| Show at lat east some years ago as a mississippi river steamboat came to a river landing a taij tall ungainly looking looking fellow leaning ag against dinst a woodpile attracted the attention atten tida of the passengers one of whom a talkative and conspicuous person remarked to his friends that he was going to have some fun out of that 14 fellow ellow so he jumped ashore when the boat landed and with a great show of fierceness approached appl appi cached the fellow fellows drawing a savage looking bowie bowle knife he said aso so old fellow follow ive lve found you at last youre the man that stole a dog of mine and ive dve sworn 0 to o get square with you ive dve been beem looking for you for a year the gawky lazily opened hi his eyes I 1 in n woud vond wondering ering ening amazement am ement at first as though he understand it then catching sight of the laughing i passengers loo looking kirk kirb on from the deek deck he took in the situation by oho tho time smarty had finished telling him how bow long iong ion lon lie he had been looking for him he lad bad had taken out of his ills pocket a ehst like a sledge hammer on tho the end of the arm ofa of a windmill he swung it once and knocked the man who had been looking for him plump into the river then resuming his place against the woodpile ho he malsed his eyes to thia th deck sandwith and with a r very lazy draw drawl inquired Is thera there anybody else on this boat looking for me egras aro eggs these days mad am 13 observed a merchant yesterday to a lady who objected to tho high price of the hen fruit goi gol 1 I am glad to know it sir replied the lady customer they were mostly y chickens I 1 got from irom you fou y ou last summer er 1 1 |
