The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-10-19

the crowd. Al the eonelnsisn sf THE
frat loud bravo sent up from half q
dozen voices around him.
! IL Was clear day in Oeteber, and
the men determined not TO be outdons,
renewed their attempts; bat the ysr-
mpnfer. without saying q syllable 10
any one. eontinard to pitch the pebbles
far into the steam. which seemed 20
annoy one of them. in q green jacket.
the apparent leader Of the gang. who
declared he wouldn't be beaten by .
feller right strsight out o. the woods.
no how !" and Siding up TO the straa-
ger. he determined to make his nc.
qusinisnee.
/" Where do you come from. neigh
bor 7" inquired the other.
"Mef Wal. halls from Vermont.
jes naow, friend 7"
"IIa'nt been in these parts loog.
reckon 70
"wal-no. Not edzaetly ysre. bat
up and daown sorter."
Yis-so I 'sposed."
"yass." continued the green 'un.
careiessly. and seizing . big billet Of
wood. he twirled il over his head. and
IL landed several rods from the shore
in the water.
You've . little strength in your
arms. neighbour"
" Some 'punkins' in them fiippers.
stranger. Up in aour town more'n .
munth ago. ! druy them are knuckcls
rite strut thru board. more'n ninch
nhaff Thick"
Haw-haw !" shouted his hearersi
the man in the green jacket laughed
loudest.
May be you don't 'blicve IT,"
Not much." answered the crowd.
We aint rery green down here ia
fark-we aint." said the fellow ia the
green jacket we've been about, you
see."
Wal. jes' ynu look here, FRIEND"
continued the Yernonter, in the most
plausible manner" !" up in aour caoun-
try we've purity big river. consider
ing-Inyun river. il is called, and may
be you've heard on il, Wal. hove q
man clean across that river t'other day,
and he came daown fair and square on
t'other side."
lila, La, ha." yelled his auditors.
Wal. naow. yew may laf, but ken
deu il agin."
"Do what" said green jacket. quick
".
!" can take and heave you across
that river yonder, jest like open and
shet."
Bet yon ten dollars Of it,"
"Done" said the Yankee; and draw
ing forth an \, upon broken down
rast bank, he covered the bragger's
shinplaster.
Kin ycu swim, feller ~
Like a duck" said green jacket;
and. without further parley, the ver-
monter seized the knowing Yorker
stoutly by the nape Of his neck and the
seat Of his pants, jerked him from his
fo0thold, and with an almost superhu-
man effort dashed the bully heels over
head from the dock, some ten yards out
into the Hudson river.
A terrific shout rang through tho
crowd, as he foundered into the wa
ter, and amid the jeers and screams of
his companions, the ducked bully put
back to the shore and scrambled up
the bank, half frozen by this sudden
and involuntary cold bath.
|. I'll take that ten spot, if you
please" said the shivering loaier, ad-
vancing rapidly to the stake holders,
You took Us for green horns. eh !
Well show you how to do things down
/. here in York" and the fellow claim
ed the twenty dollars,
,, "Wal. | rec'n ycou wunt take no
ten spots jis' yit, cap'n.'
Whyf You've lost the bet"
Not edzactly. ! didn't kalkilats
on deuin it the fust time; but [ tell
yeou. kin deu it"-and in spite Of
:. the Ioafer's utmost effort to escape him.
he seized him 6y the soruff and the
seat Of his overa!ls. and pitched hin,
three yards further into the river than
upon the 6sst trial,
Again she bully returned amid the
shouts of his mass, who enjoyed the
sport immenselx
Third time never fails" said che
d Yankee, stripping off his coat. 81 kin
IN deu it. | tell ye'
ar .Hold on -said ;he almets, pei
Is ed victim.
le And | will deu it, i'll u
l. morrow morpiA"
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