The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-01-22

er that tho invalid would no doul
be able to receive visitors in da
or two. Tho suggestion made by on
of the committee that they send t
Silver City for a doctor was decline
with profuse thanks from the Tue
sonian, who declared that his sister
illness was nothing really serious
that all she needed was rest.
"Waal, good night, Mister White,
said Professor Warman, taking th
strangers hand and holding it a mo
ment. Now, eff they's anything q
all - anything, We onderstan - ies
shout, an you-all sho' gifts it eff it.
N the camp" And he turned away,
followed by the rest of the commit
tee, after all had solemnly shaker
bands with Mr.. White and assured
him of their willingness to divide
the half of their kingdom with him.
White watched them out of sight
and hearing. Then he slipped quiet
ly to a corner of the cabin and lis
tened intently for q moment. Then
he slipped over to the next corner
and listened again, and so, until he
had completed the circuit of the
cabin. There was not a sound. For
a sick person, or any one who needed
rest and quiet, Johnny McAfee's
cabin was just the place And White
had in his pocket the $50 goldpiece
tho professor had quietly handed to
him.
Meantime there was a we'll attend
ed and enthusiastic meeting in prog
ress up at the camp, with Faro Fair
presiding.
II lows, gents" he said as he
gracefully took the chair, "that we
all sabes the object o. this yere meet
in. Eff any gent yere ain t onto the
play, l perceeds to 'xplain in few
brief r'marks. TIL sitooation is lust
this: Yere's a lady an gent firm
Tucson has struck this yere camp in
dead sho', hard up p sish. They've
ben playin in derned hard lines, an
Their broke, they are. An tn ladv's
sick, she is. Now, tn question b fore
tn house is, Does we do tn square
thing an fix 'em out quite lot, +
does we not? en- any gent in this
yere camp, or tn hull camp, afford
t. have it give out T. him r them
tn t VEAL don't do tn right thing
good n plenty t. the stranger w TIL
in our gates? None whatever. Gents,
| heads s. subscription with twenty"
Twenty -five!' shouted a voice
in the rear of the room, and another
got as far as "Thir''- when tho
chair arose and hit the table with
MS fist.
"HoI on, gentsr' he remarked.
1 calls you all down, right yerc.
Fh' rulings o. this yere chair. goes.
quite reg Tar, / reckons, an tn char
rules th't no gent sh II raise his bid
dowsomever, jes' t. do tn right
hing raise my bid t. fifty d.
There was some grumbling about
uch arbitrary ruling, but the bid
ling was very spirited, and in few !
minutes the shotbag of Michael Hen
lessy, who had been appointed Gus
odian of the subscription fund, was G
leavily loaded with coin and mug {
cts. Then, having selected Messrs
iennessy and Fair and the professor S
o act.as committee of presentation a
ext day, the meeting adjourned, 7
OF however, without passing reso- L
ltions of coincidence, the same to be '
'ritten in the professors very best a
typography and presented along S
nth the "wad" held by Mr.. Hen. I
essy.
And that night several score of Il
1sceptible male, persons retired to 0
ream of a female face they had b
ever seen. v
You all gives me a large pain, p
QUIZ shifted Denver Mol as her Il
lend Mr.. Dunn finished telling her II
lat night about the meeting at n
airs. You sho' makes me ache
over. Men're all idjits, an a
akes 10 RECEPTIONS, none what 81
7er. This yere woman comes intuh :
us camp teetotal stranger, an YOU K
PUSHES in an breaks y'r necks t. 81
AXE 'er an help 'er out, an We hain't n
'Ver even saw 'er yet, an mebbe
ont. An it's jes' b'cause we think II
10 hain't our style. Monkey III
hereupon Mol hit the table II
cious kick that made the glasses g
mp, and Mr.. Dunn beat retreat,
marking as he did so:
Thank Gawd, they hain't all like fe
~ be-" which did not soothe Miss
Moll's feelings in the least W
Il gives it out cold right we're, /" til
id Mr. Faro Fair positively as he al
ID his colleagues Of the presenta- M
IN committee walked toward John
McAfee's cabin next morning. w
hit ! don't make no talk-none ST
latever. You got t. do it, PEERLESS CT
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