Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-02-05
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rup."
Pete needed no further invitation,
and the luscious cakes followed one
another down his throat as if they
were affixed to a patent belt-conveyer.
Little pork sausages to the number of
ten accompanied the pancakes, and
three cups of coffee helped to wash
It all down. At length he drew his
chair back, stretched his legs and
| heaved q contented sigh.
"Well, ladies'" he said, 81 must say
dat
But the remainder of the compli-
ment remained unuttered, for at this
juncture tremendous banging on the
floor above brought down small flakes
of plaster on Miss Towners' table and
the house rocked with the commotion.
Eleeza shrieked and clutched at the
tablecloth, while Miss TOWERS sat
bolt upright and turned white.
Land O. Goshen!" she cried in a
lull of the noise. What is that"
Pete rose to his feet in carefully
devised attitude of strained attention.
] 1T sounds to me-" he said, after an
other series of bangs, like dere wuz
somebody up dere. Have youse got a
revolver in de house?"
Miss Towners pointed tremblingly to
a shelf in the kitchen and Pete at once
seized the firearm from between the
tea-caddy and the saltbox It's six
chambers were loaded
Thrusting it into his coat pocket,
Pete took the stairs three at jump.
Immediately thereafter Miss Towners
and Eleeza ran into the front yard
and, standing at the gate, uttered
scream after scream.
"Jest as if dey wuz paid fer it, Pete
thought.
He entered his hosts bedroom and
carefully fired three shots through
the front window, whereat the quality
of Miss Towners' screams became
doubly piercing.
Then Pete tore the sheets, mattress
and springs from the bed and ex-
posed the bound and half-suffCcated
yeggman. Hole-in-the- Cheek wriggled
like snake, but his thongs held fast.
'Youse do wot l tell YER" Pete
cried, cor I'll put slug inter yer an
finish de job"
bottom of the bed and set him against
the wall. Then he removed the gag.
AS soon as the burglar could enunci-
ate stream of profanity issued forth,
all Of which caused broad grin on
Pete's face
keep it up!" he said. Keep it up!
Ye're boostin' me game'
For five minutes Pete turned over
chairs and knocked down pictures in
dramatic counterfeit of struggle to
the death. After this there was a
stiffness Of about ten minutes, during
which he rocked and wheezed in an
ecstasy of mirth. Then he seized the
mummy-wrapped Hole in : the Cheek
and bore him wriggling down the
stairs.
When he appeared at the front door
Miss Towners lay on the grass-plot
In a swoon, while Eleeza was opening
and closing her mouth with spasmodic
regularity. No sound came from her
lips, however, for she had shrieked
herself into complete silence.
Pete cast his burden on the ground.
| Oats wot we do to EN- in Oklaho.
mai" he said.
Aided by Eleeza, he harnessed HI
ram Towners' best mare to the family
wagon and in ten minutes he was
driving rapidly down the highway to.
ward the station with Hole-in.the.
Cheek doubled up under the rear seat
as incapable of motion as sack of
potatoes.
The jolting Of the wagon, however,
seemed to revive the yeggman's vocal
powers, and he gushed out blasphemy
in such profusion that 1t made his first
Engaged efforts IN the bedroom seem
like the small talk Of a mothers meet.
ing.
"Hole.in.the. Cheek" he said SOL
EMMY, "youse wouldn't dast gimme
dat line Of talk II youse was united .
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