Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27
humorous Department.
Alesson In the Waltz.

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Should you ever go to Rolling
Forks, in Arizona" said the drummer
to the stranger in the smoker, don't
try to introduce eastern capers, for
the field amt ripe for 1t yet. I struck
the camp one afternoon along Of a
fresh young engineer from New York
one O. them soft boiled fellers that
needs to get stepped on a few times to
have the kinks smoothed out Of 'em.
I'VE put up for the night with Bill
SIagely, what had a big hawg-run in
them parts. The old man give ball
to celebrate the openin' Of his new
smokehouse, and this pelican from the
Metropolis insisted on goin', so strings
along to keep him out o mischief.
TT was a bare barn Of place, an
half filed when we got there with cow
punchers an miners. The ladies was
all slicked up in calicoes, an every
blamed one Of 'em was barefooted. OF
course, when this duck from New York
see the women he give 'em the grand
laugh.
go right on an finish dressin',
girls, won't look she, a remark that
didn't endear him none TO the husbands
and lovers Of the shorthorns.
"Bin was q generous host, and in
one corner was keg Of rum free FOR
ali. The engineer takes ladle OF the
beverage that would have bathed a
baby, and then remarks to Stagely,
you might have told feller this was
varnish for the smokehouse, an not
let me go an pizen myself Oh, he
was a great jollier don't think!
pretty soon 1 feels Bill tuggin' at
smy sleeve an follers him into the open.
"'Who is this mushrat you've sawed
onter US for the OCCASION? he asks,
not coldly but red hot.
"I told him I didn't know mucn
more'n him bout the hyener. That I'd
on'y met him in travelin', and that l
intended to drop him off cliff X
couldn't get red of him in any other
way.
"'Wal, you better cart him away
fore he loses the use Of his hind legs,
said Williams, who seemed to think /
was to blame for the engineers mis-
deeds.
1--WE had few more words, when
rattle of shots from the direction OF
the smokehouse cut the conversation
in two. Some heavy body plunged out
of the open doorway and disappeared
with a yell like a wolf into the night
Bill and me ran forward into the house,
but apart from a little smoke In the
air you'd never have knowed that
anything had happened.
Whats the trouble?' inquired of
a young lady in a blue wrapper en-
gagged in the delicate operation Of re-
moving splinter from her heel.
(which difficulty do you mention%
says she with q great attempt to ap-
pear digniied.
why, I heard some shots and a
howl
"'Oh, it were right before that ten
derfoot quit the game, Eresume'
Howl did he? Wal, thought he want
feelin' quite to hum when he left. Ye
see, stranger, 1t was this yere way.
He lowed at this outfit was a BACKYARD
in dancin' edication as a buck prairie
dorg, an undertakes to show US the
reel thing, which the same he calls a
woltz. He happened to light on Buck
Bradley's wife fur podner, an that's
whar the critter made a. all-fired mis-
take. When he got good an though
Buck says to him mighty pleasant:
"'"[Z ou've Parnt US your dance, now
s'pose you take a lesson In ourn.
Shuck them shoes and stockin's," an
as he was some slow bout it Buck lets
his gun loose an nigh takes toe often
the gent Arter that the dingo gathers
his meanin', and for the mex five min
utes he done some lively sashayin' over
the plenks tell he draps In his tracks,
and then drives through the door like
a shot outen gun. That's all ther'
was to 1t, stranger. No trouble at all.
Jest a leetle amusement tween drinks
to keep the outfit from goin' to Sleep
and she resumed her surgical opera
tion calmly.
'I stumbled across the unfortunate
engineer, bundle of woe, tangled up
in the sage-brush near the building.
AS he was unable to walk, I packed
him on my back and lugged him to
shelter and profane convalescence.
Not a shot had touched him, but his
extremities looked like boxing gloves.
He had carried away about bundle
of kindling as a souvenir of the dance.
I was sorry for the critter, but the
medicine done him good. l notice,
though, that he was mighty sensitive
ever afterwards If you said he was