Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-01-04

"a sion OF the gouverneur OF the
state OF Harpeth that my uncle.
the General Robert, did enlight-
en- me as to the urgent need OF me III
his affairs of business.
ut is a question of mules, sir, and of
a dishonor to the state that I'm going
10 prevent II my hot old head Is laid
low In doing 1t, as 1t probably will be
II / get into the ruckus with Jefferson
Whitworth that now threatens. They
have inslnuated themselves into the
confidence OF Governor Faulkner until
they have made It we'll nigh impossible
for him to see the matter except as
they put It. They Will get his sigma
ture to the rental grant OF the lands.
make a getaway with the money and
let the state crash down upon his head
when It finds out that he has been led
into bringing 1t and himself into dis
honor. Why, dash It, sir. I'd like to
have every one of them, especially
JEFF Whitworth, at the end Of halter
and feed him raw mule, hoof and
ears. I'm probably going to be done to
death all alone before the pack of
wolves. but I'm going to die hard-for
Bill Faulkner who holds In his hand
the honor Of bis state and my state, I'll
die hard~ And he spoke the words
with such q herceness that his white
mustsche, which was waxed with the
propriety of the world, divided like
crossed silver swords beneath his
straight nose with its thin and trem-
bling nostrils.
ut will be that can help you pro
feet this honor OF the Gouyerneur
Faulkner and the state OF Harpeth,
will IL not, my Uncle Robertf' / asked
with great anxiety. IF you must fall
on the field Of honor It will be the
glory of Robert Carruthers of Gree
and Bye to fall beside you, sir. | am
very good sport, my father has said
God bless my soul, how like Henry
you are, boyv' exclaimed my uncle. the
General Robert, and he did lay one or
his long and very strong arms across
INV shoulder and give TO me the EN-
brace for which | had 80 lcnged, but
for not enough time for me to yield
myself to 1t. Henry always wanted
TO tag Brother Bob and he, too
would-have died-fghtlng for meat
my side. I've been hard-and when
heard of his DEATH wanted you
boy, | wanted you more Now, what
do you mean, sir, by making me for
get for one moment the fix Bill Faux
ner and | are INF" And my uncle,
the General Robert gave to me good
shake, as he extracted his very large
white handkerchief and blew upon bis
nose with such power that the black
chauffeur looked around at us and
made the car to jump even as he and
had done.
"And those mules that II would be
your wish to feed to that Mr.. Jen
Whitworth, my Uncle Robert. will you
not tell me further about themf In
Paris II is said that they are very
good food when made fat after being
old or wounded In the army. have
'sThat will do. sir. II you've had TO
eat mule In Paris don't tell me about
a.. MY constitution wouldn't stand
that though during our war. just be
fore vicksburg. ate-but we won't so
INTO that either. Now this Is the
situation. as much as a lad from the
wilds of Paris could understand II.
The French government wants 5000
mules by the fall of the year. and
there are no such mules in the world
as this state produces. They are send
ing a man over here TO try 10 make
deal with the state of Harpeth TO pur-
chase the mules from private breeders.
Craze them on the government lands
and deliver them in a lot for shipment
the list Of August at Savannah. There
is no authority ON the statute book
for the state to make such deal, but
JEFF Whitworth has fixed up sort OF
contract, that wouldn't hold water In
the courts, by which the governor OF
the state, Williamson Faulkner. grants
the grazing rights en- the states lands
10 a private company. Of which be Is
20 be a member, which In a way
guarantees the deal They've made
him believe II 10 be a good financial
thing for the state, and he can't see
that they are going to buy cheap stock,
fatten It on a low rate from the state
and hand Il over to the French gov
eminent at a fancy rakeoff, and then
leave him with the bag to hold when
the time for settlement and complaint
comes There IS a strong Republican
party IN this state, and they're keep
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