Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-04-22
A LESSON IN MANNERS.
How Zack Renfrew Was Taught to Re-
spect tho Parson.

A LESSON IN mANNcnSs
How Zaek Renfrew Was Taught to Re
speet tho Parson.
"Zack Renfrew was as square a mar
as there was in the Occur d'Alene II
most ways, said the man from Idaho
"but he sure was a gila and a horned
toad when it came to sky pilots.
Somehow or another, Zack JUS,
couldn't naturally abide the sound
smell, touch or presence Of parson
Zack was so pizen sore on 'em thai
he'd invariably butt in when they were
in the midst Of their exhortings an6
stampede their meetings.
"'Trying to lariat 'em out O. tn fire
O. hell!' Zack would bawl at the meet
ings. Trying to scoop 'em out Of
the bottomless sulphur beds with g
lasso O. chinmusic, are you?' he would
go on bowling. Why, you couldn't dig
ary one O. this gang out with all o tn
hydraulic dredges ever packed over
the mountains on tn backs O. burros
nor, for the matter O. that, blast one
of them out Of the clutches Of the dev-
II with all tn dynamite cartridges that
ever was made.
Off why? Why, because they all
wants t. sizzle fr all eternity-that's
why! Wow! We all want to roast fl
eighteen billion years, an repeat, or
burning marls!
$50 what's the use Of a yea, verify
ombrey hikin' long this-a-way an
shootin' off his fussy little squibs
with tn idea O. redeemin' an re-
claimin' a bunch O. gophers that
like tn turnpike t hell so much
that they'd rather keep on hit.
tin it up than traipse along tn brick
pavement leadin' to tn happy huntin
grounds?
That's the kind Of yip-yap CONVEX
sation Zack 'ud hurl at all Of the aeria
steersman that would visit the camp
with the idea Of chucking little bi
Of the light into the boys, and wher
they got these jolts from Zack they't
always curl up on the camp and pas:
the job Of reclaiming 1t on to the next
"Zack could sense a parson a goot
three miles. He came a-loping into
the camp from his claim, three mile:
back among the foothills, once, wher
a sky pilot who was aware Of zack'!
popularity with regard to the preach.
ers started a little meeting on thu
quiet.
"Zack was painting and breathles:
that time when he busted into the hal
over Dutch Kate's saloon, where tht
meeting was held, but 1t didn't take
him more than three minutes at tina
to herd that parson to the place where
his gripsack was and to chase him t.
seat on top of the down stage.
1.-The camp didn't like the way Zacl
behaved to the peripatetic parsons
that zephyred into the camp, but th'
camp didn't, strictly speaking, consid
er Zack's conduct on such occasion!
any Of the camps business. They re-
garded the thing as inevitable ant
part of the game, and they had feel
ing that Zack was entitled to hi
grudge against parsons, just as III
was entitled to any Of his other pos
sessions.
"But one day Zack overdid the thing
and then the camp conceived groucl
against him. A young sky pilot will
voice like a switch-back engine blow
ing off was hurling lot Of damnatiol
at the boys, and giving 'em mighty lit
tie comfort for their attendance-h'
had it rugged out, I believe, that the!
all had to do a million years or 81
down below, anyhow, before they coult
be fixed out right-when Zack strod
up to the platform, grabbed the younl
parson by the lapel Of his coat, ant
pulled him to the floor, bawling at hin
all the time.
"'Stop 1t, Zack.' said a lot Of tn
boys in chorus, quiet-like, but in sucl
a tone that Zack let go Of the par
sons coat.
Better mosey,' some Of the boy
said to the preacher, and he went ou
Of the hall looking alarmed.
"'No more O. that, Zack,' the boy
cautioned Zack, who first looked sulky
and then f1ared up and remarked tina
he guessed he'd come pretty near do
ing what he wanted to do, any olt
time, with any shopping hellf1re spiele
that came along.
"The boys didn't make any reply t.
that, and there was no further com
ment on the subject to Zack. But tn
occurrence aroused a general feeling
around the camp that it was abou
time to frame up some sort of a dea
| to hobble Zack's antipathy to the clout
guides before he disgraced the outfi
by doing something rash.
bud Rayner and Jink Wheeler wer
appointed a committee to get togethe
and confer with this idea in view
Bud and Jink meditated a whole lot
individually and separately, as to wha
ought to be done to cure Zack of tn
parsonphobia, and then, one night
they came into the camp together
slapping their thighs a good deal, ant
letting out bleats Of joy that causec
all hands to gather round them. Zacl
didn't happen to be in camp that nigh
and so the general grin that wen
around when Bud and Jink stated thei
game didn't have to be suppressed OF
account of his presence.
Bud and Jenk went down to Spo
kane together the next day, and the.
were gone for a week. They had
contented CLINT in their eyes when the.
got back, and the boys knew that tn
errand they had gone upon was al
right, without any explanations.
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