The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-02-23

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Emanuel was great deal Of q dis
appointment to the elder Slivers wit
had . neck like . Shorthorn bull, ant
could shoulder three-bushel sack o.
wheat without any particular trou-
BILE. He would have stood for tht
name Emanuel, shortening it to Man
if the boy had developed into a husky
youth who could put the kibosh on
the other kids Of his age who under
took to get fresh with him, but when
little Emanuel developed a neck OF
about the dimensions of rattail file
and showed no disposition nor ability
to lick any other boy either in his
class or In the class next below him
his dad sort Of lost hope. Well, when
Emanuel reached his growth he meas
ured s feet inches in length and
weighed at times after hearty meal
a. much ~ ITO pounds. He didn't
have any more jaw on him than a
meadow lark and his mouth looked
like the tucked up opening Of toy
balloon. But about the worst blow
came to father when Amanda Tooth
acher fell In love with Emanuel.
Amanda weighed, when she was
trained down, 179 pounds and when
she was careless about the amount Of
food she consumed, which she was
most Of the time, she made the steel
yard fly up even when the weight
was moved to the 200-pound notch.
When she spread her net for Emanuel
he had no more chance of escape than
a rabbit turned loose in q 10-acre
flied with flock of grayhounds. They
hadn't been married three months till
all she had to do to make Emanuel
come to her on the lope was to make
a sound like whistle and any time
she gave him the word he would lie
down and roll over or sit up and bark
like one Of these highly trained dogs. |
If she hadn't required anything of
Emanuel except to come when she
,alled him and run errands for her
and such like. it wouldn't have been
10 bad, but she somehow got the no.
ion into her head that she was going
% make him act as her protector. AS
The got older and fatter and developed
! double. chin her temper got worse
Ind she seemed to have a sort of
mania for getting insulted. When
he happened to be passing group
# men who were talking about the
weather. or some other amusing sub
ect and they would burst into hilari-
JUS laughter, she imagined they were
aughing at her and then she would
20 hunt Emanuel up, if he didn't hap
zen to be along and tell him that he
lad to avenge her and make those
men apologize for insulting her. 1t
tut Emanuel between the devil and
he deep blue sea so to speak, because
e knew perfectly well that he could
ot make anybody except a confirmed
ripple or a man in the last stages
+ consumption apologize, but if he
idn't try Amanda would make him
orry he ever was born. The result
,as that Emanuaps face was con-
iderably disfigured most of the time
n account of the scraps he had
'ished on him and on account of con-
lsions on other parts of his body
was often painful for him to sit
own. One day l met him headed to-
ard the river. He was counting his
myers and never saw more hope
IS look on mans face. l sort of
I'd a bunch that he was desperate
I'd so l stopped him and asked what
as on his mind. "Well, Bill" he
i'd, sort Of choking up, "it's no use. =
manda has ordered me either to
hip four different men or make them
'ologize. / have been staving the
ing of on first one excuse and an
her, but today she gave me to I'M
rstand that if put the business of \
aking these men apologize off any
lger she would shut me up in the
al bin and not let me have enything
cept bread and water for a week.
re are the men l have to make
ologize or lick: Jed Limburger; he
a coal HEAVIER and weighs 210
unds. hear he has had so fights
never has been licked. Another
g is Abe Peterson. He works in a =
mo quarry : and So TIE TIE leg. count,
r he held the record on one of these
re striking machines. Another is
Ike Dugan. He weighs 100 and
) had FIVE or six fights in the ring
i knocked out three different men.
d last there is Larry Dugan who
the bully of his neighborhood and
ighs 255 pounds without his
thes on. have my choice Of three
ngs, l can go to the coal bin on
'ad and water for . week; tackle
II men and 60 to the hosbital four
'erent times or jump into the river.
q with Amanda Rill IL inst ono |