The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-08

Uts6teu ucr On the zeal ana on the draw.
But to continue in the future as In the
past requires today that we act prompt
" and In yoonison. the best turn in the
box. iio hear any remarks?"
What for play would it be-" asked
Dave Tut. dorbtfully as he arose and
bowed etifly in return. Whatever for
play would it De to rope up one Of
Of these :ere lecture sharps which the
same l goes against he other night over
IN Tuscon? Ee could stampede over
and put us up .alk in the warehouse
Of the New York store, an I'm right yere
to say a lecture would look mighty
ran through the room. It was plain that
metropolitan, that-a9ay, and lay over
Red Dog like four kings an an ace"
Whatever was this we're party lectur-
in about?" asked Jack Eooth.
Il never did hear tie first OF it," re-
piled Tut. "Me an old Monte, the
stage driver. was nar7adin' :zhout Tue
sen when we struck this lecture game.
II was about aa'i dealt CIT when we got
in on 1t. But, IS far AS we made a tab,
ne was raikin' shout Rcosia and Siberia,
an how they was pesterin' an a-piayin'
1t low nu the Jews. He had layout
of maps and carried the whole racket,
from the deal box 70 the check rack.
People as sabes lectures allowed be ;urn-
ed as strong game with as high limit
as any lecturer that ever charged four
bits for back seat. The lecture sharp's
all right, If yOu-al. deems highly of the
scheme. If It's TIE sense of this we're
meetin' it won't take two days to cut this
shorthorn out IF the Tuscon herd and
drive him over yere."
Under other au' what one might call
more concrete condition of public
feeling" said Dec Feets, cutting rapidly
and automatically into the talk. the
suggestion Of cur esteemed townsman
would be the best to be made. But to my
mind this camp amt in no proper frame
Of mind for lecture on Russia. It'll
be full of fight. / sabes Russia as we'll
AS I do an ace. Thar's an old silver tip
they call the ear. which is their Ian
guage for the national chief of scouts,
and he's always rervadin' round for
trouble. There's bound to be 40 end Of
what you might ,'al' turmoil in lecture
on Russia, and the sensibilities Of Wolf
vile already narrowed are in no shape
to bear it. Now. I've been thinKin' while
my esteemed friend TUFTS been talkin'
an my idees bave followed off a differ
ent wagon track. What we need is not
so much a lecture which is only for a
Gay, but something lasting, like the ex-
ample of refined and elevated home life
In our midst What NVolrville needs is
the mollifyin' inf1ooence of woman. OF
course we have Faro Nell, who is pleas
antly present with lis here, sitting back
thar on the monte table along side
Cherokee Hall, and the man never made
moccasin track in Wolfville who does
MT prize an value Nell Thar amt a
six-shooter in camp but what would
shoot itself to death in her defense. But
Nells young, merely a yearlin', as it
were What we wants is the picture Of
happy household where the feminine
part thereof, in the triple capacity of
woman, wife and mother, may, while
cherishin' and carin' for her husband,
shed likewise a radiant inflooence for
u.s.
"Whoopee for Doc Peetsr' shouted
Faro Nell, waving her dark sombrero
over her black curls. "He talks better
how to read"
"Pausing only to thank our towns
woman said Poets, bowling CALAMITY
to Faro Nell, who waves her hand in re-
turn, "for her Endorsement, which is as
1
on to say that l have learned from first
sources, indeed from that gent himself,
that one of the worthiest citizens Of
Wolfville, Sgd Killefer, who is on the
map as corral boss at the stage station,
has wife in Illinois. 1 would recon-
mend that Mr.. Killefer be requested to
bring on this estimable lady to keep
camp for him. The o. K. restaurant will
lose customer, the same being the joint
where Kif gets his daily con carne. But
Rucker, the landlord, will not repine for
that. What will be his loss will be the
general gain, and for the good of Wolf
vile Rucker will make sacrifice. Mr.
Chairman, my suggestion takes the form
of a notion
(Which said motion" responded En-
right with such vigorous application of
his pistol to the purposes Of gavel that
nervous spirited might we'll fear for the
result which said motion, unless hears
objection, will go as it lays. Thar bein'
no objections, the chair declares it to be
the sense of Wolfville that Sgd Killefer
bring his wife. What heaven has fined
together let no man"
"See yere, Mr.. Chairman" interposed
Killefer, with mixture of decision and
diffidence, II merely interferes to ask
whether, as the helpless victim of this
onlookedfor uprisin', do 1 get a chance
TO be heard? OF course. if amt in this,
if it's regarded as the correct :aper to
hand-well, why, amt got noshin' to
lay waste the future Of a man who in his
lonely way is dom his best to play pore
say. I'm impugnin' no gents motives,
but I'm free to remark these we're pro-
ceedins strikes me as the child of reck-
less caprice"
II will say 10 our fellow tOwnsman,''
said Epright, with much dignity, that
thar's no disposition to force play to
which he seems averse. II from any
knowledge we s'posed we entertained of
the possession Of q eperit on his part
which might rise to the aid of general
need-I shorely hopes makes my mean
in plain-we've overdealt the kyards,
sill we can do is to throw our hands in
the discard and shuttle aud deal again."
mot at all and no offense given took,
nor meant" retorted Killefer as he bal
anced himself uneasily on his feet and
surveyed first Enright and then Poets.
"Ive the highest possible regard for the
chair, personal, ard have frequent oc-
casion to remark that regard Doc Poets
as the best dedicated man 1 ever saw in
my life; but this yere lunge into my do
nestle arrangements needs to be ccnsid-
cred. You-all don't know the lady in
question; which she bein' my wife. 1
amt asoomin' no airs when 1 says do"
Does she look like me Kif?" asked
Faro Nell from her perch on the monte
table near Cherokee Hall.
None whatever, Nell" responded Kill
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