Wichita eagle., 1888-01-08
A MIXED LITIGATION.

much. Tell ", ledge, my ole terbarker
barn "a b. er httener place. fer most er tho
elinta that comes yerc, an rs fer iestiee,
sr ehick'n coop wotld hole erbout al er
that Artitle thars been in this yere Nun
gumry county since the Syah. o, YES,
know this fine, now big house suits YOU
lawyers down ter The grown. Fact is, Won
fellern, yere in Pove 'ty rpw, e'e'nab6us
runs this county: now we've; got sech cr
lpt. o. iaekasses In the quarterly cote
magistrates. they call thclrselVcs+ but
joss dead ef hadn't ruther trust emmy
ease er mine befor or suckinl calf! n nine
upt cF ten or thevhole coInpoodlcmentun
'um.
That's what btuug me in town ter day
Ter zee the upshot ersonie her thar TOM
f0olfrys Walker vs. HiInes'-don't You
know the,cases Well, I'lltell yc bout it,.
Hlt's a cnse, an no mlstake BY rights,
lack Weems orter so ter the penitenshery
for q. Hits all his doln', pesky young
vIlyun. -
but that amt nothih' ter do with this
yen yarn. Whar was II Oh! yes The
desstFics little ono, al ] said, an, as I'm
cr livin' sinner fore election day every
man in IL wus n!runnln fer squire, sept
ln' the ole squire, Jack Weems, me an
Que more man. An warr't they Perlite
My, Pnrydlse fore the snake got in
warn't rafehin' TO It. Such bowin' an
,orapln' an nelghborin' Ye never did see.
Ny three nighes' neighbors had 1t mighty
llah. When 1 went out ter feed Their stock
q moruin's, by the second chicken crow
boyd begin whoopiu' crost I'm. thar hill
toys ter mines Good moInin', Mr. jack
man: how's yer good henlth' an yo' wife9
an 20 family an Hello, ole Jack, we're
iiEt a-Ewino ter tap the las barrel er hard
clder Come over an fetch yer iUg;' or
The plgus one woIld yawp: How HEe go
IN the Lord, Brother Jaekmnni Tell Mrs.
.lackmau we're s-gwiRe ter night mectin'
IN The wagin ter-night, Enf want Der and
the gals ter come en- heep us fill up
blamed II don't believe airy one er them
theru'd ruint hisself Tor my vote am III
ruenee "' f'f
"Did they rit ~ Never you mind
That Amt neither here nor thar. Now Of
al the onfitten men that was n rllnnin',
1914 sIiues was shorely the onflttenest
lie amt got the sense the law allows or
tt.suIn, an hits my belief he'd never er
chen thought erbout II but fer Jack, who 5
rst bis own weight in chicken, er pretend
IN 10 court Bets Hines Sundays fer three
years. er sech q matter. He put Bin up
terii-I'm most shore er thar-and then
whut does the young vilyun do but slip
rUunf ter oil the rest SAN say; 'Co'se
you u he the tuan, you've got the dead
wuod on all en- EN-. I'm fer We, tooth an
t0cnail, ant want yer Ter do me elAfavOr.
BaI Hines. yer know, Is runnin'-ain't II
or ioke-an' l want you lection day tel
vote fer I'm. CT cose he won't git but
tho one an he'll think that's me, so III
Ieep solid with Miss Betsy an the chicken
pic, an you conld'n throw erway on no
body safeF.'
See his gn1le. don't yes But they
dldA't. an. when the votes wus counted
the ole squire had leyen votes, if h
wasn't a-runuin'; the hard cider maj
seven, an Bill Hines all the rest Wash
they mad thought Wet hens warnit no
where ter en-.
Jack took good paiDs ter have htssel
'pihtod to wait on the gran jury, ant
stayed outRn reech tell they sorter got tn
wire edge often 'ern. =
when he did come home he got sicl
enough er his fun. don't rightly be
-lleve he'd ever looked furder n fcoliu
them fellers fer his mischief Now h
E1rttr saw how II wus-a man that didn'
know y from bulls foot set up over us
lie tried his best ter git Bill ter resign
Ito mought az well er tried ter mix c
go0se. Bill WIS thar ter stay-tbe tick
sidsi man you ever see ter have er handl
trr his name an so stingy the fees seeme
ter him like CT fortune.
Specially AFTER jack read out to him
from the Statutes er Tennessee, that th
ole squire passed over to him.. that tina
Law that fines er man fifty cents for ever
ctss word said before or magistrate settle
in eourr. Bill thought it meant any
Whars-diIn't matter jeS so he heard il
an that he wus made Tnan--.ter thar
no two waysabout ii, oilr fellcrs does us
cr heap er languidge, In the course er th
year
,'Wcll. one day in the spring BIN, OF
er hog huntin', come on jim Walkei
coulteri1' up er piece er groun' with {
mar ier mules that wasn't more'n ha
broke. an the air WINS FAIRLY blue roUn
erbont thar. Every time they struck (
root one er totier mule kick outer Ii
trartS. an Jim would swar, an his biz
rrs' boy, that WAS shrubbin' behind hin
"a lump M on er stump an try ter on
euss his daddy. An BILL stood in Il
bushes an listened, an cnwpted m
eownted I'LL he got ter ffty-nine. That
ali the fur he kin count I've heard hi
try ter GO ffty-tcn, flfty-eleven, fit.
twelve a many a time Then he sireakt
4, horae ter make Bets write ont 4
count, mighty sorry ter think them wl
al ne could reckon, but xhore that viii
he Ind got wus with more n he'd NAL
Al his blacksmith shop IN er mouth.
fSNow, ses ZEE ter Bats git yer pa
an paper ar' write plain whtIt,I tell Y
To any offs er Mungumery count
sreshAI' Nj Jack Weems You air kaE
iiandid. ter take the body OF deeu
Walker an bring Il before me ter pay I
swearln' this many oathes, here set dow
az hity cents erplece before ygstess
piees.' ~
bets busted out a cryins '0s PAL
ses she, 4 cail't write dreadful lanEuae
1 eaiu't, CAN'T Brother Mncpound
wpuld turn me out er Bresh creek meet
house II he was ter know it. sides t
Walkers is our very bes' neighbors, =
know that yourself Please, Please dol
Go ralsln' er fuss with them. -
- shot up, ses Bin. 'S'pose ye tlli
ye know morn yer daddy. an him
cnss' Of the law, but sence ! see the pal
wont hold Il alI, and you're 80 me;
mauihed Sc may put down, ''he. sw
nffy.nine oathseS-Hn' heap more I:
waru't counted; an then see II 70 7
fee schoolin' win hep you ter ma
vhut IL all comes 70.
s.'rhen bets got the slate an arter
rerih' IN over both sides on i, tole
twas 50. 20. BiiE'sot up half the NJ;
trvfn'-ter think out, eff be could hear =
another eussin er week. how much he q