Wichita eagle., 1888-01-08

INulI ut tlle euu CT HIS ltttll. UT
Jack come over next day, an when
Bill gin him the papers ter serve, he was
pail good FOR his lectioneerin. He knowed
well itwant no use to say nothin'. Them
$50 30 had fixed Bits flint too tight for
that. But ut last he did persuade him Ter,
make it returnable fore Cowper, the
tother squire, who is jest about half the
fool Bill Hines is. Fust time he set the
trial fer Sunday, and that didn't hold. \
Next time he run erway, but third time
never fails, yc know, and things come to
ia head then with vengeance. Fer ye
see by this time Bills ole brindle bull had
broke into the wilder Tippenfs turnip
patch, and pretty nigh cleaned up all her
gyarden truck, an Jim Walker had put
load or shot in i'm for pyore neighborly
kindness he said.
$50 thar wus a suit fer tresrass. AM
then Bill he up an kills Jim's dog fer
worryin' OF tho beast, an there wuz
cFnother AM Jim's ole sow had ct up
seventeen goslings that Bets Hines WIS
cowntin' on ter buy her wcddin' gown
with, an that had ter be- TOXIN in
\ consideration. Soaltogether' twls enough
Ter puzzle two Philadelphia lawyers ter
\ git at the rights Of it, let erlopf county
squire with jest sense ernough to keep
4 out err the fire.
II went ter the trial; most everybody
4 did. I've seen foth-er-July shootin'
matches, whar Robinson county wus, the
hes man on the ground, dog fights and
I gander pullins that swum in hard cider;
I gin'al muster an night after lection, but
| sho's I'm q white man that trial took
| the rag often the bush. AL hands wus
thar. jim, Bill Bets nnS tile wilder.
| Jim had got the ole squire I'd come fer hi4
| side. He nigh laughed hisselfi into a. fit
/ about it an, ani if he'd er stayed thar
might have beenlsoyne sense to it at the
] end.s But Jest as Cowper wus gittin'
rerdy ter open court yur come or Niger,
CallOpEng up. ole nlarster, ole marster,
&c bees is er swarmiIi. Miss Sophy say
come home an off be posted, fer he'd
leave his own funeral do bleeve ter hive
err swarm.
slim looked pretty blank when the ole
l.feller went OF with SIGH er straight coat
tail, an wanted ter put off the trial, fer,
besides this, Job Potter, that he depended
on ter show that the dog %us er fanr
angel with legs an er tail, ivust 'ficted
I with biles, an had writ ter Squire Cowper:
Il got your supeny two the trial, / wood
II a come eff I Good rode Butfthat didn't
Ffsuit Covper. 81
Bets an dodgin' the widaerl he didn't
II have the sense OF err horse Hy, fer he'd
/ buried his wife jes' three weeks before
/ an the wiGerwer wus3 comin on him
4 pretty bad So ne opened eote-after er
! fashion Bill Hines wanted ter swar HIS
4 self ter save coats, butt Jack Weems
.atepped that; an arter they'd hunted up
il er Testament owper wduld'n fetch out
I his big bible fer fear Bets Pd read how fur
I back he wus married tust-they'd all done
/ thar swarm. Bill ter the /cussin'; jim
ter his dogs peaceahlenes$; the wilder tel
her turhip green's, and Bets ter her Cos
! Inns. Then they all talked ter once fer el
| spell Cowper sot with his head down
H like er sheep killin' dog. pertendin' tel
/ look up the law III the case
1l Sat last he sorter Strengthened up ar
/ gin Judgment. Jim, he said, was to pay
u BIlf0r the cussin $20.50 and costs. Bill
\ was to pay Jim $40 for his dog, seein hi
! was a genuine bench legged fee, with NJ
/ 4let 90 about him! The bull mus spen the
GUNNER in err lot with err ten rail stake al
/ rider fences an Bill must pay Bets for hel
goslins outen the balance er Jim's fine. !
! DO really think the crittex tried ter spill
the difference amongst ma az even as b
1 could, to sorter satisfy all hands, but HI
4 WIS mistaken. Bill swore he'd be hange.
/ + i he paid for any deg or goslins eithsE
\ Bets busted out a-cryin'. 'Oh, Jack. ",
ca-an't marry twell Christmas. Tn,
/ \ wilder whimpered that she didn't SCI
what them as had poor orphan children
/ ! WINS ter do. They hadn't no friends, apt
I If that there bull weren't ordered shot sh
couldn't neither go to mcetinF nor gathe
4 hlackberries the whole summer
\ ''.Iim? Oh, well! He didn't So,
/ notfim at first; lie was SO mad he couldn't
!. but arter a while he marches up ter Jack
an ses 'cc, MIR Ween,s, YOU seem ter b
the ingine OF this we're machine. vii
I you iplease tell me if it's right an Lawful
for his honor n Squire Hines, ter b
| both plaintive, jedge, an attorney all hi
] got no show at all want err repeal, a
Stj1l Won, tell mo how ter. git IFS