The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1889-02-23

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Smart, sab; smart whip. He can turn his hand
to anything. Tell you what he done: Took q
notion some time ago that he would write Pitched
in and done IL like flash"
SUCCESSFULLY" asked.
| "IIe did, aud nothing shorter sub. He showed
me what he had wrote one day, and wush may
die dead eff | couldn't read Il mighty nigh all
without my specks Oh, | tell you what's q fack,
| Osbury is a remarkable man. Well, he's got q
chance TO be. Got fnst-rate farm and money out
at intrust, | reckon. So you're going out there2
Sorter kin TO the old man, mebbe"
mo, | am not related to him."
Reckon you air some printer that has come
after his writin'. Well, you'll find him a mighty
'commodatin' man. The local option people have
sorter got this town by the horns. Don't reckon
you've got bottle with YOU" lie snuffed the
candle, grinned at his reflection in the looking
glass of the bureau, grnned at me, broke out into
sort OF a wheeZy laugh, sort of damaged chuckle
and then said "If you've got bottle you neenter
be ateerd to pull it out where am. The Lawd in
heaven knows that | wouldn't report YOU" he
impressiyey added when assured him that had
no bottle.
Early the next morning the major came to my
room, and with another of his damaged
chuckles told that he had secured q bottle after
long persuasion with old fellow who had come
in town TO serve as juryman. lie made no refer
ence to whisky or brandy, as IL such broadness of
speech were in i'll comport with his established
delcacy of expression but seemed to think that the
mere mention of "bottle" should give entire satis-
faction. When told him that | had foresworn
the use of toxicating liquors, he drew his hand
across his face, If he would wipe off disap-
pointed Expression of countenance, and said
"Well, if that's the case reckon the best thing
you can do is to come down and eat a snack"
After breakfast l asked the major II he could
send out TO the Osbury farm. "Bless your life"
said he, with an air of regret, Il don't see how
can If had knowed yesterday mornin that you
was comm, could have send you out on my buck
board, but hired il out to a land hunter"
There's q livery stable in town, | suppose"
ulster be one here-one of the best in the coun-
try-owned by gentleman named Dobbins. Had
bay team that would have suited to g IT. Them
bays could trot, | tell you. Bought them from old
Anthony PhilpOtt when he sold out to go TO Texas
in seventy zone. Got them at bargain, tell you.
Stable burned down about two years ago, and the
bays got burned along with Dobbins' brother and
young feler named Hanks that was asleep on the
hay. Dobbins never did git over the loss. Sence
then he has been town marshal. "Well, sab, !" he
added with another chuckle, "t's the nachuest
thing in the world for after he's been in the
livery stable business to run for town marshal and
he's elected mighty nigh ever time If you want
to see If you ken git team I'll go round town
with you"
81 have about decided TO walk" replied.
"Well, now, thAt amt bad idee. You'll find
good deal along the road that's interestin TO a
that likes nature and good articke of spring
water The pike runs all the way TO Osbury's, and
stops little beyant there at the foot of the ridge
Ever now and then, before you git there, you'll
think the pike is goin to be stopped by the spurs
of the ridge and knobs that air scattered around,
but keep on, and you'll find that the pike winds
around somehow Wush had nothin TO do, for
I'd like TO 60 with you, but you see Pm kept
the jump here all the time"
so much attracted the attention of the villagers
that they crowded about the piazza of the tavern
to get glimpse of me. Every man who had
lot for sale-and it seemed that they all land
owners and consequently much interested in the
growth of the "city"--pressed forward to have
word with me and to assure me that If | had an
idea of settling" could not do better than to stop
in Emryville, among people who, as anxious old
fellow expressed it, were the "best folks on the
top side the Lordalmighty's green yeath."
Some of them followed me out to the edge of the