Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-15
The Sunday Story
A MOONSHINE
LEGISLATOR
BY M. QUAD
Copyright. 1912. by Associated Lit
erary Press.
By NJ. QUAD

agin moonshine WHISKY.
That meant that somebody else
must be elected In his place, and what
did the pesky people around we're do
but cum to me and want me to stand.
They cum to my cabin dozen at
time and they shook hands and called
me an honest man and all that, and the
mo- | hung back the mo- they wanted
me to run. When they got me into
! tight co'ner says:
~ can't skassly read, and can't
skassly write. and 70 oil know that
| can't get up before that legisiachur
and speak ten words, and what good
could | do down to NashvilleT
They purtended 20 give in at that,
but what did the critters do but put
me up to be voted fer when the time
cum. and the fust thing l knowed l
was 'lected by 400 majority. When
heard the news told 1t to the old wo-
man and said.
"tWanl, what am gwine to do about
it, I've either got to hunt fer cave
and hole myself up or go to Nashville
"'Yoll 90 to Nashville she says.
"'And whatll 70 do?
Urn 80 with yo'."
WAL, we started of one day and
got aboard Of the railroad kyars. !
was little narvous, and the old wo-
man braced her feet and hung on with
her hands, but we got along without
any Gala nifty. In about an hour, when
she dared to open her eyes and draw
har breath she c0ys tO ME-.
'Zeb, how many houses have 20
seen since we left home
"'Moren hundred says l.
"'And how many people?'
"'More'n a thousand
"'Shoo, Then we must hev got clear
/ around the world and back home
: ag'in.
When we got down to Nashville
thar was so many people and SO many
houses and such moyin' around that
got the old woman behind me and
prepared to fight to the death, but not
critter laid hands on US. Some OF
EN- laughed at my cowhide boots, and
some or EN- grinned at the old wo-
mans poke bonnet, but everything was
good natured. We went to 4 tavern to
cit board. and when the old woman
sees the carpets on the floors, the stuff
cheers standin' around and the iookin'
glasses as big as tablecloth she turns
: pale and puts her arms around me and
, says
7 "'ZeD ! kin see now why thar ar
SO many sinners III this world. If a
e critter kin hev all these things, he
= don't keer a pesky drat about gwine
: to heaven. I'm afeared Wen be bad
: huff to steal hawgs in n week.
AT the end of three days the legis-
: lachur opened, and | had to so up to
:, the statchouse, Lordy. stranger, but
ID rather tackled three old bars at
: once, | had goose flesh as | struck
i that crowd, and the old woman wasn't
around TO Encourage me. | Went into
the statehonse with the crowd, and
: I'd list found seat when feller
comes around and says
Excuse ME. but amt that q rifle
yove got thar
she be. says l. It's rifle which
9 has killed mo- bars and wildcats than
:. 20 could count in an hour. and she $
still ready fer the next varmint.'
. But yo can't bring no deadly weep
: IN we're. he goes on. This amt no
a lumpin match nor boss race. but the
legislachur of Tennessee
: Il told him knowed whar I was.
c but that should keep tight holt Of
6 that rifle till | knowed l was out of
Il the woods and he goes away growlin'
to hisself Mebbe it was half an hour
arter that when Teller stands up on
platform and looks at me and says:
q Does the honorable member from
Beaver Cove expect to find any bars
II on the tiooh OF this house,?
" ~ nint sayin' as | do l answers
e but II thar is riot over moonshine
= whisky / might want sunthin' better
than a clubr
r "Bimeby that same Teller stood W
=, ag,ln and says. as slick as yo' please:
y "'alehbe the honorable member from
Beaver Cove would like to be excused
N for half an hour while he takes his
N gun home
IN "'Do any critter yere want to pick 9
IF fuss with Feb Whiteg says l as
s. stands ny.
l. Everybody laughs and Chaps his
hands. but no one comes nigh me. an1
| puts on my cap, shoulders my ritis
- and says as | walks out:
= :" Its an emery crowd. and thar ain
~ man among yo' who kin pull rab
= bit ont Of a boiler log"
,e Il went straight to the tavern. ane
m thar | found the old woman shiveriu
$ and shakin fur her life.
Whats the natter says I.
IN They've put piller cases trimmed
re with lace on our bed says She 'and
~ the gorgeousness OF 1t will bring OF
~ heart disease. Zeb. fur the Lawd.
sake, LET'S go back homer
:. "'Bnt I'm here to watch moonshine.
~ says |.
"'Neyer mind moonshine nur norhin