The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-12-21
.tCopyright. 1906, by ],

OI man VINO mas Ooeu unJuSLlyj d.
cused. II never done nobody, even if
l did swap bosses an sell fruit trees
clost t. twenty. year. =
Nah scorned Ed Flint, you didn't
never do soul. How about tn time
We snapped tn runaway red hosss>t
tn Greaser out t. Alhambry? Was
that any Carneejy endowment
20, we'll. that was case where tn
exception proved tn rule. Anyhow.
We must admit that was a most I'M
usual circumstance an mustn't be
judged accordin' t. ordinary stand.
ards Ort it,. mister?"
Thus appealed to, l demanded
complete exhibit of the happenings,
before passing upon the case. Where
ed his made-up blue bow to the curves
of his rundown celluloid collar, and
proceeded:
1T was out clost t. Alhambry, Cali
forny. l 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
boss 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
mir 0f 11n0Nnnlntn n.
away. TIL man on is back partly
finished tn trip, but stopped at tn
end O. tn bride rein, which was a
longish one.
Dad hurried in an got is first-aid-
10th -snake-bit bottle, took a teeny
pull at it hisself to see that it was
flown 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'ab diff
Guilty, braced hisself with is legs wide
apart an cut loose with pontoons
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 quieted 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 afoot, 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 err harmfuller.
Dad an me managed t. rope an
tether 'im an after a right smart
skirmish we got tn cooterments off
i'm. Then l 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 a pizen boss. Takin' invoice of
lis blemishes, could see that all that
allied i'm was bit of curb on is
right hock fetch O. ringbone on one
front pastern, one more eyen he was
glttin' any good Of an a 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.
'One day, after I'd feshed that run
away till it took a good Judge O. boss
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 ad-
jacent to our ranch house he proceeds
to onsaddle 1t an carry water an
wash its back, where they was tn
worst an biggest saddle-gall, I've ever
met up with. -
TIL boss war a coal-black mare,
sixteen high, eyes like doe, forehead
like 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 'er
Purity soon a think hits me an
knocks me cold. When feels tn cir
culation resumin' in my system, I
hunts around an locates my tongue
an mentions to i'm that I've got
mighty good travelin'. boss there that's
Just dyin' fer long, rapid trip. An
I know l amt lynn when:I says it:
He was caperin' round at tn time.
snortin' like. a stalled freight engine
with frost on tn rails. He keeps at
tn out end Of is rope an keeps lis