San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-07-05

Look here, my good fellow, you are
getting to be provoking"
"Yas, that's whut the lizard lowed
when the sawlog was drug over him. +"
The Englishman sought an easier
position in his saddle, looked at the
squatter, frowned perplexedly, and
then said:
81 have come here for the good of
the community. l."
'Whur air you frum?"
London, England"
(which side of the railroad is it on?"
"Well, upon my soull"
For several minutes afterward the
Briton could say nothing more, and
during his silence he seemed to be won
dering whether or not to proclaim the
old fellow fool. After awhile, ap-
pearing to have resolved to make an
other effort. he said:
81 have come here for the good of
the community, and really deserve bet
ter treatment, even at the hands of an
irresponsible native"
Reckon you'll make more money
outen the neighborhood than WILL"
the squatter replied. "You come in
here and crowd the neighborhood."
''Crowd the neighborhood!" the Eng
lishman exclaimed.
"Yas, that's whit you air doin' All
my life / have been crowded. Some
time ago l lived way over yander"
(waving his ARM. "Was gittin' along
fustrate till one mornin' / woke up an
found that another Teller had moved
in"
HE didn't move into your house?"
mo, but he settled down not more'n
five mile frum me an skeered the
deer. 1 went ter him an axed him ter
apologize, an he wouldn't do It, an
then, ruther then ter be crowded,
left"
II must say that you are the most
amusing man i ever saw"
Then / don't reckon you know'd
my brother Bill"
II did not"
"Wall, now, he was amusin', sho
huff. Eff you amt in hurry, I'll tell
you about him."
II am prepared to hear anything, 1
assure you"
"All right. Wall, one day me and
Brother Bill was out at the sto', an a
Teller that was readin' suthin' outen a
paper, an the drift of it was that
Gov. Henry was the strongest governor
the state ever had. Bill didn't say
nothin', but l seed that he was wor-
ried, an that night, after he went to
bed, Bill he says: 'Alf-that's me
did you hea- that Teller read outen the
paper that Gov. Henry is the strongest
governor the state ever had? lowed
that / did. WALL says he, 4 don't
like fur that sort Of thing to be flung
round yo' Uncle Fuller'-meanin' him
fur yo' know I'm the strongest man
thar is anywhar in this state, an eff
Henry thinks he's the strongest, wy,
he's got to prove it, that's allr axed
him what he was goin' ter do, an he
lowed that he wanted me ter go down
to Little Rock with him an see she
governor. / agreed, an the next
mornin' we hitched up old Tom an the
gray mar that we got frum the Posey
boys, an away we went. We was
about three days on the road. but that
didn't make no diffunce, fur Bill he
had good deal at stake, an you bet
] was with him. Wall, we got thar
at last and found out whar the
governor roasted, an we went thar.
was sorter skittish, but Brother Bill
he want, for he walked right up an
axed niger whar the governor was.
The niger he grinned an wanted
to know our names an then Bill
showed him aside an walked right
in, an went with him, fur l was with
Bill world without eend. We found
the governor a-settin' with his feet up
on the table, an as soon as laid eyes
on him seed that mistake he'd been
made, fur he was lean an dried-up an
WANT patchin' compared ter Bill, an
he looked like he was sorry fur it, too;
but that didn't make no diffunce to
Bill, fur he says, says he: Governor, /
Earn through the papers that you air
the strongest governor the state ever
had, an don't believe it, an stand
here to take the part of old Gov.
Fulton, that was the friend of my
gram daddy, an you bet he could lift
more at a hand-spike than you can any
day, an want you to understand it;
an furthermore, want you to know
that / am after you right now Wall,
the governor sorter laughed, an says:
Bill, l know you air putty good
man, an I'll try you few falls putty
soon, but before we go into it let's try
a little of this juice, the oldest you
ever seed Wall, Bill he took his to-
hacker outen his mouth, an the gov
nor tuck down jug, an then we all
hit it, an we KEEP on a-hittin' it till at
ter while me an Bill found it as much
as we could do to stand up. But the
gov'nor he KEEP on a-smilin' an a-pour-
in it out, an finally Brother Bill he
says: Governor, reckon that thing