Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-08-24


You can't tell much about women.
There was girl who surprises us once
in way out in Wolfville. Miss Ruck-
er, who runs the o. K. restaurant, gets
this female from Tucson to fry flap
jacks an salt b oss, an hep her deal her
little gastronomic game. This we're
girls name is Jennie-Tucson Jennie.
She seems nice, good girl, too an in
less'n two weeks there's half the camp
jest whinin' to marry her. 1t affects
business, it's that bad-almost changes
the channels of trade. Cherokee Hall
tells me there amt half the money
gets changed in at faro as usual, an
the New York store reports men goin'
broke ag'in billed shirts and similar
deadfalls daily Of course. this yere
first frenzy subdues whole lot after a
month.
IF Jennie notices it, don't know,
but she never tips her hand to no body;
jest shoves these foolish youth their
daily beans, an ignores all winks and
looks complete. At last one by one
the various hands goes in the discard,
an the boys, gettin' discouraged,
shoves back an quits. Finally they're
all out but two, an one Of them was
never in SO far as himself or anyone
else ever sees. These we're is Tut an
man named Jim Wallace. Tut is
tall an good lookin' enuff, but back
ward an bashfuL No. one ever detects
him once lookin' at Jennie an don't
think he does. He confdes in me all
quiet after the smoke Glars away, that
he never thinks of it.
INT oil ic IIo a+u
in to win Jennie hard and heavy an
tries to crowd the game an get action
for his money. 1t looks likes he's doc
to make the trip, too. Miss Bucker is
backin' his play, and Jennie herself
sorter lets him set 'roun in the kitchen
an watch her work, which this yere is
license an riot itsef compared with
how she treats others. Occasionally
some of us sorter tries to stack up for
Wallace an see whar he stands with
the game.
Flows it goin', Wallace?' Enright
asks one day.
It's too many for me- says Jim.
Sometimes thinks 1 corrals her an
then agin it looks like I amt in it.
Jest now I'm feelin' some detected
Something oughter be schemed to
settle this yere,' says Enright. 1t
keeps the camp in fever an maybe
gets serious
IF some body would only prance in,
says Doc Poets, and shoot Jim up
some, you'd have her easy. Females is
like rabbit in bush pile-you have
to shake things up lot to make 'em
come out. Now, if jim was dyin' an
she cares for him, she's shorely goin'
to show her hand
I wants to pause right yere to OBJ
serve Doc Poets was the smartest an
best edicated man l ever sees in my
life. An what he don't know about
squaws is valueless as information.
But to proceed:
That's right, says Cherokee Hall,
but of course it amt goin' to do to
shoot Jim none
- don't know says Jim. I stands
creasin' little too quick if I'm shore
it fetches her
What for game says Cherokee,
would it be to jest play like Jim was
shot? Wouldn't that make her come a
runnin' same as if it was shore enuff3
81 don't see why not says Enright.
"Well, the idea gains ground an at
settled we plays it. with Dave Tut to
| do the shootin'.
| An we makes the game complete, ,
says Jack Moore, by grabbin' Dave
immediate an ropin' of him before the
committee, which convenes all regular
and decorous in the Red Light saloon
purpose: an we all lines out like
we're goin' to hang him for the kill
ing? Otherwise it don't look nacheral
no how, and she shorely detects it's a
| bluff
$50 we gets things all ready an in
the middle of the afternoon when Jen-
ME is drag giu' her lariat around loose
an nothin' much to do-cauSe we amt
comm to disturb her none in her
| dooties touching them fapjacks an
salt hoss-we all gets over In the New
| York store an lays Jim on some boxes
an a wagon cover over him for a
corpse.
"'CIar things out of the way along
| by Jim's head says Moore; who was
taking a big interest. We want to
| fix things SO Jen gets at him easy. You
hyar me? She's goin' to come STAN
pedin' IN yere like a landslide when
she gets the news.
when everything's ready Tut and
Moore, who concloods it's well to have
a good deal of shootin. bangs away
with their guns about four times
apiece.
>, t shootin' once or twice. says
| Moore, might arouse her suspicious.
1t would be over a heap too quick for
the real thing.
THE minut the shootin' is ceased
we all takes Tut and surges over to
the Red Light to try him; pendin'
of which Dan Boggs santers over to
the o. X. restaurant an remarks, all
casooal an careless like:
''Dave Tut down. Jim Wallace a
minute back-good clean gun play as
ever 1 sees, too. Mighty big credit to
both boys this yere is. No shootin' up
the scenery. an the bystanders, nor