Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-03-13

- sh- .Ag-h"i again and shook. I
mean shook. 1t wasn't like handing
y"G 50 i@Uch cold fish. the way sou.e
women shake hands. And Logs and
NE. We vrrr full Iar,,s from date.
= made one more bad break on the
hone trip.
"'Jo.csy viii be powerful glad to
sac Won says !.
"'JoneSy:' says she. surprised.
'JoDcsy? Oh. "a that what sou call
Uncle A.bcrt%
Wen. 4 does some tines happen
that way says l, and then ny anti
George Washington blood rose again.
- III SCI. lie was kind OF lonesome out
t.'rc at first. and We took TO calling
hi;l Joncsy to cheer him up and make
hiI feel 1T home, l says.
"Oh.' says she. And I reckon she
didn't fee. 50 horribly awful about 1t,
Cor after looking straight toward the
gulf Of Mexico for minute suddenly
shr bust right out and hollered. 1t
SONS that Jones cut Il great deal OF
y siSS W u SHAPt 1c was OoeA
home in his own street. It's astonish
Ing how little of q man 1t takes to do
that in the east. We had an argument
once on the subject. It's intellect does
It, says Silver Tompkins. ooh, that's
1t. eh:' says Wind River Smith. We'll.
I'm glad I'm not troubled that way.
Id rather have forty-four chest than
No. S head any day you can find in
the almanac And I'm with Smithy.
This knowing SO much 1t makes you
sicl amt any better than being so
healthy you don't know nothing, be-
sides being square miles less fun. An
other thing about the eastern folks Is
they're so sOt In their views, and 1t
don't matter to them whether the
facts bear out their idees or not.
Here, take n cigar says one Of
the board Of directors to me-a little
tat old man, who had to draw in his
breath before he could cross his legs
them cigarettes IL ruin your health,
says he. Mind you, he was always
kicking and roaring about his liver or
stummick or some Of his works. I'm
little over six foot three in my boots
when l stand up straight, and stood
up straight as the Lord would let mo
and gazed down ut that little man.
'Pardner,' says I, I was raised OH
cigarettes. When I was two years old
used to have n pull at the bottle
and then my cigarette to aid digestion.
1t may be cOnceit on my part I says.
but I'd rather be a wreck like me
than prize fighter like you They're
queer. You'd think that that little fat
man would have noticed the difference
without my pointing 1t out to him.
well, l don't have to mention that
Logs stirred things up considerable
around the Chanta Seechee and vicin-
fly. Gee! What a diving into wanne-
gans and fetching out Of good
clothes there was! And trading Of
useful coats and things for useless but
decorating silk handkerchers and
things! And what hair cutting and
whisker trimming!
But Kyle was the man from the 60
in. And 1t was right 1t should be so.
II ever two young people were born
to make trouble for each ether 1t was
Kyle and Logs.
"a nice, decent fellow was Kyle.
Nothing remarkable, you could say,
and that was one Of his best points
Howsomever, he had head that
could do plain thinking, pair 81
shoulders that discouraged frivoling
and he was as square a piece Of fur
niture US ever came out Of O factory
More'n that, he had quite q little edu'
cation. saved his money. never got
more than good natured loaded. and
he could ride anything that had -four
legs, from . sawhorse to old tiger
Buck. who would kick your both feet
out of the sturrups and reach around
and bite you In the small Of the bach
so quick that the boys would be pulling
his front hoofs out of your frame be
fore you'd realize that the canter had
begun. Nice horse, Buck. He like t.
eat JOnesy up one morning before
Silver and me could get to the corral
Lord. the sounds made my blood rur
cold! Old Buck sQuealing like a boal
pig in q wolf trap. and Jonesy yell
ing. 'Helpi Murder! Police! Ever
that did not cure Jones from sticking
his nose where it wasn't wanted
Why. once But, thunder, 1t would
take me n long while to tell you al
that happened to Jones.
zone thing that didn't hurt KYLE
any In the campaign was that he wa:
most as good looking for man as
she was for woman. They made 4
pair to draw to. tell you. Looping ovel
the prairie full Of health and young
ness. You wouldn't want to see &
prettier sight than they made. and 20,
could see 1t Mt any time, for they
were together whenever 1t was posi-
BILE. Logs was SO happy it made vol
feel like boy again to see her. ShI
told me In private that 1t was wonder
full how the air out here agreed witt
her, and l said It was considered
mighty bracing and never let on tina
they proclaimed their state Of mind
every time they looked Mt each other
reckon old Smart Aleck Jonesy wa
the only party in the township wit
ny uctu " pu
vinegar In his coffee and things llk,
that, and II you'd ask him, What.
that fellows name that runs the cloth
ing store in town. he'd come out O.
his trance anc say Yes and smil,
very amiable to show that he thor
Oughly admitted you were right
well, things went as smooth aEt
easy as bobsledding until It came tim
for Logs to Dc moseying back to col
lege again.
Then Kyle took me into his conf
dence. l never was less astonished II
my whole life. and I didn't tell hin
30. Well. what are you going to d.
about itT says I.
''IIe kind Of groaned and shook hi
head. I dunno says he. DO 70,
think she likes me. RedT felt lik,
saying. Well. II you amt got all tn,
traits but the long ears I miss m!
guess but l made allowances, ant
says I: We'll. about that I don't thinl
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