The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
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Sim GeekIns Csl|sckts a 0hllgashlon Which Wes Woodruff Has Owed Him for Soms Tims-SIm Says
 He'n Borrow t Back Agin Pns-

Two years ago last fall Sim Gookins,
 up to that time one of our most respeck-
 ted sitizens, announsed that he was ago.
 ing to embark in the trapping business
 For many years prior to this. Wes Woodruff had been the only hunter and trapper in this visinity who follered up the business as a profession as you mite
 say. When Sim started in to trap, 1t
 made Yves purty hot under the eoller-
 Yves said he hadent never had any com
 petitshion in the hunting and trapping
 fine and he dident perpose to be if he
 could help it. Yves said there wasent
 skarcefy enuff recommendation in hunt
 ing and trapping for one person. let alone ,. On the other hand, Sim kep
 right on trapping and ketehed kwite a lot of foxes, coons, siunks' etsetera- mostly skunks judging by the aroma which chung round him to such a eek
 stent that he used to clean out lien
 Weathersby's store long before closing time every evening when he come in and set down by the stove and began to thaw out. Sim said if Yves thort he owned the earth and could stop him from trapping he was mistaken.
 Wes dident say much but he kept pretty sharp eye on Sim and before Sim knowed he got hisself arrested for vio- lating the game laws bY setting snares to ketch foxes and rabbits. Sim was tried before Anne Hillyer our talented lover, J. of the F. and legal light who fined Sim $20. haf of which Yves got, for giving the information. This finan- tshial blow diskuraged Sim considerable and he gave up trying to earn a living by hunting and trapping, but he dident give up keeping a sharp eye on Yves. That $l0 which Yves got offen him made Sim so mad that for months afterwards every time he thort about it he would cuss Wes until no respectable fly would light on him.
 Last week Wes gave out that he was going over to Gootchic Pond to fish for pickerel through the ice. A cupple hours after Yves had 9eft for Cootchic early last Thursday morning Sim he snuk quietly away from Bingville and went over to Cootchic Pond hisself. Sim ap- preached the Pond very ceerfully and hid where he could see Yves at his fish ing. Sim chuckeled when he seen frat Wes had 12 holes through the ice and l2 lines set, which is 2 moren the law allows Soon as Sim discovered this he hurried back to Bingyille after Seth our lion harted town consta- | ble, who returned with Seth to Gootchic where they ketched Yves red handed fishing with his l2 lines.
 Seth arrested Yves in the name of the law. At first Wes was mad enuff to fte, but Seth says, Don't you hit inc Wes-if you do, your lible to get 10 years in a penitsntshiary for desisting a officert" Seth told Wes If he had of thort he would of brot his handcuffs with him.
 Yves told Seth if he'd only let him give Sim a good drubbin, he'd go back to BingvilIe, and pine away in the town lookup with great pleasure. but Seth wouldent permit this besides Sim was keerful not to get within reach of Wes. |
 We'll, Seth brot Yves back to Bing- 1 vile in deep disgust, while Sim trudsed along a safe distense behind laffin to | hisself. On Friday after Wes had spent l a exskrushiating night in the Bingville l lookup he was took before Judge Hill 1 yer, who found him gilty of busting the 1 game laws and find him $20 which Yves paid over with indignatshion.
 Judge Hillyer then handed half of this to Sim who he congratulated on seeing that the law was inforsed.