The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-01-08

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 a 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, / demanded a
complete exhibit Of the happenings,
before passing upon the case. Where
upon Perry took a fresh chew, adjust
ed his made-up blue bow to the curves
of his rundown celluioid collar and
proceeded:
1T was out clost t Alhambry, Call
forny. I wasn't much but a kid then,
and had traded frum a good boss my
daddy give me for a starter, down 70
a bride with a bum headstsll. But
one day a Teller come along with a
boss that had %cornered tn blemisn
market an was holdin' fer a raise.
But that wasn't all. That boss had
] Tn IuUdMdf HAUL ~ AAACA@I -
In Is system that he was Wilin 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. Tn 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 frst-aid-
to-th'-snake-bit bottle, took a teeny
pull at it hisself to see hat 1t was
howin' 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 al was
emptyin' il, effective an sociable-
Then he got up. with considerable dim
Guilty, braced hisself with is legs wide
apart an cut loose with a pontoon
o. langwidge I've wished many a time
1 could duplikit.
when is breath had petered ouI
an he was tryin' t git is voice / nov
: over them wide, high an deep dam
. he had throwed acrost is stream o
: talk he asst us il we would lend hin
: tn loan of a gun, long enough I shoe
! that critter which he proceeded I
9 name agin, ~variegated an fluent. See
in is temper, l told I'm [ toddle o.
i an I'd shoot tn brute after he'd gone
. with that he quieted down a httl
> an tole us about tn animule. 1t ha
8 been a~-runnin' thataway fer nine mil
1 an was as fresh as a dandylion afte
. a shower Dad tried [ git i'm t TAX
is boss on furder. but he started l
with them indecent remarkins al
dad. out O. pure jealousy, give i'm Il
T d~ownbrakes. Then, after a little NOR
q parleyin'. dad showed i'm tn neare:
way L Loss Anglis afoot, an he m
"a seyed OF, lookin' back every onct
,e awhile an shakin' is fist at o
10 shortstop that was perusin' alfali
IS as il his mind had never been
e nothin' else er harmfuller.
" Dad an me managed t rope a
tether i'm. an after a right sma
I" skirmish we got tn cooterments {
ct i'm Then | let i'm have is rope a
he capered round with is tail up III
he was needin' some kind O calisthe
hicks fer is CONSTRUCTION. He su
was a pizen boss. Takin' a invoice
SIS blemishes, l could see that all tn
allied i'm was a bit Of a curb on
right hook. fetch o ringbone on o
TO front pastern, one more even he "
gittin' any good of, an a gentle VIII
per o. spawn. Didn't take dad 10
ed Z find out that TIL boss was mine
rk not his'n, when he glimpsed thu
ornaments.
ny "one day. after I'd heshed that r
lily away till it took a good judge O. no
meat t sight is markin's, my sc
-or thing comes by. Long about sundo
a Greaser limps in frum Loss Ans
to way. leadin' is mount. Picketin' it
iacent to our ranch house he proce'
ow to onsaddle it an carry water
wash its back. where they was
worst an biggest saddle-gan I've e
my met up with.
9TH boss wal a ~coal-black ma
sixteen high, eyes like a doe, Torch,
like a statesman. ears little emo
his for a pony, long. straight nose. I
to throatlatch, chest an shoulders hk
greyhound, body straight an tape
and back t hips like tn rock o Gibral
yer They not only wasn't nothin' tn ma
Abe with that mare-barrin a saddle
,rn- but they wasn't no way fer anytf
Z git tn matter with 'er.
Purity 0 a think hits me
his knocks me cold. When l feels tn
iket culation resumin' in my system
He hunts around an locates my ton
COB an mentions to i'm that I've &C
her mighty good t~ravelin' boss there tn
oy's tust dyin' fer a long, rapid trip.
/ know l amt lynn when l says
our He was caperin' round at tn t
snortin like a stalled freight ems
likes with frost on tn rails. He keep.
any tn out end of is rope an keeps
cancelled eye out O. sight. Hap
ued most of is other beauty spots is OF
NV 1 same side as is d~ark-lantern, an
], on rs ~fattenin' an tn surryin' I'd
n givin' i'm with a long-handled brC
his hair shined like satin, He WI
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