The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-30
n Story of the Western Plains
). of Former Times. =
by TIMOTHY WENTWORTH

I'VE offered EN- somep'n to eat, ant
! they cIaWcd II up mighty fast Then
| poured out n cupfuI Of whisky and
| handed il tO the oldest one of the two
| He tried tp drink IL. but ! could see
! plain enough il was burnin' out his
/ throat. There wasn't any nsc givin' il
| 10 his brother If the oldest couldn't
| drink the stuff the other shore couldn't
| ] thort the biggest one looked bic
enough to drink whisky. but | was
not surprised ut the little Teller not
wantiu' it,
! They looked SO tired that lack and
| asked EN- it they didn't want 10 stay
with MS awhile and rest They said
| they'd like 10 git some sleep. SO we laid
ont y buffalo skin for 'em, and they
| lay down beside each other. aud fust
! thing we knowcd they was fast asleep.
the younger boys arm throwed around
the older ones neck Jack ana looked
down ut 'em. aud we felt 80 sorry for
,t'cip that we allowed we'd do somcp' n
for .cm, So while they WAS secpiu'
we stuffs some cold into their pockets
They 'pust n been mighty sleepy. for
they didn't wake up while we was
iein' it,
about supper time we woke EN-.
and when they see We was goin' to
make coffee ana fry bacon the oldest
Teller said he'd like TO pay his way by
dom the cookin' and seemed so anxious
about IL that we let him do it. Lord
how handy he was. handliu' the skillet
just like a woman, He got into our
supplies and found some cornmeal aud
made Il mess of corn pone that beat
anything of the kind | ever eat told
him he must a done cookin' for his
livin
When we'd had our meal he and his
brother washed the dishes and wiped
en- iiSt MS If we was al in n house
Jack and ! had been used if we was
near cree6 tu putin en- in II and
lettin the water run over 'em, bur we
never thort % wpip EN- II seemed
too much trouble When the BOYS cot
through we found they hadn't anything
10 smoke, and We offered em pipes.
They both took 'em and pulled as il
they'd never smoked before in their
lives. but the fust thing | knowed The
hitler Que turned white and went off
behind bush 10 get rid of his supper.
The big one smoked only few min
utes when he laid his pipe down.
How old are you fellers anyway
l asked You act like II couple o. kids
I'm twenty said the hig one. aud
my brother Is seventeen
Twenty years old and caut drink
or smokeT bolleyed Where was YOU
brought up?'
He said they came FROM the east.
hut that was NO news. for they both
looked like tenderfoots that had been
long enough in the country TO git run
down.
$50 Tar neither of en- had put bis
hands in his pocket. but the youprster
when he come back from the bush Law
down on the ground. and after rollin'
over two or tbree times he caucht
sight OF somepiu' sbiuin' on the ground,
picked II ny and found IL was five
dollar gold piece. You'd ought TO seen
the look Oh his face Then he put his
band IN his pocket aud pulled out an.
other one.
How did that come there?' he
asked
Haven't YOU got any ~ emp 7
asked his brother.
The fcller put his hand in his pocket
mud pulled out some gold too.
See here. he said: you men have
been putin that gold in our pockets
We'll. s'posin' we have I remarked
The brothers looked ut each other
mighty queer
This is too much said the big one
'1f you knowed all about us Won
wouldn't "a done It,
He looked rs if he was agoin' to.crv.
Who are you?' asked.
think he said, lookin' at the 9th. |
err one. we'd better tell EN- the whole
thing
Reckon, we had
THAT oldest one he began IN foil |
us story, aud before he'd half finished
ne got to cryin'.. That set his brother
to doin' the same. i hate to see