Putnam patriot., 1911-07-21
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 HE BEGGED HARD
 cher Hfei You call for what you want and the cashier will make good
 "Ah. Bud. how'll ever pay you back? Keep f. man: keep it." replied Jim fB a disheartened voice.
 say. you ain't got DO call to worry about that part of 1t There's where my troubles begin" returned Bud Now. you take these two bucks and jab 'em in your jeans. Co on, now Do as 1 tell you or dashed if don't lick you and make you take 'em. What's the good of money if if afnt to help a friend out with? don't care who gets drunk on it just so long as they have a good time.
 Boy. you'fl be sailing ID the track regardless of orders with your boiler full of suds if you don't get out in the scramble for awhile"
 Lord. I'd like 10 see railroad train. Havent heard a whistle for two vears How far is it to the near est station. BudY''
 "Plattsburg- fifty mile-due south"
 "Christmas' Little far 10 walk. "
 "Say, you take this horse. Jim. Go ahead can walk just as well as not I'm getting too fat anyhow Go on. You take the horse and have ride to PlatfsbHrE' '
 "Yes: take the shirt off your back and never mind if a bit of the skin ~oes with it. I'll see you far away first Tel yon what yon could do for me. Bnadv Tie herd of burros fs around now if you'd round up one of them for meT
 'surp thingt You sit on the mall sacl. i'll come back There's a heap # reoiefered stuff in it this trip. Oh. say' What do yon think? I was held un t'ofhar side of the Bulldog Bang, zip. says little pepper from the bushes climbed for them bushes. and oqt eoee a began like a rabbit. I was after him like coyote. bet cher fife Who do you suppose it was, Jim?'
 Hang if. how should know?"
 "That little down east cuss with the crook in his back He begged hard. Poor devil. he was up against the sandpaper side. an right. He heard from the postmaster that there was a lot of valuable mail going out. so he thought he'd make try for it Then what do you think he had the cold. rold nerve to dop"
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 "worse'u that. Struck me for fifty.
 And got it."
 "Got 1t? No: not much he didn't sonny. He drew just ten. and he was lucky to ger that. I've done favor or two for that feller. first and last. and To have hlm shoot at me made me sore-although he missed me by sev- eral locations. I'll say that for him- so l gave him the ten and told him To kick the hump on his back so high up on his shoulders bp could wear it for hat if he ever showed into my day light again And you never in your life saw humpback make better time than he did
 Well, heres for your jackass Which ways the herd?''
 Right up over the hill"
 Jim sat patitntly on the sack until Bud returned with the burro.
 Heres your thoroughbred. hol- loed Bud. Get ap there Mary. Look at the knowing ears of him. will you? You bet cher life you've got an ani mile there that1l go when he gets ready and as f9sst as he pretty well dern pleases Nail him.
 Jim tied n Guuny sack on his noble , mount. and the. two rode on together to the fork in rhe trail. Jim tried to thank his friend. who knocked his hat . over his eyes. and said: "Aw write 1t ! down when you've got more time. Never see a feller in my life cot toned to mere'n you. Jim. First l thought you was too smooth for my kind of travelling. but later see it was only the grain of the wood. l believe in my friends. do. Here we go hopping around this little world for small Gme and then that's done. pose you atn got any real friehdS for the trip Rofieu, say You go ahead and rip Pattsburg up the back Wisht | oou'd be there with you. Don't ynu mtu1 consequences. So long. ola man Hike, lou beggarH the hueEslzio pony was off with a snort and q ~piaShiug of gravel as the irons touched his sides. and Bnd van ished down the road without a look behind him