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

- - Ii De an l1Tt41 you,
be hoIIers.
mat aint 20 say 7 Won Dc hurting
YOU soon, savsL You put The bud On
them horses again ana II boot the SPINE
CT your back up through the TOP of your
mead TIL II stands out like 4 aagstaf
Just one more touch AMI you 20 r..
says I
He iidn't open his mouth again TIL
We come 70 the river Then he pulled u.
This IS about as Tar as I care 70 carr
Won two gents for notht1 : he saws. OF
course. you're Two 20 one. and I cant
20 nothing i you sec fl 20 bull the-thtng
through. But Ill say this II either enc
Or both Of you ROSTERS has got the least
smell Of i gentleman about aim. D.
Won : have TO Be tod his COMPANY ain
wanted twice.
New mind YOU, ~ and me didnt have
ne first cussed thi1g-n0r grub. cor
blankets. nor gun. nor nothing and -his
the Teller well knew.
Red. SAYS Aggy. what 70 7ou <ay to
pulling this thing apart and seeing what
makes Il act So
No, say I. don't touch e: II might
be catching. Now, you whelD. SAYS I
70 the driver you tell Us If -her4 /
place where W can ger anything 20 eat
CIoU1G 0SFh. w q r PE7lpTcG 10 20
hungrv until we hit the camp. some fortv
miles further on. where wa knew there,i
be plenty for anybody that wanted it.
Yes, says be. There a nan run
Ming 4 shack two miles Up the river.
All right, says 7. Drive on. You've
PLAYED Us as dirty a trick as one nan can
you. you can expect weu pull her till
the latigoes snap
He kept shut till be got across tic
river, where he felt safe.
It's all right about that cinch," he
boilers back. g~rinning Only wait tIll
you get it, YER suckers, Spongos. Beats.
Deadheads' Yah"
Well. a ma cant catch a team az
horses and that's all there IS about it
but I want 20 tell you he vas en- the
anxious seat for 4 quarter OF a milo. We
tried hard.
When We GOT back 70 where We started
and could breathe again, We held 4
council OF war.
Now Aggy. says I. we're dumped
what shall " do"
He sat there 4 EbiIc looking around
him. swapping pebbles with his thumb.
Tell YOU what it is. Red, be says at
last, we might as Well 20 mining right
t'If. lIlS Il IIhe4N --1EP1. ana there : 2
river. II that bar ID front Of YOU hal
been further il tho mountains it would
have been punched fuI Of holes. It's only
because It's On the road thar nobody
taken tho trouble TO see what was in id.
This road vas made by cattle rancners.
that didn't know nothing about mining
and every miner that's gone over the
trail had his mouth set TO get further
along as quick as possible-iusr like Is.
Do you see that little hollow running
down the river? Well. YOU try your Iuc6
there. 7 give YOU that place and its TIE
most probable. and YOU as a tenderf0OL il
the usine will have all the luck II
make a stab where I am
Well. sir. it sounds queer 10 tell f.. anI
Il seems queerar stIll 10 think 81 the do
ing Of it. BUT I hadn't dug Two feet be
fore [ came 20 bed rock. and there va
some heavy black chunks.
"Aggv. SAYS + what's these things =
throwing one over to him. He caught II
and stared at it.
Where did YOU get that" saws he, il
F. almost 4 whisper.
why of tire hole. of course, says
I. laughing. Come. take loo5.
Aggv WASH the kind Of a man 10 =
OF the handle over t~rifles. bur when Ii
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What the devil ais you" says 7. as
tontshed. I thought maybe ii done
something hadn't ought TO DO. through
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