The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-04-23

| OelOuEln an see just WnaC Ia
ditcbed. an what had switched. I
knew l had possessed a half. inch
piece o. chewin' befer tn war had
started. so ! begin feelin' round in
the bottom O. my coat lining where
usually itlwere lodged, but sure were
on tn wrong trail that time, cause
| finely found it half way up my back
where it had been participatin'
in a track meet with a couple a
matches an a pocket comb, while
my book O. Gig papers were spread
out in thirty-nine dif'rent directions
playin' the part O. spectators. I'll
bet that OF coat had erbout seen tn
limit of real excitement durin' that
stampede, an it sure owed heap
ter it's maker for bein' so tightly
glued tergether
Gee, but l sure did feel some
comfortable, an talk erbout bein'
cold an shaky? Why if the rock O.
Gibralter was composed o. jelly an
mounted on soft rubber balls, it
couldn't be doin' more shakin' and
shiverin' then l was doin' just then,
an every time that OF train would
get ter ramblein' I'd vow that th'
next stop was goin' ter be my un-
loadin' place, but always seemed
ter fall short O. doin' that unload
in when she did stop, cause tn
temper'ture o tn atmosphere al
ways warmed up considerable err
bout then.
Long mornin' it stops rainin' an
it didn't take but few miles O. hit
tin that breeze befor l was pretty
well dried out, an. things didn't
look just so bad as they might
been. l corrals things tergether
pretty fairly an scrapes up tn max
ms of smoke when she was STOP
in fer water at some little jerk
long tn line. She had just begin
ter be movin' agln when a couple
ginks comes climbln' up over tn
rear end an flops themseles down
on ter tn roof.
By tn looks O. 'em. they must
been couple of sheep hands err
COW punchers who were out fer
little lark all by their lonesome.
They were both holdin' clubhouse
and had the makin's of royal-fush
erlong with 'em, in the form O. a
quart bottle. Every couple jlffs
they'd pass tn drinks an open up
on song err so. They had one lit
tie song that they were sure stuck
on, an it sure seemed to tickle 'em
ter sing it. 1t was erbout some OF
fool they called their boss, who
would sooner ride err wallop thin
try ter ride boss, with a ki-yi,
upy, upy, yay. When they get ter
tn ki-yi, upy, upy, yay, they'd just
throw their arms out an their heads
back an laugh an roar like a cou-
pie of shines singin' on tn levy
down in OF Dixie. I'll bet If there
were any "kyoots" within ten miles
O. that train, they'd sure be prickin'
up their ears an wonderin' just
what had brock loose.
Fight in the Dark.
We muster gone ten er fifteen
miles, when tn boys had got down
ter tn bottom of tn pack Ger 1
mean bottle) an they were sorter
arguin' as ter who was going ter
get tn last card. l guess they de-
cided they'd settle it catch-as- catch
can, cause they grabs ahold of each
other an swings up on ter their
feet.
Now as I've told va befor, was
only kid those days, an were just
learDin' the ropes, So / didn't think
it was up ter me ter butt in on no
grapplin' match, cause any way,
yous know that two's company an
three's crowd. speedy when your
on tn deck, an travelin' between
forty and fifty miles over one O. tn
toughest road beds in tn
county. 1t wouldn't been so bad
if we had been on tn good OF terra
frma, er on some btrlesque stage.
but l didn't just see why l should
butt in while things were sitjew.
ated just as they were then.
They sorter got combination
tween a half-nelson an hammer
lock on each other an begin sway
in an thrown themselves back
an forth. l guess one o. 'em mnst-
er tryed ter 60 south after gun er
knife. cause tn other one, tn
biggest, he picks the little one up
an slams him down in between two
ventilator caps erbout two feet from
tn edge o. tn roof.
They Fall off.
l begin feelin' kinder funny
erbout then, an wonderin' if I'd