Wichita eagle., 1888-10-02
By RED HORSE CREEK.


Rawaoa was the trifiin'est." Located on the
eastern bank of the best fishing hole in all
Red Horse creek, and bounded on the north
by Mr. Hiram Pottle, whose ability as q lis
tener was only surpassed by that of Mr. JEFF
ferson Shores, who bounded the speaker upon
the south, it was not surprising that the
elongated Mr. Prouty felt in story telling
mood
..As tho representative Of the law Long jim
q oensed jastice in the spasrnodic and orig
igal fashion of counties where the locoIno-
time whistle never sounded and the stiffness
was only broken by the crack Of some coon
hunters rifle CT the harsh CRY of the storm
foretsiling rain crow. But his fame as o
Justice OF tho pence was cclipeed by his re-
nown as q story teller. He had been known
to postpone dinner an unconscionable time
to finish q story, and it was said that he
would interrupt q trial TO relate some thrill
Ing "Reminiscences.
Now, as be reclined on the bank Of Red
Horse creek and watched tho bob" Of bis
fish line he seemed : veritable Renaissance
mine, and self working at that.
''Say he wass' questioned Pottle, referring
! to the ssigmatised Rawson.
YES; Nv all lazy fellers, he was the cap
nain. TELL You what's fact. held
Then the story rested till a wide mouthed
catfish had been jerked from his watery
bone to adora a string which was already
half filed with his brethren.
''Lnzy?n resumed the justice. "Beat ary
man twixt this an anywhursl Looked like
bit tired him to breathe When they formed
the Lazy Mans club, up in Clay county, the
season the seventeen year locusses cit up tho
props en- thar want nuth'n' to do for amuse-
merit but
Tho extraction of another catfish from the
kreok interrupted tho story.
"iNal, when the Lazy Mans club was
formed, they Hello, tharIn
The story rested.
There appeared at the edge Of the little
clearing three persons, whose chief charac-
ixtcristics, Judging from appearances, might
have been graded as bruised and bloody ex-
citabIity, defiant detection and passive dis
fntercstedness.
.'Ole Man Hydorn, Wiclzs, the constable,
m that young Ohio chap. Wonder what's
upT' said Shores.
''Dunno. As | was a-sayin' when"--
esquire, cried the personifcation of cory
excisability, Il want the law onto this yere
cuss! I've ben senlbcd''--
oval" drawled Long Jim, interruptingly,
'f'you look it, Hydo.n. You want never SO
mighty pretty that hit hurt you TO pack
yore beauty around, an now I'll be switched
IL you ha;n't ugiier than original sin! p
sThat's neither zero nur comm, = broke in
Old. Man Hydom, angrily. / want the law,
Sn,f-
'Axal, set down, Ole Man." drawled Long
Jim. Be through with this story in little
bit. Was Jest tellin, the boys bout
s'Hang yoro sooryp roared Hydom, so
fierceiy that the little figure that had
stealthily followed them almost to the
edge Of the clearing tTembled in the
concealmen5 that the haw and hazel
brush afforded 'f9ang yore storyl Iwant
the law on this we're cuss fer tyin' % Kill mel
Look az met Look'--
"Wal, if you've got to have hit, wy I
reckon yer've got TO-" drawled the justice,
resignedly. whats the chargel'
"'Sault an battery, with intent TO kill"
Guilty CT not, young fellers"
al beat him, butt
Then yc'r7o guilty! Wal, never had no
use fer these yere slick Ohio feIlers, anyhow
Hadn't be'n for 'en I'd"--
..Course he's guilty." interrupted old by
dom. AN that thar h'ain6 the worst Nv
hit 10 tackled mo because Io5jected to my
GIRLS rs,Y.a,in' Off with hiinI"
ssWlIn
The emphasis OF that oval" spoke vol
s1nles. TIE lank Justice drew his line from
tho water, and Pot.Io and Shores, the accom-
paisbed listeners, followed his example and
ptrpared to give aUricular attention, and the
Lazy club was Inornentarily forgotten. The
constables assumed indifference verged on
facial vacrncy.
81 wouien'b putt hit a bit a-past him or
airy other Ohio clss, said Long Jim. They'd
10 auyth,ng IAN yore girls only a child,
q beautSfuls'-
.'shet upI' reared the JUSTICE ''What
shout her, ole manz'
"W,y, she's lest back from three years
schoolin', an this yere c1ss followed her
hocn."
He uszat on to tell how the ''cuS5" in CUES
tson had wen her love at school and had fol-
lowed the es&i2g for her hand by endeavor-
ing to e.cpc with her. Upon air Hysiom 5
appcarzag n tine to prevent his daughters
departure, the old gentleman had been IS
\ saulted by the IIssa from Ohio
mouth when he gave me sech lick that l
didn't know whether l ives a-foot OF &-hoss-
hack, sca'csayt Then, he slammed me agin
the ground, an SCI he, That's the way we do
IN Ohio, When -
.sg,hat sdt&les h'it!" cried Long Jim. III
fharid abba nHy provcca1icn h'It'G a-bin dif-
1Tnt HE'S guilty, am -
s-a5,f there was pEOSCcaeiUnir
\ l.
cealed tire little figure that had followed the
three men She hurried across the clearing,
ana dsizncs succeeded detection in the face
OF lie young fellow from Ohio IS he placed
une URN pro!ectingly around the girl
AYere,' reared TIE justice, stridiag for
vard. exc. UP On that, Ohio! Thsb thsy's
uU-L wy, tha.s yore-yore daughter,
3ydon, fA1nded nle uvT--
HeExpped back.
I'm gittjn cleI7 be muttere5, hoarSely.
sSkhss gre@ed heap lac went o.. ~
&t1uS know her at first Minded ne
Ind fhst thnr cs,ss was S-tryin' to steal herr
THAT'S what be WIS, en- l want tho limit
w tho law onto HING
.You shall have hit Ih'aint got To use
fer Ohio. Dohoy, ans -
Squire" interrupted the dizintersstea ap-
paanng Nicks, 'zsslnn my putt u, but thar
was a heap Nv prosocaSion."
''Go ahsad, WiclzS Waipt got no USE fer
Ohio, but SO on
Wall began Wicks. ''as I was a-ssrvir'
h't Asint my putt in, precisely but mem
bOs6har, an thGr was povoation. Ne an
90 vent out together, occypied the same
! Yan1se cell together, caTae home together.
! aa' s.ss>k togsther in haGin' Ohio. Wal, when
hA ebr. ssolne a-followin' Bessie. yere, home.
hod NO more Use fer Ohio than had before