The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-17

| you'll be trying to Don me into believing hat
stertinsure. Pedler's still dom his route,
but the skate Is dead. That $50 gait we so' ou'
VI a.Boes' said Charley Horse solemnly, either
I'm a bug and ought TO be up against 'ne dou,s
house or old Certihsuies a shHT N n.,t drink
about il before ] connect WIN tlS heA' "''hh
".iCsriinsnre. said Joe afiably, Easy game
After you'd hit the brush the gang nalied me-
gave en- IA game of lawn order. Dlui I go;
was invited 10 be the mourner AZ a iyllcnih
bee. What fer says 'pi2enln an hnsnown,
says they ,Pizenin, Ser srandtiV. as hey
u 10 III. bes, BLUM / could Do YOU want to be
hung on a oak tree or a beech tree' Sys thrl
II you give me my eh'ee' say l. /" TAKE u
There WASH, no ,~oftenin' their hard hearts.
They took me back to HOBBS and There we
I 5es, ns ,s ss y Slsaed Y ii bu, l ann' dlGSi let me- out
on the pedlpr' They was eoin 70 lyh,h ne
on suspicion anyway. All the Hobbs FAMILY
Joined lhe push an we WEN T pa ", sre %aa shakes
OF a town. Two shantier, a store, al d iioon-
shine lint smokin' out oil a sue nnt,, ,rnrrr
was a heap Vi men there WIN gun an eN's-
body was hayin' IA good time except me
"fhey'd fed me on most Of "A quart OF OooI' 10
keep my feelin's up. | WAS jus, about unlshlhs
the bottle when there Wa a noise IN me pach OF
the cart. The corpse set up an ast where he Nas
Amt YOU dead says. ~. says he. had
A Mt ''Nighty close III fer me-. ] says, Gents,
| says to the crowd the corpse ain deau' Nol
guilty, gents, as I told you before, sayS.
There was a grand old hlrrah then, Inc
corpse explained he had a cataractlc III or Sonle-
thin. Some Of the crowd wanted 10 HtrihS ny
up anyway because there wash I nOlhln uoih
They said Il was n shame to get a lot OF folks To-
gether and disappoint EN- Pankey hoopr
wanted my life count Of his hand bein smashed
up by my pal. | told him You WASH no pa OF
mine an that you held me up an s~lped an my
dough when We parted. Then sang EN- u
come-all-ye an some DO lOoseled up WIN
nIoonshine an when woke up was every
body'S friend, but | had a head like "A barrel OF
sour-krouty. l lived at Pankey Hobbs iOr
two weeks and the corpse did the business d
his life around there. With my able assistance
he got up a patter sayin' that he was rs good as
dead Of heart disease, pneumonia. Jaundice ana
powerful that he 90, cured sound an Wei Dy,
just lyin' under the same cover WIN ~. !
helped him ont with his sales. fer we o"ed nan
one on the skate, II died as soon a. 1t got TO
the village, but he made the price Of Two better
ones, and left 'hankin' Providence an me
specially me. | stayed there I'LL got tired
then | left, prOmisin' EN- that I'd let em know
II / even met she bloody -hearted murderer that
spoilt Pankey's IN. NY throat'S dry, t~haii,y."
Lights out" called ont iand-out Bill appear
INK In the doorway.
Motion 10 drink takes precedence. said the
Oldest Living, and the glasses were r"plenlsiled
swiftly,
And now. fellow hoborS or the club, said the
Oldest living. ! move that Charley Horse, hav-
ing been freed from the charge of murder he
elected "A full member oi this organization. All
those In favor will signify 10y drinking.
II was carried unanimously.