The Washington times., 1903-11-08

They was a coupe Of fellars st1ndin
III. ir the darned little room, laughta' iit
to lriII themselves and ono Of EN- chucks
a pail of wafer over Doluv. which he
was too occupied to even make a kick
What does thishyere m2an7 I asks.
maxim runnin' disTnount from the
buckin' bunk. acd the cuss with the
empty nan grlns and says. 'No.hm
much. only you've been shanEhaied.
Come again, I says. not onderstandin
overmuch, and he ellis M ~ \ " US
boys had signed ships paper. trad
vertent. aid was now on tae Atlantic
likewise on the sch - aer E!;zs. TCHp-
kins, on the trail o Jackson0.!e. lerded
with foundation stone.
IF T., loaded with foundation
stone ! says. its burned oncomfort-
able grub. for 7 felt i good deal like
spiketaI looked. which wasn't pleasant
The GUS with the pail was a plumb
white sort. and he tod Us cnumps nov,
we'd tanked uD worse'n a leaky eR-s.i.e
on the \. W. & r., and ha3 got %
stuck on the cao'n of the Eliza Tonp
kins l. thct Boston corral that we Z
freely give him our ortograDhs r. re-
member Is by. them same 0rt 5grIpns
beln wrote at the bottom Il what he
called shin's papers it seems the she
bang we was on was short-nandsd
count Of some OF 81 former outfit
stampedin' when they struck dry land
which ] don't dame I'm none AMI we'd
he7 lariated. good ana complete, to
work out the rest If The pasear.
clumb up on the roof Of the jumpin
wickieuP. and Jhah was the euss ! had
50 admired in Boston. standin' with his
hoofs vide apart and his billygoat whis-
HeEs blow In out straight in the -eg'Ier
oaoy g Hone that was follerir' Us I
walks ~ 70 him as d,gnifed as 1 could
the hoor buclzin' 50 and me without no
knee purchase. or spurs. nor yet q bride
line. and / asks him. polite. what in
SamJindnity-bedurn to- is-canned-o
sierra p-snifles-chiSs s--infest-
ed face he meant by cuttin' us boys out
Of TIE Boston bunch.
Who in blazes are vou?' he asks II
sudden as pony turnsn' on a dollar
Il m Archibald Hastings. foreman OF
the Bar ranch, says. maxim a sud
den grab for a rope SOS to keep from
glittin throwed.
Mebbe you used TO was,'ae answers
back. but now yo're a dura,d no-good
landlubber, shipped on the isiza Tomp-
kins. and I'm cap'n Of said same good
snip, and YOU let go shat haiIIard and git
| forward or I'll stape in yo're buIkhead.
Not havin' ~ khead that 1 know
ed OF. I didn't s r9e. but when 7 Ie+
go the rope to tax lack impressive the
shebang tipped dow. : way from me and
sud swift toward where the front door
should have been, pickin up a few splin-
ters that didn't RELY want. Wall that
Angora goat thought as how 1 was
obeyin' orders. which was where he
struck the wrong trail. caIkilated that
il would take a bigger rooster'n him to
shanghai me and my bunch and get
away with the proposition. After a pow
WOW with the boys. which had likewise
cles@5 onto the roof. and. fndin' that our
guns was all safe in them special built
holsters. I sorter meandered toward the
back yard agin, and says TO the boss
Of The Eliza Tompkins ranch. 1T may
be ? sqUar deal as you've pat up on as.
packin' rs away from home and mothA..
and Bostcn count Of cur weakness for
handwlftfn. but me and the bunch has
one swift kick comm for bein pizened
That's plumb illegal, I says
g Pizened. nothing, he answ Il
scOrnfpI
g I can prove it. I says
II me and my pardns's is a.
coyotes full Of strycF nine, wi
your pardner don't show no s.
lie got so red in TIE face I