New-York tribune., 1911-02-26

w IOp comes IlOouSl lllto NtlN gym 'i'i'' ~
4 and pulln the fingers apart cautious like ne
one '"n.;,' '" IN see If they was all there.
was 80 ,heel" SAYS he. Its an alfalfa delegate
Am. NJ, ike a bench wise Go out there and have
Try ne 49, So ike that before goes in, course gets
pen Den.,b around on his knucde and puts the agony
l ~ ont OF business before he gets II started Maybe
SquoOI5 anyway: for the cordial paw this stranger
No-I ,- IS ike a hand of bananas. The rest OF nm Is
sun SusH' 1n the same lines; for he's vide nat footed
pun +hi-5 over SIX foot he stands, and should
gen brd weigh in up around the two-htty mark
ssUn veN,- saws he. IN voice that sounds IKE lhe
III NOTES of "a church organ. same OLD SHORTY Nc
p eb2 Reckon YOU don't remember me, though;
~. 5,- saws I. 1t ain account OF the size
IL bs0l" saws he, lettin It rumble out easy and
,.,,-.s Got me there, didn't you; But think
81 now. back as far as when YOU were making that
oa1n oa1sn-,Csr1 -Darring tour from Denver east Maybe
D i stand cr In the aislcs for YOU at the Centona
Open opss5T1.,- I'',-, .e Centora Want that the place
rlscl they had deputy sherlits with their guns out
"..i IN each window,
Po..2ea .2dr n be. saws be- We had sixteen Of en-.
Bu. w." r. were dozen outfits of cowpunchers in
. p. ,r,-r every last man of EN- plumb wild over
ror and It bad JUS. COS. "c TWO hundred ana thirty
5;7L- f.-s to TIN a-. pant the root. put every
s sls .,'5 be, a- ..-~.a into that new opera house,
an. I couldn't afford Co. have mat Srazy Duhch make
- Shaker Of the ceiling. That S why.
p f~..-sT T -E." how did YOU come Out;'
-tI"rHfT- Say. Shorty McCabe, says he maxim
--- l-3ilr grab for rly hand, I've been wantin 10
al @ hon, ttt. al. these years. That exhibition date
~ ,.-s was the ta-u Of the tide for me Up TO that
- rs t.-, AGAINST u, the different kinds OF hard luck
s-y nan ever Shook ou. Of the box. / q tned ralsln
a. . -,,..'.~- got III my best calves; d bought
- M Is. f.. -.- streass. that pinched out as soon as
,5- - money down. Then . worked ana saved up
~ ..- .-,- %. r.- -.--. - k real estate boomers
.r' III this busted Ce1-ona proposition on me'-iour
60. mile, ~ prairie lot, plotted out around water
-. mi "a few dozen sla,As When built the opera
r.r 1 -f Il, 81 lN,
~, . ....rtt The boom back 10 Ccnt0ra. IL was that
bum ..a.e you drew that lifted my noodoo
.--.- t..t y0u made good. dld YOU says l.
-r. .. -..fs~ saws he. why, l couldn't touch any
.-..... . int turn % money, People began to pile
.. ...-. i some one had advertised free JarDe-
. r... ..-1r. inside lots 80 fast l had 20 open a
han. FL. .. car. ot the cash. and the corner ones l
COL. .. . .., rate ut Two hundred dollars day So as
--r..f .-.. ueot em. Busy, Say at one time there
n. -.--. -e4. estate office hotel. the bank, and
-vr .... ranches. buildin a grain elevator LAYING
,r;-a- the new county courthouse located IN Cen
---s hacking daily newspaper. and organizing the
r. .t -.... And money? Why whenit once began
--~-,-- -- ..r It seemed ike nothing could stop IT,
THE nor ..-ew away reckless, the more came back
AMI i-- r..- stopped coming, that's the best OF IT,
-G,at ..a- IT,. says l. You must be some well
-S.o-r SAYS Dc. layin a paw on my shoulder inn
o-4s.,.e ~..t wire out TO Cen-oria and ask en- how
Biz Bart Rollins Is fixed when IT comes 10 cold cash
WV I.. -.- enough 20 break mule back
r T#-. .rt Ike the ordinary hot air blast the way
l he Sui. either. Moren that some way or other
le00s-1 part. After a sized UP that rugged chin
-ft, .- them steady wide set eyes, l knew he wa t
4.- - - bass horn solo, Just for the sake OF hear1n
.s-s expect vou'rc on Your way to the other
side ... -.o blow some If Your surplus against the
swell ..-....,r. gamc-Pa-s. and Rome, and Egypt.
~ -. SAYS he none Of that for Big Bart. ID
look wouldn't l. prospecting around abroad and
-a..- ... up with foreign customs and ways when
Is-- .e how my own people live right here in the