Show I 1 alfe LIMEKILN CLUB GARDNER HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT GHOSTS I 1 A chot host C coat olnes around only at t certain tin land d itts n always when there I 1 Is 0 something on a man illan conscience I 1 gomo good advice 11 pan by charlee charles B lewis I 1 it has bas cum to my knowledge said 11 1 gardner after the meeting had wa a opened in due form dat sartin mem r be tars of dir di limekiln club am trub bled wid wein win ghosts au fit hearin strange noises I 1 hev u bin told dat shindig watkins has received I 1 cc fled three distinct warning dis spring to il himelr fur de tie grave dat hurnel cant sleep fur hearin bearin a death tick in de do wall at le tie head of 0 his bed ua lat dat give aasal jones am all broke up by hearin at midnight an dat elder toots irsken likes up mons abery night nn an sees a t poo kwid flery oyes eyes alarin jut ait a 0 livi bed I 1 hev bey got a few words to ay on dis of ghosts an I 1 want de 1 p 4 0 dw dis club to lissen wid all deir ig t 1 I nm am now sixty one yara old an I 1 reckon I 1 I 1 hev bad as much experience wid ghosts basich gich as any odder man of yo I 1 used to 1 I alieve lieve in in ein em dar was a time when id av bet iny mewl agin a peck of beans dat Ls 1 b was a baseball under my iny r w d 1 ebery night glit of de tie yar Ilay I 1 lay daran dar an ard warning an death ticks and will whispered voices an I 1 got up tip in de lawnin fitlin dat I 1 was not long fur dis world 1 fiwel I 1 iegan to figger an it 1 a t yea week lieto I 1 solved de mystery I 1 made I 1 I 1 about as its sat u jf if yo am six ix weeks behind on louse rent yo jowill will icv a alook lookin abyo eber aur do of de tie bed lies iles dar to jaguar oar borni yo cm gwine to do about it 4 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 P I 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 ll 11 11 X it t I 1 1 I 1 it i I 1 it I 1 1 I 1 it t iz I 1 al 11 77 1 1 I 1 I 1 A I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 HES 8 dait DAR TO IN QUAIl WHAT TO AM all TO DO 1 ABOUT IT it if yo has bas bin craps an lost de two tire dollars de tie old woman had bad saved up to I 1 buy a par pair ol 01 shoes a boll lar filar ghostly foot kutepa all cher de tie cabin fur three nighta nights runn lii also har from de ole woman boorin do day 11 it I 1 had bin sorter walkin around doorba de do day an had a hencoop which promised to pan out well do just dark night I 1 should listen mighty liard hard when I 1 got hobed tobed to bed ill bieard a death t tick in de lie wall I 1 should take it ft to mean dat id better let dem dern twenty two chickens ns alone cause deir waa was a spring gun jest inide de tie doah of de do coop if I 1 har filar de do lick tick I 1 reckon id chance it though id go 0 I 1 powerful slow an feel all around inde in de dark fur dat gun if a white man bums along in de mawn ia to an oders offers yo a dollar fur a days work an yol yo stick fur a dollar a an n a half an confiner to sot slot on oil de fence cause he be wont give it boll go to bed dat night to bear strange whispers all till around yo if Y boll bo 11 11 liwen sen causly boll aoam bein in told bod better resign from front dis club bafo lp yol 50 git de bouncel q it if samuel shin should borry two dollars in cash of me which he be cant possibly poa sibly io do an should fail to pay it back at de time agreed upon hed held bee ghosts at night dey be ghosts from de do gray graveyard 0 but ghosts from his conscience its bail all de tie of conscience dar am buffin V real about it done mean I 1 an yo feel conscience stricken ober it no I 1 member of dis club who keeps up tip bis his d dues aes ues s pay pays his debts an trice tries to live like a decent man need be of spooks shooks hell go 11 to 0 o bed 0 a sleep as sound as a brick spooks shooks wont hev bey no use fur him blin from front dis time on I 1 shall hev bey an eye out fur B Drudd rudders ers watkins jones cadiff AO an toots an fur eich sich odder members of dis club a may take to heeln ghosts an I 1 hearin warning war I 1 doan say dat wi n a shout will be considered sufficient reason fur far but it will go a long w ways ays toward makin me feel sartin dat sich bich pus song jiOM doan reflect no kler credit on lis dis club as a nash unal shun brother jones arose and orfea to square by explaining that what he lie took to be beibe the whisper whispers of spirit voices turn out to be nothing but the labored breal ing of his brindled dog under the bed and that he had so reported but brother gardner rapped for order and rind said sot down bradder jones dar am no bedol do house vo yol hev bey heard what I 1 had to eay say nn an I 1 h bobo bopo 0 pe yo will profit by it ame mme as de do rest at de do next I 1 shall arrange wid sir isaac walpole to move dat bylaw no CM be amended to read so dat any member scein a ghost or bein whispered to at midnight by a ehll stand accused de do same as it if he had ball busted into de museum an stolen de do sacred skull of cicero M QUADS BOYS how slow to treat one when whon lie long to leave home lionie I 1 met a hungry disconsolate penniless and freckled faced boy of fourteen t the he other day who vrho was a hundred miles from home and afraid togo to go back every time timea a vision of homo home rose up before him there was a sort of section two connect connected edwith with it viz A stern faced father woodshed