The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-11

Scarcely had Pevely Sadders returned
20 his home last week than he sent m
tcis letter:
'f:yoncble J. y. Foote. dear sir Wall
br.se amt got no more show than hare
less rabit in a thorn patch.
Il crossed at Miami and come HON.
aroun by way of Bogard and met IN.
Poastmaster Of the next town. he cluu
in with me and druv him In he sed.
'Peyely what do you no? find out any
thing about po!ticks vile you was gone?
i sed yes no the repuglIcon party
has got boodiafs stuck on 1t as thick a.
cuckle bErrs on Usage hlanAit in October
and doi.'t stan no more show 10 carry
No than blind fiddler to carry NOR
gage. about all the repuglicon party kin
carry in Mo Is the mall sed
we'll sed the PoastmasteT, IL looks to
ms some doutfuI IL we kin even keep on
carryin' the mail. because NeedrInsus and
them fellows Allo and Winebrewer and
Spencer and low licked Achins 1T ST. joe
and q lot OF US Is liable TO git our jobs
taken away from US. expect you air
right, he sed. Cur party is tollable bad OF
fer caTyin' the State,
1t don't matter who gifts the Jobs !
set. yore party IS boun' 10 lose. IL IS boun
TO lose because it's got boodlars tied on to
It at Washin'ton and ii Is boun' to lose In
got boodlars all over IL In Mo-
:. But the POSTMASTER sed, Mr.. Wall
brige claims in his speach that THAR amt
no unholy aliarce,
Yes scz, but you notice when he
come to that part OF il he hacked away
from saying anything agin the boodars
and Butler. like harelip man backin
away from foot, what DO you make oi
ttatc 1 sez.
of slick and lauffed. he sed. well. whut's
the use OF maxim them fellows mad and
besides they won't stan hitched If you
holler at en- ali the time.
Air you goin to git out and work
someg ask him.
He sez. well. us Poastma sters don no
no II its best to stay with Achins and
tho ole crowG or git out and huss!e fer
the new ones we air kind o: on the fens
min to win but only fer a bluff scslr. US
till We don no whair We air at
SO. Honobie J. n. you see what shaip
they air in and II you kin come up hear
better come on. Well expect trubbIe
with Hicocklorum hes up hear. got hear
about the same time 1 did and is mad
about what ! sed about him but ! don
keer Jest as leave everybody noed what
them Organ County rascals Is up TO, Hon
oble J. n. 4 never noed you was aiming
to put It in the paper but 1 don keer
Democrat that 5 skeered 10 tell the
truth amt no Democrat Well. this
H!ckolorum come UP hear wensday vacx-
" Sadders. better keep out OF my way fer
III hosswhuD him shore II ketch him.
Nov. ! amt aiming to let no organ
County Republican do roth'n' Ike tha. 20
me; he better go on with his caves and
not come foolin' aroun' WHARF am, / will
let him be 20 long as he lets me be. but
no man amt never hosswhup me yit.
We'll. at Norborne they hear what Sem
ator Frank Farce and his crowd air up TO
down THAR in Dent and his deestr.ck. The
repuelicons down THAR is all tied up with
Senator Farce and his crowd and they
ngger that II they kin gift a awnry repug-
Mcon 70 run sgin him about the s'ze o.
this hear Hickokolorum that Fhrce will
beat him. recomrasn Hickolorum TO
move up in Fsrce's deestrick whair he
KIN KIN Se somS use, Well rs some game
to. and Il will keen that honobie and |
aesrllss nsssl Der, Democrat John Organ and the
epile them tricks. recisin. but Organ has
III them before and nose how |
II you come Up hear III help you show |
up lot Hi'Fe' YoTes pTFq Trnly y,nn-,,.
Ps-, Il lern anything new ili let no |
you; ;,O kin you hgser out "hat waIbridse is
Upon receipt Of Mr. Sadders'. letter I !
lost no time in making for his part OF the |
state and at o'clock in the afternoon /
road. where found him sitting with sew
eral other persons at the shady end Of the
depot platform. An air OF suppressed ex-
sitement seemed to prevail In the group.
6adders. who WAS decorating a COB with
. barlow. held both objects In one hand
while he greeted NE with the other fnyit-
ing me to a seat The station master came
out and Joined us. and the group vas soon
augmented by several others. one Of whom
Pevely greeted as Mr.. Postmaster" Al
though considerable crowd collected. no
one mad much to say. and II was evident
that they were waiting in anticipation Of
some exciting event.
finally Peve!y Sadders pointed over his
0houlder with the cob ard remarked for
my enlightenment: THAR he is, back
tnaif. ] looked in the direction Of the
whitewashed cattle pens at the FAR end
OF the depot and observed the celebrated
Highcockolorum experimenting prepara- |
tions for loading some 1--we stock into a
car.
Hes goin' away on the next freight"
Pevely explained "and we're waItir' TO |
see II he's goin' to hosswhup me before
ne goes; er II he's soin' to put IT OF TIL
The norid person. the Editor Of the local
Republican newspaper. tumncd TO his feet
and exclaimed: BY thunder, he ought
to-
"Ought to what?'' The Democratic
county chairman was on his feet at the
same instant, and paIlor for an instant
succeeded to the efiorescence OF the
editors physiognomy.
Now. gentlemen. easy. easy" inter-
posed another. who stepped between them |
Sheriff or Town Marsha, or both. Mean
while the E.ghcockolorum was quietly at
tending to his business and gave no sign
Of evil intentions.
rs he really such bcllicose person.
inquired.