The Washington herald., 1909-08-15
KHlCHHD!
Seth DsWbaTY, our Iiun-hsaTisd town
GOnStubbI8 comes upon 8ViI-doerS
at dead of night and then fails TO
Go his duiy-a diSgTaSa to Bing-
vile.

A disgraceful scene occurd in our
midst last Thursday night about mid
night which will allus remain as a dark
splotch on the fair name Of Bingville
and We reckon when the pusilanimous
town Of Hardscrabb,e hears about it
they viii rejoice with great cheer becuz
the morals Of Bingville has fell so low
as to permit sich disgraseful gOings-on
amongst us.
Thursday ev'g Seth Dewberrv our lion
harted conStubble driv down to Snake
Bend settlement 10 look at a couple Of
pigs which he heerd Alonzo PEPPERS
had for sale When Seth LETT Bingville
It was nearly dusk and when he arrove
at Snake Bend It was considerable later
AlonzO lit lantern and tux Seth out
to the pigpen and stirred I'D the pigs
which had went to sleep so as Seth
could get look at EN- and then Seth
he askt AlOnzo what he would take
for the two OF them. Alonzo said he
calkIlated they both was worth about
Sll, undelivered, but Seth he said he
thort that fgger was a leetle mite too
steep, but he would give s.. for them
and not another red cent Alonzo said
ne wouldn't take $8 bur he would take
$40. then Seth said he wouldn't never
give no $40, but would give 50. and
then AlOnzO said he would split the dif-
ference and take Sq75. Seth he said he
would give $3.50 but no more. so heio
him. and there they hung Neither man
wouldn't bulge inch from these fqgers
and so about II p m Seth give ND all
hope of buying the pigs and started
home in disgust
Seth said if him and Alonzo hadn't
haggled and bsrgained and bartered so
long he might ct got started home bv Q
p. m Well Seth he pOked along lords
Blngvllle and come TO the edge of the
town about midnight As he was drivin
along IN the dust without making little
II any noise Seth was considerable sur
priSed TO see light in Mel SINNERS
constable. Seth stopped his horse and
rubbed his eyes and looked twict before
he would believe that his eyes didn't de-
celve him, but there sure enuff was A
light coming through the winder on the
side Of the constable.
Seth he listened and presently he
heard voices coming from the inside OF
the stable and this puzzled him more
than ever. Seth he wondered who the
thunderashion could have light lit in
Mel SINNERS COW stable at that time of
night 50 he got ont OF his blackboard
and nitched his horse TO the fence and
IN the canacitty of the high constubble
OF Bingville snuk softly lords the stable
70 investigate. When Seth got to the
stable he found the doors fastened on
the inside and he went clean around the
stable, but couldn't find a peek-hoIe any
where's.
Then it occurd to Seth if he could
git up high enough to look into the
wlnder he would see what was going
on so he found a board and propped
It up against the side Of the stable un-
der the wipder and elm up on the
board and jest as he nearly could
reach the edge of the winder the board
slipt and Seth fell and might of broke
his fool neck He made some little
noise in falling and the voices inside
hushed up ard Seth laid there in the
grass beside the stable wondering If he
| had broke any bones or merely injured
hisself internally Presently Seth he
heerd the stable doors open and he riz
up and rusht around and stepped in
side The sight that met his gaze sur
prised him considerable. There in the