Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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AMONG THIEVES. FARAWAY AND HIS BETSEY LEATETHEJXDIAN VILLAGE. Betscj the Baekiag Braacko-- CaFttrai hy a Gaag af Rebbers-- Blaa4jBabaad His Villains. [Fmm PeiinHylvuula Grit ] Well, | havejjretty noarly recovered from the effaels of dmicing the ghost cotillion * ■with Hole-in His-Pants, and in shedding the dry scabs that collected where the cactus thorns pricked me. I got rid of threc- fo'irths of my old hide, and I believe it benefited my complexion at least 15 cents worth. “It’s a poor scab that can’t make a mark in the world—;—” Hftle-in-His-Pants did the square thing in the end; for when he saw how badly we were used up by the zeal he displayed in the ghost dance, he gave each of ns a good broncho poaiy to ride ont of the reservation on. As soon as we got away from the Indian reservation, we headed onr noses and oar ponies for the Dolores riwr.iptMdWg-togo.back to Colorado and start a Christian science mill, forJtask Ifne was getting tired of hifl 'Mormon expeuence and he thonght there would be more money in '(wUHau Science, providing advertised a SOI wl Betsey didn’t take, to the venture, at first, as she had a very vivla idia of bow much Christianity there was in our spiritual outfit, and she win tod to ask a whole lot of foolish questions about it, and when I saw that Bock was feeling bored about the cross questioning, I made Bettey shut up; becaose I got in trouble tbit way when I first went to Grand Junction, Col. TH toll you about ib When I first into Grand Junction and hwN for Betsey and L and to nave a hydrant put In the yard, t discovered that I would Hwmw cents per month rent Meh toom in the house, and even ' I under the hotus where a dot slept, and the same for a Targe store box which rrrr _ the house, and for the coal Mb, uid tUb garret, and for Betsey's nk. i, the simple-minded man who wonld foolishly get oB the old Chestnut here in Colorado, that he Id furnish the water for a woman i speedy cure in cases of splsint and diarrhoea and new i she would marry him, would get a poof bargal n. I’d ten times rather famish the Hour and meat. . Wtol, toreenme the reanfreotion of ffly narrative and continue om When I liad itnba, formidable Water bill ItMHAtotoiwflnftHtmtb, and .hraatltted With having my wind water shut oft In case I didn’t pay promptly, and was even fined a quarter n a dollar for allowing a tramp to wash at my hydrant, 40 onto for sprinkling the yard with Wafer from the hydrant, and 35 cents for wMRigjf tfei vrtadows, I got terri bly tnpwatvtheae Western charges, and, fearing to speak personally to the bloatea president of the water OOdtpany, t asked him a few ques tions through the Star. „ It Went sn "Dear editor, being a little oiyhau from the shabby East, and feloBg Into <h* cruel hands of mis dtps water company, and getting a win shook out of ef for the few simple man would allow me to (he pfeiildent a few serious ques* |ii fiteafd to Ihe rules and by laws of that Lazarus and Dives In Abraham’s bosom water company!’ First—If I bought a piano in Chicago, and wlshea to keep the box it wsl shipped in until I got able to bay a pig to put In it,, would I have to pay the nsnaf water rent for it that I pay for a room in the house Mid for the hole under the honse Where Doc. Shore’s wire-haired dog sleeps! And would I have to pay extra rent after I got the pig to put In the box? Would you advise me to knock the box to pieces and save the boards until the price of pigs comes down! sd—My wife is talking of > turkeys tb» season, so’s *4pfbt mast this fall after 1 season is orsr. How much ■ytu charge me if I daily at my hydrant? i yott pharn any more for turkeys Ml lo* do for chickens? Are cats tooMidvd in with the family, obatge horse mid cattle fates t w airallbw or a paewee i bdild a nest under the eves of . and .Would use the Waste ._t dribbles from the hydrant, Would yotl be so awfully orfnl strict “ ‘ i and see how many there are in each nest me horse fates for each j—Do you make the jifa* where. famitj -that rates it is a .dead the he|d of the f, except OS id ooufeis* acnarge, providing yon i a email redaction la the waUr III f.Dook agent or a stove ler Or a man with a patent Wm frosen over, would yon charge totetotoaM I allowed the undertaker to wash the corpse et my hydrant?” , Well, »od lands of poking a walk Ltw saLaTuito A hornet’s neSt, when. i ssd well meant article and a sword and type, while