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

an by the time his two boys had
grow up he were the richest man in
the deestric He Were a stubborn OF
possum. an wen his son Hacken berry
went OF an married little Sairy Lib
Bunter, ez hadn't nuthin but her red
cheeks an her Snappin' black eyes en-
the caliker dress she We're married In,
ne jist up an read the riot act to HACK
enberrv. an TOT him. b'gcsh. th't he
mowt go an grub fer hisself, an make
I'D his mind th't none OF the Snedgc-
| ley clearin's d ever drop inter his grip
An Hackenberry went an grubbed.
an him an Sairy Lib got along torable
| like. an didn't ast DO odds o nobody.
Haclenbery Smedgeley were eZ poplar
ez a circus, but OF Joab never r.co'-
nized him nor Sairy Lib. Joab's wife
had died long fore Hackenberry were
married. an the oil man made his hum
with his Oldest son Bill. Ev'rybOdy
called Bill Bully Bill. 'caus be were
cross-grained an Overbearin' chap. an
meanern iimson weed. 1t were
| ksnw'd ez well eZ any thing could be
| th't oil Joab had made his Will, an
that he had give ev'ry thing he had to
Bully Bill. an th't Hakenberry d hef
to keep on grub5in' ez long ez he
lived. fer all the good the oil mans
belongin's d do him Everybody thort
it were an ALFRED mis'able thing for
Joab to do. Bully Bill bein' so mean an
. stingy. an not treatin' the OF man
p'tic'l lar p!easin'. for all.
"Wull, one day Joab Smedgeley up
an died Hackeuberry an Sairy Lib
was to the funerl, o course. an feel
in a consarned more bad about the oil
mans kickin' the bucket thin Bully
Bill did. But tn want no call fer
Bill to feel bad. ez he were shet OF ali
trouble o. lookin' after his pap. an
were to hev ev'ry thing. Sure enough.
Joab's will were perjuced. an it made
Bill the hull an solitary heir. Hack
enberry not even bein' mentioned il
it. But two or three days arterw'd
Silas Bipp dropped in At Hackenberry's
. an says:
.Hackenberry,' says he. that will
, o. Bills hain't the right one, says he.
".W'at" sa KS Hackenberry.
Yer pap made another will only
, two weeks ago says Silas. He kim
to me an says, "Siias. Bill hahn
, treated me right. an hain't treated
Hackenberry right" says &c. 81 m
gointer make a new will" yer PAL
says. ian don't ye say word about 1t,
, he SAYS. So he made new will, an
. witnessed il. He took il with him, an
il it can't be foun' we must asst the Law
to see vat kin be did
"Wull. Hackenberry an Sairy Lib
they was all obfusticated by this. an
T Hackenberry went right down to Bull.
I Bills. an he says:
"'Bill, says he, whar's pap's RICH
willie
: bully Bill kinder looked skeert fe
j, a minute, an then he clustered up an
t says:
, fright here it isr he says. Her
4 it is, an it turns ev'ry thing over Z
o me. ez didn't 90 an marry gal wit
nuthin' but red cheeks an calike
n dress says he.
: "'All right says Hackenberry
= Wen see vat law were made fer
".Ho! hor says Bill. 'Wewill. hay
q Go it,
$50 Hackenberry he went over I
>, the county seat an hunted up Lawye
Tom Liitum. He tot the lawyer tn
hull story. Tom he shuck his hea
an looked solemn.
, Its a sGually case says ne
We've got to prove heap says be
;. Bills got reg'lar giniwine will. W
o haint. The chances is well q
knocked ont. says he; but we'll Civ
n her hack. anyhow
;. "An' so the great will case o Smeds
I eley ag'in Smedgeley were begun
a The day kim round fer il TO be tried
an, Bully Bill jumped on his boss al
= started for the county seat. He ha
!. hired all the best lawyers he kid skee
n up. an didn't feel much worried abOu
n the case goin' ag'in him.
q 81 got pap's will. b said to hissel
If thur ano Their one let 'em perjuc
d it, says he.
b ION the way in TO court. Bill stoppe
r. at the big waterin' trough at the VIII
4 Gander Ridge cross roads to give b
boss a drink. En- the boss wer
: drinkin' Bill looked up an see COZ
n pie O. fish hawks more'n two hundre
feet in the air. straight up over h
A. head, a fightin' like all possesses
i The mex minute he see sumpin' drol
u PIN down lords the groun' and fol
O he hardly know'd it. it kim kerchun
p inter the waterin' trough, most hittil
r. his boss on the head. en- splatteril
a. the water up like mad Then Bill st
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