Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-07-27

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had little tif, an Sol throwed up the
Engagement bctwixt EN-. thinsin' meb-
be that the wilder would coax him
back But the widder didn't, an took
Simeon Putcrbow insted. An she'd
married him, too, an Simeon d a ben
right in clover, II he hadn't pooled at
my ancistcr, and had plugged his bar
| full o. lead.
simeon KEEP the bar tied 10 pole,
an one mornin' he got up an found
that the bar had slipped the rope often
his necl,, an were ruamin' round the
premises. But he didn't seem 10 want
to go way, an didn't make no obiec-
ton to bcin' tied up ag'in This nice
an peaceful way % the bar made ST.
neon larf more an more at wat my an
cistcr said
| why says he, that bar wouldn't
ez much ez scratch dog let alone
clutch me-
u didn't say he'd clutch yer says
my ancister. But bewar', Simconr SAYS
he That bar mebbe won't cat We, but
wussr says he.
Long about then some one took TO
stcalin' sheep from the clearin's an get
tin away with 'cm. Two or three chaps
ez lived In the deestric' was suspicioned,
but tina couldn't nothin' be found ag'in
en-. Nothin' were talked about but
tho sheep stealin,' an one day my an
cister were 10 Simeon's an he says to
Simeon;
1t'll go hard with that sheep.steal-
In cuss wen we ketch himr says he.
Itll be states prison fer him from the
word GO, says he, IL it's fer twenty
yearr says he.
MY ancister accommodated AFTER
w'ds that the bar wer lynn down ez II
he were snoozin' but when my ancis-
ter said them words the bar opened his
eyes an looked up student and queer.
Then he riz up pooty soon, an took 10
thinkin' like, now an then turnin' his
eyes to'ards Simeon.
Simeon says my pop, 'bewar' O.
that bari says he.
"'Poofr says Simeon, an my ancister
went away. The mex day he started
fer trip down the river with raft
an he were gone three weeks. The day
artcr that Job Sawyer, ez lived mex TO
Simeon, got up Mt daylight and went
out TO his sheep pastur', an, b'gosh,
three o his sheep was gone lie foun'
the trail o. the thief an follered II till IL
stopped.
"'Great spooksl' says he, who'd n
thunlS it2'
80 Job goes right back an wakes up
Squire Coldur an says he wanted a
war'nt, ez he had disltivered the sheep
thief The squire ast him who, an
wen job told him the squire most fell
often his cheer But he give Job tho
war'nt, an Job went an woke up 81
Salter, the constable, an they started
TO git the sheep thief. They went
straight to Simeon Puterbow'A. Fore
they woke Simeon up they stopped at
his milk house. There hung Jobs three
sheepl An they was skinned. Then
they went 10 the barn. There was the
three pelts often them sheep layin on
the barn hoorl That's all they wanted.
They got Simeon up, sarved the war'nt,
an marched him of. spite OF all he
could say. job said arterw'ds that en-
he were gettin In the wagon no looked
back an SEQ Simeon's bar dancin'
round his pole an a-huggin' Of hisself
ez II he was Dustin with Joy over
sumpin'; but Job saldahe didn't think
nuthin' OF IL, bars bein' queer.
"Wull, they made short work o.
Simeon. Tha couldn't be no goin' back
on the sheep bein' found In Simeon's
milk house an the pelts In his barn.
Court sat In three weeks, an thoy give
Simeon four years. The news got back
10 Sugar Swamp fist CT my ancister got
there from his trip down the river. lie
hadn't heerd word about Simeon bein'
arrested nor nothin', an wen he heerd
the news he were jist goin' inter Sine
on's yard, ez he were anxious to Earn
how he were gittln' along with the
bar. The bar were layin' down by its
pole an my ancister stood loolSin' at II,
ponderin' like, wen Job Sawyer kim
along an hollers out 10 him:
Hoorayl Simeon goes to Jail for
four yearsl Hoorayi'
with that the bar jumped up an
begun TO dance an hug hisself, an
most hollered hooray, too.
"'I warned himp my ancister hol-
Tered. Il warned him ag'in that bar
but he pooled at mel The bar stole
them sheep an put II onter Simeonl
Sure ez guns, the bar stole them sheep
an put II onter Smeonr
1.-The bar quit dancin' an huggin'
Itself, an laid down loolsiu' snealsin'.
My ancister tried his best 10 git Simeon
OIL, but everybody larfed ut the dee Of
bar stealth sheep an putin IL onter
some one else, an IL want no use
Course, the Wilder Sluppy throwcd
Simeon up right away, an the onfortnit
man who pooled ut the warnin' Of my
ancister, who lsnOwd bars from A to
lizard, an lSnow'd that n bar that were
kotchcd asleep were bound 10 git even
with his ketchcr even II II had 10 make
him out sheep thief, had 10 serve out
his time. Squire, the bcs' thing you
kin do is to send this here Joe BAH
warnin'w
There was spell OF silence, and
then the Squire granted disdainfully,
and said:
"Simcon Puterbow were an ANCESTOR
o mine, an it's queer | never hecrd
nothin' bout bar maxim him out a
sheep thief"
"Nhntl' exclaimed the Old Settler.
simeon Puterbow an ancister o.
your'nl Wull, wulll Kin II be, then,
that the bar didn't steal them sheen
artcr all2''-Ed Mott, In N. Y. Sun.
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