Arthur Stringer

Name: The Benevolence of Montana Bill
Author: Arthur Stringer

The Benevolence of Montana Bill (1902)

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“The Benevolence of Montana Bill”, published in 1902, is a work by Arthur Stringer. It explores elements such as yere, Bill and invalids.

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Arthur Stringer, The Benevolence of Montana Bill (1902)

“ Bill jes' went on eatin' ca'm and natcheral as ever, and laid it all down to this yere Rocky Mountain air.
"'Why, Ike,' says he, lappin' up his bacon grease with a hunk o' bread 'bout the size o' your two feet—'Ike, mebbe you won't b'lieve it, but down in Montany,' says he, ' I were that pernickety 'bout grub I had to fall back on cod liver oil and such stuff, jes' to keep strength up. It's this yere mountain air, Ike. It clean makes a new man of a cuss,' says he, pourin' out about a pint o' surup. ”

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Arthur Stringer, The Benevolence of Montana Bill (1902)

“ He laid out that by the time he'd roped in a good campin' ground somewhere up in the mountains, he'd be able to set off with a fresh batch o' weaklin's ev'ry month durin' the summer, and reckoned he ought to git from four to five dollars a day from each of these yere invalids for board and travelin' expenses. And owin' to the fact that such folks wouldn't be hard on vittles, Bill guessed he ought to clear 'bout twenty dollars a week off each pore maverick w'at this yere mountain climbin' were the means o' headin' back to the priceless trail o' health. ”

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Arthur Stringer, The Benevolence of Montana Bill (1902)

“ Then you'd have to lay in a tidy little stock o' tea and pork and beans, and stuff of that breed, and then git hold o' some good, enterprisin' talker w'at 'ul make a corrallin' excursion in through the East and round up a couple o' dozen nice congenial invalids hungerin' for the genooine smell of mountain ozone and the simple eatin' o' the untootered cowboy. 'Why,' says Bill, 'it'd be uncommon like rakin' in good money for takin' a three-weeks' picnic. ”

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Arthur Stringer, The Benevolence of Montana Bill (1902)

“ Bill rooted him out in the middle of his spring round up, and when this yere horspit'l idee were first laid out before him Hank jes' gave Bill the Chilkoot eye. Hank said he weren't hungerin' to pose as no collector o' decayed humanity for any man. But Bill enlarged on the civilizin' inflooeuces of a Eastern trip, and the joy w'at would be brought to the sorrowin', and seemed that all fired sangwin and roseate 'bout the scheme that Hank finally allowed mebbe he were some sick o' hangin' round bull pens and brandin' unmannerly steers, and doin' gen'ral low down Siwash work. ”

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Arthur Stringer, The Benevolence of Montana Bill (1902)

“ Then he draws over by the camp stove, and makes friends with the prune bag, and works out the whole game. He allowed all you had to do was to git a hold of a handful o' humble speerited pack bosses and a campin' outfit. ”

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Arthur Stringer, The Benevolence of Montana Bill (1902)

“ He'd brought these yere friends o' his out for rest and repose, and he wouldn't hear o' no lives bein' endangered that way by violent exertion. 'Me and my friend Ike can walk,' says he, 'and mebbe we can cache the load off one of the hosses round here for the down trip, so we'll have enough animals same as ever.'
"But Bill's invalids wouldn't hear o' no grub bein' left behind in that light and airy fashion. ”

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Arthur Stringer, The Benevolence of Montana Bill (1902)

“ Bill looked at mo kind o' solemn for a minit or two. 'Reckon it would, Ike,' says he, cuttin' off another quarter loaf to sop up his surup. For about ten minits he gives his undivided attention to devastatin' the remains of his vittles, bein' one o' these yere thoroughgoin' eaters w'at always browse to the end o' the picket rope. Then he leans back agin the flour barrel and takes up that idee 'bout the horspit'l agin. ”

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Arthur Stringer, The Benevolence of Montana Bill (1902)

“ V. "′Bout this time that mountain air were beginnin' to get its genooin work in on these yere invalids, and Bill couldn't deny they were gittin' huskier and more ravenous ev'ry day, and kickin' more strenuous agin Bill's pork and beans, and makin' disparagin' remarks in gen'ral 'bout my grub rustlin'.
"Bill got kind o' moody and low speerited watchin' good vittles disappearin' that unexpected way, and took to broodin' and bein' all fired dejected 'bout havin' no sickness in camp. ”

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