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

COlid Use Tue wagon Una slOCk w om pu'.
ness 10 help Us New iork-ward after We had
got the deceused safely held down by q stone
Well clear out a place for him IN me oack
OF the wagon. says lac, hoddihs az the teina,is'
and drive on TIL we ht a town thAt sot enter
prise enough to have a graveyard oil rs Own.
] don't want any halnt- driving me to the bot
tie he says There's always been trouble
enough for me In booze without any eS'rN
trimmings from Ghostville. "
All the members by this time had gathered
around Charley Horse except The somholeht
hobo In the corner, whose deep ba1t notes Wsre
railing the glasses ON the table, pegdot
sands kicked him In the ribs and raised ms
scale two ~octayes. and The tale continued amld
interrupted whe-zes IN the tenor regl>t.r
We Ovrrhaulsd the wagon, continued the
narrator. and found IL was fnll OF all kinds oi
stun. but mainly patent medicines IN bottles
There was n lot al wilson's tholers Cure IN
new bottles. but the rest OF The stock was pretty
snady and guessed The late lamented must have
had a private system of his own Tor tackled
some stun labelled Soothing syrup aud 7
was iam-tnll OF ammonia II came pretty misn
some OF the Wilson INTO me ana recovered
Any no here ever tackle Wilson's Cholera
'lreP It's great med Tor the ,choiera, tliey
say, but I'd rather have The cholera. never
saw EN- make the .rufi, but II IL amt three parts
extract Of sulphur match and the other part
he'll fire then I'm nj honest laboring man;
However, We sized up the outflt and decided
that we'd better do orr main trading ia Wilson
for fear that, with the iniN-,ip on the other
bottles, we'd be giving csrbolic acid for cough
avrtlp OF rock ana rye TOT Jag -''iIt'
First thing 10 do was Ia arrange Tor the late
owner. We made room for him among tho
bottles and covered him with the blanket be,
cause. AZ 'ertinslIre said, he wouldn't be q good
rye or ten miles Cert insure put IN rehearsing
a patter he made up about the virtues OF his
medicine. He'd Just got 40 he could do ! easy
when W. met a man on a horse followed by q
Sickly looking yellow dog Tie pulled w and
greeted H..
Got any critters To trade
" Nothing but the nag we're driving, says
Ceriinsure. Ii you're alln' any. though. we
can fla you NJ with medicine.
'lo-all's iust tho folks I'm .a-honin' fer
says the native. letting down about s'x-foot-
three Of himself RON the horse,
" 'C.rtin-nre We are, says old Joe. see
you was ailln' "a soon ia You come 10 sight.
our celebrated Wilson remedy he says open
irr 10 the pattar IN the native. derives is
, nj .. TOM tho fact thar II - not only a won
ru sloruachic stimulant. bur also r-i'a1,ii-
tat. he human interior
" ,h,kin' You excuse, says the nauNe, i
amt wan'in' II fer myself. Ny pup, Seno.
he's heep poly an ] reckon yo-ali could likely
tN him ny a dose
'C~rrtiirnre, SAYS my pal Prescribe for
HIM and dose him all for half Il dollar, voc 0rges
INTO one by onr special induce
m.nt terms That was from the patier, too
"Certinsure looked the dog over aud told
the native 10 hold the beast mouth open, hen
he poured IN about two tablespoontulS OF
wilson, aud YOU ought 10 have seen that vel;
low purp. First of he looked kind OF surprised
and ANXIOUS. ! men lns eyes DeEdh w phst
he stood NJ on his hind legs and tried to
shove his paws down his throat. tertlnsure
climbed into the wagon III "A hurry | TOOK
the tip and went after him, to be on OF reach
Law down. seno. What's the matter with
-Seno didn' lay down. He stood on his head
for a minute and then he began 70 urn up
flaps. letting out IA yowl for every flip and he
whirIed 80 fast that he looked like a yellow
plnwheel ON the Fourth of July. Pretty quick
the native fetched him a kick that landed hun
in the ditch, but ne climbed out and came back
at his owner aud got a blg patch OF pants 10
get even, and skited down the ROAD yelling
1lell's ATTIRE at every lope Down III Una,
the other man Kills the dog and theh tiie nIel
man Kills the other man ana llrst YOU KNOW
there, a ieud on and all the ludeesi IN the county
are running for cover TO keep from having
10 hold court. But this was a case oil a man
dog biting the man himself and the native
know what TO do for a minute soon
As he got kind Of collected he turned OF, Vs.
