The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-09-24

s'posed 10 hey more'n milkpan full o
gumptior. Folks wondered wat in
under the canopy Tom KID want o.
that saphead. Hiram took the cheer
an looked skrert. Bully Bill squirmed
an folks got excited.
".Hiram.' says Tom. 'yev ben a
workin' for Billy Smedgeley, haint
yep Hiram said he had.
wat did he give We an till We to
do the day after OF Joab Smedgeley
died?' says Tom.
81 were burnin' brush. says Hiram.
AN Bully Bill handed me two or three
pieces o. paper an tot me to chuck EN-
in the fire
Ibid We do it?' says Tom.
".No,' says Hiram. Il KEEP 'em!
says he
.Jeewhizz. but folks got excited
then! Here's the new willr they says
".Hev We got 'em now? says Tom.
MOI says Hiram.
".Whar be they" says Tom
dunno says Hiram.
"Then every body's hopes dropped
like a stun. Bully Bill he stretched
up and grinned. an looked comf'taole
ag'in. His lawyers whispered an
laughed 10 one anO her.
".W'at did We do with emp says
Tom. not mindin' wat were goin' on.
".Wull,' says Hiram, me an Mag
Streeter were spoonin'. and Mag went
over to the Wild Gander Ridge. an
she saws to me If I didn't write TO her
She'd GIT another Teller; an so wen L
see them pieces o paper tht Bully
Bill gimme. | thort mebbe | KID scrib-
be sumpin' on 'em and send 1t TO Mag,
and keep her so she wouldn't git an
other feller.'
Bully Bills lawyer KEEP 'bjectin' an
'biectin', an folks laughed till the ruff
most riz up, but Tom KEEP Hiram at it.
".Wull.' says Tom, then wat d We
do?'
al squeezed Their papers inter my
t'backy box an put the box in my
pocket. says Hiram.
lem ME see yer t'backay box,
| saws Tom, an folks was all excited
ag'in.
".Hain't got it. says Hiram.
".Whar is it, says Tom.
".Lost it in twenty foot o water,
saws Hiram, and the folks all groaned
ag'in.
Then Tom 'scused Hiram. an folk:
said the witness had better ben left
off the stand. Bully Bill were grin
MIN like q monkey. The mex thing
| Tom Liftum done made buzz.
Yer Honor says he, Il call Bill
Smedgeleyr
Bully Bill mos: jumped outen hi:
skin. an he KID hardly keep I'm trem
blin' wen he took the cheer.
Sell me sumpin' to-day?' says Tom
Yes says Bill.
".W'at did We sell me? says Tom.
"a six-poun' picker'l,' says Bill.
Ibid it come outen your pond?
says Tom
".Ye bet it did says Bully Bill
TIL hain't no picker'l in any othe
pond 'roun' Sugar Swamp says no.
That's ALL says Tom. an folks be
gun to think th't the slick and slip
perry Tom Liftum were gone plumb
crazy.
Now, yer Honor says Tom,
want to call myself ez tl- next wit
ness says he, an he done it. an so
down in the cheer.
Yer Honor says he, AN gentle
men O. the jury. Ye heerd the las
witness say th't he sol me a six-pour
picker'l to-day, an th't it were ketche
outen his pond. Wull, yer Honor an
gentlemen o the jury. he did, say
Tom. In cleauin' that picker'l.' say
he, Il foun' sumpin' in his NAV. Hirar
Slay.' says he, stan upr
Hiram popped up Outen his chez
like jumping-iack. Tom he'll sumpiI
up.
Hiram says he. SIS this th
t'backy box th't We lost in twenty foe
OF water?'
"'Great spooksr says Hiram, wit
his eyes a-bulging. That's my t'back
box. sartinr
IAN is these the pieces o pape
th't we squeezed inter it,? says Tom
"'Sure ez turkey eggsn says Hiram
Folks KID hardly keep in I'm how
in by this time. an Bully Bill were
J sight fer to see.
: Now then. yer Honor an gentle
men o the jury says Tom, cool an
collected ez ligh;nin'-roi peddler
lets see wat these papers is; an
quicker Almost thin | kin tell We b