The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-03-30
FdDREST ROSFo
A TALE OF THE FRoNr.EAR.-sY CARP.
COPIED

sort of a laugh duet with Ramsey,
while he held his cap up and pointed
to bullet hole in the atmosphere
near it and said as he continued to
howl with mirth.
Young man you are not bad
shot, but you havea heap to learn
afore you are in it with injun hunters
like me and Weldy."
The speaker was large, juicy
man about forty, fly or sixty years
of age. He was sixteen,feet or less
in height and was built for service
rather than the drawing room. His
arms and legs were long and musou-
lar and had double joints for emer-
gencies. This enabled him to change
from one joint to another when In
pursuit or when being pursued and
gave him n double advantage over
many a painting and blood-thirsty
red skin whom he sought to secure
and scalp for. his collection of hair
which he regularly supplied to a
mattress factory in Columbus. His
skin was tanned until it was quite
dark where it was visible, and where
it was not visible we don't care any
thing about it. His features were
bold and not unhandsome, at least
he and his best girl thought SO, and
his eyes and hair were black, only
where the weather had got in its
work, and made the hair a sort Of
washed out sorrel. He was attired
in a second hand suit of his own
manufacture, and he presented q
picturesque appearance as he stood
there laughing until he shook the
weather vane on the top of the court
house cupola. AS our hero took in
the ludicrous situation, he stepped
quickly toward the stranger and
embraced him, while he exclaimed.
"Why Lewie, old boy, how's your
morals? / took you for an injun
sure and 1 ought to beg the injun's
pardon"
"If I had bean, you would have
had the kybosh put OH you to the
queens taste and don't you forgit
it," replied the other with another
paroXysm of merriment.
''But L was not dreaming of a
surprise in such place as Logan"
returned Albert, "and so, of course,
was not on my guard"
"No, you warn't dreamin' of a
surprise here, nobody would. But
you was off yer guard and if an in
jun was lonesome enough to hey bean
here, he would hev took yer top
knot er sartin. Now / seed ye fer
ten minutes afore teached We, and
half o. thet time 1 he'd oil Killnigger
here (holding up long, stem-wind-
ing, patent duplex elliptic rifle,)
bearin' on yer, afore / could see yer
face. 'Spose Low I'd bin a Shawnee
or Straitsville, arter scalps-or yer
had been one o. them animals yer
self-wby, you would a bean cold
meat long afore this" ..'.
"But how happened you to find me
in this solitude, friend Wetzel?"
"Why, partly in the way o. busi-
ness and partly by way o. accident.
rs a shapin' my tracks over this-a-
way, when at Union Furnace I fell
onto the trail of small party o. the
inemy, and foller on in hopes o.
gittin' chance ter increase my
cargo of hair, but SO fer I've bean
About two hundred
yards from here lost thar trail, and
while hunting fer it over thar by
Charley Roses clothing store,
spied yer, and making yer out to be
Albert haywood, thought I'd jist
drop over and have some fun with
yer, bein' thar trail leads in ther
direction of yer home."
"My home! Good hevings! what
do you mean?" cried Albert in alarm
selzing the arm of the other and look
ing earnestly into his face.
why its jist so, and thar arn't no
use to deny it," replied Wetzel cody.
1--WE follered the varmints from
Union Furnace, as l said afore, and
they've come straight here, probably
to take the train south via Athens,
and if they keep on straight they will
not pass hundred miles from your
home, one side or tother."
"By heavens! then let us follow
them with haste if not quicker"
cried Albert, greatly excited. r'Some
thing tells me they have gone down
to spend few days with our folks.
Oh God If such be the case they will
Eat up the whole summer crop and
leave me without bite to eat during
the long and bitter winter. They
may even influence the old man to
vote for Bryan and. Jawn j. Lentz,
and some of them even go so far as
5o make love. to Rose. The fates for
lend T! Come come quickly! we must
not idle here, aud our friends expos
I'd. Lead on McDutf! lead the way,
lor am SO Illustrated that / couldn't
rail tow-path.- Quick Lewis, move
On in the name of humanity and
otherwise.
Lewis Immediately moved. His
gait was peculiar one, more like a.