Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-08-19
Old Catt|eman Explains How
Wilson Sat With "Aces
Back to Back"
From the Kansas City Star.

Personally, I'm as %peaceable as
Danny Meadow Mouse" complained
Doc Poets to the old cattleman on the
veranda Of the Rucker boarding house,
but 1 gets plum indignant when 1
contemplates the demeanor Of this here
brunette rider from the Cross-Bar-Z,
he same bein' known as Mex This
foreign gent comes lopin' into the Red
Dog bar last evenin', orders brandy all
around and proposes a toast to Vic
toriano Huerta. AS / understand 1t
this government amt on drinkin' terms
with the object Of Mex's affections,
but dislikin' to oppose the whims of a
gent whos's willin' to buy, I losses off
my brandy with a To Vic; here's mud
in his eye.'
This greaser prairie dog takes I'M
bragg at my salutation and gets real
belligerent like. Inasmuch as his re-
marks is offered in Mex, of which my
understandin' Is limited. 1 q am unable to
determine whether they warrant open
hostilities or not. But later on that
historic paintin' known as Clusters
Last Fight" which beauties the back
bar, attracts this human rattlesnake's
attention and he proposes a toast to
the injun who is depicted in the act Of
scalpin' a white gent. This 'dobe en-
tipede allows that Vic Huerta is an in
jun and he honors all such.
WatehfuI Waitin' Not For Doc.
Such conduct passin' the bounds
prescribed for eve a b~enighted greaser
I wastes a perfectly good good drink in
his face and compels this varmint to
eat his language, not deignin' to humil-
late a self respectin' gun on no Mex.
This mornin' I hears this liver Tipped
tarantula is still unsubdued and ex-
ceedin' hostile toward me. While dis
likin' to offend a hard workin' buzzard
by offerin' him such carrion, I may be
compelled to try a few convictin' tricks
on this menacin' tamale."
II gather that you are c~ontemplatin'
the use of gunpowder as a sedative for
this ritous gent" returned the old cat
tleman. (which primitive remedy don't
become O zone in this enlightened
age. Recent experiments has demon
strated that the steady pressure Of
moral force is what these warlike
aliens need. Suppose you try sur
roundin' this militant horse thief with
a moral blockade and composin' your
self to watchful waitin.'"
II amt interested in this scorpin's
morals. which he don't possess none"
replied Doc Poets, and I spurn this
watchful waitin'. rememberin' as l do
how Flat Foot Jones' untimely decease
10 due to his waitin' for Four Card
Simpson to draw first, said conduct
goin' far to cinch Flat Foot's rep0ta-
ttton TOR betn' q plum damn fool"
Deplorabis Lack Of Disseminate.
''The unfortunate experience Of Flat
Foot Jones amt pertinent to the case
IN point n is incompetent, irreveiant
and immaterial. as Judge Enright
would put It,. said the old cattleman.
In che ease you mention both parties
is Of the same breed. caliber and
equality in the pursuit Of happiness
md Il is agreed that Fiat Foot shows q
deplorable lack OF discernment. Where
Of mind IL a poor. misguided Mexican
frtjole. and you should be guided by the
rules laid down by the authorities"
which I must have overlooked the
promulgation Of these here revised