River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-08


cused, II never done nobody, even If
did swap bosses an sell fruit trees
clost t. twenty year"
"Nah," scorned Ed Flint, you didn't
never do a soul. How about tn time
We snapped tn runaway red boss t
tn Greaser out t. Alhambry? Was
that any Carneejy endowment"
20, well, that was case where tn
exception proved tn rule. Anyhow,
We must admit that was most I'M
usual circumstance an mustn't be
Judged accordin' t ordinary stand
ards. Ort it, mister?"
Thus appealed to, | demanded a
complete exhibit of the happenings,
before passing upon the case. Where
upon Perry took fresh chew, adjust
ed his made-up blue bow to the curves
of his rundown celluloid collar, and
proceeded:
1T was out clost t. Alhambry, Cali
forny. | wasn't much but kid then,
and had traded frum a good boss my
daddy give me for starter, down to
a bride with a bum headstall. But
one day a Teller come along with
hoss that had cornered tn blemish
market an was holdin' fer raise.
But that wasn't all. That boss had
tn runaway habit so indellyble fixed
in is system that he was willin' at
any time to die in tn cause. Jest as
he got in front o. tn ranch my daddy
an me hung up at, this plug stopped
in tn middle of a incomplete run
away. TIL man on is back partly
finished tn trip, but stopped at tn
end O. tn bride rein, which was
longish one.
dad hurried in an got is first-aid-
to-th'-snake-bit bottle, took a teeny
pull at it hisself to see that it was
fiowin' free an that nobody had
changed tn contents when he wasn't
lookin' an applied it to tn dead mans
mouth. Next thing dad knowed tn
dead man had tn bottle an was
emptyin' it, effective an sociable.
Then he got up, with consid able diff
Guilty, braced hisself with is legs wide
apart an cut loose with pontoon
O. langwidge I've wished many time
could duplikit.
when is breath had petered out
an he was tryin' t. git is voice t. flow
over them wide, high an deep dams
he had throwed acrost is stream O.
talk, he asst us if we would lend him
tn loan of gun, long enough t. shoot
that critter which he proceeded t.
name agin, variegated an fluent. See
in is temper, told i'm t. toddle on
an I'd shoot tn brute after he'd gone.
with that he quoted down little
an tole us about tn animule. 1t had
been a-runnin' thataway fer nine mile
an was as fresh as a dandylion after
a shower. Dad tried t. git i'm t. take
is boss on furder, but he started in
with them indecent remarkins an
dad out O pure jealousy, give i'm tn
downbrakes Then, after little more
parleyin, dad showed i'm tn nearest
way t. Loss Anglis afcot, an he mo-
seyed off, lookin' back every onct in
awhile an shakin is fist at ole
Shortstop that was perusin' alfalfy
as if his mind had never been on
nothin else er harmfuller.
dad an me managed t. rope an
tether i'm, an after right smart
skirmsh we got tn cooterments off
i'm. Then | let i'm have is rope an
he capered round with is tail up like
he was needin' some kind o calisthen-
hicks fer is CONSTRUCTION. He sure
was pizen boss. Takin' invoice of
is blemishes, could see that all that
allied i'm was bit of curb on is
right hook, fetch O. ringbone on one
front pastern, one more even he was
gittin' any good of, an gentle whis-
per o SPAWN. Didn't take dad long
t. find out that tn boss was mine an
not his'n, when he glimpsed them
ornaments.
Zone day, after I'd f1eshed that run
meat t. sight is markin's, my good
thing comes by. Long about shutdown
a Greaser limps in frum Loss Anglis
way, leadin' is mount. Picketin' it adj
jacent to our ranch house he proceeds
TO onsaddle it an carry water an
wash its back, where they was tn
worst an biggest saddle-gall I've ever
met up with.
9TH boss war coalblack mare,
sixteen high, eyes like a doe, forehead
like a statesman, ears little enough
for pony, long, straight nose, thin
throat-latch, chest an shoulders like a
greyhound body straight an taperin'
back t. hips like tn rock O. Gibraltar.
They not only wasn't nothin' tn matter
with that mare-barrin a saddle-gall
but they wasn't no way fer anything
t git tn matter with err
Purity soon think hits me an
knocks me cold. When feels tn cir
culation resumin' in my system, !
hunts around an locates my tongue
an mentions to i'm that I've got a
mighty good travelin' boss there that's
Just dyin' fer long, rapid trip. An
I know l amt lynn when says it.
He was caperin' round at tn time,
snortin' like stalled freight engine
with frost on tn rails. He keeps at
tn out end of is rope an keeps is
cancelled eye out o sight. Happens
most of is other beauty spots is on tn
same side as lis dark-lantern, an with
is fattenin' an tn surryin' I'd been
givin' i'm with a long-handled broom,
his hair shined like satin. He was a
strong-lookin' devil, an strong as he
G locked. If it hadn't been fer tn nasty