The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-11

cares.
What the devil 10 I caree' SAYS |
I'm looking for a chance to dig. Could |
lou tell a man where to COZ"
% says be, when you come to that |
Inat Inherent. Strictly speaking NJ
partner Hy hasn't gone of on a business
TIP 3s a matter Of fact, he left town
night before last with two-thirds Of the
money wed pulled out Of a pocket IN on
Silver Greek IN the COMPANY OF two bafs-
brec lnluns. d Chinaman and four more
sona-of-guns not classified. all in SUCH
4 state or 2eastly intoxication that their
purposes, route and destination are mat
1eFs or the Widest conjecture. I've been
laying around town here hating myself
20 death. thinking perhaps | could sell
some Snares N 4 mine that Wen find
vet Il We nave good luck. II you want
20 go validating over the hills and tar
away IN your huckleberry.
That hits ne all right" SAYS I. For
what l don't know about mining nobody
don know. When 90 we start?'
This or any other minute, says be.
getting up from the table.
Wait till I finish up these eggs saws
l. And there's a matter OF one drink
coming to me outside. 1 may as well Du5
That where il won't harm any one else
before We start"
AL right" says he. waving his hand.
"1ouu lind me outside-at your pleas
ure. sir
I swallowed the rest Of my breakfast
whole Ind hustled out 10 the bar. where
ny friend and the hotel man was wait
ing. Now III take that drink that's
coming, and rather than be small about
Il. III buy one for you. too, ana then
were off. says I.
You won't do no such thing, says the
hotel man. It's 4 horse on me. and III
supply the liquor. Mr.. Jones IS IN the
play as much as anybody.
So the hotel man set en- up. and that
made one drink Then Jones said he'd
never let 4 drink suffer from lonesome
ness ~et when he had the price. ana that
made two drinks. I had to uphold the
honor Of lie ranch, md that made three
drinks. BCtGI man said it was UP sticks
now, and h meant to pay his just debts
Ike IN honest man. and that made four
drinks Then Jones said-vell. by this
time I see aeedn have hurried break
fast so much. More people came il. I
woke up the next morning in the same old
bedroom. Every breakfast Aggy and ne
got ready TO pull for the mines. and
every morning I woke up in the bed
room. L should Ike to draw u veii over
ne 4tA- tH0 weeks, oNL II "ouuI daNs
TO be i pretty strong veil to- hold i5. [
tried 10 Keep level Win Asgy. but ne d
spend three dollars 10 ny one, and the
consequence Of that was that We went
broke within fifteen minutes OF each
other.
Well sir. We We're 4 Q1ournluI pair 10
draw &c that day.
"Aggy, says l al last, We leave here
tomorrow morning.
All right. SAYS ~ This sporting
life Is tho very devil like out doors
as Vol as the ueEr man. when I get
-here-
So tire roTrcT morning. away We Went.
All We had Tor Kit vas the picks. sloVeI5
and pans The rest OF our
Wis staying With the hotel man until VIC
made a raise.
Ag said he'd b" cusscd II ne walk. \
hundred and G1-v miles Of 4 stroll was
100 many.
But We ain get i cent 70 pay me
stage fare, said L
Borrow II Of Uncle EQtel-keep. SAL!
he.
Not by I town site says L w owe
him ali were going 10 at TINS very
l.nure-Eouu have 70 hoof IT, that all
II tell YOU I Won C.. don Hike Co
have ANYBODY walk on my feet, not even
myself : can stand off that stage driver
so easy that you'll wonder don't take Il
up As a profession. Now, don raise any
mora objectI0ns-please donr says ne
Il can tell you how nervous you maxi
NE, aIwaEs finding some fault with every
hing 7 try 20 do. That's no W8Y ror
hired man TO act, Let alone a p~ardner.
So. of course, he got the best OF Ne
and We climbed into the stage "nen n.
: come along. Now, YOU wouldn't fine
{ many men II .hat countr- Who Eouldn
stake TO ~feIlerz to 4 wagon ride where
: ever they wanted 10 20 ana De plea7an'
about II. I'd have sure seen lha~ rnS
man got paid. even il Asgy forgot IL, ou'
= he man shat drove US was the surljes'
= brute that ever growled. When you
speak TO him, he'd say, Ugh "a style O
thing that didn't 90 Well IN that part Q