The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-11

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l wzs an Ih- E.adtaNn rod J Hrgy" =:
The stream Just below him. --g la IN.
wagon The hua-l. saif had painted Oh
IT, BOX that the ,..t was iu I've A--i-in-
The Young man -..W II .-E. cam" -r'- " .
commence. talking H. -e-t --v where e.
vas from. .uE ] tn.1 HIN ra- SAM "
found --- ~ vvT- coins ia r-.e SANE dire
{ iipu, ana ~" agreed o. travel together W
| bought grup Together. Gu-S= feed separate
80 E@''.-i tr--t!'E u,i-A " ,---i ~
I n 2 sr-Hs-Jrnl. slNty-ilve miles from Fog;
Scot
'-'Wa stopped with Mr. Guar..;h. w
stc.r.G there tN--a DAYS P-.yEa-s - get
tirE rhrT- We talked oGr b-s.ue-s-
Negotiating for Gates Wasua.
/ Il told him ! calculated - bay q team
where / could get cI.- cheap. IL tod me
be 1a1 c:e f.r sale. He said n had Offered
l. for sale gut West. but didn't CT s;y
offers -lac suited him. ! asked him ,,iv
Hr:c". IL said he. had Offered Il toy So
The Who'll oCJt-. I told him iEat ID MS ..
snsAtr-f.ri.g! Team than l wished 10 v-y
and that could 10 better.
w then started from NJ Gl.brea'h =.
Ills horse had "a lame kl--, and VIZ had q
Jr4ye. very SLOW. The suoT Vas TAD. au!
the -vg. vas dep and t.sIf-a. with SNOW.
lie T'4- Win me- quite often. at- w. -
ways talking about Se..liS the team 10 me
he seemed anxious - sell il
BE told ne - id Io- Lie hau~a :.
When ne started from. bone. b and tr-
Other man calculated 70 20 10 Texas IT.
man - ,ssDe with had taken claim iG
Kansas. N-t r. C.I nu- like L vel -.-rG /.
70 take ore. lie told me that IL had hem
20 E.ntcTia working on the railroads. rr4-
Ia had borne bis own expenses and horse
I--.. exc. cfG -1zc lis s-EF4gN .-s mad SWIM
diot him out ~ his nay. lie then We.
back = Mr. Haz=ihurst's HIS horse had
been kicked az. Vas E0- Fl 10 wU.s- lie
5yt ny l1-z.eEuTsts mare az wer.t 20
s-tTytia = set r.yTv money 10 90 home On.
THIS conversation r-uk I.sce cay after day.
IL toll ne that he MAS 10; OF age I
told him Il ! wer- 20 ouy the team rs IA
I-"r ri=t: come onto me and take the
team away. He told me that The team was
his His father had given him q young
horse u trade ior wagon: Ae1 fitted him
out and gwen i 70 him H. SHOWED me :
let-e: from his father. In this letter Re was
advised 70 sell ire team. There were fig
nreS put - each and every article SEPARATE
II was footed Up. amounting to $50 /
told him his father probably thought the
team was L. good order and everything had
been @c-; since h lvtt home. : rp:. him
vas not willing 20 give that much. one
horse had the sT-eCy II the shoulder and
was lame il one knee. and from iJs a7-
him and render him Grsslab.s- Before
making any trade TEateye: | had pa:. MS
bin at Mr.. GUthrise's and paid for hay Tor
him.
His Other Effects.
several times he offered to sell ne his
watch. but told him l was Tot d judge Of
ole. He IOi1 ne that t:s grandfather had
carried i for thirteen years. that il had III.
