Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-02-17
door upon him; and in stentorian tones ex.

door upon him; and in stentorian tones ex-
claimed:
"Tsaac Ferguson, you're my prisoner I
arrest you in the name Of the commonwealth
of Arkansas, which I have the honor to rep.
resent !"
"The devil you do" said Ike. Look a
here, Tom Steadman, the commonwealth of
| Arkansas don't owe me nary red ; and I'll
be cussed if I owe hit anything. You'd
better slope from thar, kase I'll get danger
some and hurt you"
Ike had projected an idea, which was to
enter the stable at one door, saddle bis horse,
and leave at the other; but the ''cussed mig
Eger" had locked it, and he. found that he
thad been caught In his own trap.
edo you surrender" asked Tommy
sHere's my authority and he commenced
reading his capias.
"Hold on, Tommy" said Ike, "let me
think awhile. / reckon I'll have it to do,
though"
eyes," replied Tommy, '1'm an officer OF
this here great commonwealth, and I've got
the authority to arrest you--to take your
body, &C., so you'd better not resist" And
the sheriff commenced: reading. his capias
.again-sTo the Sheriff Of Lawrence county,
State of Arkansas, greeting" &c. =.
Ike, while the sheriff was pompously de-
claiming "his authority" had silly erept to
the window at the further end Of the stable,
slipped out of it, provided himself with a
piece of plank, and noiselessly erept along to
the corner where the sheriff was entertaining
two horses with, bis "authority,", pausing
| occasionally to descant upon the dignity of
the Office he filled, and the high source from
which his authority emanated> He had read
portion, and had got along to CHOW, there
fere,p when hearing no noise in the stable,
he stopped down and put his head into a
crack to take items. Now was the time
for Ike. With a tremendous whoop, be
sprang out from his corner, Aourishiug his
board oyer his head A moment later it
descended upon that part of the sherif's
body that was NEST exposed, driving his head
into the crack, where it was fastened as ef-
fectually as if he had been in a vice. The
blows now descended thicker and faster, and
each blow accompanied by malediction.
"Dod durn you there you arrest me
Ask my pardon, Or TIL mash your. whole
carcass into hinderjigs"
The sheriff couldn't 'euss, but confined
himself to such exclamati6us as are not pro-
,hibited by the decaTogue, to wit:
"Oh, Lordy! Ike, you'll kill me! Let
me out !: -oh-h-h-gollyt please-ihunder!
quit that" &c.
At last he got loose, and started off at..as
fast gait as the punishment he had Just
undergone would admit Of. Ike followed,
with the charitable design of assisting him
in his progress, gave him kick irthe rear
Three times he run him around the stable
and then out of the lot, and then saddling
his horse he mounted and thus addressed the
discom6tted officer.
"Say Tommy, run to the house, son, and
get pieoe of bread, and then run home and
tell that jury Pll come to town when l
id please"
With that he left for Missouri.
Slowly and sadly did Tommy remouut his
horse, and turn his face homeward, musing
on the indignity which had been imposedup-
on the State of Arkansas in his person, de-
termined to seek revenge the first opportunity.
7 am informed that Immediately on his
return home he was seriously i'll formany days.
A visitor calling to see him observed a pill
low in the chair on which he was seated
.Inquiring the cause, he received for an an
swer-GBILEs."