Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-07-04
A RUN OF LUCK.



BY ED MOTT.
II don't know what sort of luck Dan
Haymaler struck when he died." said
the man from over Sinnemahonng
way, but his dying turned the llaiaed-
1st streak OF luck on me that any.
body ever heard Of, Queer how that
happened : tremendous queer. At
least it would have been if itlaa hap
pened anywhere else; but as it hap
pened over on the Sinnemahone don't
know as It was SO queer after all. Any
thing is liable to happen over on the
Sinnemahone. Everybody is lucky
over there. Lucky because they live
there. Lord what country that is!'
TITS wonder We don't stay IL it
morel" growled the man in the red,
blue, pink, yellow, green and purple
mackinaw Jacket.
"Ye see, when Dan Ilaymaker died."
continued the Sinnemahoning man,
nodding at the man in the mackinaw,
''he left II widow, bob-tailed dog and
q sorrel mare, Her friends advised tie
widow to add to the value Of her estate
by shooting the bob-tailed dog, but
she said she didn't feel like doing it,
because If there were deaths In the
family there was sure to be n third,
and as she would be the only one loft
in the family If the dog was dead, Of
course the third death would be hers
can amt jist ready yit to foller
Dan'l an the dog said she
"But. she said she was going to rattle
off the sorrel mare, and that she'd give
the dog to whoever won the mare, an
he kin shoot IT., she said, Or pison It,
or do what he darn pleases with it,
cause then it'll be out q the family an'
won't make no difference And per.
haps the widow wasn't cute in throw.
Ing out that induccment. cant tel
you how many Of the widows neigh
bors were just aching to shoot that
bob-tailed dog, They didn't dare do II
while Dan was living and they weren't
mean enough to do it after he died,
but they were SO anxious to do it that
they got up purse to buy the dog
Of the widow so they could dispose Of
him, but each man was so bound to
have the pleasure Of shooting the dog
that they got ina dispute over It and
that busted up the scheme The widow
knew this individual yearning on the
part Of her neighbors to shoot the dog,
and SO she was cute enough to say that
she'd give the dog to whoever won the
sorrel mare in the rattle. So people
around there almost tninbled over one
another to buy chances on the mare. !
had no grudge against the bob-tailed
dog, but there was the making OF a
good horse out of the sorrel, SO ! took q
chance in the rattle myself
"Ot course, you all think you see that
the luck struck was the winning Of
Dan Ilaymaker's sorrcl mare, but that
was only the beginning Of 1t. won
the mare and the dog went with her.
| didn't want the dog, but didn't dare
to give him to any particular neighbor
because all the Others would get mad.
So took him home with me. lie killed
three Of my best chickens before he
had been there an hour, and chased my
wife down cellar when she went to in
terfere, and | could see plain enough
that he was getting ready for few Of
my sheep as soon rs night came on. So
made up my mind that Id shoot the
blamed critter myself. lie was lying
along the fence pretending to be
asleep when went in TO get my gun,
and when ! came out with It he was
nowhere to be seen
~ had on hand just then a few orders
for some natural products Of the Slime
mahoning wilds, and was worrying
like Sam I'LL over how wasgoing to he
able TO ill en- on time. Joe Siblcy want
ed two live coons IN a hurry. Phil Butts
had nm order In for a wildcat skin, and
didn't know how to wait till he rot 1t.
jim Parker, of the West Branch, said
il I'd send him nice fat bear with q
good coat on it he'd give me thirty dol
lara, but he'd have to have it inside Of
forty-eight hours. Young Bill Lam
son, Of lIcfty's Corners, wanted a live
fox TO send to friend over on the
Tioga If he could ret It right away,
for which he said he wouldn't consider
ten dollars my too much to pas !
knew could IN every one Of these
orders II they'd Only give nc time
enough. but here they were, every one
Of them TO be hlled gu the spot SO
| said gucasci Id let them all 80 but
the bear aul ~ out ueSt day and get
that-ard lapglfc TIE wildcat.
"'Ang,ew. eail l. new that I've got
n horsa, I've SGT 10 have hitchiug
post, anil III plaat thattAc FIRST thing
This was Tie aiernaoA Iay bob
tailed dog b "a ai0a1aaraA lstartcd
ID to dig ths , S, le fr nay hiiching
pat. md ea, r. n aHay, when J
h4sgl l.eisc aAIai iae | locked
pmspi. Taere iooi We toptailsd
dns t,T'Fl abawU ual aAasn'
cerned as II he hadn't just come IN
from killing one Of my sheep, which !
found out alterward. lt'sagood thing
that had taken my ninto the house,
or Id have spoiled all my luck right
there and then. put down my shovel
and walked into the house and got my
gun again. When came out ! saw the
dog going toward the woods, all bris-
tied up, and going pretty fast lie got
into the woods, and In less than two
seconds | heard the sounds Of fight
hat,vean him and something else.