St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-05-06
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
Nj. QUAD'S flUMOR
BY NJ. QUAD
Copyright. 1858
I I, EEp1Na a GooD THING

The cabin stood close to the road rum
r;nr over the bottom lands. and on
4 three sides of it the swamp and tha
slimy water came up to within 20 fees
of the logs. Seated on the ground wits
3 his back to the house on the front. Wa'
j settler, and before was within
speaking distance saw him shaking
i with a chill. / gave him 'bowdy
as came up. but it was full NIL.
ute before he could reply.
.s-s-same TO yo'. stranger Mighty
, nice day."
j. .Anything wrong2" asked
..No. sah Jest got my usual chill ON
/. fhis AFTERNOON. Thar's the ole woman
9 ont on that log. and she's got her chfll
on. too. Bill and Nancy orter be around
! sunwhar'. All of us chill at the same
time"
i .eThis must be great place for the
ague."
.It is. sab. Yes, sab. yo' might look
p ali over the state Of Mississippi and nob
find another place like 1t. Can't be
beat fur ague. Anybody iookin fur
D chills don't want to 60 no further
.How long have you been here
ya Bout is vars. reckon, he said.
D, as he shivered in way to shake the
I chinking out of the creyices between
b, the logs.
.And how long have you had the
ague?''
ut .Jest the same bout is Vars Got
it. it right away, sab, and it dun hangs en-
th to us. Over at the sawmill the ager
i'd Gums and goes, but here it stays right
BY yo' and yo' know what to de.
lis pend on"
en- ANY good drinking water around
w here?"
ID, tNuthin' but swamp.
on "Could get bite to eat ?"
as aNot to-day. sab, as the co'nmeal IL
all OUT
.Anything for the horse?'
.Nuthin', sah.s
At this point the woman came over
and sat down beside her husband ann
shivered and shook and ratified her
teeth together and finally asked:
aSay. Jim, what's he'un akin bout"
.,Bout the ager," replied the man.
az should think you'd move away" :
said, as I looked at the desolate sur
roundings.
.sWhat furq promptly asked the
man.
..Well, to get rid Of the ague. for one
thing"
stranger, 70 don't know this ken
try very well, take 1t r.
1 sNo don't"
aKase Ii yo' did, yo' wouldn't talk
I that way. We could be a-gittin this
very day If we wanted to. but we don't.
we've had this ager fur Is vars and
dun got used to it and know all about
i ii, and we ain't gWine to be argi tin
1 fur some other place and trade 1t ID
/ fur swanp-fever or yaller jandice'
Yves pore folks and low-down, but W.
ain't maxim. fules o. ourselves!
Fixing III with the Candadnte-
ms. Soon after we arrived at Greer
''.' Springs passenger named hop
N kins came back to the hotel after
was stroll on the streets and exeitedly IN
J, " ouired Of the landlord where the sher
enas if could be found. The landlord an
= - swered that he was the sheriff, ans
asked what was up.
: - .sWhy, I just ran across man Wh'
= : held up q stage was In month ag'
we and robbed me OF S300i explained Nh
Hopkins.
!. .shoo! Is he tall, dark-faced an'
a wears long whiskers?"
a .SThat's the cnei"
.u. w .sLeft shoulder lops leetle, and
: - has lost front tooth r.
ct. Hes the mantle very one, and
want him arrested atoncs!"
80 80 II wouldn't go for to arrest Bill Pow
lop ers," said the landlord In his easies
sns way. aBill amt holdin' up stages an
-a-. more
s1a.e .sBut he robbed me OF $500 I persiate
,.an,s the victim.
- sReckon he did, but you can git ths
. - back without any fuss. jest sit dow
- 49, till find him .
- The landlord went out and was gor
about fen minutes. When he returne
he handed roll of bills to Mr. Hol
+,. kins and said:
.ne ..There,s your 5000 and $50 over.
...,, told you Bill would be willin' to do VIII
was right"
aHe-he paid it back, did HI?
1Of course
aWell, / wouldn't have believed
!, - What arguments did you have to q
to get 1t back z"
..None tall, stranger one tall.
a,n1r lest went to him and told him that
,.sr ,a,,4b he was gofn' out Of the stage-robbi
bizness and into the legislature he
.ntar .rate better square up with yon before +
8. s, - - blabbed too much about triain' lee1
3. incident, and he handed over
Il -. money. I wouldn't say any more abo
- - it IL was you. His party might
: - and the idea you was down on its candida
sxf.+ ara41. $cII
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