The sun., 1900-07-22

so blame familiar | laid down on my knees
and begin 10 laugh. lAcn ,nng uCt
hi, Of razorback. ] knew that game ten
But they want no move from the dead
Boer. l guess | laid there half an hour MAYBE
the .cussed fools dead after all, thought, and
asss1a saSS look Sn OUT a""i don't KIM know how % come
70 uncover so much. but his bullet ,ripped pp
shs Sshs part back S OHsr Snd begin to
Never touched me. me-" old Dom Paul. and .p
tune man from Tom Greene county whistles
no matter where he's st-'Luls, GAL Some
sings it; but out Of bout 1000 verses there's only
pany. w Welt 1T was va ' %hisiin her " out and yp'
NJ my shoulder. when all to onct tho Boer hol-
hrs down:
7"F . ESnTy sT hos4ssd fns 4 Back Eos and sfS Begin
'oh. you'd better not monkey With ma Lulah.
I'm tell y wat III doo-oo,
| NJ cut you half In two
Then ! yelled up, 'ow's that. Dut9hyy
tryin 70 talk like Tommy SOS he wouldn't
PoSy Shs' soe ne was says ys ss Be. Yer.
learn dot zongl
Gods country says l. that you'll oeTer
'':' yyslss yy?S S,TtE dosy syFssy key hsl S,iz'ard
Tom Greene county. Texas. II you got to
know. says Then begin again:
"9h sin't gwlne work IN n the con hel
But I didn't git no further fer jest then
they was a racket up behind the Beers rock.
end next minute blamed II didn't SEQ III !,
Boer crawl right over the top of IL and put
his rife in one hand and his hat In the other.
and yelin' like drunk Indian.
never see that new game he's workin,
up 20 my shoulder. Well air. what do YOU
spose happened then1 Before /. could tsko
sight that Bocr. stopped runnin' and began
you damn III msssy % old % fool Fl First thing hing @ yoa
know IN 60 Oh and hurt ,omebody.'
here, says to myself, I'm through, For I'm
Q liar II that Doer hoppn round UP there ON
the kopjs ike Moqui snake danoe. wasn't my
9r pardner Jim Conger what died OF dysentery
'SOon's he saw me git up he comes on iumpin
ns 6n Sin lin dosG bs tepd there
and grabs me by the throat.
Sam. be says. you damn. measly. long
legged ropber. where's them s. fer that there
Then knew it wasn't no ghost, fer Jim
had sold mo a sombrero jes' fore he waa took
with the dysentery. and d never got no chance
Il thought you was dead says. punehin'
him 10 the belly ti.I he yet g. my throat. What
you mean YOU bloody BQer, kcepin me out
IA afternoon N thi- SUM- tnout any water and
my Ghswn' tbacco spilled out on the way
81 vas bout to die he says. but escaped
IRON the ,bInJaT hb9TsEta vo N d9 sGt 'f; 9O
Yes says jim, it's better'n punchin'
cattle. Two hundcrd a month AID all you
ss0sn,s,So 70 Do is to play horse with them British
You're a liar says. lookIn' at my lame
We'll, say.' .says Jim, ! was thipAin'
a piece of cIeUin terbacco al lue, and made
ne 81 over in the shade Willie he tied up my
| hadn't noticed the sun was bout down.
But. next thing. ] heard a sort of a iuss M in
the rocks. and when looked up there was a
dozen or 50 Aiausers SOU ininG at Us and he
little KID Officer cimbin' down with pistol in
Excuse me fer dlsturbln you. gentlemen
he says. but If II amt too much trouble I'd Ike
I'm con!mandin or a prison convoy
But before l could sis ak up jim saws
This amt neither. This hcre's a @. A. R.
encampment ana don't You fergit H.
What's thcmH says the Lieutenant,
Make you acquainted says. with my old
friend, Capt Jim Conser of ii pnso, Texas
"leighted, says the lieutenant. but would
yon be so kinds 10 ingotm me what Won done
with that there Boer-sRin you wos brinSin' in?'
Il told yon that little on Ger kid wa. dead
game spot Wien ! give him the whole lay
oul straight he give Jim kind of solemn look
for a minute. Teen he s'epped over and shook
hands With him like gentleman,
I'D like mighty we'll. he savs, 10 GIT square
with you fer my casualties, but ain't vi'latin'
no Tag of truce, II must be pleasant TO meet
an old friend his onespected way,
Mary one,' says the Lieutenant
At that Jim says he reokoned he'd have 10
be gettin' long. Be came over and punched
me a couple in the ribs. aslIln' me TO give his
regards 10 the boys IL I got back 10 FL Paso
frst. Then he says, so long Sam and gents
and the last We seen him he IS workn' back
thick as praire-Gogs.
Ever seen him since7 No. The dead-game
little Officer kid was killed two days later eon'
up Spion Eop. ! heard jim was laid out that
time Roberts got the drop on old Cronse up on
the Orange River. But you kin never tell
bout Jim. Wouldn't surprise me II he was at
the depot when get on the train az Fl Paso."