Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-27

"There.H she said, lit isn't any business OF
yours What right have you 10 come prying
into the affairs of poor lone womRnr And
she sat down npon the sofa beside him. threw
her long arm round his neck, rested her
painted face upon his shoulder, and began TO
weep the tears of intoxeation.
"Well, blow meir said George to himself,
s'if this amt master onel | wonder what
my old missus would say II she saw me In this
tx. L say. marmn--
But at that moment the door opened, and
in came Johnnie, who had evidently also been
employing the interval In refreshing himself.
for he rolled like ship in sea
WELL he said. ',and sho the deuce are
youf Come, get out OF this. you Methody,
parson faced ciod hopper. you. fairess
Edithia, what means thisf'
BY this time the fairest Edithia had realized
who her visitor was. and the trick whereby
he had left her to pay for the brandy aud
soda recurring 10 her mind, she sprung up
and began 70 express her opinion OF Johnnie
In violent aud liteiotn language. lie replied
In appropriate terms, as, according TO the
newspaper reports. people whose healths are
proposed always do. and fast and furious
grew the fun Al length. however. IL seemed
TO occur 10 Johnnie that he. George. was in
some way responsible for this state of affairs,
for without word or warning be hit him on
the nose which proved too much. for
Georges Christian forbearanee.
"You would. you fat lubher. would your
he said, and sprung at him
Now. Johnnie was big and fat. but Johnnie
was rather drunk, and George was tough and
exceedingly strong In almost less time than
IL takes 10 write IL he grasped the abomina5ls
Johnnie by the scrun of the neck. and had
with . mighty jerk haulesl him over the sofa
50 that be lay faee downward thereon. By
the door, quite convenient TO his hand, stool
Georges ground ash stick. peculiarly good
and well grown one which he had cut himself
IN Honham wood He seized IT. NOW, my
lad, he said, "l'll teach You how we do the
trick where ] come FROM and he laid ON
without mercy Hhackl wbackI whacki
went the ground ASH on Johnnie's tight
clothes. He yelled and swore and struggled
/ IN the grip Of the sturdy eountryman. but 10
was Of no use, the ash came down like fate;
never vas Johnnie 80 bastinadoed before
Give 1t the brute, give IL him. shrilled
the fair Elithia, beihinking her OF her
wrongs. and l,e dld TIL ne was tired
Now, Johnlis, he said at last I'm
thinking I've pretty well whacked you to
heAa. ttAhat@ 9oa - bS uioIS Smtiui Nv"
1 you handle your bettefs by and by" and
selxiug hls hat be ran down the stairs with.
i out seeing anybody, and, slipping into ths
I street. crossed over and listened.
I iney wire at il again Seeing her enemy
] urootlAlr. tine Tiger bad fallen on him, ap-
larentiy with tine fru irons, 10 judge from
+ the ussise.
just tnen a policeman caIne np
II say, governor. said Ba1rge, "the folk
IN that there house with the red pillars do
fare 10 IL asnnnrdrrlng Of each other,
The policeman listened 70 the din aud then
made ion the hosise. and, prutiting by his alb.
sence, tfearSe retreated as FAST as be could,
us melancholy conutenance shining with q
sober saltl facaon.