The Coconino sun., 1922-10-20

Saw Al Beasley settin' in the jail
 Tuesday. Says to him: "Al, what
 they got yuh in here now for?" Al
 he says, "Well, I stole saw mill an
 I got away all right, but went bacl
 after the mill pond an they nabbeo
 me-
 Makes us think of what they say
 John Hance used ter say of why he
 left Missouri. John he said he left
 thar because he stole rope. When
 they said they didn't sees that was
 no reason fer man ter haf ter leave
 John, he said, Wall, thar war mule
 tied ter the other end of the rope"
 T. H. Schutte, now Normal train
 ing school director, said at a recent Rotary meeting he'd not tell his past life, but let it get out to his new &C., quaintances here peacemeal. Like the story, Schutte said, of the woman who rapped at the door of a neighbor' s house and got no reply. She rapped again. She heard an awful howl from within. Then there were several oth- CT howls. She pushed open the door, went in and finally found the woman of the house in the cellar, with her pet monkey in one arm, big knife | in the other. When asked how come, the woman explained the monkey had the distemper and the veterinary told her to cut its tail off. She hadn't the heart to do it all at once, so was cut ting it off a piece at time.
 Lots of people here never heard of "trade" rats, as the most common variety of our mountain rat is called. Probably very few outside of the mountain section know there is any such thing.
 Grade" rats are honest. Unlike any other rat, whenever they steal anything they leave something in its place. Dr. E. s. Miller recalls one night he stayed at the Hochderffer ranch. In the morning the boys found the trade rats had stolen their stock ings, which had been carefully tucked into their shoes. But in each shoe there were several small blocks of wood. He also remembers an old timer who laid his false teeth on al stump when he got into his camp bed for the night. In the morning the teeth were gone, small stone hav- ing been placed where they were left.
 Jimmie Turpin had the most weird experience with trade rats so far on record. Jimmy is good camp cook. But one night his biscuits were not up to standard. Three remained un- eaten. Next morning the biscuits were gone and three stones were in their place.
 But next night the rats came back and got the stones and left the three biscuits.
 Bob Taylor, who has both arms locked around the neck of the danged op mule and is bitin' her ear in the race for county supervisor, had to join the Dem. gang at Doney Park the other night and like all the rest of the Dem. Candydates, get up an bow an say, "Ladies an gentulmen, I didn't come prepared fer no speech" etc, etc., etc.
 George Campbell and Jack LeBar- ron, our two hellcattinest kidders, got after Bob the day before an tried to get him out in the woods on a stump to rehearse his speech to them. Noth- in doin'.
 "Dog-gone it." says Bob,' "d'yu 'spose I'd let them fellers git a | chanct like that on mel"
 So Bob went to the Doney Park | meetin' all unrehearsed, an then, 'cordin' to all accounts, the sonofagun made the best speech of the bunch. Them as hearn it says it was shore elegant.
 Lew Daugherty was commissioned by his nephew, at Cameron, to bring put game rooster that he was trad ing for. Lew got it out beyant the mountains and then the rooster flew the coop an out on the burning sands as fast as it could go.
 Lew said to hisself, "By thunder, you was raised in low altitude an was raised in high one, an I kin jes' out-run you, you spindle-legged mp O Satan"
 So Lew took out after the rooster. The rooster ran fer an TOUT. So did Lew. By that time Lew was closter, lp. He figured if he didn't stub his toe he'd get the rooster in ten min- ltes more, which he did.
 Some coop de main," Lew says hat was.
 President I. B. Koch of the Rotaryl .lub told Tuesday last week, about TWO smoked Irishmen who were .ourting one girl. One of the bucks lad big Ingersoll watch, with bigl yilt chain. They happened to call on heir girl at the same time. The one vho didn't have a watch knew the one who did couldn't read time any more han he could, and decided to showI Jim up.
 "Ras, what time am it?" he asked.
 Rastus pulled the watch out and leld it with the face toward his tor mentor, and said:
 Thar she am."
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