The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-19

g AND THEY WERE
GOOD FRIENDS
You an him are kind Of at outs
amt you u auerfed the man with te 4 z
hoe. *. n
Ne an him q, said THE man witt
the hod In a surprised tone. y s;shs's
say not Bill an, me? Why we're the:
best kind % friends. Who was tellin,i
syot we was at outs?
Il think twas Jack Briggs. replied
the man with the hoe. "lfs 4 remeni:.
per right. he said you an Bill had
some trouble d; iyeara or SO ago about
some money he claimed you owed
Ealmy Y. 4
oh that! said the man With the
bod. Sure, yes, we did have some!
;rcnbleat least shes was the Teller
That had the most OF the trouble, but
.hat'siall over and done with. i don't
bear him no hard feelin's, an II he's
got %anythint against me he knows
enough TO keep his mouth shut. 4
.Did You pay him The money ~ Y
n who. me? 2. asked The mai with the,
nod. Not on your life, Iididn't. Why,
would 7 " dlan't ( owe him any.
money.
What made him say you owed him:
money, then?"t asked the;.man with
he hoe.
maybe he thought II he claimed Il
I'd pay, IT, said the man with the hod.,
III guess he thought ! was easy. am.
Easy, TOO, but not easy enough for.
hat. ), y rs. +.
Do you mean to say he lied about
I Il r. asked the man with, the hoe
Z certainly do. said the man with
the hod. II mean to say he lied
about ft, an ! mean to say. that l told
J tlim he lied about It an that he knew
4 he was lynn. You bet he won't ever
stop at q lie if:he thinks he can make,
- nickel out of 1t. He's that kind OF
fa3feller Yes. sir, he wen. around tel.
! iin'4eyergbody he knew that i owed
him ss.S5 an wouldn' pay 1t. Two or
three ofS my friends came 10 me an
told NE about 1t. went to him an.
l rubbed my fist against MS nose.
You're giyin' 1t out that II owe
YOU money an won't pay YOU l SAYS
.'sThsts Fight, he says. You owe
me se:ss an Id like to have you set,
tle.' J. 81
Didn't tell you once that I'd
paidsyou all l ever owed your I says'
.Ditnt ]. tell you that you was q llar?,,
That doesn't make me so. he
says. i claim you oweSme the money.
an tI3wantly ol|to pay me- hi
81 handed him ono on the side o.
the head an told him to take II v'out
o. that, an he came back at me with
Q punch on the jaw an told me that
Yves the change had comm That
made me mad an 4 sailed IN an gave
him the darndes! lickin, ever he had
In his lie. Iisuess$1 neyer5did use$a
teller UP worse AZ did HIM When Il.
got through With him Itoll him that,
siSeyeF heard Of; him slaaderin'S me
again Ia come around an give him
/, another lickln.' ~,
L THAT stopped him, did ~,
4 NO. that didn't stop him. replied
the man with the hod. II had to give
bin another peundin' afore he quit.
I You've noticed how his nose IS kinder.
twisted to one side amt You? Well,
he got TINT from me an no deserved
IL, the fow-liyed. contempterble. blk.
( Hed worked that game on enc or two
fellers Eknow Of, but l9showed him he
couldn't work It on me. 4, made, him
own he Wus a liar. But we've never
bad any trouble since then.
Il see.. said tho man with the hoe.
Then YOU haven't got any hard feel.
ms against him? You're good friends
now, eh?" 81 s., ~
Sure replied the man with the.
bod. why wouldn't we be-? i didn't
pay him anythin..1 Z.