The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-20
INDUCED HIMSELF.
4 Washington County Man--His Pros peets--Why He Hurried Away From the Show.

From the Show.
 Several nights ago, during the per fsrmance of the "Silver King" an old fellow trom Washington county, who, accompanied by his wife, witnessed nlav for the first time, said to an usher:
 "Say, fetch me one O them napkins you wuz passin' roun' jes' now."
 "They want n.n-napkins," snickered the boy. "They were programmes.
 "Wall, then, I don't want one. How long beio' this shows goin' to open r"
 "Won't be long,"
 "They ain't got but one ring, have theyp
 "Haven't any r.r-r-ring," the boy gig gled.
 "Then they hain't got no hosses."
 "Of course, not"
 "One O these here still, animal shows, I reckon. Hello, they've got reg1ar string band. Wall, dog my cats. Wall, jes' lissen at the big fiddle. It grunts like CT haug. Bout as much as that fel Ter ken do to rassle with it, an, dinged ef don't b1'eve it'll fling him down air ter while. Wy, jes' look, Puss," ad- dressing, his wife, they re pullin' up the big pictur'. Thar they air. Wy they've got the same ole drunk'n man that the ring marster has ter put out, but whar is the ring marster ?"
 Hush, Steve Them folks is look in back at us."
 "Wall, let 'em look, they kain t hurt us"
 "Yas, bat they'll think we never seed a sho' befo'."
 "Wall, ef they don't bl'eve we have, let 'em ax the feller we bought the candy rum at the last show we went to. Amt got no red water an ginger bread here. Look, will you2 The feller has spatched out pistol. Blamed ef it ain't gittin' leetle nachul."
 He leaned forward and listened in- tently.
 Hump, says he's goin' to kill him. Don't blame him. Ef wuz on the jury I'd stay with it tell daylight befo' they should hang him."
 "S.ephen, these folks back h ere air gigglin' at us."
 Let 'em giggle. Why don't yoa gig gle at thems Lookl An, hah, they're goin' to rob a house. Look at that shanghai O feller. He's as cool as cowcumber. Like to meet him out summers. I'd take hoop pole an lar. rup the life outen him. An, hah, see. Thar, they've killed man. Nov, don't that lock nachul2 Pistol went off jes' like sho' huff one."
 "How do you like it, old fellow ?" said man, when the curtain went down at the conclusion of the first act.
 "Oh, mid'lin'. I've seed better. A feller showed in our school-house some time ago, an he kep' us all in a quiver the whole time. He could do mo- tricks then monkey, an' was the beatenest man with pack O cards you ever seed, an he could cut hafer dollar or,en a han'kercher an' yer couldn't find the hole"
 "He must have been clever"
 Don't know- don t think he wuz, fur ef he'd been 90 mighty clever he'd let me in fur nuthin'.
 "I mean that he was pretty smooth with his tricks"
 Smooth, " glass aint no slicker'n he was"
 "Where do you live?'
 "Washin' ton county"
 "Think you'll be elected i"'
 "Who told you that was runnin'7"
 "You did"
 "When ?"
 "When you said that you were from Washingeon county. Evsy man in your part of the country is running for some thing. Legislature"
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