Tombstone epitaph., 1908-10-11
HE VAS AN OLD TIMER
Ne Called Him Jim and Then Again Nc Called Him James A. Garfield

Isn't hie name came in from the Ora. goons three weeks ago. Jim was Tom bst toner beiOre Tombstone bore an Epitaph. J,m came so early that he followed Ed Sc etfehn's unohlitersted tracks across the Sulphur Springs val ley. He came here when every gran ite b ulder assumed the form of an Apache. posing as g piece of statuary II the tenderiuot shoLld get in range of the Fusilar
 JIm propelled bnrro ahead oi him when he arrived on tine spot that sub. -equently hscsme The Only Tomb stone.
 That bDrro's name was Garfield. Jim and Garfield had walked together ttousaI is oi miles across the sands along the dreams, over the mountains and through the messs of Arizona. Jim hsd talked 10 Garfield as one camp partner 10 another. G-r6eid in- yariabIy listened atteDtively when Jim addressed him, sprung his hsece-lined ears forward 10 scoop in every word, 1 then on his own part, uttered not sytlatle, Lniy, percha nee. whinnied, in | low per-uasiye appeal for the cover and the greasy paper which Jim had | just removed from slab of bacon. ] Ia ..l n.yiH not a suggestion for the true, loyal, | plat me, mgh rower affection that , ,xi-ted trtHeen Jim and Garfield. Nell, jim served his tune on red
 leans, baking powder bread and pork ! h.-om wIth tie buttons on 1t, and iust
 s. rarieIi lid down lis simple life
 under the bgieiu! influence of an undi-
 ge,tCd guUuy sack, complicated with
 he venom of side winder which
 caught him on the trail from Pesrce, J.m struck 1t,
 Now Jim is suddenly rich, but what
 are riches to man whose dearest ob-
 feet has depar ed never % return. The
 first thing Jim did when he got his
 check wss to build ten foot monu-
 mert over the discovery hole into
 which he had tenderly lowered Gar
 Geld and where he had piously covered
 Linn up.
 Then Jim proceeds to invest in
 set Of depsrtn ent store teeth, suit
 Of all wool clothes and a glass orb to
 take the place of one that wss blown
 out from unaer his right eyebrow when
 he was struggling on the "Tunga.
 ~alla"
 Then he wonders how in "thunder"
 he s going Co spend that "hrpdred
 thousand dollars" when he used to
 make four bits iast week. He re-
 wolves the matter over in his good old
 thinkerbox, and advises with his
 friends, and finally drops to a conclu-
 sion.
 He would buy an automobSle and
 name it Garfield.
 So Jim went east and paid fancy p-ice for a fancy machine on which was painted in all the colors of the rainhow, and then some, tine sacred name, "GsricId."
 And now Jim has come to town with ] h 2 new Garfield, but as in the case o: second loves there is something left out. The old jingle, Jim frankly ad- l mits is not there. The friendly, Yhefzy call, the atfectionste rub. the ,inkle of .he bell among the pslo ver- dee, ah, all are absent; tut 1t is no trouble for Jim to get action on his money. Jrs: out three miles toward FsirboDk we came onto Jim and his new Garfield He was trying to cross the creek and was hung up. He was talsing to that machine just like he did to Garfield. Tbe water was low in the cooler and he reinforced it with the remark: Darn ye, thought I wstered ye back here at Fairbank"
 Then he snapped strip 5! adhesive tape around ragged place on the tire, remarsirg, "; orto have shod ye before ! left the shack, this durDed cement ia hard on the feet, and then ye never did like sand nohow" and then "l'll take off your pack and see if there isn't something the matter with your back" and he proceeded to throw out wraps, pCll up the seat and examine a part of her mechanism. Then he took out the crank with the remark "Garfe!d, I'm jist vexed a. ye, and durn ye I'm goin' to twist your tail good this time," and with that he advanced that old spark business about 24 revolutions, which went 60 iast the whole business looked like & buzz saw; jumped in and slid away aith Gee, you an sich bad mule ,.ter all."