The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-07-02


fiddler present, by stepping out upon the
floor, and favorlng this good company
with specimen OF your dancing
Mr ChowIer'-bu' L dont Jcef ike
dhncln' Stranger.
Lientcnnnt .hXac'iy what L SAID TO
you. MI CbowIer' snort ume since,
when you requested me TO drink but
thouPh you 10 look as II you did not
feel Ike dancing most really insist
upon your iaVor'pg US, 'he more so, as
your ii'enas seem 10 oe anxious ior you
10 negin
ME Ohowler -pn' L uoht a0a"s 10
uance' stranger
hieute"ant'--My own WORDS again.
S'r pu' you must permit me 10 answer
your ooycc,'oh IN 'ne s"n'o u'nnuer 'na'
you rep,'eu 10 m'ne u'n tcare whe'h'
CT you 10 or not l wlsn yep 10 uance
'of me my hame Is marry Ne"coule'
ana when at my post they call me- al
though no' cohSiueteu easy 10 WHIP
person VINO wont DC om9'seu upon, II~
S'r' WIZ you uahee LOT 'hc, OF 'nali L oe
unoef 'ne pain'n' necessity Oh carrying
ou' 'nI' Parai'oi TO our recent conVerSa'
'ion, py promising 10 shoot you III case
oi rein:a'
| NJ l. 'ue hhot OhoWlcr iooEed INTO
! .he lieutenant eye, "hicn was nxed IN
! 'ehtiy upon his own and Tor moment
mere was something IN the almost iiend-
IKE expression OF the oaified rntfans
race wh'ch bespoke tiger foi'ed, but
"er'''e '''hSeii Tor s'me desperate leap
second glance however at the stendy
hand whose fore'hnger rested upon the
| Trigger o. weapon, which as nobody
knew uet'er than MT Jake ChowIcr, had
never yet missed hre. had Its restraining
erect 80, with something that sounded
marVcilouSIy lIke a smothered growi,
"r Ono"ier stepped ont upon the hoor
aun 'naIe sign TO ,he termed da:key,
WHO nno' since the bulIys discontinue
,a' staring with protfuding eyes at the
o'ass' 'oo''ohed stranger 10 strike up
s'mTtn'hg about right and tdcn began
s"uln'lg away IKE bean upon hot
IRON plate ! but though his movements
were awkward enough at hrst, there was
something e''her In the time or IN the
Necessary OF making the best OF bad
.n','er' "h'ch seemed TO operate sooth'
"s'y upon the bofdefer Tor as the ne
gro o'nt 10 MS instrument, Mr. Chowl'
T., grim features relaxed, eXpanded,and
a' ,c"9,h "indeu oat INTO really hear
" ,Auen' as he ln,shcd up hoo'down:
wan sor, OF nrs' class, back action
| uouo'e shuihe ana cut 'he p'geon'wlng
steP 10 "e most approved Arkansas
s'9ic'
o'oP ar Ohowier' cried the lIeuten'
ant.
Mr Cho"ier stood firm in lis tracks
as II e,ueu TO The hoor' the music ceased
auu aead Sllence reigned IN the cabin.
WI Onowicr' said the young ofhcer,
l. cam' ne to hlght stranger to you
an neither lntertered with younor did
uo; ahy'I'hg 10 provoke the treatment
which nave received You insisted
upon my DRINKING with you. l dcclln
CO. not from any desire to give offence
Or o'eauSed believed tnat should IN
cur any ueGrauatloh by so dong, but
simply Tor tne reason given IN my reply
10 your inVtta,'oh mat l d!d not iecl
''No w. "a mug 6ood iuck' Mr. C0o"l'
e'' ooup'eu WIN some management on
my phr'' mas ehap'ed me to prevent as
wen as p""tM your attempt to force me
INTO u1'"g VIVA, nave already positive
" dec''neu' ana now. SIR. can only say
as l nave 'o'a you before, that l have
not even pen h'Kn't9 with which to de-
'o"u nyse'i-'or l. am about to return
your P's,ol1aha II either yon or your
'r'enus sh'ulI see ht to murder an un-
armed man. can DO nothing to deter
you =,
bn'' Mr. Chow'er'' added the lleutcn,
a"''ha' he 'aid down the weapon and
tut"eu TO resume his scat, L Shall not
ur'nk WIN you or any other man upon
coIhpe'siohs'
II Is reported that Mr.. Pine Knot
o1 s'p l's'o'' ""u 'ncn AT 'hc Stranger
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