Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-06-19

much of yo'self; but say. I told the boys
over at Shady Grove that You would
come back with me, an ! wish you
would
I'D like e accommodate you, Mark,
but I don't feel like strollin' today
"sorry to bear that, for I told the boys
that I'd have You ia jail by IL o'clock
today
"I wish you hadn't told them. Mark,
an you onghtentor done it, fur you
didn't know how busy 1 mout be-
"Yas, mebbc l done wrong" said the
sheriff, "but I didn't know after all that
you couldn't cling aside your business
and come alcng with me. Tho boys air
all expectin' you"
"Yas, the boys up the river expected
Giueral jackson once. bat he diin't
come"
$50 hearn, said the sheriff; can you
air not comm with mes
THAT'S what / amt
"Tn bet you fifteen dollars, Bill, that
you do"
"T1l take chat bet, but in the mean
time if you don take yo' arms often that
fence I'll drop you right in 80 tracks"
"That'8 Che way like TO hear % man
talk, Bill. Say, last night the iail7r and
his two sons went 'possum huntin'. They
called mp the dOgs-anl they have got
some Of the finest hounds you over saw
and here they ca.ne with brightness in
their ewes au' deep music in their voices.
You ought 70 have heard them go DUNK,
Dunk, Dunk Wen, thoy went out. an
about midnight they came bacl, with
two of the biggcst and fattest 'poGsurn5
You over saw. Wen, they dressed them
right thar an then, an put them oIt on
the top OF the house so the frost could
fall on them, an this marnun' they took
them down an began to bake them along
with some sweet potatoes. Then the
%jailer's son he says, says he, Pop, we
amt got no regular wildcat Ticker to go
with these here 'possums.' So the old
man, hayin' g mighty eye for art, gavo a
Jug to the Young fell2r an told him to
so mp in the mountains.
"The YOU'VE Teller went. but he couldn't
End no Ticker, an at last he seen a ole
Teller driyin' o wagin, an when he asked
the Gle Teller if ne could git any Ticker
he swore that he didn't know n0thin'
about it; but saya he, If you win take
q jug mp the hillside an put n dollar un-
der it don't know what aopt heppen,
but when yon come back l dol't believe
the dollar will he there Wall, he wcnt
up ca the moratlin side M r1s C dollar
under a jug an went AVA 5ut bless 20
life when he came back Tie dollar was
gone, but the jug was G,lad with the
lest Ticker that had passed its teens
An SO at dinner today they are goin' t,
have them possum9 an sweet potatoe.
an that old Ticker that's gotta bead on i
like a dewirop; an SAY. the jailer says
that You may share the feast."'
oLook here, Mark, y3u ain't tryin' t
tri1e with my feelins. ain youy'
"No, I'm tellin' the Lords truth; an
say, that amt all. The P.rdue boys
caught a big bear down il the bottoms
an after dinner they air goia' 10 set th'
dogs on him in the jill yard right il
full view of yo' cell. Think Of that"
Look here, Mark, | avn about con
verted, an I'll go with YOU If youn le
me take my rife along"
"No, can't do that, Bill, an beside
I'll have to Eandcuf you, Postum
sweet potatoes, ticker with q bead OF i
like a dewdrop aa'a bear fight in fnl
view Of yo' ecu"
"MarA,' said BIZ, as Ne put down hi
! rifle, fetch on 20 handouts, BlameI
If ! aims with yoE."-OEic p. Read i
New York Wo-ll.