The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-03
TWO DARN FOOL EeLLEss-

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W The to biggest fool fellers that ever
growed up in Round Valley" said lived
| DELL was ndou'tly Ed Courtney an
| Henry Toler. Them two feliers come as
| nigh as Judgment of cuttin each other
| gizzards out over the most folishest an
| trifiin' argument that ever taken place
in this here state
| Henry he had a hundred an sixty I'D
| the bottom, an Ed he owned five acres
| at the mouth of the crick. Ed he allus
| called the little chunk o. land his estate
cause his mother left il to him in her
will an new testament.
| We'll, me an Ed an Henry we was a
] settin' here in George Minkers store
| one day discussin' on the pints o. law.
| Ed he helt if a man bought a piece o.
| land an paid down part, givin' a NOR
| gage to secure the rest, that the man
! was only renter an had no power a
deturney to sell out till his title was clear
| Henry he belt tat he could sell by payin
+, off the obligations or havin' the buyee
assume the debt. The longer they argyed
the deeper they went an tereckly they
commenct to raise their tail feathers, as
| the sayin' is. an git mad.
"Fin'ly Ed he saye. save he, see
! got TO give you a illustration 10 show
you I'm in the right He says. says he
| Now, spose you bought my estate fur
sixty dollars. payin' me twenty dollars
down an givin' yore note an bond fur
forty-do You foller me-?
foller you, says Henry
All right then. S'pose George Minkel
| comes along an offers you hundrd dol
| lars fur the place an you conclude to ac-
cept of it. an s'pose you went ahead an
| made out the papers all ready TO sign. an
| spose you come TO me an says: Here,
Ed. George Minkel wants TO buy this here
! estate an will pay me what's comm 10
/ me an assume the note fur forty dollars,
what d you s'pose I'd do?'
! Ed he Strengthened up as stiff as a
stoten bottle an eyed Henry. while Henry
he set cleanin' his finger nails with the
end of match. Purity soon Henry he
looked Up.
I Well Sc, I wouldn't give a dang
what you'd do
- I'D refuse TO accept of George Min
kel's bond says Ed.
q Then I'd sell anyhow says Henry.
:" You'd sell anyhow, would your yelled
Ed q shakin' his fist under Henry's nose;
you'd sell. would you? Well. dang me If
l wouldn't put hole through you with
my fourty-four'
" That says Henry. calmly. amt ar
gyment an it amt law. To lead you
back to the pint says Henry, you was
a-sayin' you wouldn't accept of George
Minkel's bond; you'd refuse George Min
kel's bond. KNOWN him to be with a
hundr'd times forty dollars?'
a" Yes. says Ed, when you bought my
estate l sold it to you an to you alone
III look fur my money
- Now look a-here,' says Henry. you
sold me the estate an the sale was reg
lar?'
. Yes. right an regular. says Ed.
" That bein' the case Henry goes on.
the land is made over to me an my heirs
an consigrees fur ever an ever. amen,
to do whatsomever I please. amt ito
" Accept TO sell an convey an de-ploy
before l git my forty dollars says Ed.
- An if l see fit to sell. goes on Henry.
like he didn't hear, If | see fit to offer you
the same security, they amt airy law on
the statuary books of Kansas to stop me.
?" I'd git out 4 writ-a-replevy,' says Ed,
a-bangin' his fist down on the counter.
"f'A-cordin' to the law an evidence, ,
says Henry. a-tapin' his laig with his fin
ger at ev'ry word, 'a-cordin' TO the law
an evidence, the land belongs to me. An
you KANT git out no writ-a-replevy agin
land
- But you dassent to attempt to sell or
dispose of a inch of it, yells Ed. If you
do I'll git a hibious corpulency an take
up my stand in the middle of it with my
forty -four
90 Boys. I says. boys in my opinion
this here illustration has went too fur.
Now | amt up on pints o law, but / low
you're both off. This here land don't
rally belong TO you, Henry, SO you kahn t
in emagination an jist fur an Illustration.
l think YOU better drap this argument an
talk religion. An / will say, Ed, think
you air leetle weak on the pint o. law
We'll, them fool fellers they both hop
ped me.
You say it amt my land?' says Hen
~. Amt he signed the papers over to
me an amt / paid him the twenty dol
lars?
weak on the pint 4 'law?' says Ed.
III bust your nose if you say that agin.
IN sell the land whenever I please,
says Henry, an he dassent to stop me.
You attempt TO transfer that estate
to George Minkel an I'll cut the lights
an ivers out'n you" says Ed.
Boys ST Il advise you to hold on till
l explain to Minkel.' Minkel he come out
from countin' hris stamps TO see the fight
an I tuck him to the back OF the store
an told him what the argument was
about. Then / says: The only way fur
you to keep them dang fool fellers from
committin' grand larceny or wuss on each
other is 10 tell Henry you won't buy the
land So we goes back an Minkel he
says: I'm mighty sorry | been the cause
ises I've changed my mind about the
land. I've decided l won't have nothin'
to do with the matter an so I take back
the offer l made you, Henry, fur the
piece.
oh. well. George. says Henry. If you
don't want the land you don't have t.
take it. o course. | can sell any time fur
the same money. But If you'd wanted
it you could a had II. an I hope you
didn't let this dough-faced hipercrit bluff
you out An Henry he walked of
Well them felers was so set in their
opinions about the thing they wouldn't
neither give in. Henry stickin' up that he
owned the land an could show the papers
an Ed a-swearin' If he tried to sell he'd
shoot him fun o holes. F1n'ly Courtney
got a bone defed offer 10 sell. an what
does he do but go to Henry an tell him
II he'd sign the land over 10 him he'd
close the deal. When Toler fin'ly agreed
an they went TO notary republican TO
sign. II come out that Henry didn't have
no more claim agin the land n a rabbit
But they was so stubborn that Courtney
signs the land over 10 Toler fur sixty dol
lars. twenty down. an a note fur the
rest Then Toler he signs hack TO Court
ney an Courtney sells. Biggest pair O.
fools I ever sen. ''-Mackinaw Briggs.
The Lucky Family.
4 young man who had returned home
from South Africa. where he had been
for hts haarth related his adventures 70