The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-17

did you notice the lady that give
you thoser' asked Old Man Savage, as
/ returned from the post Office with my
letters. well, she's the Official storm
centre of Tonic Creek. How'd she
strike you, now, for cyclone in dis
guise? Nothing special. ehf Well.
lookee here, Bill, or whatever you like
to be called. that passes as a personal
confidence between you and me. I'm
an old man. and 1 s'pose the hot fire
Of jealous hate has burnt itself out
some, but don't you let Keno Christy.
nor Sam the Cook. nor any other man
on Tonic Creek hear you say that
Opal isn't special at anything, or you'H
meet Mr.. Trouble in the road"
The old man looked me over with
grim benevolence and went on.
AT the same time Bill-and I'm CIV
ing you this talk out Of wide ex-
perienoe and a fatherly solicitude for
strangers in these parts-at the same
time, don't you by any word, nod or
smile, whether covert or public, let on
for a minute that you consider this
here. Opal to be something special. OF
Old Man Trouble will tap you on the
shoulder where you stand. NO 9okihs'
either.
"T remember two years ago, wnen
that glass eyed bug hunter they caIieo
there was such a carnival OF hunan
passions broke out as nigh stampeoeo
the postmistress herself, Injured as she
fs to the Western expression OF love
and affection. This Bughouse was
knocking around the country, pick.he
up snakes and beetles ana sucn IKE
He hung out in that old cabin Gown u
the dry wash, and was DOING me- ac
cording to his lights.
he couldn't keep away from the post
office. We only got two mails a week
and YOU might naturally suppose tina
a man could go down Tuesdays ant
saturdays, line up with the boys apt
get all that was coming to him. No
SO with Bughouse Jimmy. He come
a-smiling around there Wednesdays
Thursdays and Fridays. taking OF hi
dude cork hat to the postmistress ant
mailing boxes of bugs and butterflies
until he began to make an impression
Most of the boys around here are dow
in the mine or out at their prospect
during the day, and they amt stront
for them New York manners anyhow
So 1 suppose, having a clear field AM
city ways, the tenderfoot was due t
make something of winning. New
ertheless, his actions was viewed Wit
disfavor by about forty men, most
WnOm was 6tttiHS OhAS WV
week--on mail days.
"One morning when Jimmy com
around Opal kept him waiting until sh
. put on that red wrapper with the val
Ter stripes and them little high; heele
slippers with gold braid and then ysh
come out, stepping a little high an
smiling with them white teeth an
looking so damn much like a woman
well. I'm an old man. as / says. bu
stranger, you must have a girl BAG
home or you'd noticed"
The old mans eyes cleaned disar
prevail for a moment. The he re
sumed:-
what I was trying to tell you
that this here Bughouse Jimmy cam
out of his dream about butterflies wit
q jump, having something much pre-
tier to look at, and he got so sociab
he forgot all about his mail until
was half away back to camp.
'"The rest of this story Is simple ar
easy, like all other tales mith mo
al. Every man in the district hf
an axe for Bughouse. Where befo
they had tolerated his infirmities wi
good natured scorn they now band
together to give him a-plenty. II
natural resources of Arizona, both flo
and fauna. suddenly burst upon hi
In a prodigal riot. Instead or Dell