The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-05-25


kaise don't want him TO slip out an git
hurt in one ob de owl traps DE time
may come wen | gotter do wifi him like
do wifi his sister.
Mex mornin am up wifi dc lark-sn
bout as high. It is Friday--de onlucky
dGy-de day OBJ ropes an hangin.
well" seq |. don't you git down
hearted, Mistah Hawk-a rope is de on'y
sa'vation fer you. sab" talks dis away
wen rze in my room maxim ob my tilet
| den goes out on do shelf. an. by de
hockey! dar am two boot owl in dem
traps.
Napoleon hab come out wifi me, an
be am iis' nat'ally s'prized and delighted
wifi de sight oh de game. He growl al
put on all kin Of full grown airs. One
obde owl am dead. He reach in VIII his
bill to git dc bait an he git his head
smash. De oder he reach fer de bait
wifi his foot All he get cotched by de leg.
Napoleon he box er while wifi de dead
owl: den he comes to have some fun wifi
de live one. Bout half mint he lin oat
de diff'runce. he am de moas' 'stonish
little bar ebber see. take de owl ont
live. de is mons'us great Teller, an
his leg amt broke. | ties him mp by one
leg to keep him fer decoy. He will fetch
me plenty boot owl meat.
Napoleou--who hab retire TO de cab.
bern wen de ole hooter let 90 Oh hun
--pUoty soon comes pe'kin ont. He sees
de big boot owl is ready fer him. SO he
lick him chops a Bit den he mosey back
inter de cabbern. So dat mint | gives
de biz owl de name of Moscow.
skins de dead owl mighty keerful kaise
wen tears up all my clothes to make
de watah rope l'ze gwine for ter need all
de owlskins ! kin git to make me a
sorter shirt er frock. Wen de owl is
skinned | make big smoke. hopin de
boys may come. | bin now four days
an "a half and four night, in de bar
cabbern-l am startin i'll on de lift day.
am gittin RAIDER Uneasy bout de boys.
! so dis mornin am hullerin heap of
an ON.
Bout noon--glory be to Cod hears
two pistol shots. | count five between
each OBJ de shots. "De signal fer de
! lostr' cries l. Den ! shout. "piGise dc
"Cunnel," seq /. Il KANT play pokah
an in ell my life hab nebber buck ut dc
tigah.'
"Oh. don't mean dat" SEE de cunnel
"Tm sick of bof dem. De fac is" seq
de cunnel, "dat l b'lieve Napoleon kin
whip any bull in Californy. De bull an
bar fights alters draws, an dar's lots oil
money in dat, to say muffin OBJ de bets
kin ketch ON de optside. Now, Jerry
boy, I'd like you wifi me. I'll ingineel
all de bull an bar fights. You see, d,
Teller wifi de bull will alters be in Wi
me--a pard on de sly-an between us We
won't perjuce any bull but one Napoleon
kin whip"
Den wat am to go furY' SEE |.
"Well, one ting is TO sorter give me
Tone" SEE de cunnel, II am high tone
centrum from de sonf, see2 have my
black boy wifi me; boss round an put
on airs--maybe swear at You, but dat'l
all be fun between ourselves, part OF
de game"
IAN all you wants OBJ me, sab, is fur
a mark fur you to swear at? seq /.
De cunnel he laugh an say: 'Oh, no,
no; OATS on'y at off times--times when
we's loafin bout de hotels. You see,
Jerry, you'll take ole Moscow wifi you.
Well advertise him on de bills as DE
Fightin Owl oh de Souf Yuba.' While
Engineer de bull an bar fight you'll run
de side show OBJ de tghtin owl, an we'll
jis' rake de miners"
Well, dat away he talk me inter de
L. 81 20 1, al .l,f IL
de bar an Tze to have all dat's made on
de owl-an one show will help de oder.
So out we starts an jis' fairly coins
money. Napoleon OBJ course whips all
de bulls-kaise dey tries dem fust-an
Moscow whips all de cats, kaise he's
got it in him to do it; sides he's had lots
of sperience OBJ cats, an de cats hain't
sperienced owl afore. De big boot
owl goes at 'em toof an nail an snakes
de berry insides outer dem!
Well, we are doin fine till we come to
Red Dog. AT Red Dog, arter Napoleon
have used up his liar bull an de bets
am all settled up an the cunnel have
rake in de money, one Josey lookin fel.
Ter he gifts mad. He tell de cunnel dat
it wuz put up job-dat de bar have
whip de bull afore.
| OBJ course de cunnel rip IN swear dat
he is high tone gent, cum from de souf,
but de chap he amt skeered-he jaw
right long. At las de Josey Teller turn
up him nose at Napoleon an say he'll BET
emmy mount dat de bar KANT whip his
ole jackass, an he pint to er sleepy look
in ole burro tied to a post.
De cunnel jump at dat offer. Dey keep
raisin oh ae bets till it git up ter five
tousand dollars side, an de cunnel
KANT put up no mo money. De mex
day ia sot fur de fight. When de amer
mills am put inter de ring moas' all de
people jis' vile to bet on de bar.
At las de bettin is done. De cunnel
he hab borried all my owl winnins--
bout three t'ousand dollars-to bet on
Napole IN on de outside. Den de anermils
am tur4i loose.
De donkey it stan kinder sleepy an
oncorsarned, but Napoleon git up on his
hind feet an march to'ards him.
1.-TWO to one on de bari" "T'ree to
ono on de barr yell de fellers. "Take
It'll Take it! take dem betsp sing out
de Josey.
As de bar come up poorly close, de ole
burro look at him an move off pooty
smart fur bout five rod. "Bahl' "OhP'
"Yee haw!" cries de fellers. "Ten to
one on dc bari" II takes 'einl'' says de
Josey.
All at onct-quicker dan wink-dat
ole jackass wake up. He whirl an
run at de bar wifi his mouf open like one
desc we're fay brakes Den lis, while