The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-18

TO- to think o. the d'parted as friend.
~ Is possible. even II 'tain't true. II
l was in yo' place I'd try TO c'nsider
what yo' pa is restin' Comf'able onto
Kbraham's bosom an let 1t 20 at
that. TIL Amt no way o. telling TO-
sho', an tn amt nothing to be gain
ed by bellyachin' over It,"
The stranger grinned.
Gone ON "PeriOdikle."
II wouldn't bellyache none II he
was daId." he said. III that was all
I'd "a had him planted afo' nov an
I'D be settlin' up tn estate. They
wouldn't be no trouble at sill onto my
mind. It's a heap wuss n That. He's
done went away onto n o. his per
iodikles, an l CAME get no track O.
him. | reckoned likely what he
mought "a been some'res round
hyar. an I knowed II he had he'd a.
showed UP into a s'loon.
ITS thissaway." he continued with
a highly creditable show OF hlial anx-
iety. when no gifts anyways slowed
he's al'ays liable TO- to the
ranch with as much of a wad s he en-
git together, an he don't show up
agIn till he gifts rid OF II. Pears he
done took a hellovn lot of real money
this time. an I'm amin to come up
with him afo' he gifts n chanst TO- to
set in at a poker game some'res."
Does he play poker?" inquired
old man Greenlaw. with some excite
ment. He had not shown any very
deep interest in the others affliction
up to this point, but now he seemed
highly wrought up.
Wants TO Get Wad Back.
NO" said the stranger. IAN that's
what's the trouble. II he cd play
they mOught be some Chanst o. gittin'
some o. tn wad back. But he reck-
ons he does, an yo' can't keep him
outen a game with guns IL he gifts
whRr he en- ind out. That's how
come he's al'Rys broke when he gifts
home. II he was to blow his money
TO- booze wouldn't be so bad. but
II sho' grloves me To- TO sec the fami-
ly estate dribblin' away in big chunks
to them p'fessionals what's a-gittIn'
Iof It,"
BY this time old man Greenlaw
was painfully concerned. Mon like
ly," he said. ''some O. them pirates
o. hell what travels tn boats is done
skinned him afo' now"
"Mebbe So" said the stranger
sadly, but most O. tn cap'ns knows
the old man, an they won't low no.
body to rope him in on the boats.
Yo' see, he's a man o. some promi-
hence to hum, bein' judge O. tn cot
to Helena-Judge Hardy-an' rs
done give notice to the cap'ns what
I'll sholy bring suit agin 'em in the
old mans cot II they lets him git
robbed on bod.
so he genl sneaks asho' some
place lookin' TO- a game whar he
won't be reco'nized. He amt never
been to Arkansas City yet, g fur g |
know, an l reckoned mebbe he
mOught a-tried 1t this time, thinkin'
wouldn't be liable to ind him right
away"
81 haint saw nothin' o. him, not yet
l hain't," said old man Greenlaw,
with unfeigned regret. Mon likely
the wust is done happened afo' now. "
Week to Sober Up.
"Mebbe not" said the stranger
hopefully. "He gently gifts good an
drunk, fust off. an that takes him
nigh bout a week. so l reckon he's
bout due TO- to show up into a game
some'res. He's liable TO to come
hyar a-lookin' TO- 1t any time"
He'll be took keer Of IL he does"
said the old man earnestly. "Yo' sem
timents sho' does yo' proud. 1 on'y
visit I'd "a had n son what look
alter me like yo' all does him. II
they is any way that | en- be OF any
'sistance I'd be glad to do IT."
Il sho' would be grateful. Let's
have another" said the stranger, and
they had It.
"Yo' mought do this" he contIn-
ued, after wipIng his lips. "If he
sh'd happen in. l en- keep outen the
way, an 70 all en- s'gest a game to
him. He'll jump at it eager. an ltll
be like Robin n dead man To- to get his
wad often him. Yo'd be adoin' A
service to a motherless orphan, an
o. co'se they'd be u li'ral commission
comm to yo' all when yo' come to
hand over the roll to me. We en-
range that private an I'll take the
old man home, an settle with him
later on"
Expected ANY Moment.
Old la Greenlaw fell in with this
plan readily. though without COM
hitting himself TO the terms of the