Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-02-23
SELECTED STOHY.
THE VILLAGE BRAVO
BG sYLyANUs COBB. JR.


Nt carry every country village has its BRAVO
" Z DO hot meaI An Assasslu,' nor. 4 man. who
murders Tor hire, is Worcester explains the
word but we mean the Clle man before " holn
al others must give away-tAe man who can
( Whip any body IA the town the great big AMI
mai v who tt!nS- h-s position cuYIaDIe. and who
Is eHy-cd ~ mun VITA little bodies and LtiIe
brains
Cur village had lis bravo, At all events and q
Eciiclt tyIe u dis class Hc Is, too. Ills name
"is Jonathan bIu Ae, though never heard him
tii-itI 5"llitiliii. OuJ once and tina. before q
justice : court Jack Burke, as his name the
Mo oit~ "tef' rs -e olten sad. de was big,
o-f't fellow SIX Ieet aud Two inches tail; long
.IHiH ana d Lela IKE small pumpEIH. HIS
i'tce was characteristics \ low, rece ing fore
iit'1 sinai pug nose tnIcN' heavy Aps and
( = - '-''' - >.'14' 10 - . were oI = IIShl
- -7'-+9 "F'4 q C''- .iNt green, "al-e his
--''-' . oo-l' p ''o' S'.9.'' Was "I burnt,
s-u G'it' o"'1'' hrilhei Ied nor HaNen, nor Yet
OF q d'i.h nue.. Iae olly feature IN The whole
man htcH tended TO dettsct isom his hcTCuleau
I.'p"'tlo-7 was tHe nat or rather hollow ap-
Ie''i''iice q MS breast 10 ono skilled IN auar-
+ '"y, "i Il'\s-e,o5y, II Woula nave been at once
lar t.'' .'e .'i',. boL Itsle ot What = gem
ei@Ay Gea"i.iii''tel BOTTOM and That a long
I -"ttiAuea Inys'cai ell'.J "oold nave reduced
. MS WiHd !" q weak POINT.
( Jack Burke WAS born and reared in our Will
/ age, aad eFcr since lie had begun To go to school
I he had been the terror Of all uuIucky wIghls
/ who cAlAcsd to cross has path lie beat his
companions without mercy, and took delight in
/ being feared. As he grew older. he became
more lnsoleut and oyerlearug, aud al the time
I ot write he was dlsEEeG by ali the decent
/ peopIe oi The place. HIS vo.te was loud and
+ coarse, and II broke in urou MI cirrlcs which
/ might be gathered near him
And then this bravo ,.tl moi r,.-.ss -la-t e,-it
/ of generosity usually betraycd bv those who
4 happened To DC glaut H. size and strength He
vl5t, ol! the contrary low and mean ta{ziusr de-
Ii,r!lt IN turlncut!u.t the weak, and even la,-ir
out his iuIl strength upon tho-t. t half his size
/ In short he was 4 coward as wei as g. bravo
Ill 10 ced himself upon all oar I.ttle gatherings
and seemed to take delight in ,ialEIna abo;t
and realizing that none OF Us could Dat him
ont He WAS now tweuty-tyvo and yyls fast
forgetting all the useful knowledge lie had ever
/ gained at school.
/ Among the recent accessious to tie popula-
/ tiun clour village was a young doctor named
/ William Cranky He was asuaII l. Iale-looksug
/ man, pot over i've feet and ten inches in hight,
aud quite siIIu ia frame, but the man who stuaied
/ LIm closely would have seen That bis paIencss
was tie result OF long confinement over his
studies, and was more, after all delicate fair
ness u the skin than a want Of health Aud It
/ would also have been seen that hls slight frame
I Was very muscular one, and most admirably
/ iHoulded ana :'ut together.
| - Z" imam t'iahoS was "h"t lAe Slr1S OF our
fi'1 t''cI' =. H1l'19o i'''4' anu none "i ',ls
youth en- Fied htia 'ne h'.t'eiLiIS thcoihIulS i'e
leN~''S' o'i ms l'sii'''e t''''ioH "a o'i COM
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