The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-31

| cattle over here. There are two good
| COWS in the corral now, and the Hamar
| people will be here in the morning u
| get them. That will give us enough TO
| live on for the next two weeks After
| that God will have to take care OF u.s.
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The entire situation daWned en- Gen
| tleman Ed in a flash. He heard the
sick man moan and say:
cts all right, Kate. You've done
all Il Htomdn could for any man. l.
we've got to starve here, why nat
| all there is to it. You needn't run on
| apv more stock. We've taken more
| than We can ever pay for now, and the
| Lord knows how we will ever square
| accounts with Him for what's been
DONE"
At this the woman set down the
bowl which she had in her hand ana
! went over to the bedside and put her
arlls about the mans neck: =.
give lived for you all my life, Jim'",
she, said, "and I'll die for you now.
They can't get us two apart, no mat
ter what happens"
Then, for the first time in his life,
Gentleman Ed reiterated. He craWled
away with hot Pushes on his cheek
and something sticking in his threat.
He rejoined bis companions, and to
their surprise ordered them to mount
and ride with him. Silently he led
them into Blue Duck just rs the. town
S16ke and the streets were filled with
people. He rode straight for the No. L
Hard bar, and one inside of that and
the people gathered about him he
mounted q table and made a short
speech.
In brief he said to them:
"Boys, 1 found the cattle thieves
last night, and I've sneaked away
from them. It's for you to say what
you arc going to do with me for it. I'm
going to tell you a story first; though!
You know that fellow Hotling that has
that bad grass plain north Of here.
You know he came down with the fe-
yer a year ago, and he has been losing
everything since then. You know that
we have had all kinds of prosperity
down here, but we haven't stopped to
think Of the people about us that have
had hard luck. Since Hotling's been
sick his wife has been standing by
him. They didn't have any money,
and they couldn't hire a doctor, but
some Of those fellows over at Hamar
put the woman up to running off our
stock.
"You know she owns the best collie
in this country. Well, she's been
dressing up in her husbands clothes
and taking the collie and going out
and getting just what stock she
wanted. She put the animals in Hot
ling's corral and the Hamar people
would get ther the next day. The
money she has got out Of it has gone
to doctoring her husband. I was right
up to the house last night, right by the
open window, and 1 heard her and the
cd mar talk it all over. I don't believe
that he will live two weeks more, and
she is heartbroken, but I sneaked. l
can't fight a woman"
There was a long silence, and then
Ealvorson rose, and Halvorson moved
that Blue Duck visit Hamar and in
form the rival town what it had dis
covered. Also. that Blue Duck invite
Hamar to fight with any weapon
known to man, and further that Hot
ling and his wife from that moment
should become the special charge and
care Of Blue Duck. The motion went
through with a round Of cheers.
Gentleman Ed came down from his
table and said:
"I'm going to bring the Hotlings in"
"All right" said Halvorson. "We'll
so after Hamar."
And so the Hotlings came to know
what true charity was. and Hamar in
due season felt the wrath Of Blue
Dues.-H. I. Cleveland, in the Chicago
Recerd-Herald.