I had to take Betsey and run iuvny in the night A water company in a Colorado town is something awfully awful in a great many respects, especially the one iu Grand .1 unction. Well, when I heard Betsey asking so many pertinent questions in regard to Buck’s spiritual strength, I re membered about the questions I hod tired at the water company, so I shut her up with a vim. I’m not sure whether it was toy sharp command that dint her ap, or whether it was the sudden outbreak of bucking on the part of our ponies. At any rate, just about this time Betsey’s pony began to buck tre mendously, and the ones Buck and I rode caught the epidemic in their back-bone too, and the whole three of us began to bounce up and down like a fat boy astraddle of a mad bull’s neck. Betsey had been riding along in the the rear up to this time, bn t when her pony began to buck he staited first to run ahead of us, and when he stopped dead in his tracks and began to bounce up like a cock-roach, he was about three rods in advance, so Buck and I bod a good view of the show. Well, good lands of slimy toad, when that broncho wonld bounce iu the air and double np with a “click” like the blade of a ' jack knife springing half shut, Betsey would shoot up in the air like a bull frog shot with a shinny club, and when the momentum would cease and She would start back on the home stretch, her feet wonld spread ont like the ribs of an umbrella and her dress would become inflated in parachute style, and she would drop down on the Pike’s peak of that broncho like an avalanche of kiln- dried beef, only to be again shot up higher, to spread ont wider and drop down with more vim and a louder and more vociferous grunt Buck and I wonld have enjoyed the scene with a keener appetite if we had been seated on reserved seats, bat we were bouncing up pretty high oureelvee at the fine, ’ana the laugh would shoot out of ns in a big spurt every time we came down on the pond’s back, and It would consume the whole trip Up in the air to catch our breath again, which would go ont with the laugh every time We came down, giving ua the appearance of big dolle that will equeak every time you equeele them. I don’t know whether it wae the bouncing np in the air that turned our heads, or whether it was the strange' topographical surroundings —at any rate we found that we couldn’t find our Way out of the mountain*. We found that We needed somebody to find ua After wandering around in the mountains for three days, living on rabbit meaUnd excitement, we found that we Were still more lost than ever or else the place we started for was lost worse than we were Buck said he didn’t believe Oolnm- bus ever discovered that part of the continent, for he never before saw a neighborhood that wae so completely and absolutely lost It* said it would be an appropriate place for lost souls ■ * ' d thsir eternity way out. He would see the elders of the Mormon Church when he got back to Salt Lake, and work this idea into their creed. He said be didn’t believe the old shed de signers ever were completely lost in the woods, or they would have worked some of the miserable feelings into the details of their plan. Ho said if the Mormon elders wonld give him the contract he would design a shed that wonld be a sheol. On the sixth day we crossed over a high mountain and found ourselves (still lost though) in a beautiful valley, where there was splendid posture for our horses and lots of game to kill and eat ourselves, so we oamped Here to rest up. On the second day Buck was out banting, and about noon he came rushing into camp out of breath and and eaid he saw a band of Indians commg, and that we must prepare to sell our lives as dearly as possible- Betsey spoke up and said her life wasn’t for sale, and she’d the dirty Indians so jnst as soon as they got in reach of her tongne. Well, Buck and I saw that onr guns were loaded without resorting to the old chestout of looking down into the barrels. We filed them off to make sure they were loaded and then began to load them up in toed old Indian slayer style, and haa’em half loaded when the wild band oame rushing in upon ns like the wind. Buck and I weren’t ready to fire when they ffished in upon ns, bnt Betsey Was—she fired her mdtltfi off at ’em in good shape. They weren’t Indians at all. They were horse thieves from Moab, that little Utah village noted for its outlaws and wild and woolly characters. ' Their horses were fierce lookin, critters, bnt thsy looked as thong! they bad come from a country where horse feed was scafoe; They ’■weled their gupYiB fls.