The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-05-23
A FUNNY EXPERIENCE.
From the Detroit Free Press.

Had a funny experience once" said
the man with jerky voice; mot SO
blamed funny, either, when you come
| to think of IL Was out west in them
days, looking for the fortune that
never got there; had lots of luck,
| though; bad luck; walkin' one time
| from nowhere trying to get somewhere
before it rained; met a man on a hoss;
good hoss, too; Pm a judge; asked me
if wouldn't take him to his owner
four miles down the road: glad enough
to do it, was; had walked thirty-seven
mile and a half between meals and was
feelin' wobbly on my pins; always
liked to ride hoss anyway; got up
than straddled him than begun to feel
like gent Two mile down the road
/ met up with party.
Il says they, there's our
hess
"'The man I got him from says I.
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 off. Thought stole
him; said so too in a mighty disagree
able tone of voice.
"'We hang hoss thieves in these
parts says they, gettin' ont a rope;
thought they was goin' TO halter the
hoss and go after the man that lent
him to me.
You'll have to hurry or he'll get
away says i, thinkin' Of the other
feller.
"'Will he? says they, with yell,
and with that they slung the rope over
my head.
"'Hold on says I, 4 amt
"'You bet we will says they, and be-
gun TO haul her taut That scared me
in seven places and begun to beg.
told 'em how it happened and they
held a ante-mortem inquest on me,
as they called It and brought in . ver-
dict to give me the benefit of the doubt;
didn't know what that was exactly,
bat / didn't have TO wait long 10 find
out They said they'd leave j. 10 me,
so they took me of On a side road
didn't like the looks of thingA but had
TO 90: they tied my hands behind me,
put the rope 'reund my neck. stood mo
upon stump throwed the loose end OK
the rope over limb. made il just tight
enough TO DC uncomfortable, told me IL /
! didn't like il that way could ste of /
the stump. and rode away"
The jerky voice seemed 10 have a 4
choke in IL
Reckon i was in the worst fK I'd 1
been in since come west" IL went on;
''cussed hoSsbacs ridin' and wished To /
thunder Id walked, wondered what 4
kind of q man Il was anyway that I
would put me up q stump like tina. and +
begun TO get tired N the legs; feet sore
from wzlkin', and standin' wasn't 4
agreeable tried % CT my hands loo~s
and like to fell OF the stump; didn't
Try any more; wasn't n no hurry for
the funeral TO take place. looked down
OF the stump and thought IL sas a r-sile
70 the ground; gueSs Il wasn't 50 far as
that; tried 20 gnaw the rope OF, bus
couldn't reach. not being giraffe. xi,-
tin tireder al the tine: begun 20 think
of mother. home and friesGs and ssT
my prayers. tireier asd tireder-aEe
don't know what happened next; cone
20 after While and sas .ne nan that
had lent me the blamed hess rubeaa'
ny hands AID zi,tln mp circulation
just 20. here in time says be,
keepIn' On rueosa' and gssin ne
drink Of liq7or between rehs HseE
I come plumb -. be tod z.s ho~ be
had b~ea sneskin' 'round tsroayn the
woods and eozSe acro>s ne iss. IS
sOrt<z coIizpssG and slsa O. tss stamp
md haFln' 10 hard fs<lsagS. 30 had Z
,ozse 20 ny help riyst OF
lit soasd have bs~a dirt sp~aa IL 4
rou hadn't saad ], 'seeizg you 20. ne
r;o IL zsa he laughed and begged I
~ parton be ~ss . mighty polite .
1an, lad iow sail Altar 1a-k and I .
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