Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-04-30

terbacker, mebbe. The calls sounded
pretty faint now. Far back mp the rocky
trail | coulo ketch the clear. sharp ring
Of her hoss' hoofs-pit-e-p pit-e-
patl it-e-patl-remindin me somethin
Of one Of them gals from the east down
IN Benton chassayin mp an down the
room in newtangled wardance they
call the Rushin Polkay.
Jumbo's head swung around again
ON its pivot He squirmed an twisted
an chuckled some more. The fun was
too fast fer his ornery, woolly scalp, an
he bu st out
'Dnhl she waves. Jim. Now-nowl
she waves. Dah-dahl she's a-wavin.
Now-nowl she 5 a-wavin, Jim. Now!
she waves Jim Jim - Jiml- she
waves. Jim-she wavesi-she waves!--
she wavesl'
Here he throwed out his wings-un-
dulatinlike an very talxin an winds up
IL a loud Yah, yah, yah!'-doublin
hisSelf up an contortin an rollin round
on the seat till / thought he'd drop out
the wagin HaAas the most extropu-
lous coon / ever ~see-that's right |
tried to kick him under the seat, but
fact is, l was a-laughin at him till |
was nigh non campus Memphis myself.
:" 'Pit-e-pati Pit-e-patl Pit-e-patP
come from far back in the distance.
Now / commenced to pull i'll my
mules. We Were gittin pretty well
down the slope an few NIT .lore
would fetch rs TO the camp Frou-d 4. I
he'd changed The Gal With he vail
Train fer The Gal l Left Benin de, }
1t was still middlin early i'll tLo .fter-
noon an mighty hot. After awhile got
my team down to a walk an before long
heerl the hoss' hoofs comm closter
II turned around an watched her as
she come up. Sayi I've eat canned
Holsters an heerd talk Of spanked babies
but you'd oughter seen that woman's
facel *# Whooshl To stat fire fer
the pu pose o. toastin bannack while
she wer' round an that color lasted, us
the poet says, 'wer' unnecessary But
that want all, neither She was mad
clean through-as sage hen with a
brood of young uns; it stuck out in
pints all over her An you could see
where the tears he'd left marks ON her
cheeks through the dust, an her hair
was like a shower bath on her shoulders.
How could you be so mean, Jim,
she says
!" 'Well-you see, mum-er-this
here-ah-blamed hill is SO confounded
ornery pu 'pendic 'lar-uh-I couldn't
hold 'em up-'pon honor / couldn'tP
"Of co'se gness she didn't b'leeve
me ha'dly, but what could she sayp We
Travelled pretty slow the rest Of the road
to camp. did feel tar1lation mean, as
well rs sorry fer her. an that's right /
wanted TO kick myself, to make myself
feel--er-ah--oncom / he'd
half mind to make Jumbo do It But,
then, he was nigger, an didn't know
nothin.
well, Li'l'field got his leg broke
sho'tly after an that bus up the expe-
dition-got into wrestle with grizzly
an took second money. He left his hoss
an went close 10 git a coed pull, but tho
bear was only wounded an charged He
waltzed with him. / reckon 1t 'ud IA
been all day with Li'l'held If Wells
hedn't been nigh. He was dead shot,
you know As it was, he got out Of 1t
with broken thigh an a cash in his
hip from the bears claw you might
cache flask in. So as soon as he could
be moved, we went into Helena an they
left fer England
''Eh2 Oh, the womani Why-well,
she rcde with me ON the wagin after
that when we moved camp-jest orne1'
ly didn't care to much as look at a sad
die fer more u Il week. When she shook
han : an says goodby (an ] was real sorry
to see the last of her). she looks at me
an smiles an says:
q" An Jim. next time we come to
Montana 20 hunt, try AN pick us out a
span Of mules that amt so hard to
hold up, will your
IAN hanged my head, like derned
idjut, an said ! would William
Bleasdell Cameron in San Francisco Ar
gonaut