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Show COLONEL TOLD ffflTgff Got Half a Dog and Won the Case for the Who Stole It. "The West has some great livvjern," said the Missouri Colonel to tlio crowd that had been dlBcusalng rnpldflre cnsc3 in court. 'Oh. I don't know," said tho joung lawjer from Hnckcnsack; "BUppoie jou name n few of them? ' "Well," replied the Colonel, "there's old Zeb Illackburn and Col Ike Hilton, all of Chrlitiin counts', Mlfwurl, nnd nny one of them can glso you Easterners Eastern-ers esery pet In the deck, except one, and then win. 'Take Col. iko Hilton, for Instance. Wlu, the only cas he eser lost In hi life stas a dress suit case that n cioolt stele from lilm In the Union stitlon, St 1-OUI3. ','Let mo tell jou nbout a ense he ston once sthen he tsna both lassjer anl fitness. fit-ness. It was tho tall term ot court at tho county scit of Christian county. The first case on the docket st vt th it of a negro charged svlth stcallui; n futun-lng futun-lng hog. Thero stero not many negtocs In Christian counts-, fot the slii h ipaxon thai they had to stand for nbout etcrj--thing that happened In the j-lmlnil lino nnd consequently got considerably thinned out. The one In this enso stas the only one In the township stheio tho man Used ssho lorl the hog, nnd svhen It disappeared he had lilm arrested on general principles, llti" time lt happened hap-pened that tho negro svns guilty. "As poon ns Link, hia name svas Lincoln Lin-coln Washington, but lhv called him Link for short as soon as Link svas nr-lested nr-lested he sent for C ol ll.i' nnd, n.i Link ostned a little farm and had some livestock. live-stock. Col. Ike rispjdlil le.idily 'Link,' said Col. il., f ships j'ou got that hog' "Link stas silent, for he d'd not know sthcthcr It ssould be suf. i "'Come, now.' said ColIv," him on the bick, 'jou toVii,..' If you Uon't own up i". easel' " wni ta "Link squirmed unt,ur . "'uns, nah,' hc mm ..v has. Col Ike a' A t " 'That's the stultp rlt.j , reassuringly 'Wheri Utk, J "'It am kilt on' dren ltf' In man sn okchou.e,' SaSJf " 'All right, Linknow' ? what to do. I'm goUigloMj nnd as soon as jou go h. t . to cut that hog JxiX, "?;' mo half Do jou hear? Th, "Link heard anl osre.rt.lij loy there stas fresh tteittir hcue. ' "' "When the caBe wan called r reared, steirlng a serene tmil court was both surprised m Z to find that ho had uc'a tn In ssltne3 Two other iriuiai cnllcd llrst. for a bluff, mo Iko took tho stand "In response to the cmtnmtr Hon, 'What do jou know t)x caso?' Col Ike snore polnt-l Link's Innocence "'I know,' he said UidtUnk Ington here has no moro of ti than I have)' "Of course, such teitlnwnY vincible, and Link was notour ted, but cxonciated" "Now sve'll hear from the Eas tho IrRsellng man to the rncj from Hnckensack New Totkl Teddy Slowcoach-May I km jour mother7 Tottlo Oetlhete I don t carets for, so long as I get It. |