The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-16
Good Sforv
But u Took Some Time
TO Tell Il

every time Pliny passed Bllls house
that fee o. Bllrs I'D run out yappln
and snappln' at him, an he got Sc
mad that he swore he'd kill H."
I've swore the same thing" said
Sol Baker. did he kill it?"
you wait" said Parsons. struggling
with mlrth. "Pliny'd been over to the
market an bought him steak for sup.
per. II was a right prime cut, an
Phny said to Dick Spence when he
cut II that he didn't gredge payin' a
shillin a pound for a steak like that
was. I'm a-goin' to have the old WON.
an FIX 'er up with lnyuns an brown
gravy he says to Spence. an the way
he said II. Spence toll me. he couldn't
keep his mouth from waterIn."
Il don't blame him." said Washing.
ton Hancock. I've tasted them steaks
that Pliny's wife fixes, an | wouldn't
want nothin' better. She's got a way
O. cookin' steak that beats any I've
ever knowed. Il don't need to be no
prime cut. nuther. She can take a
piece right atwixt the critters horns
an make you think It wus porter
house"
That's the French in her" said the
storekeeper. Then French"
What did Pliny do to the dawg.
Marve?" asked Baker. impatiently.
did he kin him? That's what want
TO know"
IT he'd a killed him reckon Bill
wouldn't be a-tellin II around fer a
joke" said the storekeeper. contemptI.
ously. That's fool question to asst.
That amt Bits style"
"Bilfd be chasin' behind Pliny with
double-barrel shotgun right now II
Pliny'd KEEP up his gait this long.
Pliny uster be some at runnln, but
Bill's staver, an he's mighty sot up
about his shotgun. an he thinks a
right smart O. that dawg," said Han
cock.
Anyway. this was a pertickler fine
piece o. steak" resumed Parsons.
There was two pounds OF It, too.
an -"
81 wusnt disputln' 1t bein' a fine
piece O. steak, Marve," said Hancock.
mildly. "All was sayin' wus that
Pllny's wife cd take most any scrag-
ely, tough OIL piece O. beef an fix II
up SOS It 'ud seem like a prime cut.
You don't need to get miffed"
What did the dog do to Pliny.
Marve?" asked Baker.
Who said he done anythin'?" de-
manded the storekeeper. why don't
you give Marve a chance to tell it?"
That's what l say" said Hancock
you keep your mouth ghet an your
ears open, Sol, an you'll soon find out
about the dawg if you're so deter
mined to know"
What dawg Is thatf" asked Henry
Westerman from Duck IIrook, as he
lounged up to the group and holsted
his bulky form to a seat on the
counter. Ben Sibley's?"N
mo. it's Bill Riley's dGwg." said
Parsons Il was tellin'-"
Il didn't know Bill had dawg. Is
be any 'eount?"
"Jest little fee" said Baker. zone
O. them onery little yappin' tarriers, no
ercount fer anythin'. I told Bill was
a-goin' to kill him If he run out at me
again"
Il thought mebbe you was talkin'
about Ben Slbley's Tige." said Wester-
man. Jerry Bush says he seen a
dawg that can whip him. It's one of |
those yere sheep dawgs, an 3 feller
over in Sassafras township owns him. |
He's whipped everythin' over in that |
section, an Jerry says Tige wouldn't |
last him Ave minutes. / thought II |
seen sibley I'd tell him about It, It's
gotter to be pow'ful good dawg to
whip Tige."
Tell us about Pllny's dawg, Marve,"
Sol Baker.
Does Bill think he en- fight?"
asked Westerman.
"Why. no" said Parsons, hastily.
1T haia't fightin dawg I was sayin
that he'd ben pesterin' Pliny Williams
A right smart, an Pliny had ben
around to Dick Spence's to get him a
steak for his supper He was a-goin'
10 have his wife fix it up with inyuns
in great shape"
shes a great hand to fix steaks
with injuns," explained Hancock. help
iully. she can take a piece off the
shank or off the neck of a beef an
cook It SOS 1t ud melt in your mouth"
She's French" supplemented the
an them French know
now to fix vittles. There was an OIL
French woman down where was
'aised-- Where YOU goin'. Marve?"
Tell us about Pliny afore you go,
Marve," begged Hancock.
Parsons turned and faced the group
Well" he said, "Pliny
vus goin' by Bits with the steak an
10 seen the dawg nosin' at rosebush
.wo yards of an he hadn't got rock,
10 he plugged at him with the steak,
IN the steak hit a tree an the paper
,usted an the dawg got the steak an
-un under the house with 1t afore
oliny cd git around to him, an when
lin an Bill did git the steak it was so
nauled 1t want fitten for nawthin,
IN that's all there wus to 1t, dog
rOno evarv last Ona NJ wont