The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-27


never had given him thought.
Senator Whaley an his grafters was
supposed to arrange matters with him
an I'm no corruptionist, anyway. VI
course the cattle wasn't quite up TO
export shippin quality. The senator's
gang had got together a collection or +
skins an culls an Gamers that was Y
SIRE p fraud on the Injuns, who most 6
" use the cattle issued to EN- the 2
way some high-up civilized folks does
hand raised foxes-as a means OF re- 7
vortin' to predatory savagery. as Miss I
Ainslev saws. Ainsley was her name ;
/ Gladys Ainsley-an' she hVea som,
'eres around Toledo. The pint Is INA.
thev chase EN-, with wild whoops an
wins over the undulatin' reservation
until they can shoot EN-, an l spose'
sort of imagine. il Injuns have imagln-
atoms, that time has turned back ara
In her flight. an the buffalo season Is
on ag'in. Whereas, these scandalous
runts of steers an old COW stun was
mostly too weak or too old TO put up
any sort Of a bluff at speed.
But. under my instructions II tney
looked good to the inspector theS
looked good to me; an bein' sort OF ap-
sent-minded with gal-stroke, l rested
, easy as the Teller said when the
; cyclone left him on top o the church
, tower.
: The inspector was a new man. an
I his queer actions consisted mostly Oh
I his shown up ten days 700
r soon. an then drivin' r ridin
around the country lookin at
S the stock before delivery. This looked
e suspicious; fer we s'posed 1t was all
6 off hut runnin' 'em through the gap
q once twice r three times to be count
D cd Whaley's man comes to me one
day. an asst me what | thought OF II.
p I'm paid a princely salary says l.
n "fer keepin' my thoughts 10 ihSsei.'
" This here's no case" continued, cal
- in f'r cerebration on my part. II thlnk-
I'd ms the game. it's your move. What S
lie Senator Whaley in politics Ter, sa!s
es l. IF obscure forty-a -month-an -louhu
IN nuncher is to be called on to think on
VS. the doin's of T. S. inspector? What
Is no in this fer at all, if we've got 10
IN think at this end of the lariat?
lie "He was talkin' about cavvs, salo
ot the Teller. whose name was hedcy
lg- most ungrammatical cuss. HE was
in nokin' round with the contrack'
VS. sneakin' about cavvs. Wunt you &c
it an talk to him."
lat Not me-" says |, TT the nun p"'i
m ness disguised me, an my quit come
hack over me shameful, with the eye
o'd an hair an things plenteous. Whaley
an man rode off. shakin' his head.
vn, Next day the inspector hunted m
i'' up.
I. "Mr. Driscoll?" says he, f'r Id pee
'er keepin' out of his way.
OF Correct" says /.
jun "you represent the Elkins' interest
NIB in the matter Of supplying Tor the
one sue. do you not?" says he.
e Jn a kind of sort of way, sa!
the rr didn't care to admit too muc
live till see what he was up TO. IN
OF kind of a sort of a way. mebbe
IN Why"
tar "Did YOU have anything to do sa!
rip he. unfoldin' a stiff piece OF pape
into with procuring the cattle now
am readiness for delivery
was Hell no." l yells, an then seer
hau NV mistake. Jumped an added: f'
neir see the top stuff f'r the lnjun marx
ons is nerduced up around Pierre. so
sub-contracted with this Pierre out
We IN supply 1t. It's their funeral, u
oil ours It's good stock. amt III?
ct am assured by Senator whale!
MIN, nr;vate secretary" says he, who Is
hin piN"'e t. tbat there Won
ion' be great dissatisfaction among I
Indians. owing to certain trioal ira
nio, lions and racial peculiarities-
ahcn "You bet" says I. f'r he seemed
~aS he gettin' wound up an cast IN
'nhs that's the exact situation"
Just would be dissatisfaction" he VIZ
cner IN "if cattle of the type which In
'ne great markets is considered best. W
W furnished here. And / have great
. fdence in his Judgment
al "So've l." says. Hes one OF
I my Iudgnen'iou'
hrnt see"
$50 let that phase OF the quest
pass" says he. for the present
there's a clause in this CONTRACT
80 Don't let that worry you" say
80 There's claws in all OF 'em II
" the iooh eio'e' uo hat
: on, folded it. and went on.
- Here's a clause" says he, cal
go for a hundred and fifty COWS
80 calves at foot, for the dairy her
ed up presume
after Jaws at "na'
on AT foot" says he. pfntin' at
haef- along toward the bottom. r
estion there"
iumn. It's impossible!" says l. Il
don't wear 'em that way"
limo He studied over It quite while
. owes that. an | begun to think I'd won
y YER but at last he says: That's the
In, IN IL reads. an while ! shall not II
talk. upon any particular relation OF j
uhhIes position in offspring and dam
when. "Whope," says |, back up an
,anopv agin pardner."
doin' 1T seems to be my duty to i
~ this upon the one hundred and fifty
ke me and calves Now the point is. l
SO the find any such description of Great
n the among the-the punches In see
lin FIR readiness for delivery"
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