St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-01

you don't remember your manners and
drink when a gentleman invites YOU
Ferdy filled his glass to the rim with
the alacrity of one thirsting for a
throat ticker, then drawing nearer to
Tansy, he said, in tones indicative of
the profoundest Difference and respect:
my dear sir, 1 will join you with the
greatest pleasure and I take this oc-
casion to pledge to you the lasting as
surance of my kindest regards-but,
just one moment, if you please; / NO.
tice that your glass is somewhat larg-
er than mine. That isn't fair, you
know"
"Here, take mine and I'll take yours,
if it's a big drink you want!" said Tan
sy, pushing his filed glass along the
bar and taking Ferdy's. "Now, then,
son, here we CO."
Together they downed the awful
doses. Ferdy set his empty glass down
with a teal in his eye and his jaws set.
but without a murmur. Tansy dashed
his glass upon the bar with an oath,
saying: "You're all right, boy, put 'er
thar" extending his brawny paw.
."Let's have another. Set 'em u PAGAN,
Dave; Bud here wants another one of
those little smiles of his. Say! isn't he
a tank for your life? Well, I should
bust a broncho! Fill 'er up, Jocko-
fill 'er-what tn DEVILS tn matter with
me! Say, boys. say" Down went Tan
sy in a heap on the floor and there he
lay limp as a door mat on a wet day.
"Now, then, old chap, we've got you
dead to rights!" exclaimed Ferdy as he
possessed himself of Tansy's guns.
HAS anyone here any objection to a
little job on this big brute?" said he,
looking around amongst the men.
"No! no! not a one!" cried several
with oaths and murderous looks at the
PROSTATE Tansy.
"What's the matter with him?"asked
they of Ferdy, who was now on edge.
HE must have a fit of some sort !
should say" replied Ferdy. "What
shall it be for the bruiser here, tar and
feathers or a tanning?" Some said one
thing and some another, but they all
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master of ceremonies.
"That being the case, gentlemen, I'll
provide something novel and interest
ing for your entertainment. This duff
fer will soon come around, you know,
just a simple case of knockout drops,
surreptitiously administered. Get me
a strong rope about 20 feet long and
I'll show you some fun"
A lariat was quickly produced and
Tansy, under Ferdy's directions, was
carried out to a hitching post in the
open. One end of the lariat was
wrapped around the bad man and the
other around the post, leaving ten feet
of slack between them. BY this time
Buck began to blink and paw around.
"What tn binding blizzard is all
this!" roared he as he sat up and sized
the situation. "Who has been doping
me? Say! If I don't brand the coy
ote that did this with the big double D
I'll hit the high road to HI"
Rising ~unsteadily to his feet he
g1ared around at the grinning gang
with Ferdy to the fore. Then he seized
the rope and tried tc teal it from his
body, but it was there to stay. While
Juggling at it he dashed the air with
such a string of strange Gus words as
were never before equaled within the
ken of his appreciative hearers. Be-
fore he could make any impression on
the tough COW rope Ferdy stepped up
to him and dealt him a smart smack
on the chop with his open hand.
"Now, then, you old rang7a-tang,"
said Ferdy. shocking his jacket and hat
and squaring off at Tansy, "if you
think you're any good get your dukes
up and get busy"
Tansy made the rope pop, but it held
him to the limit where he couldn't
throw his hulk on to his small but
scientific antagonist. Ferdy put up
the prettiest assortment of jabs,
swings, hooks and urpercuts that were
ever handed around outside of a prize
ring. He passed them over to Tansy
so neatly and swiftly that the terror
couldn't head them off and he received
every one in the spirit in which it was
Tansy failed away with the
grace and agility of a truck horse do
trotting stunts, but his ponderous
blows never once found the wiry young
tenderfoot, who with never failing ac-
landed at will such a beautiful
bunch Of wallops that he soon had Tan
sy trimmed to a latter.
"Let up there, t%enderfoot; I cave!"
the badly-beaten bravo. "Turn
me loose and III mosey."
evil you leave the town and never
come back?" asked Ferdy, pausing III
his work of reformation.
ION the next train" gasped Tansy.
s'Turn him loose, men, and We'll see
him Off"
In the next hour a through freight
carried west in it's cabOose a thorough
w tanned terror in whose ears rung the
threat of instant determination if he
ever returned. To the next east-bound
express was escorted with the highest
honors of the bush town the conquer
ing but collected Ferdy, who, after a
shake all around, said: Good
by. boys. Be SURF and carry on the good
work if that dub eve comes back"
"Adios, tenderfoot: you're a pippin!'
the gang.-Lumber Review.
HE HAD A CONSCIENCE.
The Man Who Had Stolen the Watch
= Retrayed Himself by DecOm-