The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-07-27
"FOR THE TRUTH AND THE RIGHT"


to work to earn their emancipation.
Il was some time afternoon when next
saw jim. He came to my room, his left hand
wrapped in red cotton handkerchief, and
resting in rne palm Of his right.
Are you the S'lis'ter?' asked Jim.
sYes.'
'Well, I want you to present me and Eph.
Bidde for Fray
For an Offray? May be You only want
him indicted for an assault and battey2'
Never mind. know what l'm uf.er---aEe
fout wiiliu'iy by agreement, in town to-day--I
know all about it. Amt been Indicted seven
times in GeOrgy, without Iarnin' what 'Fray
is. We fout this mornin', and want the
Grand jury to go right 10 work on US, SOS
kin git the case tried this settin' of the COURT
EHada't you gbetter wait?' suggested;
perhaps no one will take the trouble to bring
the matter to the attention Of the grand jury,
and 50 you may escape.'
'Thars what don't want to happen,' re-
pli,d jim, as he took off the handkerchief,
and commenced blowing his hand, He's TUX
advantage Of ME, and chawed up my thumb
and half my hand, and he shall suffer for it, ef
| have to pay some for II myself.'
AS Mr.. Bells deafness made it very unpleas-
ant to keep upa conversation with him, |
tolG him to 'goahead and tell his whole story at
once, which he did very nearly as follows;
81 come to town, Squire, TO get sOmt No.
8 spun truck for my wife, but couldn't find
nohin' but 7's and 9's, and I'd Jest died
aGOre I'D a got any but jist what the old wO'
lnan sent for. So turned in to have a little
spree, and hadn't got mofe'n three or four drinks
at the outside when this blasted rascal, Eph
Blddle, begins TO hOller at me that | stole
Suahan's spoke shave-of which tVelue nser
in the St1te of Georgy said l warn't guilty
Well, | was smartly tore up in my mind abou
it, VIII a yOungster, that seemed mighty
friendly to mel will say that for the town
there's as many friendly people here as eve
seed, for they all took sides, either for me o
for Eph Biddle-he seemed quite friendly t,
me, the youngster did, and told me that Eph
Blddle had stole VIII hte.iaced bull, himself
peartened up then, and gin him a
good as he sent, mind tell you., So one wor
brought on another, and at last our friend
agreed that we should fight it out in Hudgin'
Cellar--I tell you this is friendly town, 70
Z never hUd Inor5 fFieHdS in a dgtt noUJtaI
and twas the same way with Eph. And s
we did; we both went down into the celia
pretty gr"ggy, and as the crowd, and m
friends in particular, wanted the fight ovel
feathered in on him as soon as found who
he was. We both come to the ground-m
on top, but somehow he had contrived to &C
this poor thumb ia his mouth, and tell yo
thought Heaven and yeurth was comir
together every time he mended his holt.
hurt awful, but began TO sarch Tor SO
place in his head with my other thumb, an
sure enough, it slipped into his right eye, an
so give it the GeOrgy set and then brought
raunch h, and cOmm'nced tceiin' for The string
; But thar warn't no strings, nor eye thar; so
run nv thumb in again, and ses |, better hut
= nert time; and with that fetched anotht
raunch, and began to feel for the strings agin
] No eye agin! Then, says !, eff tbar's an ey
in that socket, I'll fetch il this time-sO fixe
everything perticlar, BY the old Georgia rasl
I and fetched another rau1ch--but it ddn
d come, nor never did! Thar was no chance I
! get at his pOther eye, the way he was layin
s and thar had to fool at that same one be
: tern hour, and he chawin' my hand to
n mummy--all the time. And last OF all, 'squir
Q IhGd to hOller -
}, you beated, did you!'
: 81 tell you, il had to come! never shou
+ oilered--leastwayshe'd told the news fua
2 eff he hadn't played ii cussed foul on me :
You see, whHr was "a gougin', thar 'OGsnr ,
eye thar! nor hadn't been for many day
scas gOuged out ten gears ago, in GeOrgy! S
Squire, want the law run agin US both, ar
I'll see ef the one-eyed rascal can play an
advantages in that game.'
Ofcourse, complied with the reasonable r
: quest Of Mr.. Bell, and he and Eph were bOur
over for trial, to the next term.