(jihe tbieves dlu md net the horsesj and demanded tfiat we throw up onr hands and say some sort of an improvised prayer. We did SO.. : When they proceeded to search our pockets, and. took eat of mine my tobacco and barlow knife and a shoe string, three silver dollars and poker-ohip, a box of Bqrke’s pills and a receipt for pulling a liver pad " ' ' r the hi' ‘ off withoqt'taking the hide along. They made a better haul in Buck’s pockets, for pearly all his buttons •got bounced off when pis pony backed and he had carried them iu ms ever since. They also Moruxm blble. and stropped knives oh Us traGi# tSuk. ket bis their and it was a lucky pop, for she car ries the purse. They bunted for over ten minntes for her pocket and then gave it np, saying they would find it after we were properly hung. They took our gnns and ammnni lion, and then made . us mount our ponies, and a robber was detailed to ride beside each of us uud lead our broncho, soY we couldn’t get away, 'They said they would take us before their leader, whose name was en nigh to terrify a bull pup: “Bloody-Bob- Who - Breathes - Fire - When- He’s- Angry!” Before he reached the river we saw another horseman coming ont of the dust, and the robbers cried iu high glee: “There comes our captain! There comes Bloody Bob!” We could see the buttons glisten ing on bis breast when he was yet a mile off, and from the crown of his wide brimmed sombrero a wide plume danced m the western breeze. As he drew nearer we could see bis black, drooping moustache, and long raven hair swishing around his head, and his eyes were flashing the fire of youth and health, and his horse looked as though it bad eaten all the feed in the outfit while the others were left to fast Who have you here, my bravo fire- eaters?” he asked, as he dashed up amongst us and jostled Betsey's xmy, who objected to this familiar ly by turning about and trying to kick Bloody Bob behind the ear. (Betsey’s pony did). “Ah, my pretty Miss Cactus Blow,” said Bloody Bob, addressing Betsey, “I must snatch a kiss from those pouting lips of yours, for it has been many a long day since 1 enjoyed such a blooming chance to sip honey from female lipe.” “You come near .ne, yon white eyed chicken-thief, and I’ll snatch a handful of loose hide from your neck and claw your nose off!” said Betsey in a burst of defiance. Then he came around to where I was and made some gentlemanly remarks about toy nose and the broad sweep of my month, and my hat down over m; for Infants and Children. " Caatovla in ao well adapted to children that I (recommend itaa superior to any prescription snown to me.” n. A. Aaciiiit, II. D., j 4 U So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. T. | Caa fori a cures Colic, Constijiatlon, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea. Eructation, Kills Worms, gives sleep, and proifiotcs di- f estion, out injurious medication. Tun Cemtauh Company, 77 Murray Street, N. Y. irm jammed my h and the other fellows Ians pack of burros braying for supper, and they ail dismounted to oinoh their saddles at the same time. Well| Buck took ad vantage of this •ituation, and as soon as the robber let goof his rein, he socked the spurs into the pony’s side and went flying across the plains. Bloody Bob raised his gun to fire at Buck’s flying form, but Betsey reached over and gave bin ear a vioione twist, and he fired into the ground. All the other robbera mounted their horses and itarted in pursuit of Buck, while Bloody Bob said he’d take oare of Betsey ofid me* Then Betsey began to negotiate for onr release, and cried a little and blew gobs of sorrow into her white apron, but Bloody Bob looked fierce and swore, and squirted tobacco spit on my boots, and said his men Would hang us up and theb cut our hearts out, after which they would cut us up into little hunks and feed us to the tame bean. It made me shudder to hear him talk, uud be seemed to enjoy my fright, and again undertook to kiss Betsey; bnt she flew at him in good shape and scratched his face in good style, and tore his false, drooping moustache off and his false hair, and there he sat— Jack W —, that worthless boy who used to loaf around the hose house In Williams port and read 10 cent dime noreis. He didn’t know me, but I recog nized him, and when I called him by his right name he began to cry and blubber and coaxed me not to write homo to his daddy, and I relented some and promised to keep mum, and he gave me fl9.