yo',' What so all got In that they-ah eyar''
Round he went TO the back Of inc cart
here ,tifiened, with the dead pedler facing
no at him. got down onto the ground again
for ! Jaw there was going TO De trouble I"
SYo all pizened him, he cried; 'yo'd
nave pizened me If my pup hadn't took the dose
His nauQ was III MS DOthrl uuu uc iiptSo
gu, a knife, i got his wrist yon know what
/ can do with these, Oldest"
Charley Horse held out a hand the fingers
Of which we're Ike steel clamps Inc oides'
Nv. seen him crumple up a horseshoe
Il had a grip on the chaps wrist. continued
Charley Horse He was ,lrons ana ne p
fell, lie groaned ont that II served mn r'sni
for not CARRYING n gun. Certinsure and ! lrit
him and licked that horse until he nearly busted
for the dead man. but We lad stopped worry
ing about him and we're figuring 10 Keep our
alive. We knew enough about mat
10 understand that II We got caught
aud for my part had an engagement 70 axe
IA drink with myself on the bo"ery 'haH
wanted TO keep before getting h9nS. We
there was more speed IN the beast Than oud
have expected Of Il pedler's skate But II
wasn't good enough Those inountsineers
and we'd just made n turn where our back
wheel hung over a hundred foot drop when
| heard galloplns hools ,,s.,
our own leat and the mountainside now. They'll
be ON To ~ IN i've minutes
What, pad this forsaken wilderness, says
he Not on your Reputation, Nc hh 70 'he
IT was no tine 10 argue plCkpu out u
soft spot IN the bank and took a nyef ana ram
bled ny ne mountain axe a ny ny a Sinuow
pilfH 'li
ing OUT of sight and | went fiat down on my lace
behind a paN-paw bush "a thee big mountains
eer- with gun, across their shoulders ana hvely
little horses under them came whooplng
around The curve. Then | began 10 sweat Ice
water for heard a little c'icky buhh, right IN
front Of my nose and though ] COULDN'T see
Mas playing he tune, and Id have given a
cellar full Of rye for a baseball mask, inr
knew thai one Strike'd he out out for me-, Yet |
didn't dare stir There We're more horses CONF
me- mud lhl unIipn thlt nv lalr Mu- sucking
mp ~ straight they'd see over The top OF The
bush gave me a fresh case OF the Willi"S rive oi
EN- were in that bunch Of cavalry
A. ~uon a. they got by | wrlggled back "a rev
feet iu get clear of the rather and when ] got To
my climber II didn't do the excelsior stunt
for the next two hours III join the W & II,
to and il was mighty slow work through the
brush. wa~ inst getting my ~econd wind
when | found Id gone clean over The top OF
that mountain aud was on the dow slope again
First thing knew | was up against the roadNay
once more and | heard hOui -U'at. ana taik-
ing 50 | dropped behind u fallen IRE" and waited
Along anne about hIt.en mounthine''rs escort
INK poor old tertin~urr joe, Who was sitting
on the cart With his hands tied and a rope around
his neck ANY fool could have guessed what
they we're going Ia do with him. From Their
talk made ont that they were gong to, nave "A
regular barbecue over the lynchtug and that's
the reason they hadn't strung Inn ny a. soon
A. they caught him. iertinsnre looked seedy
enough TO plant and every now and luen one OF
the natives would give him n -nifter ont OF
a bottle. watched them I'LL they got out Of sight,
and tell YOU, boeS, ! Just lwittered III every
bone. That's the last ! evtI saw ot tertinsire
and / reckon he and the pedlrr got planted
together after the snow
wandered around those mountains the
better part ot a week Cumming WIN The rattle
snakes and living on paw paw with country air
dressing. I'll ran into u lumber camp. ! save
the lunbermeu song aud dance No. 10 IRON The
nohoe~' Manual about being a travelling mis-
slunary and having my horse stolen and they fed
,,l m fill | upnrlN. bI.tpH and sent me dow Ia