The Washington herald., 1909-02-28
PAID BACK TN FULL
Sin GoakIns CeIIsGEts a OhIigaShioR
Which WsS Woodruff Has Owed
Him for Some Tine Sin Says
He'll Borrow Il Back Agin Pes
nrFIy

Two years ago last fail Sim GoOkIns,
I'd 10 that time one OF our most resPeok-
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
trapoer IN this visinity who foIlered up
the business as a perfcssion as you mite
saw. When Sim started N 10 trap, II
made Wes purity hot under the collier
Wes said he hzdent never had any com
petitshion in the hunting and trapping
line and he dident perpose 70 be II ne
could help II. Wes SAID there wasent
skarcelv enuff remuneratshiOn II hunt
ing and trapping for one person, lst
alone = On the other hand, SIN KEEP
right on trapping and ketched kwlte
| lot OF foxes. coonS. sluuks, etsetera-
mostly slzunks Judging By the aroma
which clung round him 70 such d eek
stent that he used to clean out Hen
Wezthersby's store long before closing
tine every evening when he come N
and set down BY the stove and began
10 thaw out. Sim said II Wes thort he
owned the earth and could stop him
from trapping he was mistaken.
WeS dident sav much but he kept 4
pretty sharp eye on Sim and before SIN
/ knowed he got hisself arrested Tor vto-
/ lating the game laws BY setting snares
to ketch foxes and rabbits Sim was
tried before Ame Hillyer our talented
lover, ]. of the P and legal light who
/ fined Sim so. haf OF which Wes got
Tor giving the information This hnan-
tshial blow diskuTaged Sim considerable
and he gavc-up trying 20 earn . living
bv hunting and trapping, but he dldent
! give I'D keeping 4 sharp eye on WeS-
/ That $40 which Wes got often him made
/ Sim so mad that for months afterwards
every time he thort about Il he would
cuss Wes until no respectable fly would
light on him
Last week Wes gave out that he vas
going over 10 GoOtchiC Pond TO fish for
0ickerel through the ice A oupple hours
after Wes had left for Gootchic early
| last Thursday morning Sim ne snuk
quietly awav from Bingville ard went
over to Gootchic Pond hisself Sim ap-
preached the Pond very oeerfully anl
I hid where he could see Wes at his fish
ing. Sim chuckeled when he seen thst
Wes had Il holes through he ice and
| II lines set, which Is 2 noren the law
allows. Soon as Sim discovered this he
/ hurried, back to Bingville after Seth
| DewbeTry, our lion harted town oonsta-
BE. who returned with Seth 70 Gootchic
where they ketched Wes red handed
/ fishing with his II lines.
Seth arrested Wes in the name Of the
law. At first Wcs was mad enuf to
I fte. bur Seth SAWS, Don't you hit ne
Wes-if you do, your lible 70 get 10
years IN a penitentshiary for desiSting d
| officeri" Seth told Yves /: he had Of
thort he would Of brot his handouts
with hin
IVES told Seth If he'd only let him
give Sim good drubbin, he'd go back
TO Bingville and pine away IN the town
lookup with great pleasure, but Seth
wouldent permit this besides Sim was
keerfui not to get.within reach Of Wes.
Well, Seth brot Wes back to Biug-
vile in deep disgust, while Sim trudged
along safe distensc behind l2ffin to
hisself. On Friday after Yves had spent
a exskTust1isting night in the BingvillC
ilockup he was took before Judge Hill
yer, who found him giity OF busting toe
game laws and find him so which Wes
paid over with indignatshion-
/ Judge Hillyer then handed haf Of TINS
to Sim who he congratulated on seeing
khat the law Was l1foTSed.