Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-11

You see, he was kind of lonesome out
there at first, and we took to calling
him Jonesy to cheer him up and make
him feel at home, l says.
"'Oh,' says She. And l reckon she
didn't feel SO horribly awful about 1t,
for after looking straight toward the
gulf of Mexico for a minute suddenly
she bust right out and hOllered. 1t
seems that Jones cut great deal of
grass to a swipe when he was back
home in his own street. It's astonish-
ing how little of a man it takes to do
that in the east. We had an argument
once on the subject. It's intellect does
it, says Silver Tompkins. oh, that's
it, ehY says Wind River Smith. We'll,
I'm glad I'm not troubled that way.
I'd rather have forty-four chest than
a No. 8 head any day you can find in
the almanac And I'm with Smithy.
This Knowing so much it makes you
sick 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 iGees or not
Here, take cigar says one of
the board of directors to me-a little
fat old man, who had TO draw in his
breath before he could cross his legs
them cigarettes II ruin your health
says he. Mind you, he was always
kicking and rearing 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 l stood
up straight as the Lord would let me
and gaZed down at that little man.
'Pardner,' says l, L was raised on
cigarettes. When | was two years old
l used to have pull at the bottle
and then my cigarette to aid digestion.
1t may be conceit on my part l says,
| but I'd rather be Il wreck like me
than a prize fighter like you They're
queer. You'd think that that little fat
man would have noticed the difference
| without my pointing it out to him.
We'll, l don't have to mention that
| Logs stirred things up considerable
! around the Chanta Seechee and vicin-
! ity. Gee! What 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 a hair cutting and
| whisker trimming!
| But Kyle was the man from the go
In. And it was right it should be So
If ever two young people were born
| to make trouble for each other it 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 a head that
| could do plain thinking, pair of
| shoulders that discouraged frivoling
and he was as square a piece of fur
niture as ever came out of factory
More'n that, he had quite a 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 tigel
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 tC
eat JoneSy up one morning before
Silver and me could get to the corral
Lord, the sounds made my blood run
cold! Old Buck squealing like a boal
pig In wolf trap, and Jonesy yell
ing, Help! Murder, POlicer Ever
that did not cure Jones from sticking
his nose where it wasn't wanted
Why, once But. thunder, it woulG
take me long while to tell you al
that happened to Jones.
lone thing that didn't hurt XVI,
any in the campaign was that he wa:
most as good looking for a man a:
she was for woman. They made ,
pair to draw to, tell you, Looping Owe
the prairie full of health and young
ness! You wouldn't want to see ,
prettier sight than they made, and yol
could see it at any time, for the.
were together whenever it was posi-
bic. Logs was so happy it made yo'
feel like boy again to see her. Sh'
told me in private that 1t was wonder
full how the air out here agreed witt
her, and 1 said 1t was considere,
mighty bracing and never let on tina
they proclaimed their state of min'
every time they looked at each other
l reckon old Smart Aleck Jonesy wa
the only party in the township VIII
didn't understand. Kyle used to pu
vinegar in his coffee and things Xix
that, and If you'd ask him, What
that fellows name that runs the cloth
, ing store In town? he'd come out o
his trance and say Yes and smil
very amiable to show that he thor
oughly admitted you were right.
We'll, things went as smooth an
easy as bobsledding until 1t came tim
for Logs to be moseying back to co
lege again.
Then Kyle took me into his conf
dence. l never was less astonished 1
my whole life, and l didn't tell hiI
so. We'll, what are you going to d
about it?' says 1.
, "He kind Of groaned and shook hi