The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-02-16

rrentlce. lie nad made the Julep and was slipping
1t. Suddenly leaning to side and CHANGING
through window, he exclaimed:
"Yonder comes that trning and no. account Jack
Gap. Well, sub, I'll warrant you that Kentucky
has more shittless fellows than any state in the
Union. All they care for is to drink ticker and
talk about women and horses Come in"
Some one had Knocked at the door My irritat-
ing companiOn-the can kicking lout who had
thrown dust into the eyes of a beautiful morning
stepped into the room. lie bowed with aw kward
humility to the colonel grinned at me, and, as ne
stood wadding his cotton hat between his dirt
begrimed hands, said that he thought he would
"drap over" 81 had little round in town last
night, coone-this gen'l'man yere ken tell you sll
about it, an"
Il don't know anything about it." exclaimed
Gail know about you is that | overlook you on
the turnpike, and regretted having done it."
"Thats all right, podner. Yas addressing the
colonel), | had little round in town with the old
major Ia; night an was all right till awhile ago
an then got shakv; SO | lowed that eff was to
come over we're you mout give me mild snort As
the Teller said at the log -rolin, to brace me up
little"
"Jack Gap, wouldn't give you drop of ticker
to save your life. You disgrace to any civil
lied community, and especially so to your family
Go on, you can't get anything to drink here"
"Didn't want much" Gap continued, still wad-
ding his hat. jest wanted enough to brace me
up agin that clover sod"
"Not drop" the colonel thundered.
"Wouldn'ter been so trimbly in the knees eff
hadnter run across the field an elm up on the
fence to see Lark Moss an Pert SAWYER racin down
the pike. That little bay mar NV LIZ ks picks
herself up like deer, | tell you. When he traded
fur her thought he got bit, but he didn't"
"Let's see, the colonel said, musingly, "whO did
he trade with?"
"W'y, with Boyd Ssvey"
"That's so. Boyd's not careful as he should
be- But which horse beat?"
"W'y, Larks elm right away"
"Did, eh?" how far did they rum"
"Frum beyant the mile post way up to the
ellum tree"
alum. And Lark beat him?"
"Y es, an woulder been all right eff hsdn'ter
run across the field"
"There's whisky in that black bottle" said the
colonel.
"Thankee"
He poured out tumbler nearly full, drank down
the liquor at gulp, wiped his mouth on his hat
and turned toward the door, but stopped before
reaching ii, and then said:
"Bout as putty race as l ever seen, but ef
hadn'ter run so | wOulder been too late. Tires
man out nightly, tell you That's good licker."
He took another drink and stalked out
"Now," said the colonel, "let us get down to
business You are, | see by your recommends
tiOns, son of the late Jasper Burwood, of North
Carolina. Good family. You are willing to
undertake the great task of writing, partly from
my dictation, and partly with your own ingenuity,
history OF Shellcut county, are you?"
eyes, sir"
"Whst will such piece of work be WORTH" he
asked
al have no idea don't know how large book
it may make"
"Hum. Tell you what 1 think will be best !:
You may draw, as we go along, what money you
need-provided it's not too much-and then when
the work is finished we decide upon what it is
worth Satisfactory"
perfectly" l answered. Indeed, almost any
arrangement would have been satisfactory to me.
dog barked, horse neighed, and sounds of
voices came from without
"The folks coming" said the colonel. "Of
course, they do not know but that have been x
pecting you for several days, and that have had
correspondence with you. Women folks, you
know, are pecuiiar-ieviish peculiar at times"
did not at that time catch the full meaning of