Wolfville

which I'm about mentio

e first real fune

laimed a plan to be comfortable. He had begun to tolerate-even encourage-my society, al

as to what would have been the programme of the public-spirited hamlet of Wolfville if that invalid had died instea

rmer leading spirit of Southwestern society. The name of this worthy was Jack King; and with a brief exposi

an' another, an' goes shoutin' home to heaven by various trails. But ontil the event I now recalls, the remainders has been freighted east or west every time, an

o rich for our blood, an' these obsequies is goin' to be spread-eagle, you bet! We'

ish, an' pesterin' an' pervadin' 'round for several days. The camp stands a heap o' trouble with him an' tries to smooth it along by givin' him his whiskey an' his way about

an' knowin' he'd take a pride in it, an' do the slam-u

ion. I shall act for the credit of the camp, an' I needs your help. I desires that these rites be a howlin' vict'ry. I don't want people comin' 'round ne

go for a box for Jack, an' details a coup

eral a success, you needs distance. That's where deceased gets action. It gives the procession a chanc

ts go all holds an' turns loose in a body to put Jack through right. He's laid out in splendid shape in the New York Store, with nothin' to complain of if he's asked to make the kick himse'f. He has a new silk necktie, blu

gents, this is a racket full of solemnity. We wants nothin' but good words. Don't mind about the trooth; which the same ain't in play at a funeral, nohow. We all knows Jack; we knows his record. Our information is ample that a-way; how he steals a hoss at Tucson; how be robs a gent last fall at Tombstone; how he downs a party at Cruces; how that scar on his neck he gets from Wells-Fargo's people when he stands up the stage over on the Lordsburg trail. But we lays it all aside to- day. We don't copper nary bet. Yest

ink, an' gives us the song; an' when the entire congregat

from his de

him down

saddle fo

n across h

. 'I ain't makin' no claim for it, except it's part of the game an' accordin' to Hoyle. If thar's a pre

lene, an' the resurrection; an' everybody takes it in profound

to hear from any gent onder t

weaknesses, as do we all. A disp'sition to make new rooles as he plays along for sech games of chance as enjoys his notice is perhaps his greatest failin'. His givin' way to this habit is primar'ly the cause of his bein' garnered in. I hopes he'll get along thar, an' offers a side bet, even money, up to five hundred dollars, he will. He may alter his system an' stand way up with t

morseless drinks of the frontier had begun to tell on him, an' for a year or so he's been liable to have spells. Referrin' to the remarks of Mister Hamilton, I states that by agreement between us an' in honor to departed, the quotations

lead, with Jack an' his box in one of the stage coaches comin' next. Enright, Tutt, Boggs, Short Creek Dave, Texas Thompson, an' m

n't no camp this side of St. Looey could turn this trick. Which I only wishes Jack could see

p. The buglers cuts loose everythin' they knows, from the 'water- call' to the 'retreat,' an' while the niggers is a-shovelin' in the sa

a headboard. When it's set up it looks like if Jack ain't s

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aid Jack'll get out none, but the coyotes is shore due to come an' dig for him, so the niggers has to s