Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1894-05-16
a FUNNY EXPERIENCE
The Mao With Jerky Vote. ren . Ne
matkahte story.

49, 80 WIN scrky voice Toll q
markahie story.
Had funny experience once. said
the man with jerky voice; mot so
blamed funny. either when you come
To thin of It, Was out west i'm shem
days looking for the fortune that
never got there; had iots of luck.
though; bad luck; wallsin' one time
from nowhere trying to get somewhere
before IL rained; met n man on boss:
good boss, too; I'm judge; asked me
II wouldn't take him TO his owner
four miles down the road; glad enough
TO do IL was; had walked thirty-scven
mile and n half between meals and WINS
feeitn woobly on my pins; always
liked to ride n boss anyway; got up
when he got down and hadn't more
than straddfcd him than begun to feel
like gent Two mile down tho road
j mot up with n party.
Il says they, there's our
boss
THE man got him FROM says /,
told me TO deliver him four miles down
the road; amt used To ridin' here late
ly; thought I'd come only about half
way?'
Wow, says they with yell, and
begun To drag me of. Thought stole
him; said so too in mighty Disagree
able tone of voice.
I'VE hang boss thieves In these
parts says they, gcttin' out n rope;
thought they was goin' to halter the
boss and so after the man that lent
him To me
"Noull have to hurry or he'll got
away says l, thinkin' of tho other
Teller.
Twill hep says they. with a YELL
and with that they slung tho rope over
my head.
Hold on says /, 4 amt
"'lou bot we will, says they, aud be.
gun to haul her taut That scared me
In seven places and begun TO beg.
told 'em how IL happened and they
hold n ante norton inquest on me.
rs they called IL, and brought in n yer.
diet to give me the benefit of the doubt;
didn't know what that was, exactly,
but didn't have to wait long TO find
out They said they'd leave Il TO me,
so they took me off on side road:
didn't like the looks of things. but had
TO go: they tied my hands behind me,
put the rope round my neck. stood mo
upon stump, throwed the loose end of
the rope over limb, made il lust tight
enough To be uncomfortable, told me II
l didn't like IL that way could step off
the stump, and rode away"
The jerlSy voice seemed to have a
choke in it,
Reckon i was I'm the worst fix I'd
been in since ! come west" IL went on;
'cussed hossback ridin' and wished TO
thunder I'd walked; wondered what
kind of man IL was anyway that
would put me up n stump like that, and
begun to get tired in the legs; feet sore
from walkin'. and standin' wasn't
agreeable; tried To git my hands loose
and like to fell off the stump; didn't
try any more; wasn't i'm no hurry for
the funeral to take place; looked down
of the stump and thought IL was mile
to the ground; guess IL wasn't so far ms
that; tried to gnaw the rope off, but
couldn't reach, not being giraffe; git
tin tireder all the time; begun to think
OF mother. home and friends and say
my prayers; tireder and tireder-and
don't know what happened next; come
to after while and saw the man that
had lent me the blamed boss rubin
my hands and gittin up a circulation.
9" Just got here in time, says he.
kcepin' on rubin and givin' me n
drink OF liquor between rubs. When
] come plumb TO, he told me how he |
had been sneakin' round through tho |
woods and come across me just as |
sorter collapsed and slid off the stump,
and havin' no hard feelings, he had |
come To my help right of.
1t would have been dirt mean II
you hadn't said !, seeing you got me |
into IT,, and he laughed and begged |
my pardon. he was n mighty polite |
man; laid low till after dark and / |
headed for home: he staid; he said he'd |
get even with that crowd for treating |
a friend of his that way. II he had to |
steal all the bosses In the country. and |
hoped TO thunder he would"
After which narration the jerky |
voice rested. Detroit Free Press