Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-03-20

heat from de cohncr' SAYS lne barber.
I keep hollcrin' Next" but he amt
pay 10 'tention-hc make Ii next" fur
me. shuah! Yah. yah. yah! You gents
orter seen me start ut de bottom an
slide all de way up dis yer TELEGRAPH
pole"
"Onc OF the bull whackers went out
to rope the steers. and Ag gave dlrec-
| tons from the sidewalk. He wasn't
very handy with RATA. and that's a
fact. but the way Ag lit into him was
| scandalOus. When he'd missed about
six casts Of his rope. Ag opened up on
him:
"'Put n stamp on 1t and send 1t to
him by MALL said Aggy In his Sour
castle way. Address T.. bay Steer.
| middle OF Main street. EuIse. Ida. If
| not delivered within ten days. return
| to owner. who can use 1t to hang him
self" Blast my hide II couldn't
stand here and throw Il box car nearer
to the crittcr. Well. well. well! How
many left hands have you got. any
how? DO 1t up In wad and heave 1t
Mt him for general results. lie might
get tangled In It,
1T ratified the bull whacker. having
| so much attention drawn to him, and
he stepped on the rope and twisted
himself UP In 1t and was flying light
generally.
"'Say.' says Ag. appealing to tho
crowd. won't some kind friend who's
fond Of puzzles 90 down and help That
| gentleman do himselfT
| That mnde the whacker mad. He
was Us red in the face rs lobster.
| "'You come down and show what
you can do says he. You've got gas
enough for q balloon ascension. but
that may be oil there Ii to you
"'Oh. l amt 30 much says Aggy.
although I'm rs good q man today rs
ever l was In my life, but have 1T
tie friend here who can rope. down
and ride that critter from here to the
brick front In five minutes by the
watch. and II you've got q twenty fvo
dollar bill In your pocket or its equiv
alent in dust you can observe the ex-
pertinent
It'll go you, by goshv says the bull
whacker. slapping his hat on the
ground and digging Cor his pilc.
Say. II you're referring to ME.
Ag.' l says. It's kind Of q sudden
spring. amt what you might call In
training. and that steer Is full Of triple
extract Of giant powder
"'Gwan. says Ag. You can do it
and then we're twenty five ahead
but suppose We loser
"'Well- 1t won't be such an awful
loss.'
Now. you look here. Agamemnon
G. Jones' says I. I amt going to
stand for putting up a summer breeze
agin that feller's good dough. That's
a skin game. to speak 1t pleasantly
Then Aggy argues the case with
me. and when Aggy started to argue
you might just as we'll moo and chase
yourself into the corral, because he'd
get you sure. Why, that man could
sit In the cabin and make roses bloom
right In the middle Of the floor While
he was singing his little song you
could see 'em and smell 'em. lie could
talk a snowbank or high divide In
the middle Of February. Never see
anybody with such a medicine tongue,
and in a big man 1t was oil the stran-
ger. Now he winds up. as for cheat
ing that Teller, you ought to know me
better. Red. Why. I'll give him my
note
$50. anyhow. done It. Up the
street We went steer bawling and
buck jumping. my hair a-Hying and me
rs busy as the little bee you read about
keeping that steer underneath mo
stead Of on top Of me. where he'd
ruther be. and after US the whole
town. whoopin'. yellin'. crackin' OF
six shooters and carryin' on wild.
Then We had $25 and was rs good
rs anybody. But Il didn't last long.
The tin horns come out after pay day
like hoptoads after q rain. 'Twould
puzzle the government at Washington
to know where they hang out In the
meantime. There was one lad had q
lace ON him with about Ms much ex-
preston as q hotel punkln pie. He
| run an arrow game, and he talked
right straight along in q voice that had