-70—all the cash he on hand, os the last three men they had killed didn’t have any cash in their tronier pockets, so he laid. I may join the gang if Buck is willing—providing they catch him. Faraway Moses. 'VE dono taj best, mother,” Farmer Hobbi raid, coming ia bot and tired, from the bay 8eld. ‘That there dratted machine won't work, and ef I am to save my hay I’ll have to take that interest money and buy a new machine.” “I think you’d better not, father," Mrs. Hobbs answered in mild alarm. “I don't know where you’re goln’ to get any more, and Johnson is powerful dost about gettlfi’ the money on time. I’d be afeared to let it run oror a minute.” “Well, but, Lucindy, the hay is wuth moro'n the intrust, and yon know they’s no takin’ the stock through the winter without it The cattle might kinder rub along, bat the horses is jlst plum ableeged to have their timothy, and my timothy la as flu a piece as yon ever sot eyes on," “Suppose you try again." Mrs. Hobbs suggested, helping her husband to a loseiotti quarter of raspberry pie. “Ill go oat with you and hsip nnohoki bar. and we'll use plenty of Ua and fluhbspott safl rub through jest this Mob " , “Well I'll try, kiciadyl i kaln'l n* hupM, but 1 would Ilka to lata that in* trust iutmuyi" Mr. Babbs staid In ths field till five O'clock and the hsy Was ont With few delayli *1110 girls brought out the tup. per, which Was eaten with much relish in the hoyfield. The horses being wa tered and fed, the work went on bar the big harvest moon, and at 10 o'clock the hav from the “big medder" was la tha stacks. A ftw day* after Jim Johnson oame out to see if the interut money was ready. Be tied his hors* under a tree and started through the meadow to ssa Mr, Hobbs, who wss fenotng his risks at tha other-aids. “Msecs end ths bullrushssl What's thetf" ho asked, gating at glittty blue Mfishtions floating ou pools of water stattdiug everywhere, for it had rained hastily the night before, "Oil, and uo mistake! 1 ' he went on, after dipping his finger Into s puddle ittd testing it carefully with his nose. It wae only the day before that the papers had contained an account of 'some new oil field* found not above twenty miles swayt an old partner of Jim had been the first to invest, and was consequently fabulously rich. Johnson earefnlly rubbed hi* finger on his pocket handkerchief, stowed ths latter in a deep pocket and hastened aero** the field, his fsee pale and bis aye guttering very unpleasantly. He tried to greet the fanner with hie accustomed familiarity, but his words earns by jerks and ' throat hseama so dry sesresly articulate, “What’s the mattert Hain’t you wellf Mr, Hobbs asked, suspending his work to gaea curiously st his vis itor, “Yon look tallsr-eolored as the in guiti, and his iry that ha could Impure biood is the cause of in numerable maladies. Hence, one of the greatest benefactions to Immuni ty was the discovery of Ayer's Sar saparilla, which more than any other medicine, has saved America from becoming a nation of invalids. Children Cry for Pttcher’a Caitoria. •The Rambler,” the best bycicle in America, can now he bought on iv taim Apply at Tux Hxbald KABL'B CLOVER ROOT will pqrifv pour Blood, clear your Com- plectiobj regulate your Bowels and make youf Head clear os a bell. 25c. and 60C. For Malaria, Liver Trou ble, or Indigestion, use BROWN’S IRON BITTERS fiHILO'S CURE is sold on a guarantee. It cures incipient Con sumption. It is the best Cough Cure. Only one ceht a dose, 35 cts, 50 cts., and $1.00. Many a poor sufferer who submits to to the surgeons knife, in conse quence of malignant sores and scrof ulous swellings, might be cured, without an operation, by taking Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. This remedy re- pells from the blood all the impuri ties by which disease is generated. ‘ SHILO’S CURE, the great Cough and Croup Cure, is in great demand. Pocket size contains twenty Are dos« only 25c. Children lore It* fcMbrft dead, an' your eyas is like burnt balsa 111 a blanket" “No, thank you, not St all," Johnson replied at random, “I’m quite well en. eept husky sore throat—are yott Well? And the -fiimllyT" “Pretty fair—we've got a good deal of health mixed up amongst us—you know tbey's twelve all tohT” “Yes, a large, Interesting family- want to sell the farm?" • He tried to make the question less eager, but he could not quiet the tremor in bis voice, and he was in mortal dread lest Mr. Hobbs should have