Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1893-05-13
NESBITT.


sail; for, on such mornings. he wore
an old great-coat with ample skirts,
that huttered out on each sido and
aided or impcdcd his progress, ac-
cording 10 the way Of the wind. Tho
waist OF the coat was long and was
fastened with q row Of brass buttons.
the sleeves were short and tight. and
his long. thin arms vnugly cncascd by
them. finished Is Ia his hands with
bulbous-lookinR fringcd mittens,
locked like overgrown tadpoles His
hat or cap was often memcnto OF
somebody's byguhc gentility, and
was Of folt plush or silk. Just a. Il
happened, sometimes too large. and
sometimes too small; and occR-
sionally 5ell-crowncd. with the least
suspicion OF n gloss Then he talked
about his Spanish bloc for there
was lash Of II In his $, as we'll
as an a mixture Of Ind. He gave
evidence physically OF tao different
nationalitics Of which hc was com
posed. In clcarly.cut features and q
certain dignity Of manner might be
traced the Spanish blood; while In
dian characteristics showed In the
erect wiry figure. and In his gait;
In phrasoology the Yankee lcavcn was
plain enough.
Nerbit was expert a. q trapper.
Perhaps a thrifty housewife 81 the
neigh ghborho ood. after having labored
patiently with brood OF turkeys,
bringing them safely through all tho
Ills TO which turkey nesh is heir.
after having made endless cottage
cheese for them. doscd them with
peppercorus. snufi, sulphur what not,
had seen them arriv, at the condition
OF plump, finely grown fowls. roost-
Ing night after night on wc!l.con-
structsd row on the barnyard fence
and congratulated her-el.
Why Where's my .ead-colored
hen turkey" she snxious.y Y questions
her bs,tor half one morn ng
"Dont know; hav'nt seen hor." re-
turns Farmer Debson.
"somsbody has stolen that turkeys
says she sxoitedly.
'Oh. nonsense. stole IL" more
iikoly something caught II.
Tho next morning another Il miss
Ing. then another thu housewife 10
In despair; she meant e. buy "a silver
plated cake basket with Der turkey
money basket that should b" tho
envy OF her neighborhopd something
must DO done! She dcci. = to appeal
10 Sesbitt. and wonders she hadnt
thought Of II before.
IL reckon It's an owl" says that
oracle
IAN OWL Why, an owl couldn't kin
one OF those great turkeys
"Oh, yes'm, yos'm; one O them ar
big owls wouldn't think nothin o.
carryin on one q them ar turkeys.
So he set trap and caught the
poachcr. an immense owl and tho
housewives heart was full Of graft
tude and peace.
II was like going 20 Wonderland TO
70 20 Sesbitts house on n long winter
evening and listen TO his stories At
such times, brOken-leggcd stools,
rickity chairs aud inverted nail kcgs
were brought forward and occupied
by an eager and delighted audience.
II was like being In a burning iiery
furnace" though, for In honor of the
occasion he was wont " hca, the old
"Dvok" stove seven tim,~, taking OF
the top, hlling with wood s'd ching
In In" with chips until be heat
reached what he considered ahospit-
able degree. Then such marvellous
narratives as were related lie vas
given 10 exaggeration lie was g,o-
graphically all astray; but the boy"
didn't care for that and almost began
To think he was right and Mitchell
wrong.
Sometimes, on a hot summer day.
he would stop at the end of row In
the cornReld. push back his tattered
straw hat, wipe his heated face with
his shirtsleeve. lean on his hOe-handle
TO rest, and relate something like
this;
lit was In ls4s when l sailed up
the river 50 Lawrence right out INTO
the Gulf Of Mexico by thundsh!
What banks them ar was-All a. 500
loot high tn boat was druv aground
light AT the foot of EN-. and burned
u we didn't hcv u tu-slc ter climb
I'm As he waxcd eloquent ho
ir pped his hoe, gesticulating vigor-
,urly. brandishing his brawny arms
q. he told OF hair. breadth escapes
md hand-to'hand lights with
bars" and painters. - And all tho
while the boys stood around with
Side.open eyes and mouths asspe.
II, In hsying.timc, he stopped 70
,harpen his scyihe, II wa the signal
| 'or a gathering; for his rostinR-spclls
we're usually productive ola story. or
| u some rare bit Of Information.
"I,'s nothin ter ind q bce tree. I"
red say. "bo 80 sse that ar beeP
Nsal. he's q go.n ter one, Tn best
| raw ter limo EN- 10 to take q little
,os an put honey In half on II, en-
,e,oh a boo--ye'll nnd EN- on thistle
" clover tops--sn' put In t'other
,alf: then. when he's had his Ill o
,onsy. let him go;- pretty soon he'll
,oms back an bring . pardner 'hsE
terry tn box along Q ways. then lss
EN- 60 an they'll como back with
half . dozen. By this time yo're
most 10 tn woods; pow Just set that
o. boz 90 o stump an theeel u Do 20
hany on em come ter H. that yer ken
Ne 'sm right straight ter ID tree
Il S-Al...A ~