The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1857-05-16

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down. but if ye kant will, fur we'Ii ha<e
peace in the naborhood as long No. II stayl
here. aad Pink then he come. down oa'sa -
house. and he knm ur to whar was ovcr tn
esnce9 At'arrey was there fence het rses
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bssr iz1 as s..d assf fs 1lisl II ys..
| the fence anTk4iA TO ~har waa staIssifisssR
and struck me with his fist, and he .nockt me
down, aud kot hold Of the gum and held on tn
the gun, and we both were holding, on to the
gun, and ses Pink, ses he, John Tme q gwins
/ to take this gun home with me, and ses l. nc
Pink, l don't want We to take it'home with ye,
we'll SEE he, John, i'll take it hum with me snd
you kin send your boy for it in the mornin', snd
sez !, Pink, no, don't want ye to talk II, its
mNgun, and don't want ye to talk it. Well,
sez Pink sez he Cd d-n the gun i'll shute it
of, no, sez l. Pink don't shute it off, ses sez he
but will shnte ID of, and ther he was sittin'
a straddle NV me. and he kockt both barrels
and he shot 'em of, and it went pop! pop! and
he looked up into my face and says he, "dow
warnt that d-m nice"
Well scz ], now Pink let me have my gun,
no sez Pink, I'll break it, no seq I, Pink do,,'t
break my gun, don't want you to break 1t,
bekase Pink ye know ye kant pay for it, and
seq he wont give it to ye, We mite slute me
John, no sez I, wont shute ye, Pink. I don't
want to hurt We, but want ye to give me nv
gun, 10 sez he damn the gun, ime gwine to
brake it, and hung to the gun aud he
hung. 0" to the gun, and / holered, and boiler
ed, and he told me not to boiler, but kept op
hoIlering anyhow, and he bumped me with the
gun. (The Sqnire asked did he hurs you much
or where did he hit you?l
Squire don't ye this place that is all
black and blue mp here on my forrid. and here,
squire is another place, round here at the butt
of nv ear, wish yon wad look at it. squire,
and here on my thigh and un here O" my arm.
TT SNOW it % yoa If ye are all judges Of it.
Now isn't that purity bad looking place
but Squire. as wac y sayin afore. l told Pink
| wud let him have my gun if he wudnt braik
it, but as soon as he got from me, he went rite
up to a pine stnmp and he struck the butt of
it over the stump, and sez he John, I'll break it
into thousand pieces or i'll break it all to
smash something another like that, l can't
tell adzactly what. / don't like to talk about
it. bekase it hurts my feelings SO, bat he broke
the gun all to pieces and the butt few one way
aud the triggers and the lock and all few 10th
er. And was a gein up to him and he raised
the barrels on me and sez he John d-m ye
you've got your nife ont. No sell, Pink i've
got no nife and sez he. John, what is yer hand
ioin hanging down thar. And sez Pink
ther jist a hanging down naturally so. and scs
l Pink here's my hand and ye see there isn't no
vl hon ho Il llrNv hn
away down over the branch, or hssheiiar IS l
was talking about. / wad say, Squire, too
that maby as why the rezin Pink thet l had
out nv knife was bekase in the scuf1ie atwixt
! us, had broke my galluses and my brtehes
was about runnin down, and I had my hands
on nv britches about pulling them mp. And
ma vbe so as how Pink hs thot bad my han in
nv pocket. and had got out my knife, but y
warn't so, Squire only had my hands holding
M my breeches, that was all, Sqnire, snse.
! Here the witness at the call of defeBaaBts
Counsel, drew forth long rusty, sharp-pinteel
frog-sticker, witch he said he always earried.)
| And iist then hearn some body a eomir
and l thot it was my boys and Harvey, and
holIered run here, Pink's Killing me and has
broke my gun. Aud they up and parted
US, for Pink was holdin me by both hans
An sez 1 bring that gun and sez Pink, sea
he oh yes d-mye, you've got n"other gun,
we'll i'il break that too sez he, bat Harvey
wud'nt les him for he got the gun and giSe i
tu wun of the niggers and he told himato rsa
back to the houses and, Pink, then sez b.
John let's qsit it and make friends. No sea I
Pink I'll never make friends, / told yoa nol
10 break my gun and you said you wutn't. aas
then YOU broke it aad / wu,i'nt have any naoFs
kon6dence in ye than niEger Oh yes SEE n
you've got q nigger or tew. and that's wha
maiks id fool Nv ye, aud he offered me his
hand agin but wudnt talk it, told him ID
Civ him the law to its better eeDd, and il
j spend a nigger but i'd hav fnlls s4sfactioD
/ Then Pink he left and wenksp TO th'
house But squire, forgot payt of mys tail
I thot as sais afore that had ,psid fur ths
land on which the little house was sitivated
4 bat in this was little mistaken. recollecl
now, Squire that it wasnt on on the track
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