The Lamar register., 1909-11-17
blamed thin you could see through

that they was the only pack like that
in the country. Then. amin some at
sQuarin' myself with her on account
O. the majors shootin' trip in the
mornin'. says. II you d like to have
'em. 1t II be dom me a favor to take
EN-. My house is SO plum full OF In
jun things amt got room to move
about
"She 1umps at It sudden. an she
packs away them playin' guards in
her side-pack quicker n an Apache d
stow away hot bread. an that . some
quick.
Then the Ambulance come UP an
they all hit the trail. an the major
kin O. grins at me when I says: How
about the wolf skim
"'You keep that says he. to think
o me on
"And forgot all about It.
Nov. there comes the wust part Of
IT. About two year passed. an the
ole man was made colonel O one O
east fur station. Course he stopped
here when he went out.
How about that wolff says I.
meanin' a joke.
He never said nothin' an he
wouldn't even drink with me, so
knowed he hadn't forgot It.
Sometime after that I was east
Went to Chicago to see about sellin'
some cattle. an one day seen in the
at Fort Sheridan, SO I thinks to my
self I'll Just drap in on him. So I
called him up on the telephone an
says, Colonel. the ole gray VOLTS
come to see you an wants to smoke
the peace-ri:e.'
WHO is III? says he. kim O. sharp.
Member the gray wolf that you
skinned alive at the first shot? says.
GOOD Lord!' says he. Come out.
Jim. an well smoke that pipe over .
drink
1T warl't till I'd been there four
days that noticed that whenever
met any o. the ladies' O. the garrison
they'd docge an scurry fur cover
worse'n a skeered quail When this'd
happened four or 1--WE times. begun
to think that somethin' was up. So
one night. when me an the ole man
was settin' In his den. I says: Look
here. colonel. looks to me like I'm
about as Popular here as 4 skunk at
a church social. What's the matterr
"'All your Imagination says he.
Come into the DRAWN room where
the ladies' is
There was about ten of EN- in
there playin' bridge. an the doctors
wife had them durn horse-hide guards
in her grub-hooks an was askin' Ques-
lions about en- The ole lady turns
to me an. says Here's the very man
who can tell you all. about EN-
Il didn't say nothin': cause I re-
membered that I'd told the ole lady
some kin of lie about them guards.
an to save my life couldn't we told
what did tell her. an didn't want
to make myself out a liar before stran-
gers. so Just kept my trap shut
Tell en- said the colonel. edgin'
up to me. It's all among friends.
Jim. Tell en- he says.
go on. colonel says one OF 'em.
souawkin' out.
well. you all know that he give
'em to my wife, says he. an you've
all noticed that they're some peculiar
In the materials what they're made Of
"'oh. yes. yes says they: never
seen anything like it.
Maybe you don't know that Jim
there has lived among the In1uns fur
IS year. an he shore knows the red
skin natur. Tell 'em about the Stovels
ranch fight. Jim.' says he.
AN. be n a plum fool an thinkin'
in my fool heart that the ole man
seem my bashfulness was tryin' to
help me out o my fig. I went ahead
an told en- an told II good. Man.
you could we seen ole man Stovei
layin' behind the ole 'dobie wall
pumpin' bullets at the Apaches. who
had killed his wife out by the well. 50
yards froai the house. an him tryin'
to git tie body. tell you every hair
on them women's heads was standin'
up like n porcupine-quill. an when I
says. but he never gifts the body
cause the Injuns carried II or they
was gaspin' some.
AN that's where I come In says
the colonel. .Jim'd been Twin among
them Injuns fur eight year. Course II
wasn't his fault says he. lyin' artful
like. He was captured when he was
a boy. SO he didn't know no better;
but. when they carried Oh the body O.
that poor woman. peor ole Jim. he
took an skinned her an made the
skin up into them playin' -cyards. an
he cuts on her long yellow hair. says
he. producin' one from behind bis
back.
Poor ole Jim.' says he. Tn sor-
~. ole man. this come out; but you'vs
got your pardon, an. it's not eersaf1
you killed the; woman anyhow. ss.s "a
Man, Man, Them women Just
materially quit. an the colonel. he took
one look at me where I'd Get down
hard on the door.
Come on. jim. says he; we'd bet
ter leave
Il was so burned mad couldn't say
a word; so | pulled out fur my bed. an
I shore cusses the ole man.
When went down the odicers'
line to the cyar-would you believe
iti-every burned person cut me dead
The ole man come ridin' up Just as 1