The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-20

You see, miss says Enright, any
Jnlng YOU say goes Not waitin' TO learn
ITS name even, I'm directed to say as how
the camp backs your game an makes
everything good
I'm allowin' to go to the states, saws
the girl, an I'm obliged To YOU
We was hopiu', says Euright, as how
you'd stay we're. We sorter iggered
you'd teach US a school or sOmethin, OF
course there ant no children here. but as
a forced play we arranged to borrow
small herd from Tombstone, an could
do it too easy. Then ag'iu, a night
schoo! would catch us right-say one
night week-for there's a heap OF
ignorant men in this yere camp
as needs a night school bad. 1t would
pan for $50 week, miss, an you thinks
Of it,"
No, the poor girl couldn't think Of it
no how
of course, miss says Enright, we
amt eXpectin' YOU to open this we're acad-
envy right off the reel. Younatural needs
time to draw up your affairs, an am like
wise wrung with grief. You takes your
time as TO that; meanwhile, of course.
your pay goes on from now
But the little girl couldn't listen. Now
her paw had petered out she was due in
the states. She said things was all right
there. She had friends as her paw never
liked, but who were friends of hers all
the same. She'd go to them.
Well, miss says Inright, mighty re-
grettul, 1 reckon YOU will go, so there's
nuthin' for us to do but settle up with
you an pay you some money we owed
your paw. He bein' gone of course YOU
naturally represents him.
The girl couldn't see how any one owed
her paw, cause he'd been too sick to work,
she said.
Wei, we owes him jest the same,
says Enright, mighty brief and ferocious.
we understand well enough how we
comes TO owe him, don't we, Doc?n
You can bet your American life we
do says Doc, mighty prompt and cheer
ful, we owes 1T for his nailin' them boss
thleis when they was tryin' to take the
whole corral
That's it. says Enright, for ketchin'
| OF some rustlers as come for our stock
It's all right miss, you needn't look so
doubtful. You wouldn't if YOU knowed
| TINS camp. It's the last outfit on earth as
| 'ud 90 an give money to people. It's a
good straight camp, Wolfville is, but bust
| ness is business, an it amt givin nuthin'
away, be we. Doc2"
"'Not much, says Doc It's enough
| for people to pay their debts, without
stampedin' round givin' things away
THAT'S whatever says Enright, so l
says miss, me an Doc'll Jest go over to
the Red Light saloon an get the dust an
l reckon Well be back in an hour.
spose we owes Mr.. wilkins about 5000,
don't we, Docl'
"'Tan't so much says Doc, mighty
guileful, as he sees the girls squarin' for
another kick, so he pulls out paper an
makes little bluff. Here it is-S693 "a.
puts it down all ackercte cause l don't
allow no one to come round an beat me
| none.'
"Well, we all comes round an makes
the pot up to Docs tigger (Which wants
| TO say right here Doc Poets was the best
educated man l ever seed). an the girl
| had To take it.
"Of course this money let her out
| right, an she cried an thanked US, an
| the next day she took the stage for Tue
son. We was all there to say good by
an wish the little girl luck.
OF course says Poets 1t ant down
| IN the bills, but if you could manage to
kiss this outfit once apiece, miss, it would
| be regarded
80 the little girl begins with Enright
an kisses US all, a cryin' meantime
mighty free. Cherokee sorter hung back
| an allowed he'd pass.
Not any pass, says Enright. ANY
man as I'D throw off on kissin' that there
| girl, she willin', needn't look for no luck
| but lynchin'p
" That settles it says Cherokee, !
| kisses this yere LADY,
80 he ups an kisses the girl sorter
hasty, like she was a hot fatiron, an
| backs into the crowd.
Cherokee makes me sick says Doc
| Poets, an when it comes his turn he
| kisses her all slow and successful an then
| looks contemptUous at Cherokee.
when she was in the stage a-startin'
| Cherokee walks up, all respectful.
| You've been away from the states
| some time miss, he says, am mighty
/ likely you won't find things just the way
you expects Now, you remember, shore,
whatever games goin' back there, if it
| goes ag in you, just raise the long yell for
a sharp called Cherokee Hall an his
banks yours to back your play an the
camp said mi tambien."