The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-12-19


at the same time.
Eli. there" said he and jumped foI
me. "Gad-dog your little hide. be
cried as he put my right hand in line
for IA pension. Il thoI2ht WAS book
ed to 90 without saying r""dhy tc
you You got the uote | pinned o1.
your shack:'
sure
well, there's time for a chin be
fore the choo-choo starts. Thought 10
be early. not Savvying this Kind of
travelling great deal. naru"0 If yot
amt grOwcd since | saw you. Getting
fat too, Wei. bows cycgythingE u
didn't say nothing TO the other boys
about pulling my freight. as | wauleo|
10 - sober for once. You explain Il
'em thar OH Reds head amt snellcl
Will lou: Seems kind OF dirty 20 e
off that wa. bat I'm bound for G"Is|
country ana the old time folks. :ul
somehow feel that | must cat tAt
bulge out of it. Mother thing is n
supcrstitious, as you may or may no.
have noticed, and | believe If You Try
the same game twicet you'll get jus
as different results as can he the sec
ond time. You heard how | hit II il
the mines, didn't you? No: Wei
that's so. You amt seen many people
out on the fat, have you? Hum. u
don't know principally where 10 be
gin. You remember Wind Rive
Smiths pardner that the boys ca!leI
Shadder, because he was SO thin? Me,
Teller, always willing to do you ia
vor or say something cOmical whel
you least expected it, Had kind Of g.
style with him too. Yes. sir, that's tht
man. Well. him and ne was out il
the Bend one day. holding a mess oil
Oregon half breeds that was 10 bC
shipped by train shortly, when Ole
Smithy comes with the mail. Lettel
for you, Shadder, says Smith anC
passes over big envelope with Walf
Of sealing wax all over it, Shadde,
reads his letter and folds it up. ThcI
he takes a look over the countrywide
kind of a look a man gives when he's
thinking hard Then says he, Red
take off your hat l done it. 'Smithy
take off your hat All right says
Smith, bat YOU tell me why or IN
SNAKE lAe NAft Oh you 10 sI""It
IhIllGS'
bo3S, says HhaddeF' ID Lore
AFFORD
LORD HetIlofd. Aol.crs SH-l1|.
You q better can sohe"od| III 10 looa
al YOUR F'uhplh&' Vi nat you beel
drlukih, shadder:
lead Tor Yourself says NAadder
and he handed nm the letter
w lsh YOU cou.I nave seen on
Smithy lace as he read II. lie
thought AiS pardnef had heen cut out
OF his herd forever.
III the God truth Eed, says he
Slowly, ana he had a Sideways smile
on his race as he turned TO ShadGcr.
Wen, SIT, says he l suppose cohgfat
ulauons are ID ORDER
"Shadders hand stopped short Oh
It's way to the cigarette. ana he looked
at Smlthy as II he couldn believe
what he saw.
"'To hell with EN-" says he as say
age as wildcat, and he iabbed the
irons IN and vhirled his cayuse about
on one toe, heading for the ranch
Now You go after him. You Jealous
old sorehead,' says L. Go on | says
as he started TO argue the point or ~
spread your nose all the way down
your spinal column The only time
to say No to me is when I'm not
meaning what l say, SO away goes
Wind River, and they made 1t up
all right IN no time. Wen, Shadder
mad TO pun FOR England to take
squlnt at the ancestral estates, ana all
or US was right here at this station &c
see him on. Lord, 1t seems as II that
happened last world. wen, 1t TOOK
Ettle bit the edge OH any ana all
orunks rahch as an INSTITUTION han
ever seen before mere was oio ohil.iy
crying around Wipihs HIS eyes Oh lie
SLEEVE anu eAp,'lnins " loa Vi e"St
cru ioihs Ina. ~ wasn @nauuei
.aui'- eau nooh !. an! ne was 'he
pest hoo'in 'ootin soh-oi- -sea-cooh
'nat ever MT prairie pree%e III sii'e
Vi ,nis uuni ioo1islhess' e,
ineS can nahe h' nuiu VI