Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-10-29

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IN the Tub of Blood. ar maxim of a vul-
gar display of my wealth by pourin
the silver onto the floor. Thar's a peck
c- it. if thar's dos reals; an such an eX-
m0iuOn as spillin IL out in the Tub Of
Blood is bound to mOrtify me an Haw-
Nlns. too, an most likely lead TO the
oarkecp or somebody maxim remarks.
So concl0Ods III hop outside an round
up my silver, an then return.
Excuse me-" I says 10 Hawkins.
Just YOU camp right we're with the
bottle, an I'll be among you agin in
minute all spraddled out.
So l goes wanderin' cut back Of the
Tub of Blood whar it's lonesome. an
tbar's nobody l0okin on. bar coyotes;
am camps down back Of Spanish bay
onet bush an tugs away TO get my boot
OF. an my dinero into circulation.
An while I'm at it, sleep an nose
paint seizes me, an my light goes
plumb outI rolls over behind the bay
One- bush en- shores of TO sleep. It
must have made them coyotes stop an
consider a whole lot about what l be.
Just TO show you how good them coy
otes is, [ want tell you don't notice
it Ontil the next day-while I'm curled
MP % the rare of that bush they comes
mighty near eatin Of the scabbard off
nay sun while it's Ia my betl. Fact;
the scabbard looks afterward like some
pup not otherwise engaged has been
Chewin &C.. But. of course. bein' dead
entire like I was from my visitin round
so much. I amt mindin' nOthin' so on
interestn' as a coyote bidn on the
leather of my gun.
Now. this is whar that blum about
bread on the waters comes in, an falls
an so pat ON the heels Of them devo-
.iCns OF mine that night, IL heps Durn
an brand it on my memory. Whiie
I'm layin' thar too dead 10 skin nom
nose paint. and mighty likely While
them coyotes is lunchin' OIL my scab>
bard that away. along comes a bad
man they calls Spanish Bill. l learns
afterward how this Spanish Bill is hard
clean through. Hes rustled every
thing from a bunch OF ponies TO the
mail bags. an amt reckOned nuthln
but q hold-uD who needs hangln every
minute of the day Whatever takes
him out to- where lays by my bayonet
bush never knows. He don disclose
nuthin' on that pint afterward, an I've
fcgereG more than once meboe he
tracks up on me accidental.
"'Bu what informs me some plain
I that he explores my war bags for stun
/ before ne cOnclOOds to turn IN an look
/ after my health is that later ON, When
+ f 0ufurls my finances to him, he seems
+ s1rter disappointed an hurt When
This we're SpanishBill ropes onto me /
don't know nuthin. The statesticks
furnished by the barkeep Of the Tub OF
Blood next day goes TO the effect that
. Tim snorely out thar four hours.
When Spanish Bill discovers me ! m
4 ~ighvnearfroze stn; for III let you in
.vf-t en- between us.TaOs nights in
. November has q heap of things in COM
mon with them artic regions We hears
f OIL where Franklin and Kane an the
rest of that Dassel Of fur-Hned sports
goes I'm Durs00- of that north pole. 50
/ hein' froza thl- away. an mebDy from
+ 40 overlab OF nose paint, l never saw
eys q hing about this we're spanish
/ BIN outil hours later. But the barkeep
saws this Spanish Bill drags me into
/ the Tub of Blood. an allows he's got
/ O maverick.
..' Fix this we're froze party uD
something with fire an teeth says
/ Spanish BIN to the barkeep. II don't
know him none, but he's got to be re-
. covered if it takes every chip in the
. checkrack'
so the barkeep an Spanish Bill
/ stands I'm an brings me 10, so / can
/ walk some # Spanish Bin goes along
/ s8dyin of me by the collar. Thar
upon said Spanish Bill rides herd on
mo till ne gets me down out on some
blankets
IT'S daylight when 7 gets around
I SD I knows my names "BOggs' an
I'm a native of Kentucky, an little
/ personal things like that. An what
wa les me up is this Spanish Bill; he's
shakin' my shoulder.
"' "See we're" says This hold-up,
"Tm go.n' to turn in now. an yeres
what YOU do: thar's five whisky
/ checks on the Tub of Blood. which will
hep YOU TO an appetite FollOwin Of
O. fcieut quantity of whisky You will
return to- the Jackson House an eat.
7 won't be rolled outen my blankets
bv then. but they knows that Spanish
bin makes good. cause 1 impresses in
on em speshul when ] comes in.
"'"You don't know me- goes on
This Spanish Bill as 7 sets up an
bHuks at him some fOggv an blurred
vet can 7 don't know You; which we II
allow. Outen p'li-eneSs is q dead loss to
both But my names Spanish Bill,
am I'm turning monte in the Bank
. Exchange. TN be thar at my table
by frs, drink time this evenin', an II
v0uu sa'nter that way at that eepock
wo9 have a drink an pOw-wow. an
hoin' as your busted an amt got no
money. Of course I stakes YOU on your
way
otis this bluff about me not havin'
money puts me i'm mind when my
hc1ds I'm better thiukin' order that
this Bill must have rus-led my raj
ments that time I'm presided over by
coyotes while I sleeps. When he says
&c. however I merely remarks that,
while I'm grateful to him as mockln
birds. money. after an amt no object
with me: an pullin' off my high moe
c3s.n. I DOurs some two pounds Of
pec,e onto the blankets I'm camped
ON.
(which T merely packs this i'm
mv boot" 7 observes "tO put mysf in
mind I've got a roll big enough to
choke q cow over to Towards store.
''"An' I'm glad 20 hear it, says
this Spanish Bill; though. as I suggests
ho acts panied an amazed at the ex-
looked q bet
h.bidon. like a man does who's over
Well that's ell thar is to that
part. That's where Spanish Bill
1900 that broad Of his'n. an. as ]