a rawhide and a boy bopping hopping around and promising never to do eo so again I 1 filled him up at it lunch counter gave him a dollar in cash cwb and advised lim him to keep I 1 going it was no use to advise him hini togo to go back buk home to a father who know knows nothing 0 of boy nature he lie have gone anyhow with a licking in prospect and had he lie been taken back by force he be have remained longer than the 11 first rat dark lark night it was yasi a boy who wrote of f a IX baij bij A boy is a singular feller lie balant aleather leilli pr a monkey nor a mule if hee bes up all right hell come out bull bully y it if lie blu hii ui lt be hee bud bad as whistles thistles es Ite Itla betterto hie ills nature than to lick him some lathura ra can git along with boys others caal nt no more at ift pi prudent prue went ent goodby ray my boy tom got out of his knee breeches lie wanted to go west and slay indians if I 1 been watching him hed have armed him himself elf with a corn cutter and A loaf of bread and run runaway away 11 W a Is planning to do tills this very thing when I 1 called him up and said thomas I 1 want a tie new ru rug g for the halt hall I 1 want a rug made tf indian scalp lock locks about twenty of then get ready and I 1 will start you yoi off oil tomorrow I 1 got down an old revolver made him a piping knife out of a rusty scythe and instructed him how to approach a warrior ad id lift his hair in the latest etyle but thomas go no boy wante to run ran away if you want him to my boy jim wanted to lie be a pirate I 1 knew he be was borrowing and reading every evry pirate etory story he could hear bear of and I 1 knew that it would result in a climax bythe by the lime time he was fifteen years ears old I 1 had my 7 eye on or him when he lie used to slip out behind the barn to practice boarding an unarmed merchant vessel and I 1 was listening 4 ut t la callebout called calle dout out to IA W eley atte m mth 11 no tales ye e MM ah afi isi island a dd selected on w which aich to bury his big treasure and he planned ed on sending back home a box of doubloons doub loons and a casket of jewelry one afternoon jim gobbled two wo I loaves ires res of bread and rue cold meat up and that night he retired an hour earlier than usual the climax was ras at hand I 1 w went ent out and waited under his window and as he came down off the ebed a bundle in one hand and an old horse pistol in the other I 1 eaid said oh jim but ive pot got a plan which I 1 wish help me carry out it has been I 1 a long time since anybody pushed the pi rate busi business nean with anything like enthuse aam and I 1 believe there theres a first rate open ing for an enterprising boy 1 ill furnish en an outfit for you if turn pirate it be enuch trouble to capture two or three spanish galleons gal leons and if it you can send me home bome half a carload rhoad of eold gold and silver bars ill guarantee to make business at this end of the line getup get up and dust D do you think you can get ready to start this week we dont want any tiny one to get ahead of us you know 11 dropped hie his bread brend and meat and horse pistol and sneaked into the house and that was th the last of the pirate business with him from that night on hia his dreama dreams have been clear of blood red decks and sailors walking the plank or lagging begging for mercy it was rather worse with my hob bob lie ile didn it run to indians or pirate pirates but he did want to be a young hero bem he ile got hold of boy books which related the history of boys who had begun life in new york sell ing papers and climbed up tip to the top notch of wealth and greatness they were always boy boys who biad run away from cruel cruet stepfathers step fathers or fatherless guardians and this bothered bob abit a bit I 1 think he had to skip that martof pirt of it lie ile got ready to make a break when he ile arrived at the usual age and I 1 got ready to help him when hie big little bundle was tied up with a piece of sheep twine and arid hidden in a pile of lumber he almost wished he lie going when he lie kissed his mother good night his chin quivered it was hi fill duty to go however and become a millionaire and he went lie ile had seventeen cents in cash and a it suit of old clotee s all boy 1 heroes start out on a limited capital and the more patches on their clothing the woner sooner they begin to climb up when the boy hero bero of the book readies reaches new york he lie invariably falls in with a gentleman at the depot or on a it ferr a gentleman who suddenly becomes inter ested in his welfare and at a later date takes him into partnership my hob bob didn dian find this gentleman he ile ran across s lots of men who were probably aching to pat him on the head and give him a lift in the world but they have time just then lie slept in doorways and lived on crusta crusts and od after a it couple of weeks the police bent sent 6 iki I 1 p rii 1 I 1 I 1 II 11 r ll 11 I 1 11 i I 1 il k A I 1 p I 1 11 1 a XI I I 1 1 I 1 NL I 1 i II 11 I 1 I 1 r 1 it I 1 ra 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 g e 4 ZI 1 I WAST A MADE OF INDIAN SCALP LOCKS him home he lie was a cured boy he at t and once ceased to wear bla his it hat at cm on iii his ear and call me the old man I 1 blow him up when be he returned and arid be offer to eat any husks we never dever cheu referred to the matter ive got another