The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-02-25
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party of eastern hunters who
invaded the Teton country at
opening of the elk season stop
one night at the ranch of a man
med Brig Adams, over on the Ho-
Ok spur. In the course of the
ening's conversation one of the
"a was repeatedly addressed as
age by his companions. and just
fore bedtime Brig Adams, who
4 "a been silently meditating, asked
D iurlst if he would mind taking a
tie walk outside, as he had a very
hportant matter to communicate
him.
Like enough" he said, when
ey had reached the edge of the ir
cation ditch, "frum what Xore
bople talk, you know about law"
he other acknowledged a some
hat intimate acquaintance.
"Yes, sir. Well, sir, amt spe-
hul interested myself, but I'm one
them that believes in livin an
barnin. I'm a great one to pick up
hformation an save it. Understand,
B say, that this here question I'm
oin to asst you amt got blamed
it o. application, as they call it, to
ne. It's just a sposen question.
"A hypothetical theoryi Is that
If"
mister, if that's what you call it,
Why, go right on callin it that. 1t
ounds first rate, but that words a
title too many for me. AS l say,
his is jest a sposen case. Nothin
IN it at all. Jest sposen. l."
"Yes; proceed. l understand that
you are interested solely IS stu
hent."
"Yes, sir. AS a student an q
white man wantin to be sure O. his
rights. Now, then, here we are.
Sposen yo're a burned, redheaded,
ornery coyote named briggs, an you
keep a store down in the Basin.
"Yes."
"Jest sposen. An sposen a gentle
man like mo should drop in an ask
you what was in them little round
wooden boxes on the shelf.
"Yes."
AN sposen you, bein a measly,
white livered reptile with Injun
blood in you, should say it was q
new, fancy kind O. cheese"
81 see.
IAN sposen l, bein me myself, g
gentleman an a truthful citizen, re
lyin on you, briggs. tellin the truth
should kinder absentmindedlike tote
off one O. them cheeses. ."
"Steal it, you mean"
'This is jest a case O. sposen
Don't call hard names. Sposen
then, that, relyin on them state
ments O. yourn, you bein a NEAR
hearted hoptoad named briggs,
should privatelike eat that cheese
attributin it's peculiar taste to it
bein a new kind, an spOsen it shOulC
turn my throat into ragin shaft O
fire an should tie my inside work
into knots an should uncouple m!
backbone an should make my hal
fall out an the skin peel Off'n m,
back, an, in short, sposen it shouldn'
be no kind O. cheese at all, but jes
a late make O. axle grease-nov
where would l standf"
In what respectf / hardly ur
derstand"-
"Why, as to suin you, allOwin yo
to be briggs an low down cuss a
he is, fer damages an closin yor
store an sellin you out at sheriff
sale an sendin you to the peniter
tiary fer 40 year.
well, I'm afraid it couldn't b
done.
well, couldn't / swear you in fe
ten year then-allOwin that ! wa
the least bit interested, which, as
told you, ] ain'tG"
mo. Hardly"
Couldn't by law make you fol
felt yore irrigation water rights c
take yore land claim away frol
youf"
mo. In fact, you would have n
standing in court whatever. Indee
they would be liable to convict yo
yourself of petty larceny and fiji
you"
Brig looked reflective.
Well" he said at last, "if that
the law o. course she must be u
held. I'm a law abidin citizen m,
self an in this here-what you Ca
hypOdermical question: amt g.
no prejidis. was Jest seekin fl
information, as told you, bein q
together disinterested. 1t was pur
ly a case O. spOsen.
"Oh, certainly-Of COURSE" ma
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