San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-24
BY RED HORSE CREEK.

''Speakin' Nv lazy men," drawled Long
Jim Proutr, NV all lazy, trif1ing fellers, Ike
Rawson Yves the trifin'est" Located on the
eastern bank Of the best fishing hole In all
Red Horse creek and bounded on the north
by nr Hirum Pottie, whose ability as q Hs-
toner 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.. hrouty felt in a story telling
mood
As the representative Of the law Long Jim
dispensed Justice in the spasmodic and orig
inal fashion of counties whore the looomo-
| time whistle never sounded and the stiffness
| was only broken by the crack Of some coon
| hunters rifle or the harsh cry Of the storm
| foretelling rain crow. But his fame as q
justice Of the peace was eclipsed by his re-
nown as a story teller. He had been known
to postpone dinner an unconscionable time
to finish a story, and it was said that he
| would interrupt a trial to relate some thrill
| ing reminiscence.
Now, as he reclined on the bank of Red
Horse creek and watched the bob" Of bis
| fish line he seemed q veritable Renaissance
mine, aud self working at that
"Say he wssr questioned Pottle, referring
to tho sdgmatized Rawson.
"Yes; Nv all Lazy fellers, he was the cap
tain. Tell you what's fact, he'dn-
Then tho story rested till wide mouthcd
catfish had been jerked from his watery
home to adorn a string which was already
| half filed with his brethren.
"Lazyf' resumed the justice. BEAT airy
man twixt this an anywhurs! Looked like
hit tired him TO breathel When they formed
the Lazy Mans club, up in Clay county, the
season the seventeen year locusscs eft up the
crops an thar want nuthn' TO do for amuse-
ment but
The extraction of another catfish from the
creek interrupted tho story.
"Wal, when the Lazy Mans club was
| formed, they Hello, thar"
The story rested.
There appeared at the edge of the little
| clearing three persons, whose chief charac-
teristics, judging from appearances, might
! have been graded as bruised and bloody ex-
citablity, defiant detection and passive dis
| interestednessL
| Ole Man Hydom, Wichs, the constable,
en- that young Ohio chap Wonder whats
ups said Shores.
Dunno AS I was a-sayin' when"-
Squire cried the personihcation of CORY
excitability, Il want tho law onto this yere
| cJ,ss! I've BEN 'saulted"-
oval" drawlod Long Jim, interTuptingly,
you hook it, uydom You want never 50
| mighty pretty that hit hurt you to pack
| yOre beauty around, an now I'll be switched
| II you haint uglier than original sin! p
That's neither zero nur COMM" broke in
Old Man Hydom, anSrily. l want the law,
| ar -
"Wal, set down, Ole Man." drawled Long
| JIM "Be through with this story in a little
| bit. Was jest telliD' the boys bout
Hang yore story roared Hydom, so
| icrcely that the lttlo figure that had
rtealthily followed them almost to the
edge OF the clearing trembled in the
concealInent that the haw and haZ l
brush afforded. Hang yore story! want
the kew on this yere crss fer tryin' to kill me
Look ct mel Look
Wal, If you've got to lave hit, wy l
reckon yer've go5 to- drawled the justice,
y.Sienedly. Whats the charged"
"Sault an battery, with intent to kill"
Guilty or not, young fellerf
Il beat him, but
"fheH yo're guilty! Wal, never had no
use feT these yere slick Ohio tellers, anyhow
Hadn't ben for EN- ID
"ConIse he's guiltyr interrupted old Ely
dom AN that thar h'sint the worst Nv
hit He Hacked me because objected to my
girls runnin' OF with himr
"WAr
The emphasis Of that oval" spoke vol
,lnes. The hank justice drew his line from
tie water, and PottIe and Shores, the accom-
phshed listeners, followed his example and
prepared to give auricular attention, and the
Lazy club was momontsrily forgotten. The
constaSles Assumed indifference verged on
facial vacancy.
Il wouldn't putt HIT bit a-past him or
airy other Ohio cysss, said Long Jim. They'd
90 anything Am yore girls only a child,
anyhow"
''She is IT," cried tho young prisoner, land
as beautiful"-
''Shet up.7 roared the justice. "What
about her, ole mann
IVY, she's jest back from three years
schoolin, an this yere cuss followed her
horne"
lie went on to tell how the "cusSn in ques-
ton had won her love at school and had fol-
lowed the asking Tor her hand by endeavor-
ing to elope with her. Upon Mr.. Hydoms
appearing in time TO prevent his daughter
departure, the old gentleman had been as
saulted by the man from Ohio.
Hadn't much more than opened my
mouth when he gave me sech a lick that
didn't know whether was a-foot or E-hoss-
back, sca'celyl Then, he slammed me agin
the grounl, am sex he, That's the way wo do
| in Ohio. whom -