The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-23
But Old Man GreenIaw Finds
No Porous Plaster on Man
from Texas.
BY David 4. Curtis.

StA 'hh - NhA'A'
"Some'res in the Good Book it says
what all men is liars, an | reckon that
amt fur I'm bein, creek, said old man
Greenlaw, looking with evident disap-
proval at a stranger who had been re-
lating somewhat curious story Of
what he declared was a recent expert
ence of his on one of the river boats
that pass Arkansas City from time TO
time.
81 wouldn't so so fur S 10 say what
yo' all is one on en- he continued,
mot till alter gets mo- better quaint
ed, but they amt nothin' into you
'pearance what d be liable 70 to make
nobody reckon yo all was one t d
feel lonesome into a crowd, long o.
bein' different FIRM tn sen'l run. If
they was any way o proyin what yo'
says it mought sound feas'nuble. Then
again it mought not
The stranger was a very hrawny
man, who looked entirely capable Of
taking his own part in any difficulty
in which he might be involved More
over, his manner was that of one who
would not be likely TO shirk an en-
counter. He returned the old mans
gaze steadily.
Tells the Texas Way.
81 come firm Texas he remarked
composedly, AN, in that state faint
gently considered nec'ary TO to run
round much afo'callin' man liar.
We uns does it student like when we
does it at tall. | dunno 'Xactly what
yo' all is drivin' at but if that's 1t,
pears like yo' is some SLOW
Texas is a tol'able good state TO- TO
git away FROM" said the old man, de-
taching his interest promptly from the
issue the other had presented. "Th
amt nothin' t go back to it, but they
is some what don't pear to find Ar
kansas reel healthy-not TO them what
hasn't been interjuced regular"
81 reckon faint none too healthy
70 them what lives hyar," retortcd the
other, "judgin'. firm some things Use
done heer'd. / sh'd imagine what sud
den death d be kyind Of a epidemic
round these parts"
"They is some dies quick" admitted
the old man, "but they is mostly out
slders The citizens is tol'able husky"
They is some call TO 'em to be
husky" said the stranger thoughtfully,
"if they all wags their tongues s loose
s yo' all. Mebbe yo' wouldn't mind if
! was to tell yo' what | don't like the
way yo' left eye sticks out. It'd look
a heap better if twas drove back in
yo haid a ways"
Stranger Calls for Help.
"Mebbe so, said the old man, indif-
ferently, but looks is nothin'; be-
havior's all, as the Good Book says,
an | done took notice what yo' own
tongue wags tol'able free. That thar
yarn o. yo'n bout settin' into poker
game with One Eye comes nigh bein'
bout the most fragitious fargo O.
fantastical fancy ever heerd.'
Help" cried the stranger feebly.
He then dotted his hat and handed it
to the old man, saying, I'm al'ays
willin' to fight if a man calls me a liar,
but | amt much good when it thun-
ders like that. Does them words mean
somepin or is they just noise like"
"They was Intended fo' meannesss,"
said the oil man. "but they en- be
token difr'ront if yo' all en- explain
yoself mo- satisfactory. 'Cordin TO the
way | heerd it yo all claims what yo'
done set in with the one-eyed man TO-
days an nights an win out 'Tain't
reasonable"
Saved His "Wadr from One Eye.
"Yo' done token me wrong" said
the stranger earnestly. What | was a
sayin' was what | was onto the boat