Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-01-04

none OF WnaD I've Q4QekSu.
q didn't think no more about the
terbacecr till the boat came. Their
whole kerboddle of US was there when
she landed, fer in them diggins the
monthly boat was an event A girl
not morn 2Ostepped of the gang
plank az, Jim just walked right up
and gathered her in. Well, say, yer
coulder knocked Us down with a feath-
Fer. Women, thet Is. Their sort worth
speakin' Of, wnz scarce. IN camp, an
| when we seen this speciment OF the
kind our mothers an sisters wuz made
OF, every hat came on an we crowded
! round Jest to show our appreciation.
Margaret that wuz her name-an'
Jim was married thes night, an. the
couple come to share the modest shack
me an Jem he'd been occupyin'.
Maybe Margaret didn't make tibet
shack look like home sweet home. an
maybe her cookin' wouldn't put Mrs
Delmonico's on the bum, an maybe
here you Brick-yer elbows, these gents
lis gettin' thirsty
HWeIl, things rolled along smoother
la creased drill for bout year, an
Ethen Jim began to act foolish. He
wuz still strikin' it rich, but he could
MT stand prosperity. He drank mOre'n
was good fer him, gambled consider
able, an'-well you know q 1linin'
camp al mt particular on morals longs
man pay his bills, but we wuz all
dead sore bout Their way he was treat
in Margaret.
Thinks come to er climax when the
devil butter In ter camp wearin' skirts
am yaIler hair-we called her yaller
Annie-an Annie wuz one of them
what generally landed what she went
after.
at the boys. financially an otherwise,
"Not bein' content with landin' most
her graspin' impulses lit on Jim-an'
she landed him fer fair.
"'Twasn't the dough he lost over
her tables, nor Their money he blew
fer drinks across her bar, twas Jim
she wanted, an she got him-kinder
unexpected.
zone Thanksgiving Eve, when Mar
garet's kid was bout year old, Jim
strutted into a certain saloon where
the boys was tankin' up an buyin'
chances on turkeys between lubrica-
lions, slams down ten dollars on the
bar an seq, Drinks fer the crowd, an
gimme one of Their best turkeys. I'm
buying it fer lady, an want good
one" M
"Jim wuz pretty well soused but
tibet waz nothin' unusual, so we didn't
pay no attention to tibet, but what
riled US wuz his next remark.
>s Understand, I'm buyin' turkey
fer lady, emphasizini the last word,
AN / want the pick OF Their lot
"None Of Their boys touched their
drinks, and twas SO still in tibet saloon
you cd hear fly waikiki on Their
ceilin'.
ado I drink alone, gentlemen 2.
seq Jim, lookin' at Their crowd an
raisin' his glass.
Fer answer some excitable citizen
sent a bullet through Their glass an
before Jim could pull his gun we he'd
him covered.
"'Do we understand thet the lad!
you're buyin' turkey fer is your
wife, continued the excitable citizen.
aims answer certainly wuz de
NAL, an his manner Of expression had
all the cuss words ] ever heard tied
to post. 5as
"Well, we tried persuasion an we
tried. threats, but twas no go, so final
{ ~ we organized a committee to escort
both him an Yaller Annie to- Their boat
thet night, an the committee was real
polite about it, too. They give 'en.
both the option Of goin' peacable. wear
in store clothes, or ter compel Their
committee ter supply tar listers with
feather trimmin's. They decided ter
go peacable.
"After Their boat left It was up ter
the chairman ter advise Margaret
about Their proceedings, and say, thet
Wassthe toughest lob III mean thet
chairman ever tackled.
margaret met him at the door 8, n
sJim?' she kinder breathed.
NO, it amt Jim, an its my duty
ter tell yer tibet Jim has went to parts
unknown
".Did he,' an Margarets' voice
broke, did he go alOneT Il,
The chairman hesitated.
Z No. This yer camp haz rIdded IT.
seHf8f two undesirable citizens to onct