The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-03-15

kers." said the stock tender. Honest 4
lnjun. ala she soy anythin' about me:''
Il PROMISED no; 20 tell replied The 4
| old bull whacker But said that | /!
wuz goin' 10 give you heap Of good I
talk. an I'll keep my word. The mex |
time 70 hain't got nothin' else to do I
get bucket Of rain water an chunk |
Of CASTLE soap an clean up your har-
nesscs. Quiz gamblin' exeep' in moder-
alton an when the moon Is right an
quit cussin'-not but that l like TO
hear you cuss when you're in good
voice an suthin' ;nspirin' happens. !
think you've got a nacheral gift an it's
been cultivated some but il never does
no good 10 cuss.
what was you sayin' 10 them lead
oxen when they hawed out OF the trai!
as you come aiong?" inquired the stock
tender. you don't need to tell me be-
cause you wasn't more'n three miles
of. an could hear you
Il amt givin' you this on my OWE
say-so. | got il from a man with side
whiskers that comes out from Iowa 10
renoyate his lungs. which was wore
some. lie called me his friend the first
ciatier out % the box. an he told me
that cussin' was yishus an didn't do no
good and that there wuz a law agin IL
ia Iowa. besides il bein' wrong on gen.
eral princerples. ! guess he must ha'
known what he was ta.kin' about. You
can't never tell what some Of these leg
slatures u the states are likely 10
spring on q free people. studied over
il a heap. an ! couclood that man
can jest as well as not talk United
States without trimmin's Il he oncet
gets into the habit OF H. | reckon he
could quit before il got TOO strong for
him Il he found it was injurin' his
health"
why don't you try il, then?" said
the stock tender.
Il thought you had some giimmerin's
OF horse sense" answered the old bull
whacker Il hain't freightin' with a To-
connective along Standard-gauge
track: I'm directin' bulls. an have to
give EN- their instructions in language
they can understand aloHg stretches
OF gumbo. II didn't have no regard
for the feelin's Of dumb beasts might
make half time by sockin' the buck
skin 10 EN- every jump in the road.
but | amt that kind OF man. an a
animal needs his hide TO keep the flies
off,
If it wasn't for that you'd quit. l
; s'pose.~ said the stock tender.
-Mebbe | would an then again
, mebbe / wouldn't" replied the old
bull whacker.
II did oncet an / didn't enjoy il.
That was when was ranchin' down
on Box Elder. an my sisters son
Dick come ont to stay with me.
was onto the fac that there was .
pre- joodice aginst the use of vigorous
talk back in the east before l met
the man with the side whiskers. al
though had sorter forgot 1t. My
> sister reminded me of it when she
: wrote an said that she would worry
: about the kid. because she knew that
we INDUCED in coarseness out wes'
an she'd hate right smart to SEE
Dick get coarse i wrote back to heI
an give myself a good character. an
il seemed like she took considerable
stock in il an impressed il on the
kid.
After awhile Dick come along an
fnterdooced himself. He wuz a nice
lookin' kid about 20. an he had be'r
studyin' tooth butcherin' at Saint
Looey. He asst me about what
church privileges we had right ON
an was grieved TO inform him thai
we wuz short an he wuz grieved e
hear il. He wuz a quiet kid an didn'
say much. Sometimes l used 4
think he had suthin' on his mind TIT
way he acted. We didn't get YER,
: sosherble. he not havin' much to -!
: an me bein' the same way"
The stock tender snorted-
swell. when / had anythin' 10 sa,
Z I most ginerally went away dow
the gulch apiece an said IT, ! wor
trail there, sure did IL il wuzn'
!. convenient TO leave the shack whel
things was goin' wrong / KEEP m
= mouth shut an felt uncomfortable
:. an things went along hathaway TO
J, about n month, an the kid SCENE
= to be gettin' more uneasy all tn
:. time. an / didn't press him hard :
stay when he talked about cuftir
his visit short
"Einerly one evenin' at suppe
. time he upset some hot coffee in hi
Lap. an after squirmin' around
spell an remarkin' how il hurt hii
.r he got up an went outdoors an
seen him streakin' fer the barn. H
:, wuz gone about five minits, an whe
he came back he looked as IL he WI
: feelin' good didn't say nothin
but a day or two after that he WI
!. miIkin' in the corral an mean on'
!. horned COW 1 had kicked him gale
west. with the milk on top Of hin
sympcrthized with him an said
=, wuz too bad. an he agreed with m
\. in his mild way. Then he said he b
= lieved he would 60 to the house.
a Il follered him that time, havil
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