Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-12-05

mebby a club, an pranced over an
rectified Bill whole lot But he's too
tiInid and too cowardly, an afraid of
Bill. So to play even he lines out to
bushwhack this helpless, oninstructed
raccoon. Olson fggers to take advan-
tage of what's cl'arly a loophole in a
raccocn's CONSTRUCTION
".Mebbe you never noticed it about
a raccoon, but the fact is once he gets
interested in a pursoot, he's rugged SO
he can't quit none ontil the projects a
success. Thar's herds an bands of
folks an anamiles who's fixed similar.
They can start, an they can't let up.
Thar's bulldogs; they begins fight too
easy, but the capacity to quit is left out
of bulldogs entire. Same about nose
paint with gents knows. They capers
up to whisky at the beginnin' like a kit
ten to warm milk, an they never do
cease no more. An that's how the
kyards falls to raccoons about plenty of
things.
KNOWN these yere defects in rae
coons, this Olson plots to take advan-
tage tharof; an by p1ayin' it low on
Bills raccoon, get even with Bill about
that dead hawg. Which Bill wouldn't
have took a drove of hawgs, no indeed.
not tine whole fall roundup of hawgs
for all of West Tennessee, an lose that
raccoon.
Its when Bills over to Pine Knot
layin' in terbacca, an nose paint, an
meal, an sech necessaries, when
Olson stands in to down Bills raccoon.
He goes injunnin' over to Bills an
| finds the camp all deserted, except the
raccoon's thar settin', battin' his eyes
1nournfuI an lonesome on the doorstep.
This Olson sets down by the door an
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coat, an lets the raccoon search his
pockets with his black hands ontil he
gets that friendly an confident about
Olson he'd told him anything. It's then
| this yere miscreant, Olson, springs hiR
game.
Hes got a couple of crawfsh which
he's fresh caught at the Branch. Now,
raccoons regards crawtish as unusual
good eatin'. For myself, can't say 1
deems none high of crawfish as viands,
but of course raccoons is different; an
the way they looks at it crawfish is pie.
EThis Olson brings out his two craw-
| fish, an fetchin' a jar of water from the
sping he drops in a crawfish an in
cites an aggravates Zel1iel-that's the
name of Bills raccoon to feel in an
get him n whole lot.
ezekiel amt shy on the play. He
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| ace;so turnin' his eyes up to the sky like
a raccoon does when wrapped in pleas
| ant anticipation that away, he plunges
| in his paw an gets it.
| "Of course once Ezekiel acquires him
| the pore crawfish don't last as long as
a drink of whisky. When Ezekiel has
| him plumb devoured he turns his eyes
| on Olson, sort O. thankful, an waits de-
velopments.
| "Olson puts in the second crawfish,
an Ezekiel takes him into camp same as
| the other. It's now that Olson onfurls
his plct on Ezekiel.
"Olson drops a dozen buclsshot in to
| the jar of water. Nachera1ly, Zelxiel,
who's got his mind all framed up touch
in crawfish, goes after the buckshot
with his fore foot.
| "Rut it's different with buckshot:
ZeLiel can't pick 'em up. He tries an
| tries with his honest simple face turned
up to heaven, but he can't make it. Ali
| Ezekiel can do is feel 'em with his foot
| an roll 'em about on the bottom of the
| jar.
Now, as I remarks prior, when a
| raccoon gets embarked that away, he
| can't let up. He amt arranged so
he can quit. Olson, who's plumb aware
tharof. no sooner gets Ezekiel started on
them bucl1shot than KNOWN that
nature can be relied on to play her hand
out sa'nters off to his wiclzeyup, leavin'
Ezekiel to his fate. Bill won't be home
till Monday, an Olson knows that be-
fore then, onless' Ezekiel is interrupted,
he'll be even for that hawg Bill drops.
| As Olson comes to a place in the trail
| where he's goin' to lose sight of Bills
| camp he turns an looks back. The
picture is all his revenge can ask. Thar
sets Ezekiel on the doorstep, with his
| happy countenance turned up to the
dome above, with his right paw elbow
deep in the jar, still rollin' an feelin'
them bucl>shot around, an allowin'
he's due to ketch a crawfish every
moment.
''Well, it works out exactly as the
wretched Olson fggers. The sun goes
down, an the Sunday sun comes up an
sets agin. an still pore Ezekiel is planted
by the jar. with his hopeful eyes on
high, still feelin' of them buckshot He
can't quit no more'n if he was loser in a
poker game, Ezekiel can't.
when Bill rides up to his door about
second drink time Monday afternoon.
Olson is shortly even on that havg.
Thar lays Ezekiel too dead to skin. He's
| jest set thar with them buckshot an
felt himself to death Chicago Trib-
une.
Not q Rag.
The prominent citizen was rather
| | r,ro1rd of hiS - he