Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-23
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Old Tom Tatam always Woae a
 lorg neck and short pants and raised
 mostly grass on his farm G1I whlsk-
 CTS on his chin, and OH Saturdays
 at the village bostelry he raised much
 mise and confusion. He Was always
 on Saturdays, on hand, and the oldest
 inhabi,alt could not remember WheA
 he allowed himself to leave without
 the foenali,y of a fairly good jag.
 He was a bachelor and had no com
 panion except d long, aN= 69a4i
 brindle grn-shy houad, Tom ,eoFsl 1 his own meals and wiped U ( ,ite1 on that part of a;s sh.Tt "out oi slgA. 1 of land" He had according n iti5f
 own statements fought ill all tle Wals l he could think Of the nampS e 74 X had never been killed in onv ot thea l for which he was duly grateful and most of his neigabors indifferent. came about because of Bulger's ap- petite for fresh eggs. Nothing pleas |ed Bulger mere yhan flesh hen fruit
 and ia quest of his faycrite dish ha Zone tFT pa q visi ID Squire Re E bucks henery and while he was an Rjoyang himself herein the @OId fsluiree cane out with all oll lash toned muske ill his hands loaded with black gun bowler and lsaden siusa
 and Whith malice aforethoughi and dellberati3n omptiei abo&t a half of
 a pound of the aforesaid pellets all
 tse way from cne extreme to tae 0th- CT into Bugler's hide-whereupon
 Buges did not fur5her argue th4
 matter but went through the stone
 picket fence, knocking down some aithlag like about five. paiinels thsre3f
 and in few minutes was under the
 old de9r steps wondering what in
 1ne nama Of all possessed the Squire. sllus and for which reason Bulger #heVef az in could look upon a thing 9Hat would make a noise like black powder anl stay long in the saA9 plaet or fer that mater within a mile or t. And in separating himself from tae Immediate neighborhoed no Ar ssH'lne sewing machine could have laken Sly stitches in any portion of Dolgers anatomy. Not much.
 2 Now t6ere lived in Toms vicinity Si9s Susan Sickles, and s0e was som .iofly some cid in years and lady oi Very refined tastes and depo tmen and bes des she had about this time d ueclds I'd inclination to put stop so hialdenhood; and while she kept weather eye out for bette, men and tnillss than Tom Tatum, she never en- sfely &oandonel he idea of taking 'i'il as a reform project and she "ou1l tell anybody that Thomas ! #ia'uAl Was a much better man than | l's Aelghbcrs gave him credit for be- 'As and since this d'd nc4 loose the 1''shpofS any sleep they wete willing 4V' MISS Siekles to say so and for
 "e matter think so. Twice she had " rs'so as presiding angel and nursed ! !. Aohlas back to life and booze and | sle 'dldr keer who kuoWed it." One
 e laomds was hauling hay and sl''oAihg h's pipe and every now ana i ', 4o1 urlnklng from black vial-and | 'ney went out and got Thomas
 Hsuled his wagon home ill T '"Aeel barrow. Then one morning he | llshtlng his fire with coal oil ar .e sot most of the oil on his whisk- s.'' s.s, The match did the rest. Miss ' ' sA'es was his mrnistering angel and 0,ssd him ttro' tEe better of It. | nulker the hound-the gun shy q, so'ne between them and alienated 1 ae ne sympathy and tender feeling 4,b. 'As socd lady forever. Buiger was urinary and secondary and ter ar., Vause of all the encouragement adS N v sl'ell some The neighDorsy slnit- ola - ssae rlous little snle land glhe faa,,. les smiled and the whole vil- s N 'ss5.s'ili d--when Miss SickIes was 2 spaild When she took her ac-
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