The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17
Death and a Remedy.


| genieele kussss that Nature forms IN sets
J upon this ere srth 6, serten intervals
Nature is iraparshul about - People think,
OF korse, that gs1,;Ity IS koahaed 20
| eestern sowsighity. but there they're OF
l wunss saw play in yure town OF
Wichita called Bo. Brammei Be Brum-
mel wuzn't a iuds. coz be he'd III mulch
brains He wuz what / kali one OF Nat
yours ganteei kUssss. So WIZ Bo:kia &
Co., OF which gentleman I an row goin'
10 rite.
l doan't kno where Botkin & Co. kahn
from. Neither did enaybody else But
he kahn Into or little ;own IN luked the
groun over III started a saloon. Tn ne
put sine over & res5.a': "Bo,kln
Co."
Wei. the fers; thing the boys did aftur
takin' The kus:omery komplimsn,sry slug
OF lkker IL, ;O-wit: WHO IL the Com
pany?"
Botkin & Co. wudn'; answer. He kline
Of smiled. served out nlosr slugs III let
'er 90 al that
Blu; the boys wuzn', satisfied IN went
or iakw.ring, VI al last jrs; kline OF give
it up III forgot about It.
Then it got whispered about (he start
ed the runlor himself that the Co. was
y,
VI ne SD that Bill wud be IN toun
shortly. Wei, when the boys saw -ha: this
wuz lie. fuc Blue Bill never kahn. IN
ne usually kahn where whisky wuz. they
resolved 10 teech Botkin & Co. lesson
fer his deception on the Humanity.
One ni;e we ali went 10 MS place. I'm
begun the gain. snickery Nike whacked
cut his forty-four un shot the Top off OF
Hennessey three-scar bottle clean. Tan
gied Willie. from the Two-bar ranch. sent
"a warm bullet down row OF wine-glassus
that left nuth.ng but their stems stand
ing like little ,elegraf-poles. Then ev-
eryoody began apluggin il &c the siablish-
mun,. Un then somethin' happens.
But befoar that, let me describe this
man. He wuz, as ! sec allus neat and
clean. He wuz always dressed we'll. He
allus kombed his hair befoar Getting IN
ne wiped his mouth precisely. like an old
maid. every bite he took. He wud walk
down ioun in the mornin' un when he
reeched his stablishmunt wud stan there
in view of the hole toun un. in defiance
OF the rules un regulashuns Of the people
thereof. wud talk out his handkerchief
as kule as yu pleeze and brush the dust
off his shoes. He wuz dainty man. IN
TO mista;k. Why (this IL serkums tanshal
evidenZ) that man wud even talk of his
sheert al mite un ware a goun like high
teamed woman, Tn that amt awhile
went down 10 the crick and bathed every
dayi That amt no lie. l seen him my
self!
Well. when these boys. good fellows.
too. began to maik a run house. Botkin
d Co. ne jest steps out into the middle
OF the fioar IN seq he cooIly:
Jest a minute. boys
They awl kwit firing.
Boys" he went on. This IL my place.
There amt no Co. I am the hole She
bang. I paid good mummy fer Il. Us
mine. Yure destroyin' II. Now be fair.
l cud't du yu awl up. But let me have
a crack at yu one at a time. Let me
hav a fare shake. IN I'll try 10 pruv III
ye that 1 am az gud az two men. or at
least az good az one man w a Co. VIII |
yu accept of this offer?''
L. impressed the boys. Snickery Mike !
Che go, that naim from giggl:ng so |
mutch) gave his guns 10 the boys IN ne |
squares himself un says:
Take me first. Botkin."
Well. II wud a amoosed We TO see Botkin |
& Co. He tok off his koat slowly. un |
put un smoothed the wrinkles. I'm laid it |
neetly on the bar. Then ne took of those
funny things. kuffs, I'm laid 'em beside !
he koat. Then he rolled up his sleaves
neatly; then he rolled up his pants az IL
ne wuz goin' 10 wade into river, IN
hen he takes out his handkerchief un ties
{ around his neck, IN then he steps up
IN seq:
Begin Il. Nike
He wuzn't smilin', nor he didn't scowl
He wuz a little white about the gills. as
,nny man shud be exchanging fists with I
Nike. But Mike led out I'm missed. went
lean over his he'd. un then that eesterner
lii him. Great un sakred Jehosphat. how
le did hi, him. Onct with his right oRct
With his left. and then the louder crack
when poor Mikes he'd struck the groun'
Botkin & Co. looked al US mint un
hen he kneels over Mike un SEE: Bring
he whisky" In he helps restoar Mike
nd then ne seq:
IL the gain ended?"
Tn then I speaks up IN seq: Yes,
we're satisfied" Tn we wuz. ''Yu're Bot
IN & Co.. the whole sheebang. IN 10
ueshuns asked"
Tn frum that day he wuz known az Bot
in & Co. Well ne went on living WITH
s. Jest as neat as ever, always clean
haved boots BACKED and allus looking
round for a cuspidor befoar ne spit. IN
pitting on the foar al last. coz there
-uzn't a cuspidor in three hundred miles
Now in this kuntry sum OF US ust TO
ell whisky 20 the .ntuns. us against the
Nv. It's penitenshisry II yu're fownd
Ut But Botk.n & Co. did il. One day
ie III S1ickery Mike un Tangled Willie
scorted Botkin & Co. on an expeGishua c.
l.s sort. He he'd three big botiuls 20 |
ell
We hedn't been or The reservashun long
ntil We comes on an injun grave. a whole
! Of cOrpses wrapped up and piled or
atform. stuck up on desd ;rsez. Sn.ck-
y Nike. alIus up 10 something. pulled ,
oEn one OF the corpsGs. uI~Tspped :;
Z .ownd d wonderful Thing Tn. ccrpse I
w q sQuaW Tn had auI-asaed Wa..s
n legs WIZ gone. he: chest Suz per,ec:
\ ho.low. Botkin s. Co iooked away
ross TIE pTsyrees. Turned white - sed.
Deputy ms-saa.s. W1utI we 81 wiz
e lkkeT:"
We aw. .ooksd s,teersG
"spi': i; OF re grosa." SCI Tangled WI
'Neve-" SCI sr.ckery ven ee;erm.aa- i
On TIE sane n.oHe-t S-.-ks-y Tx re >
rec b0.,g.= ~ enpuet t5s .tkser 3ovu :
Z. MUMMY. th-ost s.zt:s1 straw "a 1sr 2
o3;n II pat Ter tsok ~ u TIE pat ]
m Trsa wz eat down ca re &c Ind >
2,ays5 ca-ts II. deputies kahn u. q
a--ze3 IS. - &c. s-E.-g anything.
s-- or u t55- kan TIE surprise. s1r .
5tkia & %. Jumped - aiE FEE. grs5osl 2
2 buggy mp - --saza !1.o re Ia
as BIZ as kahn bz-s u SCI =,
TIE reptile glt away. Boys. In Sft.s- q
Aux 2 -at-.s-. In goreT 6.tz'- =.
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