repeat it as well as any one. .
Then why not teach it to q parrot
= and be done with itp''ssGs Vi
The other lady had no more to- say.
Yes. Z suppose he's, the richest
man in the burg, now, and has pie on
the table every meal, butt knew him
4 in his corn bread days IL 3;s3:.'
~ on did Pr NJ. 1. l i,tsi
well. I did, that. Yes, sir, i knew
that man when he didn't own dog,
and done the most of his drinking out
NJ of q gourd or q lineup : 81 "
You don't say
II do, for a rectilinear certainty.
Yes, sir, knew him when he wouldn't
I have missed going to a circus for any.
thing in the world, and when he was
# as poor as q patch Of ground that has
been run in buckWh for ten wears .
And ! suppose he feels grateful t.
you for itp 5sf al II, :55:5.
.Himp No, sir; he 8 too pizeni proud
n to speak to me. Chicago Ledger tf
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