Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-06-26
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KING OF TIE CREEK.

"The great fault of story tellers y their
absurd struggle for striking effects" OBJ
served Jones, with sententious air, after
getting his second cigar well started. I'm
less the average story teller has something
out Of the way, or bloodcurdling, or utter
ly impossible. he thinks he has nothing to
relate at all. Hairbreadth escapes and mar
velous encounters are not the only things In
this world. The interesting lies all about us.
Better quiet tale we'll told than story of
shipwreck on the coast of lost Atlantis In
the style OF patent Office report. Genius,
gentlemen, illumes the lowly and Rilds the
everyday with the splendor which rested
on Bagdad's shrines of fretted gold"
''That's very true observation, Jones'
returned jackson Peters. oddly enough,
was just on the point Of relating little
incident which illustrates II to perfection.
was out in Kansas last fall on election
day. IL seems that In one precinct wom-
an had by mistake voted o recipe for cur
rant Jelly instead OF the regular ticket, and
when the female inspectors Of election came
TO Il while counting the vote they read 1t
and got into dispute as to whether o. not
currant jelly made by it would tell, and"-
"Come, come, jackson, our friends here
do not want to listen to any such stuff as
this. You somehow fail to give IL that
touch of genius for which you are celebrated.
Besides l made those discriminating re-
marks of mine as q prelude to humble
tale Of an experience Of my own In Mis-
souri,"
but JONES'" said Robinson, you often
relate the exciting and marvellous yourself" 7"
"Certainly, when 1t is true ! am not
afraid of the striking, or tho Improbable, II
It come within my experience, and can
vouch for each word of It. For instance,
when told you recently Of how l once
caught an escaped circus tiger by inducing
him to put his tail through an augur hole
Of board fence and then tying knot In
the tail. did seem Ill at easef Think not.
The more subdued incident which started
to relate happened to me when l had q
store In little baokwoods Missouri town.
II had not been open week when one
day large, angular man. with protrud-
ing lower jaw, came In and asked my prices
on plug tobacco, revolver, cartridges, bowie
knives and boar traps. He was strikingly
large man, probably 9 feet inches, and
must have weighed considerably over 200
pounds He was we'll proportionsd and
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carried heavy pistol In q holster and ap-
peared irritable and captious gave him
the figures he asked for, and also mentioned
that carried a full line Of pocket TASKS,
brass knuckles and tools suitable for break
ing Jail. He listened and then said,
"'Podner. my name Is Whipsaw Pepper,
and I'm the king OF Roaring creek live
mp at the head of the creek, where the old
Glasticus sharpens his fangs on the bones
of his dead. Everybody on Roaring creek
looks up to me and does as says. They
all trade at the store where 4 say, and I'm
In the habit of getting my terbacker and
things free for directing of 'em to store.
I'm willing to do this by you He stopped,
and his hand rested lightly ON the butt Of
his revolver. Gentlemen, saw that my
success In that neighbofhood depended on
my action. laid down the drsdee which
used for scratching dried apples out OF a
barrel, stepped around from behind the
counter and kicked Mr.. Pepper heavily.
Before he could express his surprise either
orally or Delsartely kicked him the whole
length OF the store, about 10 feet at kick,
and through the front door, leaving alarge,
Jagged hole in it. l then painted this sign
and put It OH the front of my buildings
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