Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-07-24
Jerry loves Fool Luck.

S II does seem," said the old man
thoughtfully, that folks ought ten
git along in this world without
quarrelin'. We had an awful feud here
years ago, an the end amt IN sight
yet. An yaller dog started it. What
old man Bascom saw In the dog. an
what the dog saw In old man Bascom
Is more'n | know. 1t jes' seemed to
be a sort of mutual admiration society
one of them beautiful an touchin' H.
lustrations of a dogs devotion to man
that folks are always talkin' about,
losin' sight of the fact that it some
times shows a lack of common sense
on the part of the dog.
"Old man Bascom an Jerry Lowe
used ter be ez thick ez two feas on
dogs tail. Like every self-respectin
community we have story of buried
treasure an them two was always
lookin' fer 1t together. 1t was COM
mon sight to see the old man diggin'
fer dear life with Jerry sittin not far
away playin' Down In a Coal Mine ON
cornet that he had. 1t never seemed
to occur to the old man ter let Jerry do
some Of the work, an folks said that It
was jes' some of Jerry's fool luck.
But one day the dog got under Jerry's
feet an he gave 1t kick. That started
the feud an they never hunted fer the
treasure together again. Old man Bas-
come swore that he would git even
with Jerry; but somehow or other It
did not seem ez II he never would, jes'
because Jerry had so much fool luck.
Once the old man threw dead cat
under Jerry's house, an when he
crawled under ter git 1t out he found a
hens nest with sixteen eggs in it. An
once Bascom tied cord across a path
when Jerry was comm with pail of
water, an he fell and split the water;
but I'm blowed If the water didn't
wash up two-bit piece that somebody
had lost But Bascom stuck to it that
he would git even.
'It did seem ez though the old man
had trouble enough of his own without
worryin' Jerry, fer 1t was his misfor-
tune ter be married to a female buzz
saw. If man ever wanted an excuse
to remain single old man Bascom's
wife furnished 1t. The way them two
fit an fout was awful to see. Jerry
lived near them an when he heard the
racket start he would git out his cornet
an play Home, Sweet Home an 'Jes'
Before the Battle, Mother an tunes
like them. l amt denyin' that 1t was
sort of aggrevatin' to have neighbor
throwin' out insinuations through
cornet; but that's what he did. Folks
got so that they knew from Jerry's
playin' jes' how things was goin' on
down at Bascom's. An when they
heard Jerry playin' See, the Conquer
in Hero Comes they knew that the
fight was over nm that the old man
was sum fer peace.
"Well, one day the neighbors heard
Jerry playin', We Shall Meet Beyond
the River That wasn't in the code, an
nobody knew what he was drivin' at
till they heard that old man Bascom
was dead. Assumin' that Jerry was
right, an that they do meet l give 1t
cut ez my humble opinion that there
will be a fight!
"Well, after the funeral was over
was called upon in my official capacity
ez justice of the peace ter read paper
that Bascom had left. l knew what it
was, cause drawed IT. so l gave out
the tip, an everybody was there, In
cludin' Jerry 1t read like this:
Ito all those present l wish to sol
emnly declare that believe In the
sacred bonds of wedlock; that l don't
believe that it Is good for man (or
woman either to be alone. 1t Is my
last an most sacred wish that my wife
should marry again, an l hereby de-
clare that have no objections to her
so dom. To hasten this end l, leave
to the man who shall marry her the
contents of the brass box that is In the
corner of the room. L make but one
condition, an that is that the man
must play the cornet. To my nelghbors
with one exception leave my kind
regards an tbis advice. Waste no more
time lookin' fer the buried treasure.
My dear friend Seth Bugby has the key
to the box an command him to hand