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

length Of her
"WeH@@ says /
Our little placer claim sa-s Xxx
SO rubbing rs Janus together. cav
RS That ford. and y 4 iudiclous tak1ns
dp Of claims s0r various uucles ana
brothers and friends % ours along tia
creek on tie lowIaads We an tx / o
they can even bridge
2 you mean they can cross ol-
eiain1s Il X say they can't
sure thing" says Agg. There vou
and ne and the Law % sav No 10 talc-
wish ! had 4 gun
You ion need any gl1 Tor that skunk
q 4 driver.
9 course not. bur here - 7az-
seR.ers, aaG there's 10 telling 1ow ex-
cited them passengers VIII De When tleY
ind they5ve got % 20 over tle hills l1rd-
hunting
Are you going p send II al around
A
Tn whole bunch. Anybody coming
'ack rom me diggngs aas gold il as
elot3es- 50 i Won't hurt en- none ard 7
propose To give that stage line n al
Eertising that won { 10 IL a Dir 81 good.
Gone along. Red lets SEQ that lad that
has the shack Up the river. We aacd
something TO eat, and maybe ne got I
-'ln. Il hes I decent feIler Vol LET
aim n on a claim. Never mind about ne
1ole It Won run away. aaG there's no
eody o touch ANYTHING, Come ca.
3 " CT up the river. The mans
name vas White. Al ne was j white
nan ~ nature, too. He ed is well ana
Eas Just a rot rs rs when We told Ai-
about the stage driver trick. Then -
told him about the ini and let him q.
Nov. says Aggy have you Spt 4
gun"
Il have that, SAYS The man My Iai
used TO be a duck hunter on Chesapeake
Bay. When ron say gun Ill show you a
gun He dove IN under his bunk and
fetched out what should say vas 2 Nc.
| bore shotgun. With barrels six loot
long.
Gentlemen SAYS D.. holding tie gur
~ and patting It lovingly. Sc ~ou ran a
quarter pound Of powder II each one ef
them barrels and a handful Of buckshot
on TOP Of that you We got an argument
that couldn't BE upset By the Supreme
Court. I'll guarantee that when YOU
point her aRywheres within ten feet OF
a man not over a hundred yard away
and let her 10 her duty all the talent
that that mans family couli employ
couIdn't gather enough Of him 10 recog-
aize hin BY. and you won't be n bed
moren long enough to heal i busted
shoulder.
Il hope i amt going to be ny painful.
line Of performance TO pull the trigger.
says Aggy. 7 think the sight OF her
would have weight with most people
When the stage due back"
'Dav after tomorrow. about noon.
THAT gives Us lots of time to stake
AMI - c9I~ ofair7- that cant show nar.t
cbcjr own selves, says Aggy. I thinA
We're all right.
The next day We worked Iik the ol,
Harry. We lad everything fixed Up RICH.
By nightfalI, and there vas nothing CC
30 but Dig ard waj1.
Curious folks We all are, ain We
should have said ny own self that il r.
found gold ~ the bucketfuI. ri Be nor,
Interested u that than ! would Sc ii ct.
ing even with i nut that had done 81.
firt. SIT II Nasn't 50. Perhaps If wa.
because I hadn.t paid much attention 4,
money All my life. AMI I had paid III,
s~trictasr attention to the way other peo
pie used ne. Living where there s.
few 5oIks accounts for that 7 suppose.
Getting even on our esteemed frien
he stage driver vas right in-rour Incl
Reddy.s line. and tgsv AMI our new pard
White. seemed 10 take hirdl- also
Il you ever saw three faces litsd VII.
innocent gIae ft was when W heard III.
wheels Of thar stage c~on2lng-why. TIL
night before I vas woke pp BY some
body laughing. There as Aggv SCUM,
asJeeo sitting Up hugging himself II ID
moonlight.
M Oh my, says be. Its ID.
only for; for four thousand miles
We planted a sign IN the middle OF IL
road with this wording on it in big let
tiers. made With the Black end Of a stick
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