The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-05-23


They ssHelt~ the Wrong man.
Along with that general wave of
trouble and confusionment In the
Rocky Greek settlement = which I
couldn't write it all up in my last LETT
ter-JuIe Majors he got tied up at the
Crazy Sloan.
By this time no doubt you win recol-
lect two or three things ~concernin julie
Nabors. He is one of the most unhap-
piest and down trod citizens in the
round created world. He is forever and
eternally at outs with the general gov
eminent on the common grounds that
the erich git richer" and the poor git
poorer as the days are goin by, or
words to that extent. But the mainest
trouble with julie Majors is that he is
crippled under his hat. Understand
me now, I don't throw no heavy blame
on the man for that. He didn't boss the
job Of maxim himself, and the good
Lord don't make no mistakes in His
business. But to the best Of my recol-
lection, the whole entire Nabors genera
ton lever was afflicted with any brains
to speak of. And as to Jule-weIL, he
don't know anything for certain. He
can't even tell what is the matter with
him when he is hungry. He will 60 to
bed for sick and take medicine and send
for the doctor, when all he needs in the
round world is a square meal Of
vietuals.
The naked, unwashed truth n
regards to the Majors family is that
they are too monstrous fresh from the
hill country. They first moved their
washin into the Rocky Creek settlement
some seven or eight years ago, and they
come from sOmewheres in the neighbor-
hood of anlaca - call Postum Trot-
way back there * ae hills, where The
women folks are still knittin socks for
the confederate soldiers, whilst the men
are still votin for old Hickory jackson
for president every four years as reglar
Is the time rolls around.
Now along in the Christmas, q nm
derstand, julie Majors put in his bid
on the contract to carry all the crazy
people OF to the Sloan, and blamed
il they didn't give him the job. Socon-
p~equentially when Steve Goodman let
his head gearins jump q cog and went
blind stavin crazy it was Jules business
to take him to the place prepared for
crazy people. But in orderment to
s~oft~soap and ~hornsnoggle Steve into
maxim the trip, they told him that
julie Majors had lost his wife and went
plum crazy and that he (Steve Good
mani would have to take the ravin idi-
OF TO the Sloan. Steve lowed he want
no candidate for the job. but he didn't
see how he could go back on his old
GFiend julie Nabors in times OF trouble
and Of sorrow. and on them grounds he
would go.
So that was the general circumfer-
ence Of the surroundins when they got
On the cars and went. of together. julie
was takin Steve, and Steve he was takin
julie. And by the twelve epistles, when
tEey got there the general manager
Of the Sloan turned Steve out and
kept julie in. Naturally, Of course,
julie Majors come up missin for several
days, but the people in the settlement
didn't know what in Manifestations
had went with him till he writ a letter
home gfvin out the facts and calIin for
help. The county board then had a
called meetin and sent the papers on to
the Sloan. tellin the general manager
that he had helt the wrong man.
It was the last Of the week before
julie returned back home. Then the
gang put IN and give him such q scan
dlous draggin about his crazy scrape
till now, bless gracious. be won't even
travel the big road for fear be win meet
up with somebody that has heard the
news
The general manager Of the 6iloam
writ back in a letter that be tried his
level blamdest to find out which one
of the men was the most craziest. and
finally at last on general principles
and from general appearances be had
to hold the man which give his name al
julie Nabors.
In the meantime Steve Goodman had
hit the grit and hit il a movin. In giyir
his accounts 70 the county board Juls
reported aall present or accounted fol
but one, and he Is out and gone"
Now, il they ever find Steve Goodman
and Bring him back to the settlement
which I reckon they willard he sstiI
3 Ettin candidate forxheC Crazy SLOAN
julie Nabors will give up his job andre
Sire back to the pleasant shades Of pri
vate life.