Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-05-31

! CHAMPION OF THE WORLD,


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The storm on the range was verify
ing to old six-Sunday post-Easter su
perstition, as Highllne Furgusor
arifted into the little settlement, put
up his cayuse at the Red Barn staolt
and pl0wed across the street to the
hitching Post in time for morning
shook a small blizzard from his slick,
er, threw yellow sinner on the bar
and called to the boys hudded about
the stove:
I've put in fur the hull push, fell
lers. Boze'll do the dealln'. How
many? It's up to you. I'm drawn
some O. Boxes bottled San Juan atty.
I'm stiff as private-car poker game,
That wind what been goin' 'ginst
q int no Eyetalyun zephyr, an don't
you copper that bet, fellers. Great
klondike! It's right of a glacyer."
FAN ct, gents said Bose Water.
man.
Howl responded the chorus,
looking at Furguson.
When the smoke was cleared from
seven threats after the volley "Red"
McLane coughed out:
Where bin, Furg?"
Down to the only, distributin'
Bob-tail divydends up Seventeenth
street, blazin' the trail SOS could
find the way back to the Brown
"Shuck the old Miners Rest down
on Larymy since you hoated the Bob
tail, amt you Furg9 Putin on dawg,
nowadays
THAT'S no dream, Reddy. wears
hull bench-how, an every one a
blue ribbon pup. What Stratton
amt bought o the Brown Palyace
me an my pardner, Mr.. Biddle, has
paid fur lately. Have to do it in our
bizness. Them Moo Workers don't
like no cheap skate. Shows evry
night, cham-pag-ny suppers follow
in.' It's a hot class we trots i'm
shows interroygated Red. go to
to the Ally.ka-zoo much?"
mot on your Kinettyscope, my
boy. Nothin' but the highline in
everythin' fur old Furg these days.
Say, but hit the limit the other
night. Seen the great Paddyroosky,
champeen O the world"
"Never heard O. him lickin' Fitz.
Did he2" put in Terry Gowan, the
San Miguel Bantam"
Terry, cottontail could give you
high, low jack an then win out deal
In brains. Paddyroosky's a palmer
puncher an he knocks one out in two
rounds. He's bird an he wears a
topknot like rory bory-als an as
frizzled as an egg fried turned over"
"lrish?' quered Red"
Half Irish, half Rooshun--don't
you play the saddle o his name?'
Must be some Ute in him, too. Front
names lgnuce. Say, he's thumper
from the hills, Remember that Dago
count what did the manner spcel nj
the White Elephant dance hall last
summer? Everybody thought he run
purity near free gold in a palmer as
say. Well, he were nothin' but low
orsde nronvsition sized nm lonpside
paddy
"yon coo Mr. Riddle Howe himself
fur n hoy at five Nor nm tbey WINS six
of nc in tbe buncb-a Oupker friend
n, his fromthc Bloomin' Leaoue club
n frog.eotin, honker from pordee n
barb,yire yeeyer from Cbicogo mn
sugar trust duc,, from Moo York
AZ Riddle ost mo did I bove INV dress
SCOT With ma an I said M left II
nm IN sl1m Culcb IN he pressed Ue
said must take n leose an one elst
couldn't oet in -, tbe oote so nuts
nm n hopd with n Sbeeny an coes to
/ pives the bell.bon n
nlu,L IN mt mo nevt IN tbe load nm,
when the bucket comes M at the
o'clock whistle Won couldn,t tell mo
from tbe nrown head wniter
"poddv be chased out nm tbe nlot.
form an' howed till vou could SEQ the
hack If his rainbow hoir then he
souored himself settled his cont toils
and hiGl II wcrc = with that there
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