The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-21
been laborins under. some seriou
l.'lA Incident Happily Closed.

A little further conversation con-
WINGED Squire Hapgood that he was
the one who had been mistaken. and
he promptly invited Mr.. Mathews to
have o drink. Mr.. Mathews, being
responsive and the invitation being
construed as inclusive OF all who had
been attracted to the neighborhood
by the noise Of the engagement. the
incident was happily closed to the
entire satisfaction Of the greater part
OF the community and with considera-
BILE profit to old man Greenlaw.
Bassett alone seemed dissatisfied.
grumbling viciously at the expendi-
ture Of SO much perfectly good ant
munition without results, but he join
ed willingly enough in the libation
and took prominent part in the
general jollification which ensued.
for Mr.. Mathews not to be outdone by
his late foe. returned his compliment
In kind, and several other citizens
were stimulated to prodigality by
their example. SO that 1t was late IN
the evening before things .ouieted
down. eas .sHr NJ fef, -tis
After the last outsider departed
and his cronies he produced an ca
cellent cigar. which he bit in two, &C.
cording to his habit. eating one por-
tion Of II and lighting the other. TAX
ing his favorite chair by the window.
he put his feet on the sill and said !:
Sometimes Must Be Hasty.
II reckon thu squire won't never
git over them onfortnit habits o.
hisn. 'Taint altogether long o.
bein' IS hasty g he sho' is. They is
times when man is got to be hasty
An faint because he's vi'lent. VI.
lence is necessary at times, mo- spe-
cl when others Is token thataway,
| an l never knowed him to bust loose
'thouten he reckoned there was some
'cas'on TO- to. 70 long 8 they don't
nobody riIe him he's peaceable
'nough. 81
AN he sho' is tol'able good
spender. TIL amt no danger o. him
ever b'comin' manufacturer o. greet
wealth. Keeps his money circ'latin' q
fast g he gifts 1t an sometimes fast
er. They's heaps o. good p'ints into
him an II 'twan't TO- them habits l1o
mought "a been Considerable mo- OF
man n he ever will be not thouten
he gifts over 'em, like he won't never.
Trouble is what he don't aim
right. Yo' uns all seen how he done
shot Mathews boss spell ago stead
o. pluggin' Mathews. I amt sayin'
what 'twan't mistake. Mebbe he
Intended TO- to hit Mathews, but
whichever way it's Token 1t works
out the same. II he. was amin ae
Mathews he didn't. aim right, an II
he was amin at tn boss he hadn't
ought TO- to do It, so he want aim
In right thataway neither. ,,
Never Aims ut Right Thing.
Hes al'ays been thataway. Pears
like he don't never aim at the right
thing. or II he does he don't aim
right; an thar yo' be.
II reckon they want never no.
body didn't had no better. chanst TO-
to rise hisself In the world n him,
long o. the 'rangements his pa done
made TO- him when he done laid onto
his death bed. reco'nizin' the editions
he was into. TIL OIL man was nigh
bout the highest roller what they
was In the hull state o. Arkansas, an
what he done to the family fortune,
sho' was sin and a shame.
They want hardly nothin' left
,fo'shimto leaveto his only son-that
was the squire-on'y c'mpiete set
o. the most 'xtrayagan habits they
was. an, q plantation what had mo-
mortgages onto 1t nor. they was mig
gers. An he hadn't never gave the
| boy no SIGH edication q! he'd ought
TO. to had, ben that token up with
'musin' hisself. 'Peared like they
want no kyind of a outlook TO- the
Squire. on'y o. co'se he want no
squire them days. bein' on'y pup.
Pears like tn OIL man was some
strickened with remorse when he
seen twas too late TO- to straighten
things out, like It gently is, but he
done the best they was to be did
under the. circumstances. He sent
TO- Bellyband Bush to come an see
him onc't mo-, an he done went.
\ Had to Hold Himself Together.
"Bellyband Bush was p'fessional.
He done got his name I'm bein' the
latest man in the hull southwest
an bein' fo'ced to wear a surcingle
to hold hisself together, but he want
noways fat in the haid, bein' high
ly successful poker player an respect
ed accordin'. besides bein' some in
dif'r'nt bout the use o. weepins.
HE was extremely consenshus.
though, an hearin' what oil Hapgood
was dyln'. he done laid e'ythin' else
to one side an went to him prompt.
They was a chanst what tn OIL man
mought be loolin' TO- one mo- freeze
out afo' cashin' in.
But 'twan't that. When he got
thar. Hapgood done reminded him
haft o. the Hapgood prop'ty often
him at poker, SO they want nothin'
left TO- to give the boy a edication
what his pa hadn't never did, like
he'd ought TO- to. -
well, Bellyband Bush. b'sides be-
in conshenshus, like said. was SO
! tender hearted when 1t didn't inter-
| fere with business, an he done said
| hid do his dam'dest, an arter the oil
man croaked he set in TO- to learn the
boy how to play poker scientific.
Squire Has Considerable Talent.
Then. TO- a time. things, looked
right promisin'- TIL amt no d.nyin'
what the squire Is got c'nsid'able tai.
ent. II he would give his mind to II
he wouldn't be n 10 slouch Of q player,
even now, but his enfort'nh habits o.
self Indulgence gifts the best of him
/ same "a .fhev. al,ave dome an, an, nj OF