Wichita eagle., 1889-09-17

Lnkem get fetched up short. Some IN w1n
take an thrash him; and tough as he is, he'll
wish he was darn site tougher then"
Luke said nothing. Placing the glue in his
breeches pocket he walked rapidly across the
green toward his barn.
Hes smart" calculated the undertaken,
ssan' no mistake; but carlate the new cine
tery's smartern him. 1t ken wait longer'n
he ken, an he knows it. I cal'late / did them
folks good turn when put in word about
the brass band an the grafton. Luke kinder
pricked up his ears, see."
Enoch shook his head 'sNe; he'll beat you
folks yet, he said. 'sHe1l trick ye some way"
Shading his eyes with his hand, Enoch looked
down the road. Darn me eff his dorg amt
came back home agin! Theirs one sInarter'n
Luke to East Village. 'Taint no man; it's a
iorg! Vas, Luke's cute, but his dorg-hes
cuter'n Luke But both on 'ern are pair.
Landl see thet dorg sneak home, hidin' behint
thet hedge, knowin' sure as guns, he's been
sold agin fer five doilar-the bin ye see Luke
hev-an' comm home fer. to be sold agin!
Why, Lnke's made forty dollars outen thet
p'inter inside O. three months, to my sartin
knowledge"
The undertaken laughed. make money
outen dorgl No! G'way!"
yep
''The same dorgw
"Yep. I see IN sell the p'inter yestiddy to
Hank Sphinx. Hanks Teller as won't stand
no nonsense neither. Hank druv off with the
dorg in his buggy, him a-lookin' kinder
knowin' at old Luke, an a-waggin' of his tail
ez tho he knowed what to do without bein'
told Now hes back, an Luke IL try an sell
'm agin to some fool afere the weeks out"
Il swami Thet's cheatin'."
s'Cheatin'l Luke d cheat the store teeth
outen his gran'ther. Why, he's the cuss they
renegaded into the war fer palmin' off shoe
pegs on government bosses fer oats An We
ought to hear him brag O. them war timesl
shouldered gun, but he never saw Dixies
land 'eept as sutler, an now he's alvin off
a pension he got cause he claimed he was IN
jured in the Wilderness, bein' throwed heavy
in a wrastlin' nlatch-he war allus wrastlin'
AN sprainn' a shoulder blade, which he
gets ten dollars month for ever sence.
P'r'aps tibet five dollar bill was dorg money
p'r'aps it was guy 'ment money; guess likely
dorg money! dun know"
Pour me out gallon o. molasses," said
the undertaken, as he rose to go. Guess ef
Luke's a reskiu we don't want ter open our
new cimitery with no such a carrickter.
We'd better be loolzin' around fer corpse as
we ken praise up without lynn about. Sho!
The village is so dern healthy, an we've
waited an waited, an spent our money! and
the undertaken heaved deep sign.
WAL, better look fer another corpse as
amt a reskill, an hasn't sold dorg over a
dozen times" laughed Enoch, as the mo-
lasses slowly drained from the hogshead into
the undertaker's jug. Luke would Spite
any cem'tery. Guess folks to Weston won t
thank Luke much fer his choosin'. Guess
likely hell be forced to try the new enter
prise arter ALL"
An empty farm wagon drove by in the
dusty road, making great clatter and OBJ
securing Luke's house and barn across the
green in cloud Of dust.
When the dust rose and they could see be-
meath it, Luke could be seen leading his
pointer into the barn. He seemed to be in
somewhat OF a hurry, and the dog proving
unwilling, he led the animal quickly back
into the house. At the same moment q horse
man rode furiously up to the store, threw
himself off his horse, and shouted to Enoch,
who stood on his door step, scarcely ten feet
away: "H'lo, Enochl Seen anything of my
p'inter bought o Luke Judkin fer FIVE dol
larsl'
Cheap dorgl" grinned Enoch, in reply.
Bought i'm last Thursday, an here It's
Tuesday, an the dorg run off. | suspect
Luke's got i'm back. Ell the consarned res
XIII has gone an done me, Iu-Tn''-
The speaker. tall, thin, athletic young far
mer, gave a quick swing to his arm as he
spoke indicative OF the punishment he would
infict upon old Luke Judkin if found de-
linquent
Hank Sphinx, you'd orter know better'n to
try an buy tibet Gorg Menny hez tried it,"
said Enoch, IAN not one on ems ever he'd
much success You carrn't buy tbet dorg
Hank; you carrn't do it! The dorgs too
smart. Yes, | see thet dorg not few minitS
ago. Guess he's TO LUke's barn now"
~Well, | guess boughten the dorg; an III
hev the dorg, or III hev the law outer Luke"
The undertaken smiled. 'Mebbe as you
ken Arrest dorg!'' he said. 'As for Luke, he
'ain't done nothin'; it's the dorgs fault"
Hank Sphinx scratched his head. Il amt
no lawyer shark, but guess l know huff to
know tibet dorgs boughten an paid for; an
he's my dorg, an I'll get i'm outen Luke's
barn, or Luke gets a icltin', one or t'otherl"
said Hank. angrily, striding across the green
toward Luke Judkin's white house and dingy
gray barn.
The Others followed Enoch was altogether
too much interested in the event of the
''dorgn matter to hesitate moment about
the need Of 'tendin' his store. Perceiving his
departure, half dozen young urchins, stroll
ing homeward from q bath and swim In q
neighboring stream, stole into the store and
slyly helped themselves to jackson balls
and 'lasses cakes IN the window. Not content
with these sweets, they daubed tssir faces with
flour, and arrayed themselves in the yellow
tarpaulin suits which hung over the counter.
But if the urchins were having a good
time, the i'll concealed look of amusement in
honest Enoch's face as he crossed the green
also showed that he too was enjoying him
self. perhaps equally well. sd Ike TO see
how Hank II 90 to work" ne laughed.
Hanks mad. an Luke amt no match for
him in bare stand up fight. But Luke's
tricky Hank'u never git the dorgi You
see, Mr. Staples it'll take sheriff an
possy to fetch the dorg away-an' l was
R-goin' to say a hull jedge an jury to hold
'iml Luke is game, ne Is Guess he's got
the dorg hid away by this time. Sho! here
be comes! Now whats he a-doin' OFF,
Enochs genuine admiration for old Luke's
,hrewdness found vent a moment later IN
hearty slap upon his thigh Luke advanced
toward Hank SPHINX with hearty treble
How er-doos" ard hand shake which, by
its warmth Of feeling, quickly disarined the
stalwart young farmer. '..5o-ye forgot 70
tie the derg up. did yea WAL, he's come
home. Yes he has. Hank, ye didr't feed
him huff vittIes. Marier. she used to feed
him too rluch, end the dorg, he likes whites;