The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-12

whisky, puts in p'isen enough to Abwn a
dozen wolves. an drinks off every drop.
"Far'well. vain world. I'm goin' home -
says this ere lady; (which 1 prefers death
to separation, an I'm out to iine my be-
loved husband in the Promised land 1
knows. for 1 shore attends the fooEarar of
that f~am1y-said fooneral is a double-
header that away, as the lady bein'
prompt. trails out after her husband be-
fore ever he's done pitched his first camp
an later assists old Chandler In deevisin'
a epitaph for 'em. the same caperin' OFF
In these yere familiar words:
"."She sort o. got the drop on him,
In the dooel of earthly love:
Lets hope he gets an even break
When they meets in heaven above
Thar concloods Dan. is what I re-
guards as a parallel experience to this Tom
an Jerry. This lady plays Jerry's system
plumb through. yet you-all can see in the
lights of that thar sooicide, she loves him a
whole lot
That's all humbug. DAN Says Enrisht;
this lady you relates about is simply locoed
that away
".Why-ever IL she's locoed, then argues
Dan, don't they hive her "A heap in one of
them madhouse camps? She goes chargin'
about as free an fearless as a cyclone,
".All the same says Texas Thompson.
hSl dSiih M I plosc IO ioNIu HULL.
Mebby she does 1t SOS to chase him up an
continyoo%o nbroken them hectorin's of hers.
/ could onfold a fact or two about that
wife of mine who cuts out said divorce
from me In Laredo that would lead you-all
to conclusions similar. But she wasn't
your wife none, an | don't aim to nose
my domestic Affections on this yere inno-
cent camp. Which bein' troo. l mutely
stands my hand
This .Jerry's got one weakness; however.
I don't never take advantage of it. He's
scared to a FRENZY il you-aH pulls your gun.
l reckons he allows. with all them crimes Of
his'n preyin' on his mind. that you're out to
shoot him up some. Jerry is cam so long
as your guns in the belt, deemin' It as so
much onmeanin' ardwa But the instant
you pulls it an acts like you're goin' to put
1t In play he onbuckles into p!ercin' screams.
l reaches for my siX-shooter one evenin' on
account of antelopes, an that's the time l
discovers this yere foible of Jerry's. l new
er gets a shot. At the sight of that Colts
Jerry evolves a howl, an them antelopes
simply hits two or three high places an is
miles away. Shore, they thinks Jerry Is
some new breed of demon.
when / turns to note the cause Of Jerry's
clamors he's loppin' his fore-laigs over
Toms back an is sobbin' an sheddin' tears
into his name. Pore Tom sympathizes with
Jerry an says all he can to teach him that
the avenger amt on his trail. Nothin' can
peacify Jerry, however, except tammin'
that awful gun back into its holster. Which
I goes over to Jerry thai evenin' patiently
explorin' for bullet marks. but thar amt
none. No ones ever creased him.: an I
figgers, final, by way of a Sutton of them
fits. that mighty likely Jerry's attended
come KILN between hoomans' inadvertent,
an has his apprehensions tharby set on
aige.
Jerry is SO high an naughty he won't
come up for corn in the mornin' onless I
him partic'lar an calls him by
name. To Jest whoop 'Mules!' he holds don't
!ncloode him. Usual I humors Jerry an
shouts his title speshul, the others be;n'
called In a bunch. When Jerry hears his
name, he walks into camp, celebrate an
dIgnified. an kicks every mule to pieces who
tries to shove In ahead.