Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-05-16
BY RED HORSE CREEK,

BY RED HORSE CREFE,
"Speakin' NV lazy men," drawled Long
Jim Prouty, "uv all lazy triilinR fellers,
Ike Rawsou WAS the tr.lln'st.' Located
IN the eastern bank of the best fishing
hole ia all Red Horse creek, and bounded
on tae nor,h by MIR. Hiram PJuie, whose
ability as listener WAS only surpassed
by that of Mr.. Jefferson shores, who
bounded the speaker ON the south, 10 Was
not surprising that the elongated MIR.
Prooty lelt ln 3 story telling mood.
As the representative OF the law Long
Jim dispersed justice in the spasmoOic
and original fashion of counties wbe-e
the locomotive whistle never sounded
and the stiffness was only broken 10y the
crack Of some coon hunters rifle or the
harsh cry of the storm fOrttelnug rain
CROW. Bat his fsme RS justice OF the
peace was eclipsed 10y his renown as a
story teller. BE had been known 90 post
pone dinner an uncomfortable time 80
finish story, aud 1t WAS said that he
would interrupt Trial to relate some
thrilling "Reminiscences.
Now, as he recliued on the bank of Red
Horse creek and watched the bob on
his fish line he seemed verita5le remin-
iscenoe mine, and self working at that.
Say be waeg questioned P0ttIe; refer
ring 10 the sugmAised Rnwsou.
Yes; Nv all iazy fellers, he was the Gap.
tain. Tell you what's TACT, he'd
Thea the story Vested till wide mouth
/ ed catfish n.d been jerked from his
watery home 60 adorp string which
was Already halt filled with his brethren
LazyY resumed the justice. Beat any
man twixt this an auyWhursl Looked
| like hit tired him TO breathe! When
| they formed the Lazy Mans club, up IN
/ Clay county, the season the seventeen
| year locusses ct up the crops an thar
sa'u't noth'n' to do for his amusement
/ but
The exactions of another catfish from
the creek Interrupted the story.
Wal, when TIE Lazy Msn's club wal
formed, they Hello thar
The story rested.
There appeared at the edge of the LITTLE
clearing three persons, whose chief char
acterisucs, judging from appearances
might have been graded as bruiJed anf
b cody exoitsbility, defiant detection anc
! passive islnterastednesr'
ole Man h dom, Wicks, the constable
an that young Ohio chap. Wonder
what's upY' SAID Shores.
Dunno. As | was a-sayiB' when
Squire cried the personihcation Of
! CORY excitabillty, Il want the law ont'
this yere cuss! I've ben 'saulted'--
wal drawled Long Jim, interruptiug
ly, you look it, Hydom. You wa'u'
never so mighty pretty that hit hurt yoI
TO pack yore beauty around, an now II
be switched If you hHin't ugier thar
original sinl =
] That's neither yere nur COMM broke
in Old Man Hydom, ahgrily. want th'
law, an
Wal, set down, Ole Man dravled Ions
Jim. Be through with this story IN
little bit. Was Jest tellin' the boys
bout
Hang yore story' roared Hydom, e
fiercely that the little figure that haC
steathily followed them almost TO th'
edge of the clearing trembled Ia th'
con5eslm-nt that the haw and. hsze
brush afforded Hang yore s,ory
want the law on this yere CUES fer tryin
TO kill me! Look az mt! Look
Wal, If you've got TO have hit Wy
reckon yer've got to- drawled the justice
resignedly. What's the charge!
sault an battery, with intent TO kill
Guilty or not, young felltrP
4 beat him, bur--
Then yo1e guilty! Wei, / never ha'
no use fer these yere slick Ohio feiiers
anyhowl Hadn't ben for EN- I'd
Course he's guilty. interrupted ole
Hydom. AN that thar haint the wors
Nv hit. He lacked me because l oh
jected TO my girls rnnnin' 81 with him
'Wslp
The en- phasis Of that wal spoke vol
umes The laDk justice dre@ bis lin
from the water, aud Pottle end Shores
the accomplished listeners, followed h'
example and prepared to give pariicula
attention, and the Lazy club was mo
mentarily forgotten. The coustable's a7
sumed indifference verged on facial va
cancy.
~ wouldn't put hit bit apast hir
or any other Ohio Gus, soid Long jim
They'd do anything. Am yore CIR
only a child ans how"
she il ~, cried the young prisoue
and az oeautifal'---
'Shet MRt TOhItu Lh0 JAa'iNU' w t'
about her, old manp
.W'y, she's jest back from three year
: scboolin, an this yere cus- followed h1
home.
II went on to tell how the 'cuss'
= @ue.tion had won her love at school az
e rad followed the asking for her hand b
eudeavoring so elope with her. Upo
Q Mr.. Hydom's appearing in time % pre-
;. vent his daughters departure, the 81
Z. gentleman had been assaulted by The ma
= from OHIO.
Hadn't much more than opened m
A mouth when he gave me secn lick that
: didn't kuop eh-ther was foot or
1 bos-baek, sea cely Then, he slamm'
/. me ak4iu the ground, an sex he, That
+. ire way y do 10 ONO, when
! Ioat settles h'i'n cried Long jim
third a-bin any proyocatlon b'it'd a-b
! differ'ut He's guilty, an -
}. "Bu' there sas provocation!'--
i Tbe haR and hazel brush no long
concealed the little figure that had fe