The Lamar register., 1893-08-26
THAT sus4Nsss serrLEp.

The WcE9 ArEAAy tnoorooo By the Ad.
.frtnx Landlord
Her peys in this little history Is
not yet Known to me.
h3d put up for the night at Say
lerrFille, McGofin county. Eassern
Ksntucky. / had Travelled far on
Horseback during the day and VAS
very tired. Consequently. as soon rs
had finished cigar. after supper,
told the landlord I'd like to be
shown TO my room. had got to bed
and was just pushing OF from the
shore Of wakefulness. when l was
startled by Z loud voice in the office
Immediately below.
Say. landlord" shouted the voice.
lis jim Williams hnr?"
Yes" answered the landlord.
..Whar IL hea"
.Upstairs
..Tell HIM I'd like ter see him"
Hes gone ter bed"
..No matter ef he is I've cum sev-
erel miles ter see him. Go up an
tell i'm that want ter see i'm on
that ar little business.
The landlord arose with consider
able noise and proceeded TO carry
the message
Up the creakfng stairs he came.
and knocked At q room door adioin-
ing mine
..Hello." sounded sleepy voice.
What yer want. haigh?"
"Thar's err feller down stars as
wants ter see We, Jim
..Who is its''
Dave Martin"
What does he want'"
Didn't say. only he wanted ter
see ye ON that ar little dizziness"
The man in the room smacked his
chops sleepily. and after scratching
and yawning for few seconds. said:
oh. yas; 1 know about what he
wanta Go back an tell him ter
please 'scuse me till mornin, l hain't
had no sleep fer two nights, an am
erbout tired ter death. Tell hin, ter
stay all night an Ill pay his bill.
We can then settle the little busi-
ness when marnin' comes"
The landlord went down. the fell
low wheeled hack in bed. struck a
good stiff snore. and kept up the
gait all night
The next morning I went down
stairs. entered tho saloon and saw
. fellow sitting at the stove with a
silent but very comfortable express
sion on his face He was a hand
some. athletic-looking mountaineer.
of about so l sat admiring the fell
lows physical makeup for some
time. when . heavy step fell on the
platform in front
Looking toward the door, I saw an
other man of about 80. smaller than
the one inside, but very compactly
built. ruddy and handsome.
He entered with . careless, un-
certain swing Of his new boots. and.
letting his eyes fall on the man at
the stove. his face lit up with sudden
animation. and he cried out:
..Hello. JIM
Hello. Dave" carelessly returned
the man at the stove
Jim" spoke tho other. ..cum out
here q mint; less settle that ar little
bizness."
.All right" returned Dave. get
ting up slowly, and throwing himself
back to give birth to q deep yawn.
.but cum up fust an git sumthin'.
Don't keer ef do"
This IL purity good truck" said
Jim. with . smack OF the lips. after
drinking.
..Pirty good. spoke Dave. wiping
his mouth
The two men walked out
thought nothing more about
them until my ear was Jared with .
loud explosion on the outside
hastily walked to the door and
out on the platform
Two men we're lying on their backs.
within ten feet of each other. each
holding q smoking pistol Ia his right
hand The landlord came out now.
and we went to the PROSTATE men.
They were dead.
They've settled their little busi-
ness. l see" he remarked quietly.
YES" returned. nervously. "It's
awful bad, isn't it?''
What is?" he asked wouderingly.
The shooting"
IL don't call it bad shootin' er tall
Each feller IL plugged squar between
the eyes / call it goodl'
The Chinese Language.
There are said to be but $50 words
in the Chinese language. all mono
syllables These, with different ac-
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