The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-11-12

III Kidding his field OF cows and came
out and sank down on a stump near
Billy, putting and blowing and COM
plctely exhausted. Billy eyed the old
man closely for two or three minutes;
then he broke the silence by saying:
Cows been gittin' in your corn
asin, amt they. Uncle Si!"
"IIumph.' Silas snorted. What you
want to set thar an ak sicher burned
fool question as that fer? Reckon you
got eyes in your doggone head, amt
yon:"
Yes, l got eyes," Billy replied.
"What made you AK me that?
Guess if you got eyes you could
see them cows been gittin' in the
corn. couldn't you?"
9TH. huh"
Then what fer you want to set up
thar an AK me if they amt been gittin'
In"
Dunno. Jist beca'se, l reckon. Won
der how they come to git in, Uncle Si?'
Silas flashed Billy a look full of
wrath.
"Dadgum yo' onery picture" he
cried. "Yo' got the im%pudence to set
up thar an AK me that when l guess
yo' know all bout how they come to
git in. Dadgum you! Id jist like to
thrash you till yo' hide wouldn't hold
hay. am l would, too, if yo' had any
sense
Billy looked surprised and hurt.
why, Uncle ST." he said. what
would YOU want to do me that way
fer"
"'Cause yo' need it, dadgum you, an
to Earn you to quit pestin' round
we're, turnin' the COWS in to eat up all
my corn"
"Who said l turned them cows in"
"A'int nobody said so, but l know yo'
did"
Billy was silent for a moment; then
he asked innocently:
"How's your watermilions comm on,
Uncle SIP
"Humph." Silas grunted. II reckon
you ort to know. Better ak how they're
comm off, a N l guess yo' know that
better than l do. too"
You don't low l been carryin' EN-
off since you th'owed me III the crick
that time. do you?'
Don't reckon you've carried off any
more than you could lift
"There was another silence broken
again by Billy quietly remarking:
81 wonder if your hosses' tails is
CROWN out any yit"
Silas deigned no nswer and, after
waiting Il moment, Billy added:
do you like for your bosses to have
short tails, Uncle Si?'
mo, l don't, dadgum you," 81 snorted.
"What made you cut 'em Oft, then!'
Billy asked.
"What made you cut 'em off" Silas
retorted.
"You amt maxim out l cut 'em off,
are you?
Eyes, 1 am. You're the very trick
that done It,"
"What would I want to do that fer?'
"For pure cussedness is all l know.
What do you always want to be up TO
all kinds O. fer"'
II amt. l come IN tell you when
your Sueep SlL III VI LIN NO"o "A
hogs git in your corn, don't IL
eyes, after you've beer the cause of
'em dom it, dadgum you! Say, you bet.
ter clear out O yere now, for If you
stay thar pickin' an naggin' at me
much longer Ill jest be tempted to dc
somethin' to you"
"What'll you do to me you reckon?
"I'l take you by the hair O. the heaC
an wear you out around a saplin'.'
IT amt dom nothin'."
"You're pesterin' me to death. Gi(
down from thar an skip"
"Ain't you glad fer me to come an
tell you when the cows git in YOU
corn?"
I'D be a dadblamed sight gladder i
you'd stay away an not be everlast
in'ly a-turnin' them COWS in the corn
Now, looky yere, you've pestered hi
enough, an | want you to clear out Q
we're an be moughty dadgum spry 'Dou
it,"
"Why, p
Silas sprang to his feet, grabbed
club and started forward, fairly thun
dering:
"Now you git"
Billy rolled off the fence and hurried
, up the hill. Silas followed Il short dis
lance, then stopped. When Billy ha'
: put Il safe distance behind him h.
!, stopped also. Turning and lookin:
back. he shouted:
II come to tell you somethin', Tncl
ST. an it's somethin' you want to know
too, l bet"
, II guess l don't want to know nothi1
: you got to tell me-" Silas replied.
,, II bet you do, too. cause its some
4 thin you ort to know. It'll tickle yo
a heap"
WAL. dadgum you, what is it"
"Your sheep air all out an gone off !
, !, the woods ag'in."
! That was the straw that broke TIL
. camel's back. Silas was unable to col
! troll his wrath any longer. DRAWN
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