id like to tell you a little poem i read on a lavetory wall in prentiss new jersey it went right from a little window at the topdown to the skirting board.boy i had 2 strain 2 read that last verse. my tale is a weird 1 was found long ago in a book on my granpappys shelf`so hush while i tell it and dont make a sound cos id like 2 hear it myself,it was writ in the days when the yukon was rich and the miners got drunk every night,it was writ all in red by my old uncle jed cos he was the 1 that could write now our story begins with a quarrel 1 night between jed and his pretty wife nell she d lost all his dough at a gambling saloon and 1 of her garters as well, as she stood there that night just a little bit tight she threw off her clothes in disgust,whats the matter said jed and she drunkenly said as she undid her corsett youre bust,jed knew what she meant all his gold she had spent and he sat there a while making faces,and as she bent down to unlace her boots he gave her a belt with his braces,nell gave a quick jump with her hand 2 her rump and a yell all alaska could hear,and she made a quick run and she snatched up jeds gun and poked it inside of jeds ear,thats the finish said nell ive had all i can take do you hear me get out of my sight,well old jed could hear and the gun in his ear made him hear even better that night,so he quitted the shack and never looked back as he went out to search 4 more gold but his luck was out and he wandered about till at last he was dying of cold,so he dragged himself into a nearby saloon ,which was known as the barrel of glue,it was 1 of those joints where the men are all men,and most of the women are 2,he bought himself into a poker game by producing his very last dollar,he started 2 deal with hope in his heart and 3 aces under his collar,he won thick and fast whenthe evening was passed he owned all the gold on the table as well as 3 mines and 3/4 share in a mexican showgirl called mabel.you cheated you swine said lou with a whine and grabbed old jed by the neck he started to squeeze till jed dropped 2 his knees and with 1 final wheeze hit the deck. then as jed lay in came a woman as lou looked up she spat straight in his eye from the doorway, it was nell and she really looked as she grabbed jed and rushed him outside and they never stopped running 4 7 long miles till they found some place 2 hide,it was a room booked by nell in a sleezy hotel a dollar a night double roomer it was built out of driftwood and named ath savoy by some guy with a quick sense of humour,im puzzled dear nell said jed and i want 2 hear tell how hells name managed 2 find me ive been wandering too just like you said nell and the thought made me wince,but the reason my dear is that whack on the rear i just aint sat down ever since