The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-01-19

right up, and began to shake worse nor man with
ihree-year old ager on him. Then he got down
on his all.fuun and began 10 below and bawl 20
loud that HE VOICE split all the saplings in the
neghborhood. Hescfaped and paved the sand so
fast, ana filled The air 50 full, IN. boys thought it
wur going to sng, and wur just in the act Of going
70 the bsat TO get their over coats when the sand
began 10 fall. and it came down thicker and faster
than II you had cur the bottom out of the sea and
lei all the waller fall through at wnnst. Then he
lowed and rumhled, and Dragged that his mother
Wur an earthquake and his father wur buffalo,
bull, and thai be would shake that ERE sandbar 90
50 FAR INTO The bowels of the earth that it could MT
be found with ninety foot pole.
This brought 'em together, zip, zip--oh, milk and
honey, Wur MT it delightful TO see ,em they went
at y with such COED will. 1t wur beautiful to see
how close they Rugged one another. Ifthey had MT
kicked and bounced so, you'd thought they wur
kin an ad MT seen each other since the food.
they som got totlss d~- o. tl,' hank, which led
of slopng about sixty yards to the river; then they
began to roll down, first one up, and then down
came his fist cachunk right into tothers ribs and
before you could think, t'o,her wur on top and
down came bis hammers of death, rip, rip. 1t wur
terrible purity sight.
The boys wur all on Louey's side, for they liked
his principles best. He wur real boss to look at.
without spec or blemish; but he wur an untried
animal, and then the great reputation of Shoulders,
which wur little short of Mike Fink's, at that time
in these dggins, made them keep their mouths shut.
Inc ODDS at betting, too, wur purity considerable /;
in some instances two quarts of Z" red-eye" to a
pint were offered on Shoulders. though even those
VINO staked such great odds secretly hoped they
would lose, SO tired wur they of Shoulders. They
soon reached the bottom of the bank, whar beau
tlful log, about two foot through lay half embedded
IN the sand right at the edge of the water. This
stopped them. Luck would have it so, that il wur
Hams time to be up, and the-log would MT roll ou
OF the way to give them a fair sight. Thar they
stuck as fast as a double manned barge, under full
headway, run on TO the head of a sandbar.
Inc boys all saw at glance the game wur up
with Shoulders. 1t Wur now more than human
mater could stand. Their voices inst riz in their
threats, and came right out lite double. charged
clap of thunder. Ii no Use trying 10 hold in
any longer-they could MT. Hurraw for Ham 20
go i Ham" "jirk it to him, Ham, +" Ham for
ever and soon. There wur few that had backed
Shoulders at great odds, that hurrawed in feeble
voices for him, just for games sake but they
7 want no use, and closed up their conferences.
The boys walked down and surrounded em the
work wur going on beautifully, but Shoulders wur
wedg-d IN so close under the side of the log he
became satisfied the game wur up, and sang OUT,
" take him off take him off, boys, t Amt no USE
I'm convinced that Ham are first-rate meat, and
Shoulders ainl fiji for catfish bait.''
Louey wur pulled IF, and the Captain got up. He
wur most beautifully done for. Louey had done
the work on the principles of the age He hid done
it well and fast
The Captain says to Louey, There IS my hand
Louey, in friendship. respect yonr principles and
the man that is your enemy can't be my friend"
Well, from that time forth for the balance of the
trip we ale ham; and if anybody on board would
say "sh ulders =" To our old dog drummer-who
giBnerly carried the Iailesi kind of tae-he would
just let il come right down caslap between his legs
and walk oil in The greatest dudgeon entirely.
When We got to Vincennes, and our cargo dis
charged, the boys gin Louey ball, at which none
enj yed himself better, or wur merrier nor the
Captain.
AS uncle Joe finished, he rose and walked to the
counter TO get light to go To bed by.
What became of Luuey, uncle Joe 20 asked
one of the lise hers.
Why. some three or four years after that he
joined company of trappers al ST. Louis, and thai
wnr the last ever heard Of him.
And what became Of the Captain :" l veniured
10 remark.
Why. stranger" said uncle Joe. looking me in
the face; g it ~ur that the Captain Of that
barge" Yours of the
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