Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-11
THE SLEEPLESS KID.

"If thar is one thing" said the old cat
tleman, with strain of affection and re-
spect in his tone, which endears this yere
Jack Booth to me, speshul, it is the cam,
way he lines up on what
he deems is his dooty.
But where Jack shines exceedin' is when
you opens new game onto him. tits Just
beautiful, as a mere example to men, to
see the confidence with which that Jack /
gets a stack OF chips an sets in agin it.
One hot fternoon-Enright an Doc Poets
Is away about some cattle or something,
but the rest Of us is holdin' down the
camp-we're sorter hangin' an revolvin'
round the postoffice, a-waitin' for Old
Monte and the stage. Here she comes,
final, a-rattlin' an a-creakin', that old
drunkard Monte acrackin' of his whip.
the six bosses on the canter, an the whole
business putin on more dog than Mexl-
can officer of revenoo When the stage
drors up, Old Monte throws off the mail
bags, and gets down an opens the door,
but nobody gets out
"'Well, Pm a coyotep says Monte,
heap Disguised, wherever is the femaleP
"Then we all peers into the stage an
thars Jest baby, with maybe ten
months start down this vale of tears, In
side. an no muther nor nuthin' along.
Jack Booth, Jest as | says when begins,
reaches In an gets him. The baby amt
sayin' nuthin' an sorter takes 1t out In
smilin' on Jack.
"'He knows me, for hundred dollars
says Jack, mighty ecstatic. I'm an Apa-
che If he amt allowin' he knows me. Wher-
ever did you get him, Monter
"'Giye me a drink says Monte, trackin'
along into the Early Bird; this yere makes
me sick After he gets about four fingers
of carnation under his belt he turns in an
/ explains as how the mother starts along In
the stage all right enuf from Tucson. Inc
| last time he sees her, he says, Is at the last
station back some twenty miles In the
hills, at dinner, an he s'poses all the time
she's inside along of her progeny until Jest
now.
"I don't reckon says Old Monte, look
in gloomy like, as how that womern is
amin to saw this yere infant onto the
stage company noner
"'Don't addle your whisky frettin' about
the company says Booth, a-settin' OF the
kid on the bar while we all crowds in for
look at him The camp'll play this hand
for the infant an the company amt goin
to be in 1t little Bit
az wish Enright and Poets was yere,
SAYS Cherokee Hall, 'to be heard hereon,
cause shore deems this grave occasion
Yere we finds ourselves possessed of an on
expected infant of tender years, an tn
question nacheral enuf now is, whatever
we do with itr
"Iet's maverick it, says Dan Boggs
who is a mighty good sort of man, bu
onthinkful
"No.' says Cherokee; its mother'll conn
hoppin' along tomorry a-yellin', you see
This we're Is sabed all easy enuf. This oil
sot Monte has Jest done drove off an lief
! her planted some'rs up the trail an she
come along shore in time
}, Meantime says Booth, the infant
got to be took care of, to which dooty
; volunteers. Thar's tenderfoot a-sleepiT
in the room back Of the Red Light, an he
/. that Terminate an effect he's got sur
}. nuf bed an some gooseha'r pillars, whic
!, the same do yereby confiscate to publ
i use to take care of this yearlin'. Is I'll
, sentiment pleasing
Il "Jack's scheme is right says Bogg
. an, for that matter he's alters right. L.
- the shorthorn go sleep under mesqui
=
sech Is life in the far west
Of "pm some dobersome of this play sa
Cherokee. Small infants is mighty my
y ferrous people, an thar amt no Twin ma
~ was ever onto their game an able to foI
9 see their needs yet. Do you allow you CT
% take care Of this young one, Jackf Be yt
u, equal to itf'
* "'Take care of a small baby like thi
saws Jack, plenty scornful, as amt weig
; In twenty pounds averdupoisf Well, 1t
be some funny now If can't could ia
~ care of him il he's four times as big. Al
asks is for you all to stand by in crisis
g an back the play, an you can go ma
TO- side bets we'll come out winners on t
DEAL
e, az amt absolute Shore says the po
TX master, bein some out of practice with
fants myself, but jedgin' by his look
n. smooth an silky offers fifty dollars ev
he amt weaned none yet, an we leaves
" to the mother when she comes
az won't bet none on his bein' wean
rs, complete, says Booth, but I'll hang
Tx fifty dollars even he drinks outen a bot
s. as successful as Old Monte
a "Tll Jest go you once, says the pc
- master, II lose. IT'S fifty dollars even
grows contemptuous at bottle an
dams it,
"Well, we all talks it over an deci
g., Booth Is to nurse the infant, an at oil
ng proceeds to make a procession for the Z
derfoot's bed, which he resigns withou
a struggle. Cherokee Hall an Boggs ii
goes over to the corral an lays for g
which was q mother, to milk 1t a whole
The goat was mighty reluctant an
fooses to enter into the spirit Of the thi
but they makes their points right alo
an after frightful time, which now
then demands the assistance 81 la
lv part of the camp, comes back with moi
pint
That's all right says Booth. n
90 out an tell the barkeep to give 20,
pint bottle. Well have this yere "a
a-winnin' In two minutes
80 Booth gets his bottle an fills
up with goats milk an makes stop
outen cotton cloth an molasses for
young one to dror it through. About
time the infant sets upa yell an a
peaceful agin until Booth gives him
six shooter to play with.
(Which shows my confidence in h
saws Booth. There's only few PEE
left care to pass my gun to-
well, Booth gets along with him
rate. a-feedin' Of him the goats m
which he goes for with avidity, ths
nettin' Booth fifty dollars from postmas
He has Boggs build fire SO he can
the milk warm, an is that earnest he d
even go for no supper; Jest has it bror
to him.