Graham guardian., 1902-07-11

spending rs or 80 daiz in Buey
driving thru the parks and bully
wards we boarded the train, and by
the wa, that was the last boarding
we did fur several daiz. If Buey
Just had a river it woul b l ov the
finest fisheries in the wurld. Az
it IL tina ketch great menny suck
ers and bait IL thrown out 2 every
thing that passes. The feller that
give us hour tickets at the depo
said he woOdn't charge us anything
for them but said we mite leave 35
dollars peace on depozit az an
evidence Of good faith, until we
kun back. He also sed hour
tickets waz fur the seaside eckskur
zhion but we didn't take no notice
o him, we wached hour chance and
when he wasn't lookin we clum on
the karz. We didn't want 2 munky
along bi the seaside we was bound
fur Kalifornie and we wouldn't be
unbounded. We waz almost corn
foundered when the ticket puncher
on the trane told us we had ben in
Buey 1 ours. But then we wuz so
well entertained | CESS we didn't
notice the time
When we got 2 tusawn we told
the konducktor to hold up the
trane so we Good git out and walk
around little. We had no idea
that the pepul thare wood b ex-
pcckting us; but shure ennuf thare
waz the hole dopo full ov foxes
waiten to see us git off. When the
trane stops they shouted an yelled
fer joy an hotels till you coodnt
hear yer own imaginashuns, sum
ov 'em waz bound we shud tax q
ride with 'em but we told 'em no
we waz taking this trane to Kali.
fornie an didn't want 2 pruve dis
loyal to the karz which we had i'm
braced i told Jonson to tell the
trane feller we waz reddy an he
ordered the train to pull out
We was not in a very good
yumer when we reached Yuma,
but the music ov the birds
soon terminated us. The Jail birds
in particular atrackted our notis.
Next morning we felt greatly re-
freshed after u good nights sleap
which lasted from 90 till 2
o'clock a. men. We passed thru
death vally without seeing y single
graveyard which was great dis
apintment to be shure This death
valley country is one ov the best
settled countries | ever see, in fact
it looks az tho it hadn't bin dis
turbed for cenchuries. 1t contains
sum ov the finest grazing lands the
eye ever beheld, level as Il floor
and not spere Of grass for hun
dreds Of milez.
Well we must have fell in Il
trench about that time fer / don't
remembur ennything more till we
got Lost Angelust. When we
got off ov the karz we struck a
nuze boy for u dime to eat on but
he told us tina had tables to eat on
in the hotel an he shode us where
to go. / told Johnson 2 go in
furst kause he had mour brass thun
| did. | didn't even hav copper.
Johnson walkt up tu the dore
an YIELD "Ho! tel US WHARF we kan
git sumthin . eatw The feller
says "walk in" Johnson walked
in and-"i went with him" We
ask him what he had to cat an he
sed thares the billafare. Well we
told him we didn't no Billy Fair
frum adamsotfox. Then he handed
us the eaten list and aftur lookin
it over Johnson tore off about 2
thirds Ov it an handed ii to the
waiter. His hair vaulted skyward
and his eyes bulged out like he'd
geen a COST. Johnson sed sumthin
to i'm an he fired off fer the kichen.
He come back in few minits with
wheelborrow loaded down with
/ grub; after setin me at one table
M Johnson at anothur (i don't no
why) he spread it out in funt ov
us. Well, se2 "that looks good
g Willie" an | dove ater. That's
the last thing ] sed that day. ]
must bay bin 2 full fur wprds.
johnson asked what the bill
waz an he sod Z dollersi sumpthin
else went skyward then: | dent 90
what it waz. ! fell like | was
goin tn thro up the spunge OF The
beat stake, / don't no which.
johnson was about 2 sa sumthin
when man poked hiz head in at
the dore and yield fire! fire, "a we
fired. We cut and shot around
korners Till we got out O site
when we changed koats an hats
an then mozied Of up toun not
afraid ov bein reorgani2ed for we
new thayd take me fer Johnson an
Johnson fer me; that wood kon.