Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1913-02-20

while her mother was living and dozens
of times have l sat there with little
Nell on my knee and told her fairy
stories o; how some day fairy prince
would come, riding his snow white
h rger, and carry her off to his fairy
castle where, with little fairies play
ing round their door, they would live
happy ever after.
And just to think, Uncle Duke, ,
spoke up Nell, addressing the sheriff,
your story has come true-in a way.
Zeb is not exactly a fairy prince and
, he didn't carry me off in u very fairly
like way; but, after all, you carried
me off, didn't you, Zeb?'
Il sure did. Nei, replied, ana |
am minus few locks of hair, to say
nothing of various scratches on the
back of my neck, as a result.
"'Well, you know, Zeb,' replied
| Nell, L had to hold TO something.
Anyway taking things all around,
| think you and the sheriff are about
even, so you can shake hands and be
I friends. Uncle Duke, she went on,
turning to sheriff, shake hands with
your new nephew, Mr.. Zebulum Zimm,
late of Tennessee, schoolmate and COM
peting fiddler of the ingenious Bob
Taylor, hut now a resident of Critten-
den county, Kentucky; reputed pugillst,
eX-scoundrtl who struck Bobby Broad
way, fleet footed skedaddler from APP
parent justice and ruthless kidnaper of
an unwilling but somewhat passive
female. Mr. Zebulum Zimm, bowling
loftily, Mr. Mdrmaduke B. Haynes,
sheriff of Crittenden county and up
holder of the majesty of the law; the
long windedest pedestrian, the terror of
irrale, law-defying pugilists; t h e
fieetest-footed sleuth-hound, the keen
est-eyed trailer, the long-stretchingest
reacher-out after dgnity-smashlng
culprits, the most renowned hlgh-air
acrobat, the unparalleled summersault
tumbler, the most graceful diver, The
most expert swimmer
"'Oh, for Gods sake. cut it out,
Nelly, interrupted the sheriff, plt cling
his big hand over her mouth, do you
expect me to acknowledge such ding
blasted introduction as that?'
However, the sheriff took my h md
in firm, honest grip and said, 'I'll
have to let you off from that ducking.
on account of Bennv's best SUIT. l
wish you good luck, Zebulum, my boy,
then turning to Nell, and you, TOO,
Mrs. Ex-Scoundrel. bold but some
what picturesque kidnapee, accomplish
ed equestrian, most graceful gully
| jumper, modern female Mazeppa,
champion bareback rider of the I'M
tanned, unbridled. fleed-footed, high
kicking, tall bucking bronco, the wave
defying, wedding determined daughter
of the modern Lord Uilin, the
"'Oh, just let my other accomplish
ments go, for the present, Unc e
Duke, interrupted Nell, following the
sherff's example by placing her hand
over his mouth, cutting off the official S
atmosph ire and causing great spurts
of pent up air to blu Ibler out between
her shapely little fingers, like nina
ture tornadoes
land just to think, by grit, said
he sheriff, as soon as Nell had re-
moved her hand, that scamp of a
Bobby Broadway was the Cause of all
Of this ng blasted trouble. He"
1.-The sheriff is wrong there, by
gosh, interrupted Bobby One High.
field Jones was the real william in the
case. You see. it was this way
Bobby went on, 4 had just been tc
the White Tavern and was walking
across the street to the court house,
when l met Highfeld going toward the
tavern. We said hOwdy and shook
hands, then got to talking over the
political outlook as seem from our iii.
vergent view. points, both got warmed
up on the subject, made the Amos
phere thereaDouts rather sulphurous
by our remarks, finally got into fight
and just as was about to shut off the
scoundrel's wind, he gave ME a biff or
my tender spot and the battle wa:
brought TO an untimely end. then and
there.
81 surmise | was in pretty bac