St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-05-02
They .Heltr Che WRONG sran,

Sot cauSnt. out IN the cold snap.
They .sHelt" the Wrong Mans
Along with that general wave Of
trouble and confusionment in the
Rocky Creek settlement - which |
couldn't write it all up in my last let
ter-Jule Nabors he got tied up at the
Crazy Sloan.
BY this time no doubt you will recol-
lect two5or three things ccncernin julie
Nabors. He is one of the most unhap-
pest and down trod citizens in the
round created world. He is forever and
efernally at outs with the general gov
ernment on the common grounds that
the "rieh git richer" and the poor git
poorer" as the days are goin by, or
words to that extent. But the mainest
trouble with julie Nabors is that he is
crippled under his hat. Understand
NE now, 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 never was afflicted with any brains
to speak of. And as to Jule-well, he
don't know anything for certain. He
can't even tell what is the matter with
him when he is hungry. He will go to
bed for sick ard take medicine and send
for the doctor, when all he needs in the
round world is a square meal of
VictuaIs.
The naked, nnwashed truth IL
regards to the Nabors family is that
they are too monstrous fresh from the
bin country. They first moved their
washin into the Rocky Creek settlement
sc1ne seven or eight years ago, and they
come from somewheres in the neighbor-
hood of a place they call Possum Trot-
way back there in the hills, where the
women folks are still knittin socks for
the confederate soldiers, whilst the men
are still votin for old Hickory Jackson
scr president every four years as reglar
as the time rolls around.
Now along in the Christmas, you un-
derstand, julie Nabors put in his bid
on the contract to carry all the crazy
people off to the Sloan, and blamed
If they didn't give him the job. So CON
sequentially when Steve Goodman let
his head gearins jump cog and went
blind stavin crazy twas Jules business
to take him to the place prepared for
crazy people. But in orderment to
soft-soap and hornsnoggle Steve into
maxim the trip, they told him that
julie Nabors had lost his wife and went
plum crazy and that he (Steye Good
man) would have to take the rayin 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
friend 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 off together. julie
was tallin Steve, and Steve he was tallin
julie. And by the twelve epistles, when
they got there the general manager
of the Sloan turned Steve out and
kept julie in. Naturally, Of course,
julie Nabors come up missin for several
days, but the people in the settlement,
didn't know what in thunderations
had went with him till he writ a letter
home givin out the facts and calm 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 a scan
dlous draggin about his crazy scrape
till now, bless gracious, he won't even
travel the big road for fear he will meet
up with somebody that has heard the
news.
The general manager of the Sloan
writ back in letter that he tried his
level blan1dest to find out which one
of the men was the most craziest, and
finally at last on general principles
and from general appearances he had
to hold the man which give his name as
julie Nabors.
In the meantime Steve Goodman had
hit the grit and hit it nnoyin. In givin
his accounts to the county board julie
''all present or accounted for
but one, and he is out and gone
Now, If they ever find Steve Goodman
ard bring him backsto 10 the settlement
which reckon they willard he is still
a fttin candidate for the Crazy Sloan
julie Nabors will give up his job and re-
tire back to the pleasant shades OF pri-
yate life.
.Thcm Same gIno Breeches."
Amongst other things that come to
pass in durin that stormy week was
quick and snddent weddin match down
ia the Flat Woods.
Old man Sol Simpkins has now been
married three different times since the
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