The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1846-10-22

lelnee, campIn' out o. nights and startln
|freshnext mornin'.n ieska e s
(" But was you not afraid Of the wsves2"
Well | wasn't, boss! Wolves can't skea
me, nor painters nuther. The bars is wus
nor all the other varmin put togeiher--thcy'
ve got mighty nasty hug, ! tell ye."
I" Then you hare been scared BY tht
|bears2'' ~ iiisss !; fsrliQs
Well, strsnger, / do confess that corn
|ence't--a. few But. as ! was sayin', wt
struck a bee-line through the cane, ant
bimeby we come IN sight Of the little los
house, then ses Ito this Gineral: b" Gineral,
ses ], "you 60 one side and Raie the other
and don't you two dc enpthin' onles Dick tries
10 make tracks for the swamp.p A
Well, We won't, RUIZ sss the Gineral
When IL nd 'em stand we'll of, edges
myself tora big cotton-weod tree, at geod
shootin' distance, and boilers out: 9
{" Hello houses and bimeby seed the
door open leetle,--jest leete, and then
Dick Stewart put his head round the corner
of the door post. Asosn as he seed nae,
he ses: gss }Alslsa aFgs
"tsWhat do you want here, Ru'r 58
: Iwant you, Dick ses l. y.s
You aint come 10 take met ses he,
looking as black as thunder.
sWell, i am, hoss; sss la sort o quiet,
like; sand here's Gineral Plummer and Rale
Morgan come to see. fair play"
"s You'd bl--dy sight better clearR out,
while youcan,' ses he, for Pm not gwine TO
betaken alive, tell ye.'alais ss9 ?
I" | dar say ses 1; Inspected as much,
and told the Gineral SO; but l'm the man
what's gwine to take yeu, Dick--the Gineral
and Rafc won't do nothin', Jest to obleege
me, cnless you Try to streak III" iss
81 90 way, Ru', don't wan,te hurt you,
ses he; :" look here, you see Pm not onPre-
pared"
g" That's fact" ses Il /" you've got Two
rifles, double barrelled shot gun, tive ps-
tolls AMI bowie-knife; but il aint no use,
hoss--you must come
asMust come!' ses he, gripping his rife
and gittin' oudaciously savage "Must
come! look here, Ru' Bell, faint i've men
can take me, nor ten nather, and you know
Il; SO you'd better maks tracks for the Bio
mighty quick, or Ill blow my rife through
you.' @ tS gs I'll
That's all erect enough, Dick ses |,
lcokin' right into his eye all the time, for |
seen he was gettin' catanampous. "That's
all erect enough, Dick, butI didn't paddle
all that way up the Bic fer nethin, and il
wouldn't look well for ma 10 90 home with
out ysu. Besides" ses !, what would the
Gineral and Rafe say-I promised 'em q
fight, and il would be onfair TO disappoint
'em, II would" ,aF tssss,isfs
"' Well, aes'he, lookln' as savage as ashe
bar wha..has cubs. ."lf. you ,oill have il,
blaze away them .s .t6s q, 5.s
st"sNo, Dick ses |, sI'm made up my
mind TO captivate you; butit's agin the laws
for me to fire afore yer've made any resis7
tance, so shoot on once'tor else s'render-it
Amino use talkin' SO much about il, for you
mast come" sael saal sili t
"Strangsr, you should haye hearn him rip
and cuss, when 4 said that; he stomp'd and
he swore, and calledme all manner O. names,
oatil he chmned himself UP into a froth but
ii warn't no use--he conldn't skear me, nor
Wit put me in passion and make me forgit
what / war doln'-Pye Ct the Ingins too
much for that. So all at once't he guy a
shreek, and blazed right away ! seed what
war comm, and so j lodged behind tho cot
ton wood free. / war Jest in time, for the
bullet ploughed along the bark and took of
splinter right again my mouth and the
wind Of il luck away my breath, 50 as to
make me sta6ger O. one side a lestle, when
crack! comes another bullet and rips my hat
right of'my head.
sss Hooray!' ses Stewart; that's twice't
I've hit you, Ru'; go home now like . good
boy--you can. take me- Nh K AZ
81 didn't say nothin,, but drsps quietly
down behind tho tree, and curlin' my rife
round il, blazes away at him, and hit him in
the side and when seed him fall back |
'craxlsto the other eend Of a dig gum what
laid OH the ground rcttenin' and turns on
my back and loads my rifle agin in doubIe
quick time, and thon | peeps the lcetlest
mite through crook Of the limb 10 see for
Stewart. Thar he was in the doorway, with
his lips tight clinched and bis eyes fash
iHg, and loakin' all about arter me with a
kinder snort. His face was leetle pale,
and the bleod was oozin' out frsm his side,
Well, we waited Jest SO for q geod whls---
he watchint for nae, and a peepin' for 9
chance at him; for he kep himself covered
pretty much BY the door post, and il warm
40 use in me 10 fling away, 4; shot. AT last
II got tired and thought I'd d better draw him