some reason to uruss the field and see tbe oil, when his “cake wonld be dough,” as Ua men tally expressed It. "No,* 1 Mr. Hobbs replisd shortly, and went on with Ua work. ‘Til give yon a good prisa for It—| want it for a combination shoe factory. Set a Agger.” “Well, twelve thousand—a thousand aplsoe," said Mr. Hobbs, jokingly) ths farm wss not worth mors than a third of that sum. ' “I’ll take It (with a gasp). Hire's fifty dollars to bind the bargain Otdl'll fill oat 5 aback for the baianaa right hara," He did so, and handed the paper to Mr. Hobbs, «no kept his oonntonsne* and received it with perfect gravity. Privately he Wae aonvineed that John- Hod Was etosy, •‘Come to tbe house and sign tha ooa- troct for tbe deed." ’’Alt right” Mr. and Mra. Hobbe accompanied Johnson to town and were thnndei* •truck when they learned that the sola was real and that they had twelve thousand dollars In the bank. “Sense that Johnson haln't arasy," Hobbe began as soon as he was clear of the town, "why, tbey's something in the wind, It may be a shoe faotory, but 1 don't believe It 1 Wonder if they've found goldf “It don't make no sort o* difference to ns, father," Mrs. Hobbs answered. She wae afraid that her bnsbnnd might take alarm and want to “rue back,” aa she expressed It “No, it don't make a grain of difference to us. an' we’ve got enough for tbe place ef they find dimints. Let’s buy back onr six acres on the edge of Cloverdale. We ean git It for three thonsand, and then you’ll have nine thousand to pnt ont at In terest" “Yes, mother." As soon as tbe trstsf* r wss mafia and Johnson lefe tb| tha deeds recorded, Job* foUoWjjif feUl wUlfljfil "Uome on—nrin^r ail your loose casn —oil in abundance.” The cash was sent with instructions to buy adjoining farms on option of thirty days; the oil man would come later and bring an expert. The farms were bargained for nt ridiculously low figures and then John son invited ids friends out to sco ids find.” “I tell you, liojs,” ho said, as he rode np and tied his horse to the meadow fence, “the whole earth is just a-soakin' with It, and it's jnst a burstin’ ont of the ground. You see this country has never had any oil taken out of it,” he went on, glibly, “and as it is constantly generating it lias become so chock full that the ground can’t hold it and it’s compelled to come out. You’d lie as tonished to see how it is actually boil ing up.” Hy this time others, having heard the news, hud arrived at the farm, and quite a crowd had gathered, when the partner with the expert drove up, fol lowed by Mr. Hobbs. ‘Just wait till you examine these blue patches,” Johnson said to the two men, after they had alighted from their buggy. "Now tell me if yon ever saw a stronger Indication of oil?” The expert gave a gl ance over the field, took a quick survey of the for mation of the country and opened his lips to speak; but before be could artic ulate a word Mr. Hobbs broke into the sonversation with a remark that sent the cold chills down Johnson's spins: “And is It them bine patches that In dicate He?' 1 ho asked, with a glance halt pitying, half contemptuous “That's t fact, for I used mor'n two gallon on my ola mowin' machine a try In' to get through tha mum without buying • flaw on*." “Let this be a lesson to you, sir," laid Johnson's partner, “All the lesson 1 git out of It," again put in Mr, Hobbs, "Is that whan you era a-citUiu'hay use plenty of lie."- Hnklnd Globe, Printed envelopes from $2 to $3 per thousand at The Herald job office. Children Crv for Pitcher's Castorla. fwv*Wra of***., vs. vxvvvw\*w«vw MENSTRUATION with a woman of vigorous heslth passes off In due time without pain or dis comfort ; but when she approaches this crisis MONTHLY with a irail constitu tion and feeble health she endangers both her physical and mental powers. BRADFIELD’S -e FEMALES REGULATOR If taken a few days before the monthly sickness sets In and continued until! nature performs her functions, has no equal as a SPECIFIC for Painful, Pro fuse, Scanty, Suppressed and Irregular MENSTRUATION Book to * WOMAN ” milled frs*. IMOnilD RMUUTOR CO.. Atlsnta, Ga. «oW tv «« DrvvgUtt, P.F.P. CURES ALL SKIN AND BLDDD DISEASES. rtrok-toM roxtorra F. I*, jh as * splendid •ombiaAtion, And pros* rib* St with grant ratlsfontion for the e««s of nil forma And sug*s of IVir.nry. fL'a-indnry and * TertUry |D TD *p Cures scrofulA. mater BwelHip, sm. eeronioM RbMmAtfcm. »U4 Ail traAtff CURES P.P.P. 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