The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-06-20
STRIKES THE wROsG NAV.
A. II. Lewis in Kansas CITY Globe.

cattleman, wetting a finger and
feeling fnrtIvely of The spark he
had been seduced into buying BY a
local banco man. After ne had
carelesSlY and niomentarily return.
ed his finger 10 his lips and became
satisfied as TO The nature of his ac-
QUESTION, he continued
"Cowper, or some one Of them
! old ieller,, had his head with him
we'en he writ: He moves in a
mysterious way, am he never tips
ms hand or somethin' to that
effect.
Il was minded of This an set 10
conslderin' OF ;he truth of the poets
remark, down to the stock yards
tins afternoon by the comm in of
couple of car loads OF The 'J. O.
brand. This we're Casey, which
the same y. c. is his mark duly
entered on record, came down to
the PecOs country ten or twelve
years ago; anyways 1t was before
the big drouth. He was a well ed
ucated, intelligent Young ieller,
who had been shipped from the
effect East by sulIerin' relatives.
Casey took a notion rather strong
that he had been endowed with
ability, am furthermore had The di-
rect commission to pay off the ma
tional debt. In pursooance of this
end he was applyin' Of himself to
the pleasant duty of drinkin' all
tho whiskey in sight, am you bet
he had largely diminished the visl
bic supply an he dealers was
drawin' on he bonded warehouses
hard. This enterprise of hisn didn't
get no angcore from his family.
On The contrary, they fit it. AT
last yieldin' to parental inhooence,
Casey came West, his relatives fig
urin' that he'd either drink hisself
to death, or reform. They was
most inclined to sci in their stack
Of chips fust mel toned. Suppris-
in enough, he didn't do neither,
but kept his same old gait. He'd
load hiSsell 10 the guards on every
eligible occasion, but he didn't die
OIL nor brace up. When he was
sober lie chased steers over the
boundless pampls as a reg'lar
thing.
what with the bracing air, the
long time between drinks, an the
natural gayely OF CONSTRUCTION
young Casey grew exceedingly
frivolous. lie was that airy an
figurative in his discourse that the
cowboys thoughl his intellect was
on a toboggan an let il 90 at that.
some night thar came up the
most powerful thunder storm. |
Ram is as skeerce as respectable |
women in minin camp in that |
region, an lighlnin' is yit more OF
a mericle. All The cowboys in the
COW camp was woke up, an began
riding round the herd, a sinein' 10
he cattle to entertain them, an
by keepin' their minds engaged
prevent 'em from stampedin' with
ear .
The .liahlnin' come down in
.olid sheets of fire, aud the lhun-
Ter discounted the artillery by sew :
,ral. Casey wasn't sayin' much at
irst, but presently grew very an
ny.
"'D- The world he yells, in a :
eneral way, and then says: "Hit 4,
ne. why don't yer? | aih't GOT no
the lightnin' mean ;,
7hiie digging cellars in the face :
I nature every time boat drop !,
ed. Then this young maverick .
e2an cuSsin' The universe gen :
rally, and reviled the Creator, :
ON Genesis to Revelations, most
lasphemous. Men that heard him
llk fluids their hair slandin' on :
nds yet wien they think about it. !,
n at once goes TO rememberin' Of !,
KILN or a railroad wreck, 10 :
Ike the taste oulen their mouths. =
"a man named Jim Hedley was "
ridin' next To Casey. | reckon, r
lat barrin' lheayter actresses, =
hich Pm told is more uncertain a
! their beliefs than they of get +;
~ their pay when the weeks up, =
cowboy is The most sliperstilious /
all critters. They don't seem TO "
aisle no time III reasoniu' bul q
ears sermons in The wind. !.
iean the native coWpuncher, moi = !,
ne imported article. :
"This man Iledley was from q
eXas, an had been raised On The Il
pge. When Casey fusi opened :,
li he simply p1ralyzed his par,l- d
er Hedley looked Tor nothin'
IS than the leller's complete ex- y,
an would a bought q
DOls on the next streak o. hight y
n emptyin' The saddle. II
Presently Hedley got himself !,
'gether, and personally addressin' II
asev, he saws: y
"'lOu - candidate for deli u
um irenens. quit your cussIn (,
le devil III git his road brand onto u
lu all quick enough. Quit yer e
I<sin', OF lets windows into YER" u
''Al the same time he pulls his q
x-shooicr. an Casey, who could
e him in the flashes, knnwed he
rs game II make good what be u
id. G.
$50 Casey SAYS, sl'nt up your "
IN. Pm fhrfurh Fuunu / n
ioush, he gave The lighiniD' stiff p
uiT. bot he didn't care 10 take o
Iances on Hedley's putin him Il