The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-17
TIE Storm ICENIEp Al TQND CREEK

can take all the medicine with You
and doctor him on the road. don't
know what he'd do without, YOU says
Keno, helping to lift the poor tender
foot. and Opal she blusned and looked
down.
Keno handed out this kind Of soft
soap all the way to San Simon.
reckon. and with her a-holding Bug
house Jimmy's head in her lap and him
making bluffs to kiss her hand, !
spect 1t WINS the most sentimental and
maudlin outfit that ever went over
the road. Back at the post oflce the
boys began to spit through thear teeth
and talk mean.
"Huh! says one Of 'em. that ten
derfoot takes to kissing like a mama's
boy Hope he 'chokes.'
lymph. says another, OLD Keno
thinks he's smart. Figures on dumping
the bug hunter and getting a ride back
with Opal. That's his game, the
sneaking devil And then the whole
bunch lit in and cussed. to think how
they got took In.
when Keno pulled up in front o:
Doc Scroggs' office at San Simon he
gritted his teeth for the last act.
Hardest work he ever did. no told me
afterward, was to pack that tenderfoot
in and not chuck him. Then he left
Bughouse taking up on whis!Sey and
went down the street a-fogging. He
ordered dinner for two at the Met
ropolitan. a buggy for two at the
Fashion stables and then he bought
some jewelry, including a ring, and a
few bottles of whiskey to cure snake
tunate later on.
They left the bug hunter In the
care of Doc Scroggs. who said he would
recover. and then Keno Cnristy steartet
in to show Opal good time. He
had just sold a prospect for four or
five hundred dollars, and now he was
out to make Opal happy. He begged
her to help him spend it--and they did
their best. Along in the afternoon
they loaded their plumber into the liv-
cry rig and drove up to Doc scroggs'
to say gooby to Bughouse Jimmy
He was kind of dopy when Opal went
| in, and didn't come up to her expecta-
tions for gratitude, reckon, so she
came out kinder disappointed
Hold the horses a minute, says
| Keno. while I go in and cheer him VI
a little =. =
Then he went In to where Bughoust
| Jimmy lay and says to him like this
4 You. Jimmy, IL you ever make an
other balk to kiss Opal I'll fill 20,
full of holes, see? I've got bellyfu
l Of this monkey business. and it's goint
to stop. You can thank God yo'
pulled out on the play alive. I'll SEM
i your junk down by the mail carrier
and don't you come back or we'll Civ
you a swift change of climate.
"'Goodby.' he says. when he reached
the door. hope you get wei: soon
Don't worry about your things. II
| send them down on Wednesday,
This talk, you sayvy, was for tn
benefit of Opal, and 1t sure caught he
game.
"T didn't know you could be so nice
Keno she said, looking up at him
I thought you was a little rough. blu
now I see you in a new light
| "Oh. that's nothing says Keno
waving his hand. ANY of the boy
would do that much for a man in trou
BILE. But 1t takes a woman like yor
with soft hands and gentle ways t
do 1t up right when a gent like poo
Jimmy back there Is hurt. and SO
rekon they handed 1t back and fort
all the way home. until they pulled 1
after shutdown, all in a lather of ap
probation. Keno's last act at part
ing was TO kiss the hand that ha
been so good to poor Thornton. Yo
could have struck the boys dead wit