Show I 1 pete pate whetstone and the xau mail boy pete pate whetstone of arkansas was once traveling II a horseback through the interior of oe the he state and tiled one evening to stay all night at a little log ouse duse near the road where entertainment ind and a post ilice were kept two other strangers wee weecie there eie nd md the mail driver rode up about dark supper beig b e 1 over the mail carrier and the three gentlemen ere invited into a small room furnished furnis bed with a good re ie and two beds which were to accommodate the mr dur persons for the night tae mail carrier was a it letle tie persons dirty arty shabby lousy loohn looking wretch with eliom none of the gentlemen liked the ifie idea of sleep hg pete whetstone eyed him closely as he ask T d 11 where do you sleep tonight to night my lad f CC 11 I 1 with you I 1 reckon lisped the youth or with one of them other fellers I 1 dont care labich 11 k I 1 tile the other two gentlemen took the hint bint and occupied died one ot of the beds together toge aber immediately leaving ahe h e other bed and the confab corri tab to be enjoyed by pete and the mail carrier together as best they could pete arid and the boy both commenced hauling off their iuds duds and pete fete getting into bed first and wishing to get rid of sleeping with the boy remarked very ear jestly imy friend I 1 tell you beffi cehand ave got switch ahe itch and better not get in here herewith with me 1 for the disease is catching 11 the boy who was ojust just getting gett izig 4 nto into bed too drawled out very coolly m wal I 1 reckon that dont make inake a bit 0 of diXe to me ine ive had it now for beai nearly ly thedeth years 21 and into bed he pitched with pete who pitched out in as great a hurry as if ft he had waked up tip a hornets nest in in the bed the other two gentlemen roared and the mail boy bov who had got peaceable possession of a bed to himself drawled out wy you must be a thet het of darned aules mm mam I 1 and dacita got the eatch catch a heap wurth than I 1 ith and they both in that bed lacht night when hen the they y wath here to the quilting Idi 0 the other two si rangers were naw no in a worse pre cament thaw than pete tod been beef and bouncing tour cing aiom ro their nests as if the house had been on fire stripped and shook their clothes put them themon on again ordered their horses and though it was nearly ten odeck they all three left and rode several miles to the next town before they slept sept leaving the im ible mail boy to the bliss ot scratching and ands sleeping leepin alone |