The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02
BIaiSdeH Hands over Cash after
Hank BOWerS'S paw
Makes a Protest.
(By David A. Curtis.)

TO the speech o people, declared old
man Greenlaw, in a violent outburst
of righteous indignation. First yo'
know. this yer sloonll be gittin' a bad
name long o you diddins.
"Gawd knows I've did my best TO TO
build up a reppytable business into a
legitimate way, instead o which you
uns is liable To- TO invite column'ous
repo'ts if yo' don't quit piayin' it low
down on d'fenseless chillun an ony
gittin' $40 outen en- My pcentage O.
the game won't pay for the wear an
tear on the fixtures, let alone the pop
lar indignation what's liable 70 TO be
did if it gifts to be known"
u wouldn't call Hank Bowers no
d'fenseless chillun," said Jim Blaisdell,
sullenly resentful OF the old mans
tone, but semi-apologetically withal, as
if unable TO deny that reproach was
merited. He done licked his pa last
week, an he sho' put up good fight
afo' you all done put him out"
$40 no Justification.
Don't make no difference il he is
husky" said the old man. HE hain't
Of age, an that makes him infant
into the eyes O the law. They mought
"a been some Reuse if he'd a had mo-
of a wad onto him, but $40 amt no
justification TO H'latin' the traditions
o. the place like was did. Pears like
yo' don't understand what they's liable
TO to be trouble come outen it."
"Yo' all pears to understand a
helloyalot alter things done been
did," exclaimed Jake Winterbottom,
angrily. "Yo all is as deep in the
mud as we uns is in the muck. How
come yo' didn't say nothin afo it was
did? Yo' was willin' enough to stand
in when he came along an pposed
TO to play"
How'd | know he ony had $40?'
demanded the old man. "Judgin I'm
the display he done made | reckoned
he must a had nigh onto a thousand,
an O. co'se that'd a been worth takin'
chanst To-. But when $40 is spread
round among FIVE tn amt enough into
it to pay TO what damage was did to
the furniture, not sayin' nothin' bout
what's liable to be did if his pa takes
it up with the neighbors. "Tain't as
II he'd been a stranger, The
c'munity s liable TO- to be hell roarin'
critik'l if citizens is took in"
Riot Might he Compensation.
How if yo al Twas to send him back
the fo'ty?" suggested Sam Pearsall in
an offhand way. He alone Of the party
seemed to see something humorous in
the situation.
"Th amt no call TO- to git gay re-
torted the old man, still more indig-
nantly. HE done lose it, didn't he? II
TIL amt no better Sutton offered n
that, tn amt no sense c'nstd'rin' tn
question. The wurst II have TO be
took, whatever It's"
ooh, shucks!" exclaimed Joe Bassett.
whats the use bellyachin'? TIL amt
liable to be nothin' wusn a riot hap
pen. Mebbe we uns en- git some little
'xcitement Outen it, anyway. Thatd
be some compensation TO waStin' time
like we done onto a pup" And his
eyes lighted up at the prospect.
"Never Skin Citizens"
"Wastin' time amt nothin' s fur s
that goes. They s al'ays plenty o.
that in Arkansas City," said the old
man. But it's done took years TO- to
Establish the reputation o the bust
ness like we uns is sho did it, an
pears like it's liable TO- to be busted
IN right now. What'll boone O. me
into my old age if my place gifts into
disrpute in the cmunity? One O.
the carnal principles Is al'ays insist
ed onto is to not never skin none O.
the citizens, an now it's been did TO
$40"
"Yo' all pears to be some het up
over nothin'," said Pearsall. Even If
they is gwine to be some poplar in
dignation long O. Hank Bowers bein'
did IN like 1t was comm to him to
be, TIL amt been nothin' did, not yet,
is they? TIL amt no sense layin'
awake nights kase they S liable to be
a food mex FEBRUARY"
"Mebbe not" retorted the old man,
but l reckon this p'tic'lar inundation
is liable TO- to come along c'nsid'able
while afo' FEBRUARY does. Hank Bow
ers's pa is comm down the street
right now. Judgin' I'm the '1pression
of his feetsteps, l sh'd say they was
Bomepin onto his mind, not sayin'
nothin' bout them other three citizens
what's comm with him"
Old Man GrGenlaw Confident.
1t is no new thing to say that an i'm
pending crisis often serves to bring to
notice those characteristics Of the
man who faces it which under other
circumstances are likely to be over
looked, or, II recognized, moderated
Old man Greenlaws friends had never
called his courage in question. They
had seen it tested too frequently to
doubt It. What they were not prepar-
ed for was the look Of calm resolution
that suddenly irradiated his rugged
countenance.
Only moment before he had been
nervously apprehensive Of trouble
Now that it had seemingly arrived, he
was cool and collected. CHANGING at
his bungstarter as if to make sure it
was ready for use, he took cigar
from his left-hand vest pocket and bit
it in two.
Just as he was in the act of striking
a match and before he had finished
eating that portion Of the cigar that
he had bitten of, Mr.. Bowers and his
friends entered the saloon, but you
wouldn't have thought from old man
Greenlaw's bearing that he looked for
ward to any disturbance whatever. He