Wei and kept goo! time, and that II was =
good watch; / asked him his price. He
said he would take less than i was worth
s.. counted UP what he was owing ne. !,
amounted To $50 told h:Tn ! v5uli give
hiIn 80 and cal! IL even. He then sad Z
watch ! could have il. 1 t0l: him To- that
mus; have the ore on Il. 4 SO the one with
ne Key on he concluded % take II jUst
before crossing the river ct Arrow Rock. 1
gave him g bill he paid out Of That t.I
.gr crossing the river. He gave me the
We Travelled OF the night before We got
to Paris; he accomr I.SEe.i the trade far The
team When we traded the arrangements
IlGts- asked him how many there were:
he sa:c there were I'VE He said he would
pu; them in ard take the 50. / would not
90 II then made him a proposition, say
IN: that Z he was = mind 10 take IT, all
night: II Tot. all right. | then told him
would give him - for the whole rig. and
II the horse got well from the sweeney ana
sore leg ! would send him 81 more and
he agreed 10 Il.
y paid him So IN cash. We mentioned
over the articles was to get. / was 70
get the team and the entire outfit. horse.
wagon. harness. fly straps. curry comb.
brush. water bucket and q large comfort
and the buffalo robes. He took me up and
We then started on IN about ten or twelve
miles OF Paris. l was driving the front team.
He had the wagon Will; the buffalo; was
TO have half THAI was made from il, II he
wo;ili frive the wagon TO Quincy. or as
much further az he was anind TO go
ca; n man with l1,, team grove up behind Us
end OF the wagon and the man looked ~
the buffalo Then they Eot In their own
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spoke 20 me and said If had no objections
he would ride with the other man to
Quincy. The weather was bad, and tod
him + would leave me IN a bad fix. but h.
rather go he could go with him
Separating From Gates.
He concluded TO 20 w:;h the other man.
Ise got into the wagon and proposed n
trade his sun for my revolver. We traded
He said he had given q revolver. A n.usket
and z dollar for the gun. He then pro-
tn 10 -
he took II. put his clothing in {, ana got
cut. He then got into the wagon an! as
ne started. said: I want you 70 take good
Il said Here i your deg He said: I
cannot take him. Mother would Ike -
have him, but can't take him Then they
left me.
There Is ore thing I have FORGOTTEN.
That is that he got Instructions in MS let
let anybody know that he had received jha
monsy' also TO tell the buyer not 10 say
anything about &.
II drove on. That night 7 sto-pei IN
Paris. and put UP az the stable There I
got Instructions which would he my near
est ana best way - 90 through, Trey told
That Quincy was too high CT. / crossed al
Naples. twelve miles ,his side Of Decatur
The reads were muddy. The wagon was =
dag On the horses. When ] bought IDr
bEfIalg robes; I calculated t. take them
T. Infia.sTols 70 set them dresE-i-
broke W. l sold one Of the robes there
Oh Sunday.
y Travelled tai night. and then put Up
win man by the name Of Emery J
ssw him Yesterday. He lives in Kansas
now. There l sold the balance Of the roresc
O. man by the Name Of Denls-I think |
uulC5ded the robas-
Looking through the wagon 7 found q
pair of pants ana a shirt. II vas f1ice. ~
AID was dirty looked a. II II had been Ys!;
GnHsT TIE top Of collar found two
small wolf skins and two small hides took
10 be badger hides. also ,wo - three trans
sacks. TIE first I bought and paid the
money for in Richmond, In1. When Gil
merit pug his th.!CS in the v2Eise he could
not Get the hat in. and he gave Il 70 me
pGt il on iry head. !; was too small
said il would 90 No no good and he hal BET
ter take l.. He LEFT If In the wagon.
Il have not seen him since. I DO not
know nything OF his vheTrab bouts since
then"
Cros~-Ex nmination.
4 was In Richmond Ina. about the las.
of February. liy folks live this side e..
went there with my buffalo calf. ! had
friends living there o. aTcun1 there I left
the buffalo calf al Dover. l made no otn,r
purchases at Dover except the vest. TIE
weather was cool. I paid S5-2j for the vest.
; bought il at a clothing store. The vest
think that Is the vest l put il on and
were It considerable along through March.
/ bought * myself. IL fits tolerably well.
l have not objection TO trying II on Vest
tried on by witness also by H c. SUISSE
1t was a black oil-c!oth valise or carpet
had key. gave him the ley. and he gave
me the key TO the trunk. / can't tell WHAT
Clothing ne put in the yaiise. ] was not in
the wagon. but was talking 10 the other