Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-31

bank, dripping wei, but still glaflng
viciously 40 each other, Beeson said:
wal, ii you hain'ta nice set o old
fools, I'm err goat. What's got into
ye anyway, IN set you actin like thatl'
"Hc sayshe goin' to marry the GAL"
Rile cried.
"An'b lac says ! amt" Cal replied.
"Wal, you amt" said Rile.
you lie" howled Cal.
Ii was all Bccson could do TO get
them quoted down again, when he
asked:
"Nhat gal you talkin' 'bouti"
"Busbys gal" said Rile. I'm goin'
to marry her to-morry."
you amt goin' TO do no SIGH
thing" Gal yelled.
I'm goin' 10 marry 'er myself
you amt"
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"You lie!"
And in spite of Blossoms efforts the
two rival lovers came together again,
and some terrible bruises resulted.
''LooE here said the squire, when
the beligcrruts We're once more
quoted. you are both material born
derned fools, am you're havin' all this
racket for nothin'."
I'm coin' To marry Jane Busby,"
said Rile, san ! don't keer what you
say"
You ain't goin' 10 do no SIGH
thing" replied Beesou.
mo, he amt" cried Cal, ''fer I'm
goin' 10 marry 'er myself
You won't marry her yerself,
nuther," Beeson said. Wont neither
one o ye marry her"
"Why won't WEI Cal yelled.
''Jest bekGse she's done married"
The two antagonists forgot all
about heir'diiIernces. and for a full
minute stood gazing vacantly at the
squire.
''W-hat sort o gag you tryin' 10 give
us now" Elie finally asked.
"No sort o gag at ALL" Bccson re-
piled, I'm jest telling YOU the flat
footed truth. Busby's gals done mar.
ried."
"When aud wharf" Cal demanded.
about y hour ago, up TO old Dicks
house. II Rilc had been a little sooner
gittin' TO Eusby's, an had got down,
he mout a seen the weddin take place.
II was Jest over when he got thar, an
Jane an her man laughed powerful
when Dick tolc EN- what Rile said
an Jane said when she wanted 10 mar.
nv a wild animal she'd send to Africa
and get Il decent one"
\ long silence followed, during
which Rilc and Callooked thoughtful.
ly at the ground, and the squire
smiled rather c~gf-placcntly, first on
one, then the other.
After IA while Cal said.
Wal, | reckon the s0ui'r knows
what hes talkin' bout, l.. ap' we'd
as well own up TO bcin'a p.gi fools,
an''bc friends agin.
Reckon So" said Rile; but I'm
blamed if don't sell old Busby out o
house and home afore a week"
Cant do that, Rile," Becson re
piled, ''fcr I've got the money here o.
pay your claim. Busby give it To me
when | started. an tole me Ia take uI
his note, an I'm ready TO do il any
minute"
This was another surprise, and for 0
moment took Rifles breath. By-and.
by. however, lac recovered it enough
10 say: "
How does that come about, squire
Wizard Busby git money To pay hi.
debt WITH
"Fellers. I'd better explain this
whole business 10 you at once, an
have il over. Jane Busby has married
a young feller she knowed at school,
an who come home with 'or fer the
purpose o margin 'er. He's hand.
some chap, am is rich-a son of a rail
road president or somethin' an
KNOWN how Jane got her education
he naterly come down with the stamps
TO pay fer il. An moneys nothin'
10 him nohow. Busby's gals married
we'll, an | reckon some folks didn't
know half as much as they thought
they did. In other words, tnar's some
powerful big fools Oh Possum Ridge
''Bet thar is, squire" Rile replied
IAN I'm the blamed biggest fool in
the whole kit an bilin'. Thomas Z.
Montfort in Philadelphia Saturday
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