Show HE HAD GOT AWAY widow a prey chooses the lesser of 0 two evils where I 1 had stopped to water my 4 horse by a good sized wayside pond a old woman was sitting with a deter mined look on her lean visage and a good sized hid hicl ory club in her knotted hand she hailed me as I 1 was about to ride away and I 1 stopped to see v what hat she wanted stranger said she how lo 10 long ng kin a man kritter stay under the average replied I 1 Is about a minute but exceptional cases have been known when they have stayed under longer wall this is one 0 them there ex cases the record I 1 believe is four min utes not longer n thata no certainly not longer why do you ou aska wall yeh know josh Birdsell 7 no I 1 don t believe I 1 do wall josh has bp n settin up with me a holdin han s fer nigh on three years now stranger wouldn rit t yen yeh low from that thet be he bad had ser serous ous in tent tensions ions I 1 certainly would i whets het s what I 1 lowed an when he come over ter my house this mornin an lowed thet he was fig gerin on marlyin the benson denson wall thet taets s when it come off he ile lit inter the road a movin an with me jest dost anuff ter tech his coattails coat tails but not dost anuff ter git a holt onto em thet s all captin when he got this fur an could feel my breath onto his neck he duy inter the water yere an I 1 ben waltin ter fer him ever sence why he ile mut be drown drowned eoll 1 dye reckon 9 why he must be then yeh dout don t felkon they theys s any use 9 my baitin any longer I 1 should think not then I 1 reckon III be boggin along nice day houston post |