The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-11-24
OLD CISSEL'S HONOR.


and came quietly into the gentlemen S
waiting room" with every fresh arriv-
al These early Corners had no intention
of going off on the train. They We're
known loosely as the cowboys" and
their duty was to haul milk TO the sta
ton once or twice day.
The cowboys, grouped about the coal
stove on this foggy morning were III
earnest conversation There were omi-
nous shakings of wise old heads, inter
mittent giggles from the witty young
sters, solemn and emphatic stamps of
we'll shod feet, whistles, mutterings and
now and then II hearty espousal of a
clever idea
mo, faint no use for an old man to
be cranky; it don't pay. Thar comes a
time when body's got to be looked
after whether he likes it or no, and his
own peoples the ones to do it, If an old
feller's son can't put up with him,
how's the neighbors gunno do it?"
This somewhat lengthy speech on the
part of Farmer Gibbs met with univer-
sal approval.
That's it," said Williams, land he
was comfortable. No person in the
county could "a been kinder and more
like real datter to old Cissel than the
boy aunt It's said as the Cissels new
er git sorry, but it against reason If
down III his heart som 'ers Bub Cissel
ain t sorry bout all this rumpus. And
while the law of the land allowed the
place TO be handed over to "a l6-year-old
boy TO be carried on in the name of the
uncle who bought up the mortgages
thar's higher lawn the law of the
land that gives John Cissel right to
live his life out in the home place. "
THE Cissels is the quarest sort of
family ever seen, remarked Burdette.
"The neighb6rhood's taken hot sides
With the old man, but nary one of us
knows who in the right and who's in
the wrong. All we know is that the
furse occurred out III the Cissel barn;
that the boss was III it, Some state as
the boy knocked the old man down, and
others state that in the fracas the boss
rared and that away the old man was
knocked down, but neither the old man
nor Bub has give out the facts OF the
case. We Jest know that the old man
rode over here on the boss and is put
tin up wharever they'll let him i'll and
a-ofTerin the boss for sale. They state
as Bub says that the boss cant be sold;
that it was bought up by his ma S
brother and is his II, but the old man is
offerin the critter right and left. -
'That good boss, )" said a youth
full cowboy III a Illuminating way. a
first rate boss, fur's kin jedge. Nary
white foot on him, long and lean, shap-
ed like a reg lar trotter, and he kin go.
That boss is with more money'n the
times II bring.
Eyes, feeds scarce, said Shacklett.
Its a powerful good boss won't eat
his head off this winter. "
But faint every day Teller can
pick up boss like Cissel's, =" continued
the enthusiast. " 'Twould pay TO keep
the critter over winter, feed him well
and carry him to town i'll the spring.
He'd fetch "a fancy price i'll town this
spring. But $3.50 is considerable money
to git hold of nowadays y
but how bout the raffle?" another
of the youngsters inquired eagerly. 81
heered they was speakin of putin the
boss up to rattle. "
"They was speakin of it, said Will
liams, "but the old man wouldn't hear
on it. He says how rattle amt nothin
but a lottery business, and the lotterys
forbid, printed and nailed up IN every
postoffice in the United States. He says
hoe hoaY choatad ont ~ an ho,,o I,,,f
that ain { no reason for him to swindle
the neighbors out of dollar apiece all
but the one man and give the one man
boss for dollar. He says as he can
git more n dollar for his boss. -
THAT sounds well enough" said
Burdette, "but when it comes to bein
turned out Of lodgin, havin the tick
took off yer bed to show yer wasn't
wanted no longer. then, say, lottery
or no lottery, the rafie's the only thing
TO come at. +"
THAT were true about the bed, them"
inquired Shacklett
Eyes, and it seems hard, but Ann
carp couldn't afford the extry expense.
She says as she amt sure he has the
right to sell the boss, and she couldn' t
go ON waitin for the money nohow; she
couldn't keep her own family in meat,
much less boarder that wasn't payin.
Yes, old Cissel staid in yer one night,
sat thar on the bench. He didn't sleep
none, the night telegrafter says and
was boiler eyed next mornin. Then the
Washingtons took him in, but they's
worritin about the board money al
ready"
"Bub hears the talk; he knows how
It's If he can't stand the old man in
the house, why don't he come forward
and pay his board elsewhere?"
Williams stamped his foot That's
ii" he said impressively. "Why don't
he? Because Bub Cissel won't allow to
nobody that he can't stand the old man
in the house. He says if the old man
can't stay to his home let him find
what home he can out Of it. The old
mans stubborn, but it amt no more