The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-17

can let Il 20 agin oar akount-thet Their,
STORE proi"c, a. ha. stood fer-ict'. see
Lake quickly thrust the hill into his
Mr.. Stapplcs. I rendered the cash. ics,I
did; an now, Enoch. les have thc glue"
LES hev the bin. LIKE, Guess ken
Hct the change up tn the savin's hank"
Luke shook his head.
y bill. no glne," insisted Enoci..
'waal, mn glue. no cent?" replied Luke,
.Sho! at yer old games. amt yer said
Enoch; aud he shsepishly handed over
the glue and walked hack into the store.
while Lukc Judkin erinncd.
Lakes got We, Enoch. l scs, i'm tender
the cash" said the undertaken.
Enoch stood i'm tho doorway, slnuttisad his
Rect "a little, and looked foolish.
"He ailus do get the better % most
said Enoch. "But some day. marx my
In will take an thrash him; and tough as
he is. he'll wish he was "a darn sight
olghsr, them"
Luke said nothing. Placing the glue i'm
his brreches pocket. he walked rapidly
across the green toward his barn.
taker,. IAN no mistakes: hut ] c~al'late the
new cimctcry's sniarter'n him. IL ken
wait longer'n be- ken. an hc knows IL. 1
1 put i'm "a word about the brass band an
the Grafton: Lake kinder pri"ked mp his
Enoch shook his head. .No: he'll beat
you folks yet he said. "Hcll trick yc
some way Shading his eyes with his
hand, Enocs =, Locke ;e,i, . s;" . the r rss.E
home agin! Theirs one ~srnartcr'n Luke
tn East Village. .'Tain't no man; it's a
S%Is cu,ar r.T Luke luke B s%' So, IN" ON =" 'sm "" "re a
pair. Land! see tibet dorg sneak home,
hidin' bchint tibet hedge. KNOWN, sure as
the bill yc see Luke hev-an' comm home
fer tn be sold agin! Why, Luke's made.
forty dollars outcn tibet p'intcr inside ~
a A. ~
mi" The " %S%.rssEer LAY i:susi,eti. Make Honey
outen a dorg: No! G'way!"
"Yep. l see I'M sell the p'ntcr yestiddy
tn Hank Sphinx. Hank - IL Teller rs won't
stand mo- nonsense neither. Hank dlr,iv Oft
kinder nowin' at old Luke, an ~a-waggin'
of en- tail cz tho he knowsd what. To do
without helm told. Now he's hack. am
Luke'Il try am sell I'M gin to some fool
afOre the weeks out
~ swan! Thet's cheatin'."
"C'heatin'? Luke'd cheat the store teeth
outcn his gran'tIcr. Why, he's the cuss
they r~cnegaded into the war fer palinin'
off shos.-pegs on government lAosses fer
them war times! I shouldcrci a gun. but
he never saw Dixic's land 'cept as "a sutlcr.
now he's n Twin Oft "a pension as he
the Wilderness, helm throwed heavy in "a
wrastlin' nlatch-hc war allis wrastlin'-
and spraininG IA shotlsicr-bladc. which he
ketS v Ia ~ tIpbhtb ~ W.T. sbtss
Perhaps tibet fivc-lollar bill was dorg
money; perhaps il was guy'mcnt money;
guess likely dorH money! dun know"
"Ponr me ont ~ gallon ~ molasses."
said the undertaker, as he rose tn go.
''t;ucss If Lukc's a reskill We don't want
Ter open our new cinhetcry with no such
fer ~ corpse as we ken praise up without
lynn about. Sho! The village IL SO dern
healthy. an we've waited an waited. an
spent our. money" and The undertakes
Inca we'd "a deep sigh.
"waal, better look fer another corpse
as amt u reskill, an HASN'T sold ~ dOrg
the molasses slowly drained from the
hogshead into the undertaker's jug.
"L.ike would Spite any cemetery. Guess
fer his choosin'. Guess likely he'll he
An empty farm wagon drove by i'm the
dusty road. making "a great clattcr, and
ohscurinR Luke's house and barn across
the green i'm ~ cloud of dust.
beneath H. Luke Could he seem leadina his
pointer into the harm. He seemed to be
in somewhat Of a hurry, and the dog
quickly hacs int" the house. A; the same
nhonent "a horsenlan rode fnriously mp to
the store, threw himself oil his horse, and
step, scarcely ten feet away: "Hlo:
Enoch! Seen anything of my p'intcr I
bought ~ Luke Judkin fer live dollars"
Cheap dorg:' grinned Enoch, in re-
bought Inn last Thursday, an here tits
Tuesday. AN thc dorH ram of. l suspect
luke's got him back. Ef the consarncd
reskill has gone am done mc. I1l-Fll-"
The speaker, IA tall, thin, athletic young
farmer, gave ~ quick swing to- his arm as
he spoke, indicative of the punishment lac
would intiict upon old Luke Judkin if
found delinquent.
Hank Sphinx, you'd orter know bcttcr'n
to- try an buy tibet dorg. Mcnny hcz tried
it, said Euosh, IAN not one on ems ever
he'd much success. You carrn't buy tibet
dorg. Hank: you carrn't do il! The
dorg's too smart. Yes. I see tibet dorg not
"A few minnits ago. Guess hes to Lukc's
barn now"
swell. 1 guess l bo,ight.n the dorg: an
I'll hcv the dorg. or Ill hcv the law onto
Lukc!"
The undertaken smiled. "Mcbic as
you ken arrest "a dorR!" he said. "As for
Lake. he amt done nuthin'; it's the
dorg's fault"
Hank sphinx scratched his head. -
ain't no lawyer shark. but guess l know
'nuff To know tibet dorg's boughtcn am
paid for: am he's my dorg. an I'll get i'm
outCn Lukc's harm, or Luke gets u lickin',
one or t'otltrr!' said Hank. angrily. strNi-
ing across Ia, green toward Llkc Judkin's
white house and dingy gray barn.
The others followed. Enoch was alto
getlier too much Interested i'm the event Of
the "dorg'' 'tendiin' his store. Pcrccivinu
his departure. half "a dozen young urchins,
strolliug honcwarsl from "A bath and swim
i'm IA neighiboring stream, stole into the
store and slyly helped themselves Ia
''Jackson balls" and 'lasscs cakes i'm the