Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-31

the deestric. anyhow. Long bout
that time 'Zek'el Glazer's wife were
negOtiatin' fer blue mereener dress
th't she'd got her eyes on at Jugson's
store at the Barren. Ali th't she he'd
to do to get the dress were TO pervide
Jugson with butter till the dress were
settled fer. Tn want but one thing
| in the way o. her doin' that. an that
| were the trifin' obstacle o. havin' no
COW. If she'd ha' had a COW right Their
an thar. tn hain't no doubt but Abe
Fendel d be constable o. Lost Grow
| Barren yit, an the c'munity thar an
| tharabouts wouldn't be all broke up
But she didn't hev nothin' higher to
COW thin few hundred feet o. hem
| lock boards th't 'Zek'el had got hold
! on through dicker O some kind. an
| Mrs. Zek'el want fur enough up in
| butter maxim to churn butter out o.
| that board pile. no more thin the
| neighbor KID throw smoke house to-
| gether with no more material than his
brindle COW. But 'Zek'el know'd how
to do both on 'em. He went to the
| neighbOr.
| ''.See here says he. you want a
| smoke house. an we want butter says
he. 'Consekently.' says he. how'll We
swop COW for hemlock?'
1.-The neighbor were wil1in' fer a
| dicker, of course, but the hemlock
want worth more'n five dollars, an
the cow were held stiff at fifteen dol
lars. an so he said he wanted ten dol
lars to boot. That raj MT nothin' in the
| way O closin' the dicker, fer 'twouldn't
ha' made no difference to 'Zek'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't great vile fore the
note kim due.
| Ezekiel says the neighbor, I got
my smoke house, an now I want the
money on this here note says he.
| SOS l kin buy some pork to put in
the smoke house,
| ezekiel he told the neighbor th't it
want the time O. year he were payin'
notes jist then, an the upshot O. the
business were th't the note were sued
| an execution isshied for the full figger
and costs. This dockyment were put
in Abram Fendle's hands.
81 want the money on that note
said the neighbor that held it, If We
hef to git it outen 'Zeke Glazer's skim
made a good many trips to 'Zek'ers
on similar 'casions, an he know'd th't
| tn want much left on the premises to
| even up many more claims. The
brindle cow were still on hand, but
she'd had to put up with ruther thin
fodder, an Abram kinder had his
doubts bout her fetchin' ten dollars
an costs. But he levied on her. an
sot date wen he would sell her,
'cordin' to law. Three days fore the
day O. sale the neighbor th't held the
Judgment agin 'Zekel 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
We to make good fer her! That brindle
cows in your Jurisprudence he hOl-
Tered. AN unless We hev her rested in
time fer the sale. I'll slap the hull
business onter youn
'.Abe he tore round his bailiwick
for couple o days, looking fer that
! brindle COW, but tn want hide nor
hair of her to be skeert up. Then he
begun to wish he hadn't put hisself in
the hands of his friends, and to wish,
b'gosh, th't 'twere some un else std
| o. him th't were bein' just an fearin'
not. an pledged but to truth. to iber-
ty an law. an hewin' to the line ez
constable O. Lost Crow Barren, an
lettin' the chips fall whar they mowt.
lords evenin' on the third day o the
hunt fer 'Zek'el's stray brindle Abram
were gOin' a hossback through the
Barren. an had give up. an were al
most weepin' an wailin' an gnashin'
his teeth ez he mourned over the hol-
lerness O. p'litical hOnOrs, wen all of
| a student he heerd noise o. sumpin'
| browsin' in the brush. He sauinted
through, an kim nigh tumblin' often
his boss, keplunk, for thar he see the
brindle feedin' ez cool an impydent ez
if 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 with u mans vile fer to hew to
the line in ez constable O. Lost Crow
Barren, with prospects, mebbe. O. let
tin the chips fall whar they mowt ez
Shurff. or mebbe o bein' just 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'other
day. Abram?' said Gabe.
.'Abram said he did
"'Who bought it?' said Gabe.
''Abram told him that Peter Jump
had bought the cow Gabe Owen went