The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-03-12
| HOW Old NAN HA|NES
| LOST patience.
Observation-Disclosures

The red gentleman with the feathers
in his hat and the telegraph wire
bracelets became too importunate in
his demands for cigarettes, and as he
had been detected in the act of appro-
priating wooden handled skinning
knife, valued $3.50, five minutes be-
fore the post trader walked around the
counter and kicked him energetically
out Of the store and half way around
the hay corral 1t spoke volumes for
the post traders activity that he was
able to do this, for it is no easy matter
to keep within kicking range of prop
erly scared Grow Indian for the dis
lance that he covered, to say nothing
Of performing the act itself. There
fore the post trader was GREATNESS
when he returned and had to lie on the
counter with his head on bolt Of pink
striped calico to recover himself. The
old bullwhacker, who had been watch
ing the race from his seat on nail
key, with a grin on his wrinkled ma
hogany visage, complimented the ad-
vance agent Of commerce on his
achievement.
81 wuz suthen of foot racer myself
when wuz younger an limberer than
what am now" he said, 'Tbut dunno
that ! ever seen the time that l could
have done better than that I'm re-
gardin it purely as a physical feat,
however I'm not sayin that you
showed strikin amount Of Judgment.
When Young Man Afraid Of His
Breechclout has got you knotted up
with green rawhide an the squaws are
fixing the fire fer the grand barbecue,
mebbe you will regret your pernishus
activity an cuss the day that you hum
bled the proud spirit of the noble In
! jun warrior. Is this shebang insured?"
"You was never introduced to me-"
rejoined the post trader. 1--WE got
half inch of callous on the soles of my
feet, an come into this country from
the headwaters Of Bitter creek along
Of ]. w. Hancher an Ed Phernetton an
the rest of them desperadoes. I've got
relatives by marriage among the Crows
and Ogallalas, an I've drunk more al
kali water an eat more dog an buffalo
berry than any white man this side Of
the big Mizzoura. l didn't bring my
outfit In here in the spring Of '99. What
did you expect me to do - give that
greasy, tin tagged coyote my stock Of
cigarettes to keep him good tempered? ?"
IAN If you had you wouldn't have
fortified his friendship" returned the
old bullwhacker. "As 1t is I've got an
idee his heart is bad. an he won't come
an see you no more. An Injun has got
his feelin's the same as a white man
has, an reckon you would git hostile
If any hombre booted you from blezes
to breakfast because you asst him fer
the means of soothin your nerves. You
inferred that Crow in sensitiva spot
Ike"
81 done my best to-" said the post
trader.
''He may belong to the Badface band
an have hair in his tepee." continued
the old bulIwhacker in the same grave
tone of reproof. but at the same time
he's human, an as human it's your
play to extend the right hand of Teller
ship to him instid of the sole of your
day school liberties out on Bitter
creek? Hain't you never read about
the settler who found a poor, Etarin
redskin out in the snow plum exhaust
ed an took him inter his shack an fed
him up a whole lot an warmed him an
then turned him loose with grub
stake, an when the Two Kettle outfit
exhoomed the tomahawk an raised
merry Cain scalpin an burnin through
the paleface settlements an the good
hearted granger was raked in the In
jun that he had saved sashays in an
rescoos him from turr'ble death?"
give read them stories" said the
post trader
"But you don't believe 'em," said the
old bullwhacker. you Amt sanguine
concernin the good that there is in your
Teller man. If you git bad deal, you
decline to chip in an lay down your
hand instid of calm fer cards an draw
in to the ace"
81 don't draw to no two spot In the
hope Of completin flush"
"WelI, my the'ry is that there amt
no galoot so low down but If you treat
him with kindness an keep him close
herded he will show the good that's in
him. Did I ever tell you about old
man Haines an Gus Minnick? Well,
1t goes to prove what l wuz a-sayin.
Old man Haines lived out on Blue
creek apiece above where 1t empties
into the Platte, opposite the mouth of
A IT Ill. al ,0d
the Sioux. He wuz jest about the most
benevolent old duck that ever ripped
up tough sod with a balky team of
bulls. Long sufferin wuzn't no name
fer him. He had two boys that wuz
Jest like him, an his ole woman wuz
worse'n he wuz.
"One fine, cloudy evenin Gus Minnick
an Todd Blakey comes along an rustles
ten head of old man Haines' ponies
an wuz hikin south with 'em when
they met up with crowd of inquirin
strangers who were driftln back down
Prairie Dog into Kansas after an on
successful pursoot of some north bound
boss thieves. The boys had too many
brands in their bunch, an one of the
strangers reekernized Blakey, so they
tied their feet under their horses
bellies an. headed fer the nearest TIM
Der. They give Blakey the first swing
In an wuz adjustin the grass rope to
Gus neck when old man Haines comes
up with his biggest boy, Arch. They
had been hot an close on the trail all
the time.
"As soon as they explained who they
wuz an identerfied their ponies, the
boss stranger allowed that there
wuzn't no reason why the ceremonies
shouldn't perceed, an he throwed the
other end Of the rope over the limb.
"'Why, says the old man, you hain't
goin to hang that poor boy, air your
"I reckon am says the boss stran-
gler, cheerful an gay.
81 don't believe it helps man to
hang him. says Haines. You jest give
him up to me, an I'll take him back to
the ranch with me an surround him
with moral influences an keep him out
Of bad company. He's got good In him,
an I'll bring it out Of him an make a
useful citerzen of him.
swell, the long an short of 1t wuz
that he begged so loud that they let
Minnick go, an old man Haines started
back with him. On the way he talked
to Gus like father an told him how
wrong II wuz to rustic Cayuses when