The establishment of law and order on western plains . to run for any when the election came off my namewas written on enough ballots to elect meby the highest vote cast. So I acceptedand took my seat with the rest of them. CHAPTER XIV There came before us at once one ofthese vexed questions, and one of the con-testants was a particular personal friendof mine. I could see that a job had beenput up on him and that the other contest-ant, a doctor, would get the lots, althoughhis claim was absolutely unjust. I told myfriend there was a plot against him but hecould not believe it. Every
The establishment of law and order on western plains . to run for any when the election came off my namewas written on enough ballots to elect meby the highest vote cast. So I acceptedand took my seat with the rest of them. CHAPTER XIV There came before us at once one ofthese vexed questions, and one of the con-testants was a particular personal friendof mine. I could see that a job had beenput up on him and that the other contest-ant, a doctor, would get the lots, althoughhis claim was absolutely unjust. I told myfriend there was a plot against him but hecould not believe it. Everybody in townknew where I stood on the question, knewthat I was bound to see fair play. Butabout that time I was taken slightly sickand sent for the doctor—and he doctoredme good and plenty. I never knew whathe gave me but pretty soon I was I was ill our little girl was takensick—soon the doctor had her in the samehelpless condition as I was fellow was simply poisoning both ofus. One day he came and I openly accus- 110. ed him of doping me and he could scarce-ly deny it. He flippantly said, You mustthink I am Jesus Christ to cure you soquickly. The tone in which he said itangered me and I tried to get my wife tofetch my gun, for I had just aboutstrength enough left in my arms to use agun. But he got away and I stopped tak-ing his medicine, as did also my daughter,and in a couple of weeks I was well andattending to business. I had intimated to some that there wasa settlement due between the doctor andmyself and that I would bring it off just assoon as I had regained my strength. Hear-ing of this the doctor withdrew rathersuddenly—so suddenly that he left some ofhis personal property behind which henever came back to claim. While things were running alongrather smoothly in Cincinnati and many ofour citizens were felicitating themselvesthat now, since the settling of the titles toour loss, we were sure to have our townselected as the permanent coun
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