Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-28


from him ter hcy eaved yerscf from
petchforls N demnatiOn, lie had my
scheme outeu mo fore | lmowed whor
wu2 at; took 1t mighty suryus tooi
never passed word again Vi ony laried
Il leetp ter himself, She Go on--go On!
We shall hoy my hackin', young Teller
lie lowed tibet judriu' from the number
o young iullul,hcld mediculs thet wtz
being churned loose onter the community
folks nd hey ter Charuce II fer thar lives
any ways, an / might ~ well be gettin'
my hand in % the rest, lie eaid that
human nature wua the stuii for practice
Oh, n tibet the proper study OF mankind
WIZ man; dead eorpsps nd do al u pinch,
but he said he'd take a live man eNy
time.
"Wellawe-wcll; arter he promised ter
stake me like, / went in. soul N body
MaUd's wuz the place ! struck, Nrter
pr0spectin' some; | liked the town well,
au-you lived cl0st by. g0e erlOng
from far TO mddlin'; calernel an qni'
nine wOr my stnndbys yer niwu2 safe
ter plug any leak in K'nuoknl's health
with quniue--iulks 'penrud ter sci CON
sidrrubul by me-all sep ole iii Grayos;
uhh.h, he Nyts a slick ole rat lie srs.
pconntCd tibet thar wul a screw looao
in me somcwhars. but he never cud
place it. | wuz his match N he never
got erhead o me, hut he gin me heaps
o. trouble; he knowcd Doctor Blnnmre,
an though | wuz right sure the ole doc
Tor wouldn't neyrr u gin mo away when
he wuz right-headcd, | alwuz bed a feel
in tibet he might a let sOmoihiH' slip
when he wuz in liqunr-hc wuz a hnd
drmler N I've seen linn loaded ter the
gyunrls many the unir.
"When ch0l'ry times kem--wuzn't thet
nhOut 30, Sav IL ncHrly los my mind
them tmcs They died ON me so tns.
! cud harly keep tab ON EN- twua jos.
gronn N Dap n thar lay hulk o
nothin' ufOre ye. with starin' eyes agar
in' up al We with look in 'em like I've
often thought llis'n ull hey when l stan
afore His iedgemen.
| huskincss, his wife laid her hand ON his
glistening forehead. She was far from
understanding lis state of mind; since
| he was sick, doubtless feycrsh discom-
| fort Of body had induced this confession;
went ter hurt non, paw thars non
nigh ter Maud's that don't b'lieyc the
| ole doctor hes forgot norm these new
school electrics m homyparfs u ever
| know. Mighty few doctors didn't lose
cholry patients, ! reckon. don't yo worry
no morc-'ian't wutl VILE"
The doctors head turned resilessly on
the high pillow; on top Of bis head his
hair shonc like thin silver fall spread
c.osoly on a skull; when his lips parted,
The inside Of his mouth looked raw and
| rod The large fat fingers Of orc hand
| crimped the sheets edge as II seeking to
| work of into some other substance their
own unrest. "Ic don't pear ter sense
,yhut 1 hev told ye." with no Irritation
In Its voice. cor inehby ] hcyn't tolc ye
ibet them thar paten' medicines ! hey
routei erbout. an lowed wor all drhwed
from Tho same l,itilo an brpwei by the
dpyi, Der the destruekshun o the onwary
All the rrabbln' o the FOOLS pence, ara
whut / hey used myEef nut 'em Inter
other battles an made out like they Wuz
my own cnnirapshun;
Nrs Rankin was etirrlng some mixture
In n tin cup; occasionally She TASTED II
from the end OF o spoon; II was broth,
and ahe was more intent upon u ns a
means Of physical comfort than upOn
delring into her surprised and shaken
mind for spiritual cnnso.ation, Though
startled at ner husbands last almiFAion'
sh4 had not yet been touched by any
sense Of personal injury. The wrong
that had been worked seemed abstract
and Indefinite. Who had sulieredf MOI
80. whose boast had been ever that 'hei
man made her q good livin' Mani
testify, there was no reason why she
should resent the meihois he haa used
for her support. :, BelnR Pfneiles,hy Fls .,l
aha dismissed All thoughts mol relative
to the present. and holding forth a spoon
hi OF the liquor. In Whose surface littl'
ALE circles were cdRing each other
besonrhi the doctor 10 taste u.
lie waved Il Of with a gesture thai
took half Of its deanaitinr inihus from
M bone Of forearm revealed By IL.
s,ssarg. tbem three ehlleu down ter %,
Duei crick bnrrowin groun'-'ye mine
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