The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11

Well. the Golden Fountain was shut
down, and had no lawyer against US
1t was a funny lookup. We proved
about the stulls, and got judgment
for the widow for ten thousand. Then
We corralled another jury and showed
that Pete had no patellar reflex, and
therefore no spine, and got a shame
full great verdict for him. And all the
time the Golden Fountain never peep
ed, and Lungy Addison looked on
speechless Our lawyer was numb, II
was so easy.
Il don't understand said be.
The law department must be con-
nected in series with the mine ma
chinery." said l. and shuts off with
the same switch. Do we get this on
foul?"
oh, nothing foul" said he. De
fault, you see
No show-up at ringside," said |;
% to 0? How about bets?'
Everything is all right" said he. .
looking as worried Well sell the .
; mine, and make the Judgments"
And get the Golden Fountain
said "on an Irish pit boss and a
Swede's spine?"
Certainly" said he, IF they don't
redeem"
SHOW me-" said 1; I'm from Mis-.
! souri,, It's too easy to be square. She
won't PAM"
Date Jane hellufa pile money fr
vidder,% said Pete when We were
alone. Ten thousan' fr Brady, an
twelf FIR spine. Ay git yob work fr
her in mine"
You wild Scandinavian" said |.
that's your spine."
Mae spine?" he grinned. "Ay gass
not. Dat leg yerkin' bane only eff
dence Dat spine bane vidder's!"
couldn't make him see that it was
his personal spine, and the locomotor
must be attaxing He smiled his fool
smile and brought things to comfort
. Mrs. Brady's last days. But she knew,
and took him to Father Mangan, and
; Pete commenced studying the cate
!. chism against the time OF death; but
: il didn't take The circuit between
; the Swedenwegian intellect and the
Irish plan of salvation looks like it's
! grounded and don't do business.
! One night the lawyer asked me to
tell the Peterson" as he called call
e ed them, that some New Yorker had
r stuck an intervention or mandamus
: into the cylinder and stopped the
e courts selling machinery I'VE may
| be delayed a year or So said he
:, Pete had gone to the widows with a
!. patent washboard that was easy or
! the spine. and | single-footed up, too
r And there was that yellow-mustachel
Norsky holding the widow on his lap
bridging the chasm between races II
e great shape. He fiinched some, and
d his neck got redder. but she fielded he
( position in big league form, and held
her base.
+ "Bein as the poor man is not lon:
o rr this wicked world" said she. AN
u such a thrue man, swearin' as tn
y Eyer wanted. | thought whole thu
crather stays wild US"
D Sure" said l. "Congrats! When
- the merger"
:. "Hey?" says Pete.
~ THE nuptials," said I. The broom
stick jumping"
The widow got up and explaine
." that the espousals were hung up I'll
Pete could pass his exams with Fatt
= er Mangan.
10 Marriage" said she, us a sacr
- lege. and not lightly required Oi
a the thrials Of young wildly, wha
10 wild Swedes, and her sowl, an tn
childer that may be-Gwan wild yeI
10 We divvle ye!"
Now there was a plot for painter
= the widow thinking Pete on the bin
"a spinally. and he soothing her last day
all on account of patellar reflex tn;
an ambulance chaser took advantae
of-and the courts full of quo-warra
~ toes and things to keep the Jackie
~ from selling listed mine, with hois
a., ing-works and chlorination-tanks!
. I got this letter from Pete, or Il
widow. | don't know which (displayir
a worn piece of paper, about q
=; third year after that. Here's VIII
it says:
e. I'VE hat vust hat hell bad time. saw
Yer prisence, and Ay skaI skip for tile
md >, cfir,jt ~ GUIDE Mess Az gnow in B
for | lands LAWYER faller sell mine fer
me tousan to vidder an thin. bad cess
tri- nm; 81, sbarir an cav hae keen d,
Ind fer fees. an Ay knox him in fess an ia
sriFHit Haze say haze tell mae spine ba
, q X all tenn, an thrittened to jug Pc
anu an the back Of me hand and the sole
Sile me fut to the likes OF him. savin'
vas prisence, an Fader Mangan call me
an. towhead Ghump an kant Tern catty <
~ I mus an marry me to vidder. an Pete. q
hat hiss him promised To- raise the family
ked Holy Church. but no faller gnow d
rs,s tfrgs Bfcur hand. an Ay tank We hike
dam guide pless in Bad Lands vun VI
III t,u stifkit bane ripe an Mine belong V
ing der an Az bane GENERAL Manager an
ing nit Ross vii guide yob in Yune or Y
IA next. your truely. an may the bles
Saints purteCt We. Peter peterson
uns "P. S. Vidder Brady mae wife git s.
ner. an sine stifkit fer BRADY TO lawyer IA
TO Ike dam fool woman t-ik an sattle
self, him. but Az INK daI Igsl , IanSs -
ne dodg, injunction you're friend. Pete
So they got married.
'ne Well. this Hunger sleuthed me
az. .ne when was prospecting alone n
-" summer.
Hello. Bill" said he, abrupt-l
ro-a Cook double supply Of bacon.
Sure" said. Got any eating
and bacco. Lungy?"
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