People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11
1.-THE TALKlN'EST MAN"
lie Could be Recognized without Per
sOnal Description.

81 had gone up one fork OF the mount.
ain road and il led me into a little in.
closure with a log meeting house in
the center and dozen bride paths
leading out of il; then | went back to
the main road and up another fork,
and this time | went into stable lot,
with the proprietor Of the place sitting
on the fence.
Good morning" said, can you
tell me the way to Pinchem?'
Course kim he responded. 40
We wanter 90 thar?'
well. yes, ! thought would If |
could, | admitted.
Easy ez fallin' off log" he said.
getting down from the fence.
'All right; tell me. and I'll 90"
Did You notice about whar you left
the main road Teller plowin' over on
the hillside?T
81 saw a pillow with a mule hitched TO
it, but no man"
Course not: he's the LATEST. oneriest
cusS in the country. He's sleepin' in
the shade this very minute That's his
way. He's been plowin' at that ar
field for six weeks Men comes along
with a jug nv liquor and axes him tc
90 fshin', an he draps the pillow an
goes. Mother one wants him TO &C
huntin,' an off he goes, Then eff ther
amt nobody axes him to go no place he
goes to sleep anywhar in the furrer
that the fit takes him. Can't git apast
shade TO save his durn skin. He"
"IIow about the road?" I said. break.
ing in on him.
"Ez wuz goin' on to say, jst acrost
from whar you seen the pillow, the road
goes off to the right. You take that
an about quarter NV a mild down
thar, you come TO two men bui', lin' a
post an rail fence. Man owns half
that field is wuthless cuss. I've been
arter him fer two yer TO go harves
with me in buildin' a fence. but he
won't fetch it, Says a post an rail
fence is too forred fer these parts. an
II skeer the bosses. Won't build ne
fence at all that's what's the matter
with him, so I've got TO do it in self-de.
Tense. Neighbors like that amt no
good TO man. and wisht to thunder
the chollery er somethin' err other
would carry him off. But. it won't.
Decent man like me never has no lnck
in this durn country nohow."
"You say the ID began when
he stopped.
"Yas, the road forl's ag'in down thar
an you bear to the left fer about half
mild, tell you see hewed log house
on raise. Woman lives thar that is
the purtiest thing in this yere country.
I'm widderer, but she amt pertikeler
on that pint, an eff you come along
this away about next spring lookin' fer
the road, you'll be mighty likely to find
me on that raise Got wife NV your
OWN he inquired, breaking in on him
self suddenly.
"Yes, and she's down TO Pinchem."
said rather sharply. That's what I'm
going there for
'No. you don't say?' he exclaimed
with much interest. ~ calkerlate ez
how man ez rides ezlikely critter ez
that un yer on nd hev a powerful
good-lookin' wife. Amt she?"
"Yes, she's pretty fair to look al" ]
replied, blushing at the untruth, for
| didn't have any wife, and she
wouldn't have been at Pinchem If had
had one.
Thought so, he said; "but I'll bet
boss she amt fner'n that 'un I'm
squintin' at"
BY this time it occurred to me that |
had struck the "talkin'est man on the
crick," of whom had heard, and be-
gan to hedge.
WELL" ] said, I'm coming back
this way with her and well compare:
Good morning. and I'm shot il didn't
ride off and the man utterly forgot to
give me another word of instruction
as to how to get to Pinchem. / found
that out by waking up the man asleep
by his plow.-Detroit Free Press.