The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-02-17
7 GRAPEVINE AND OTHERWISE
oN pITs oF TnE DAY.

lY--cOmck tuucn bieat ~ llPm ""'''N~
feline Then hum and traHp of ahaifiins
Ioet IKE the tragedy buzz in country theatre
before ibs leading rantsr enters. Then VOICES
as Of the nswsboys in melee. Hit EN- asin'
You're nuthoi, Bust i'm wide-cpen Billy
GIVE im uuther clap the bswl, you little
tinker and oh lordy."
Then dead silencs Probably juvenile
vender Of daily Rebels murdered. was about
to hoist the window TO look out Ipon'ths re-
suU when an urcbiu entered with bloody
nose and map Of the seat Of war" on bis
shirt bosom 'done ia red
WHO bit ysui asked
"Tigsy"
"Tige is an etacLe Of the Printing Office
formerly a me nbsr Of the Louisiana Tiger Ri
aos employed to arun the machine, at this
oaice-and the terror of rofrastSry Office boys,
is " Gige."
Some ore suggested to the wounded. news
boy to 20 after the ProvostG Guard and have
"Tige" arrested fer assault and battery After
q long and weary search he found the guard
bat neither the guard nor the complainant
could find the whereabouts Of "TigO. Never
MIND" rays the guard if you can't find him
now wher you do find him, knock him heavy
with stick"
In the course of the night the unsuspectiug
TIA came into the cOuntinsroon ~ threw
himself ,cress tho foldingtable, slept and
dreamed
oOr foreign cut throats, anbuscades etc.
After awhile enters his youthful antagonist
with hickory Stick-teeth clenched and nos
tilt drended eyes vinking revenge and as
saEsinaton Where's Tige" he asked Of the
forenan Foreman pointed out the alumber
ing Iugomar and told nOwsboy to "kll him
very dead, and to do It eh'octualy to shit him
night across the Adams apple ard break his
goosle, for which friendly Office Foreman Of
f.rsd the Gam Of ten dollars if Tige should
get bis qbistss and shuttle oa this mortal
coil"
NSwsboy protested that he "didn't charge
FOR KILN Of 'im-want to be revenged on the
cuss anyhow"
He approached his enemy like cat--Oimed
blow At tho sleeping "Tisir"-snd pow
whoww.w
u 10 needless to remark that the blow slighS
ly disturbed the slupberE Of TisS who thought
The roof had fallen in. 1t didn't kill him, how.
ever The blow was aimed too high 'Tige"
ROLES OF the tablo-tricd TO scratch hole in
the floor to the cellar below failing in which
he looked up and discovered the young
assassin squariug off for another attack.
"Tige" has slight impeachment in bis speech
'T.t-tttit You d.d-o.o strike me wild dat
s-s-htick
"Yes, by grannies, | did, an III do il again,
boss, if you kun again us--stan Off!
But Tige wouldn't "stan Off" He rushed
impetuousy against his assassination and the
two rolled h cloud Of dust and were lost for
a moment to the sight of spectators. The
charge Of Breckenridge at MurfreeSboro was
nothing to IT, The great canine encounter Of
Main street was but cipher in comparison.
The combatants rolled and scrambled accrOSs
the room, beneath the table upssting il and
lighting over it; thsniOt the coal seattle, and
and out again, ovsr against the water stand
which being up-turntd in the. struggle cooled
.hen both materially then against the desk
and up at the window breaking Qut the saOh
and falling fighting into the alley below, where
the guard came TO- and they we're separated.
loss heavy on both sides Drawn battle, and
no prisouers And in tits way results nearly
every battle, which occurs in our vicinity