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e, y .bs wear 1880, politics ~ 80 -.
ap9as ris5sas. Col A, 4. sever 1.. 80, ~
lisn = ,.,a far lie once OF delegate e
ean1. O.s Rsns Desha was his e.:..A
sssssta 80 Andrew Scott was var. n.
49, 49, nd utterly hostile TO sever 80
o. lFsH., .;shbor. living about h.,een ..sr
nau en lie far. side Of Galie.y s.s;rs
ifor.,'1 loan commonly called s.u..s.
I nan. 80 Who was exactly .v,ss ms
Ne nai;,ics and so frequent % ~ - s.~e
- 49, p,t that thetwo nefgapoFs n-e
e one pleasant ,nesn1dfks' a The spring. Via
the sun Shone out warmly, and al nature
was green and fresh after . heavy rain Of
two or three days duration, Logan WAS
down from his house, through the little
! strip Of Greek bottom to the bank 81 The
creek, and sat himself down, on . slicklog,
musing, perhaps, as COL Jack Mccarthy
once said ouFthe.sroa ltsathe Of al thr6ts.
/ nary thiNgeiE
Tho creek was about twenty yGrds vide,
1 and the rain had raised il, 50 that lt was
/ swimming, covered With foam, and running
like miil.race WITH . full head Of water
| Where the road crossed on the edge Of which
Logan was sitting was the only opening IN
the woods, which fringed the stream ca each
side Above and below the trees leaned o.
yer, and their branches hung gracefully IN
| the water, and swung to and fro in the sWie
current
After Logan had set there o little willis
Judge Scott came riding down the road on
the other side, but halted when be reached
/ the waters edge, and looked across, Without
saving ANYTHING, but looking MS il he
thought, iiang you, if it's swimming, Why
i don't you So SO D. Logan took ont his jack
knife, split piece off from the lick log and
commenced whiting it, looking steadily ..
cross towardssScott all the while.
Logan wasa- large, stout, heavy looking
man, Scott, small, why, passionate, potu-
! LIANT. and as brave as a btll-dog.
4 After waiting o moment--for each hatea
the other too much to speak -Scotttighten-
ed theEfeins and rode into the water. His
horse lad not taken more than six steps be-
fore Lerehur he plunged in over head and
..
from his back, the rider went one way, the
: horse the other, and the saddle-bsgs third
ksThe horse turned towards the side which he
went inland got ashore some little way be-.
lew the saddle bags foated down the stream
and Scott managed to reach Logan's side q
Of the creek. and ranght hold of the swing
4 ing limb Of sycamore which tipped into The
water
. . Hahn I4nnan E-eried Scott - i shal
SIS sayyeul : ' vote Tor Sewer 7 hawI
cd Logan
HeiP,s Logan Help l shall drown
,Helbp hrs
'Ssssay you'll y-v-vote for SevierP 4.
gain bawled Logan, moi rising from the lick
log.
Just then tile sycamore limb snapped and
the Same moment Scott sung o1ks-
TN see you DID first You infernal Old
rascal 7 and away lie swept round the tree
and out Of sight below. 4
Luckily, the current made q sweep below
eddying round in the concavity OF the nppei
edge of sand-bar upon which Scott was
flung, and scrambled out. He walked up the
bank, and towards Logan sppttcring with
rage, and streaming with water Luckily
he bad no weapons but pistol, and that, Of
course, was unit for service and Logan vas
too big to be whipped BY him in a istlfght.
/ D-o'ntp cried Scott, as he got pretty
near him, do you stop 70 ask man how he's
going to vote before you save him from
drowning r Els ~ ssgs
Logan never stopped whiting, but loox.
ing eomposedly up, slowly said =
Eevery gentleman has right TO ".
vote Of be likes, and d.d-drown when be
likes and d-don't suppose asybody'u
bound to dive into the creek, to fish out .
vote to k-kkilf bis own ~