boy who IR 1 rapidly growing out of knee pants ills resolution orv has been fixed forthe for the lust last two years he ile intends to become a sailor he ile already makes use of starboard port watch abool shiver my timbers and so on its no use to argue against romance in due time cewill he w ill get nady ready to run away to s pea I 1 shall be on the watch and surprise him ill offer to take him film to the nearest port or t and put him aboard of a R coaster hell accept and make one trip of miles hell never want to look at blue water even in a washtub after that just as true as i you ou live a boy Is a it queer piece of machinery mah hea all cogs and w wheels heels and belts belt i and pulleys and hell run as smooth as grease one day aia aad wobble like a loose wagon wheel the next he lie goes by fits and starts he ile break breaks out at unexpected times and lie whims and notions with W ith every change of wind youve 90 got t to take him as lie ii and mato make the best of it and the more closely you study him the better for both ot of you ou THE ARIZONA KICKER progress of the lie liveliest LI paper in the great acet OUR no 8 in june of last year when we were compelled to shoot the man whose headstone is marked no 8 unknown in our private graveyard we made every effort to e establish sta blish his identity but in lain vain it will be remembered that the man ar rived in town for the express purpose of killing an editor of course he lie propose po to waste time on the critter who claims to edit that dishrag journal down the street streit he ile wanted a real live editor and he be made a bee line for THE TIIE KICKER office we happened to be looking out of the window as he lie came up the street ana and a still small voice whispered to us to get our bourgun gun ready the stranger uttered a yell as he entered the door I 1 probably ro bably expecting to chill our blood he lie got the first shot or we allowed it to him lim out of courtesy and th then en we dropped him there was wits nothing about him by which he lie could be identified he ile had simply come in from some back coumon county to hang haug crape craps on our office door M monday on afternoon while overhauling some papers we found the bill for hia his fun funeral eral expenses M we had it in our liand hand when a strange woman entered our office ice and introduced herself as mrs bill sykes she began at once to inquire about no 8 and in ten minutes had haa established his identity ile was sykes her ber ausba husband ad we offered our sympathy but shedId she ut want it she bald said that bill was baca a low down critter that she had bad left him and ills death nt at our hands baa ha resulted in I 1 her getting married to a ban hangus UP man she called to reproach us but to subscribe to THE TIIE KICKER for ft a year and leave an adv ady vt of mules wanted tor for her ranch in the valley NO alrig on tuesday forenoon his big honor the mayor who Is ourel flira was informed that dandy jim the leader of the clinch valley cowboys CowbOY 81 bad ar arravell in town for the purpose pu of posting po hotle tle u up p a lot of hand bills he be had had printed at T tucson acson these theae billa hills called t lor or a public deett meeting n g at the con court rt house on F fridey evening to protest against the arbitrary power powers assumed it ald by 91 and went on to talk about the mayor american liberty free speech freemen freem en and all that sort of bonse nonsense use told to children ills ilia honor sallied out to look for dandy jim and found him 1 D J look ft is bit plea fed over the find rind lie ile is the man under the fori I 1 who U used I 1 to run this town orand and I 1 it t hurts him t to a realize mer may maiorand mayor that he lie lias has lost last his big gri grip p the crowded crow crowd dex expected shooting but none occurred dome ills ilia honor wall walked ked right up to jim and picked him up and slammed him against the fence till he be hollered for mercy then he ill made him eat one of the handbill i and tear lear up the rust rent and I 1 dandy slunk alduk out of town like a ft sc scared are 1 coyo coyote wa t Is useless to add that there wont be allzena ll zena on friday night to 05 Y ft y r ir ff t A r 9 1 1 ii I 1 I 1 r 1 I 1 N I 1 I 1 I 1 11 11 F I 1 I 1 4 I 1 kal IT it lb f III I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 ii I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 SLAMMED AGAINST ane FENCE protest and so forth ilia bonor was elected to run this town us as nearly on eastern castern principles as was convenient end and lies going to do it it if somebody gets hurt every fifteen minute minutes the american eagle may scream a and nd the goddess of liberty shed tears of grief but things will be held ae level ve I 1 in this burg while his honors term of office lasts as t lie ile W avanti avant ted I wine livings the puck pack train was descending a trail on the bitter hoot root mountains on the idaho idalio side when we met a lone man coming up lie ile had hair down to his shoulders whiskers kere a foot long his clothes patched and ragged and on top of all this he was cross cros eyed and a of course we stopped lo 10 chin a little and when I 1 asked where ho he was going he lie replied im go going over to toto to to Virgi iny C city ilowe about ninety miles where are you from down on the 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