Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-12-26

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if she wanted fellow to see her home
all she had to do was to put her hand
through that handle, and if she didn't
she said so. Some times the timid ones
would just slip past without word, hot
the older ones who had run this gauntlet
for a long time would say No Sir
pretty short too. But l didn't set out to
tell about the girls, however come to
think OF it, guess that's what took Us
ont to meetings so regular.
Well it was warm sunshiny day and
we sat under the shade chewing and
splitting. Finally we got to splitting at a
mark. Some of the fellows would chew
away for minute, shut one eye and hit a
mark several feet away every time. We
kept this thing up till it was wonder
that we didn't make ourselves sick or
ashamed for there was a great pool in
| front of us.
After awhile the preacher walked up to
us. We we're SO engaged in our game OF
squirt that we didn't see him.
He stood looking at the dirty, yellow
sickenipg pool moment, then walking
over to it he spit down beside it simply a
little white saliva.
He looked at us as much as to say:
"Am 1 SO much cleaner than you?"
81 guess you are parson," 1 said.
"Just that much cleaner than us fellows"
and threw away my tobacco, resolved in
my mind that wouldn't chew any more
AMI I didn't.
"Well gentlemen, it is time to 60 to
church said the preacher as he looked at
an old fashioned silver watch.
We arose to man and the click OF
closing jack knives sounded our inten-
tions to follow him but no one but me
had thrown away his guild.
"Gentlemcn," said the preacher again
facing us, "Won't you leave your tobacco
on the outside to-day? Lay it on the
fence here. There is not anything in
Gods world that would touch it but a
man. 1 pledge you my word that it will
be here when you come out"
One of the fellows, Dug Fox, with a
laugh said: "Bully for the preacher.
here goes for mine," and he took out a
handful of pomacs and plastered it on a
post, then marched of into the house.
Two or three others waited till Dug
was safe inside, then they put their guilds
on top of his and followed him.
After meeting was out just to carry out
the joke, Dug walked out to get his
tobacco. Gee whiz! how it has swelled'
he said as he tried to get the wad into
his mouth.
We just doubled up and yelled till the
class leader came around to remind us
that it was Sunday.
We explained to him the joke as we
called it. Dug listened and when the
full sense of it came to him he was the
sickest fellow you ever saw. He leaned
against the fence and threw up all
remembrances of victuals for week
back. The game of squirt lost the best
players it ever had.
Well it was mean. The meanest thing
they could have done but it cured Ding
He couldn't bear, the name Of tobacco
after that.
Bill Dowd, big good natured fellow
who always had guild in his cheek, was
one of the fellows who fixed Dug's
tobacco and his girl, Dng's sister, heard
of it. So after Dug couldn't chew any
more she just thought it would be fun to
get even by curing him Of chewing.
Well there was spelling school that
week and of course Bill went home with
Kate Fox.
Dug, Bill and Kate had walked home
together. After some Jokes at Dug's
expense about the tobacco cure, Dug had
gone into the house, leaving Kate and
Bill standing on the steps.
They had talked over the protrscted
meeting, the spelling school that was to
be at the Brown school house the next
week, and all the other society events,
then Bill wanted to kiss Kate good
night.
mot much Bill Dowd. 1 don't kiss
folks that chew tobacco"
o Law, sense when p asked Bill, who
thought she was fooling.
aSince Dug don't chew 20 more" an
swered Kate resolutely.
Honest, Katey'
YES, honestl