The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-23
THE BIG BUCK
L HE DIDN'T GET
The Boyer Of Sheep Pslts Tells OF
Guileful Administer
Flanagan.

Go-HE~. y y O,t - The map ~ho
E'-s about tho country buying up sheep
p..t. mad sat Tor some time gazing mus
.nRly oft On the rich h. I'd autumn folia -
: Of the NAPLES. gieam ng ia the bright
!, O-'ot-r SIN. aud then s..miEgly com
? muning with himself. but loud enough 10
- heard hv IA. patent night pedier.
/, VINO at On the othsf side Ot the room. he
. slrd
IN. first grav cour "r - the comm
day had given pIac. N "a. eastern skv
u-,ypui the hills that look down upon Old
Plssldauay waters 20 th. c-imspU
h"-sid IT M. suns n.Ar-r approach
VIZ start the uat.ut right pIrv-Vor
."p-.ai 'vang,ug through rr, r1-" 70
Il-u..r S--.iy Huut,r - Hsr,is,-- abide
'u" yufI". Il Iat"ut 'og .nR"T. hI-
'p-u colur-I Dn's~-r- rIvtlIrns IA INT
49," v'llnw Il 3D." tr...-s u..t~ d- He
stared at 'h- ,i..-,i, t--It buyer who paid
n'.--,i - nothing save. h'- mv~IuSs and who
cont nI-i with them.
Pure. or ~ 1ui spicy lid he the
ri,'I md D'fol-.- mr. o .r-.i "a A. tho OPEN
cabin duu- indifferent al 80 ~ 10" sharp
-nIpulng & 'h" hickory iAggO's On ne
broad stone hearth aud the angry dart and
Ma Ill 90 ~" gath"s ng natE''-
Tho nyy". q Steep I-.lts uIus..,l. pulled,
AZ h.- shirt collar and Et1.d with al
auuruylEg s;u'l'' At -. effect Ga II rlfg-
~-lt ia 20" glts, uy-- 'I- trIttlLy uor>.
rIrtu-. hanging on ~" val The corn
rploT-d vhrsh-r- 1T -" patent right
in ght % ia. rad were sIply aglta'-d
a. their owner gIr~d Wuud--iuSly Iu turn
AZ ~" sheep T"l' gs'h"rrr and AZ Farmer
Hun'-- Farmer Hunter gazsd n rapt
attention az The sheep gel' buyer Who gave
n Indication that h. had eve ~ voice for
either pAt~nt right man ~ farmer aud who
took gp aEa.n the thread Il ~ di-,uy~-a
n" crimson glow beyond ID" fYrthH-
hills d-ep-nsd and .Nrar d"d b" unused
Al h-loW was hush and shadow soon
IN" rapidly advancing sun h"' ghtoned and
enriched the Llazonry 81 Nh eastern skv
until its tint~ lived again IN the mirroring
bosom - the lake save whore M h--ita'-
ing shadows - IA" hills fro~ H"d upon u
and still held sombr. supremacy
/ The man Who feels that life - real lie
j. earnest only a. II -Inbodie~ tho pursuit
Of the sheep even TO thu shamblc- that IS
Telt NAV 10 prompted paused and CAV.
another hitch to his shirt collar aud
another approving glance at himself n
who's. calling som. folks do not he-ita'.
10 refer 20 a. IN The piratical c1ass stared
NJ Farmer Hunter and said with - nasal
infection Tx" III" quaV-r'ng - IA" wire
str,ng on a banjo
Well wha'ta YOU know about that
To all ~ which the Sheep r..l' m--ch1
sat ,rmov.i aud ~ one. ~"'u-r"i q" hrs
-uIlp4uy
Gradually broad bars 81 gold uufold.d
100 railatrug -pirudor against IN. urIiv.-.
.ug h"'' - crimson. whlh gh' herald
81 'L,ir coming pal.d lefor" them and
slowly vanished The wooded -ufnmits
already gorgeous ia he ~ot-s Of autumn
CLEANED and Ri'-t.u"d Tn. shadows
80 %" hills upon the Ak" gathered unto
themselves sni crept a~av
NnddigK az has reflection IN al. glass
and smiling with increased approval Of
himself the sheep pslt buyer looked about
him. With sarcasm that shook ont his
corn colored whIsksrs as Il tho wind blew
through them the patent right man
'waugod IL forth 70 all whom Il might
cun~afn
I mad an aunt onc- Who writ poetry
poor cr~atur' And she died from the
kick II a moolev cow
Then Il seemed 4 the mAn who fol
low, the trail u the she.p p~lt like
hound on thu q gers track b..clma for ~.
first time aware - ths pr~S-nce % an al.
di-ur"
why hello old Slick and Slipp-rv''
-ili he. address NJ the man II such pred
Htory tent commercially that h. plsh..
patent n gh's i was 49, calling 40 one
Ol the old times and things thai went
along WITH i. Right N ,ns lin. If trade
y was 'nu Guess Won never knew
Administer tlauuIgan. though. did vous
$H.-
IN u"' uinsty- n ~ ac-. hlack dirt
onion farm by h~Cf ig 10. two rod stony
-hs-.p Ussiur that ! AuOwci him every
~ 49, much a. YOU svsr did .vrla med
fr- patent right man. ami the InsInrIst on
"a . was sharp thai u must have hurt
hl- uuss' WITH every twang ~ u cam"
forth
-Gpod'' sad the sh.-ep T.l, buv.- .In.
sy-iv. - 4 the news CAV. HIM pleasure
For nov Won can apprec iats lister this
incident - the old times that I've i.-..n
missing on
You would never have ,usper,.-I u Of
administer Flanagan. lkupW Ididnt
hada p-n hearing 81 a ni's' lot u sheep u"lts
that wer" ready tor market over back Of
the Pass Idanky h"adwat"rs. and one
tay along about th.s time ~ wear | was
pn INV way 20 that land ~ promiS 10
gather them Telts N and | ran aga nsi
Ayniniste: Flanagan m th" woods
Stopping 20 have a it'll" talk with him
I told him Sh.r- I wis going and what I
was going there Tor
You got plenty a. tim. said Az
minister stop with me ~ NV cabin
fill tomorrow said he. and n tai. YOU
OI' aud give you a shot a. deer
I'd heard \ lu' about w. great snort
~ d""r hunting - "Our-" huf didn''
know any more about ~ than . patent
rgh' mRu knows Of ne straight aud mar
ron ra'r pr--"n' company alVEyS e,-
O"p'"d Old Slick and Slippery. and hoping
vDu'II take no offence
IN" indiy dual thps adIr"zsn,i sinply
shook upi ms bunch ~ whiskers until
their fUll glory spread al over h's vast
coat front and b." turned from the persI
flag" 81 'h" sheep I~i' buyer - r.-siifn.
'WangIng - Farmer Hunf"- ~ Hard
~crnbbl" ~" exceeding Probabilities ~! tho
patent hog ringer
But no more than q good man can Won
Keep q sheep pslt-r down. aud tnts one
had rot -ttIr" fp--e~-iOu 81 Farmer .
Hunter 'aT 80. perhaps cpnif"r'" ID ~ ,
~. belief thar everything comes 20 b,tu