The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-12-12

DrIuutb COW. l)ht lex 81 KNOW u now
to do b til on ,em. He wentt to the
neighbor.
- :. See hcrc says he. .you want a
smoke house. an we want butter says
he. Consistently. says he. how'll we
swop COW for henlocke'
he nuigfbur were within fer a
dickcr, Of course, but the hcmlock
| wan worth smoren five dollars an
the COW werc held stiff at fifteen dol
lars. an so he said he wanted ten dol
lars to boot. That wa MT nothin' in the
wayo' closin' the dicker. fer 'twouldn't
ha' made no difference to sZek'el how
much boot were asted. ez he paid it with
his note. an he want in the habit o.
reco'nizin' any thing bindin' but his
notes arter he'd give 'em. So the
trade were made. Mrs. 'Zek'el got
her dress an the neighbor got his
| smoke house, an 'Zek'el had brindle
COW. "Twa'n'ta great vile fore the
note kim due.
- -. Eek e. says the neigh ber,I= got
my smoke house, an now | want the
money on this here note,' says he.
SOS kin buy some pork to put in
the smoke house,
"'Iek'el he told the neighbor th't it
want tie time Q, year he were payffA
notes list then, an the upshot O. the
business were th't the note were sued
an execution isshied for the full flgger
and costs. This dockyment were put
In Abram Fendle's hands.
:" 4 want the money on that note,
said tho neighbor that held 1t, If We
bel to git It outen 'Zeke GIazer's skinr
says he, an he were mad. Abe had
made a-geed many trips to lZek'el's
on similar 'casions, an he know'd tn It
TIL want much lefton the prem ses to
even up many more claims. The
brindle COW were still on hand. but
she'd had to put up with ruther thin
fodder Abram kinder had his
doubts bout her fetchin' ten dollars
an costs. But he levied on her. an
sot date wen lie would sell her,
cordin to law. Three days fore the
day O sale the neighbor th't held the
Judgment agin Zek'el kim tearin' to
Abram Fendle all in sweat
'Jeewhizzr he hollered. .Zeke's
brindle has got away an can't be
found high or low! You got to find
her. Abram, he hollered, .or I'll hold
ye to make good fer hert That brindle
cows in your independence he hol-
Tered, al, unless ye hey4 her ,rested in
time fer the sale, I'll slap the hull
business onter your
ABE he tore round his bailiwick
for a couple o days, looking fer that
brindle COW, but tn want hide nor
hair of her to be skeert up Then he
begun towish he hadn't put hisself in
the hands Of his friends, and to wish,
b'gosh, th't 'twere some I'm else Std
o him th't were bein' just an fearin'
not, an pledged but to truth, to liber-
ty= ar. law. al, hewin,Ato -the3line- ez
constable O Lost Grow Barren, an
lettin' the chips fall whar they mowt.
lords evenin' on the third day O, the
hunt fer Zek'cFs stray brindle Abram
were goin' hossback through the
Barren, an had give up. an were al
most a weepin' an wailin' an gnashin'
his teeth ez he mourned over the hol-
z1erness O. p'litical honors. wen att of
a suddentz he 7heerd a noise sumpin.
browsin,, in the brush. He sauinted
through, an kim nigh tumblin' often
~. l. Al.
brindle feedin' ez cool an impydent ez
ii she hadn't turned the bailiwick up
side down for three days. Abram
drove the COW to his own premises an
locked her up,-She were on hand fer
the sale mex day, an everybody no.
ticed how slick an fat she were She
were sold fer the full amount OF the
Judgment an costs. and the world
didn't look dark an dreary no more to
Constable Fendle. but doomed up ez a
place wuth mans vile fer to hew to
the line in cz constable O. Lost Grow
Barren, with prospects, mebbe. o. let
tin the chips fall whar they mowt ez
Shurff, or mebbe O bein, jcst an fear
in not ez member O. the Legislature.
Three or four days arter the sale
Gabe Owen dropped around to see Abe
Fendle.' Gabe lived on the place nigh
whar Abe had found the cow.
"'Did you sell brindle COW, t'othe
day. Abramp' said Gabe.
"Abram said he did
-"'Who bought tip said Gabe.
"Abram told him that Peter Jump
had bought the COW. Gabe Owen went
away an bimeby kim back to Abe's
ag'in. 4
AVAIL, Abram,' he sale you sold
my COW t'other dayr
Course Abram wouldn { b'lieve
that, but things begun to. tx hotter
ag'in. He tol' Gabe that the COW were
the property o 'Zek'el G1azei, an it
had ben took up regular an 'cofdin to
the statute so made an pervideds Gabe
he said-the cow mowt ha' ben took up
regular. but she were his COW, an ez the
man th't bought her wouldn't give Ter
up, Gabe said he'd see wat the statue
in some other case made an pervided
would do bout it, an he sued the man
fer the COW. Somebody livip' over be-
vent MeAvery, woods heerd bout this
trouble with a brindle COW. an he kim
to Abram an toll him th't the dead
body OF a lean brindle COW were layin'
on the edge Of "a laurel swamp out thar
an th't mebbe she mowt be good
witness in the case. Abram went out
thar, and the minute he see the frame
o. that dead COW he know'd tn want
no doubt but wat 1t were the frame O.
'Iek'el Glazer's Oh brindle He went
back an'.tor Pete Jump that the COW
he bought were Gabe Owens's. sure
an then Pete gave it up,-But then he
naturally wanted his money back th't
| he'd paid fer the COW. In bein' lust