Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1865-06-08

Q and said it was plainly intended by Dick.
II | sent him the carriage makers bill, at whic
he got into towering passion. Then
: threatened him with prosecution, and i
, laughed in my face Indignantly. felt til;
C the time had come to act decisivcly, and sue
} him, relying on the evidence of my neighbo,
lie was afraid of Dick, and so worked his testi
mony that the jury saw only an accident in
stead ola purpose to ipjure, and gave thei
yirdict accordingly. After that, Dick HARDY
was worse than ever. He took an evil de
light in annoying and injuring me. l an
satisfied, that in more than one instance, he
left gaps in his fences in order to cntae my
cattle into his fields, that he might set his
savage dogs on them, and hurt them with
stones. 1t is more than child of mine darcs
to cross his premises. Only last week he
tried toput his dog on my little Florence, who
strayed into one Of his fields after buttercups.
The dog was less cruel than his master. or
she would have been torn by his teeth, instead
of being only frightened by his bark"
- ITS hard case, truly, friend lowering.
Our neighbor Hardy seems possessed of an
evil spirit" ''-r ,d' 'e ,'f.. ~.
''The very spirit Of the DEVIL" was answer
cd with feeling" ... ..-... ..
Hes thy enemy, assuredly; and if thee
doesn't get rid of him, will do thee greater
harm"
Il wish l could get rid of him."
"Thce must, if thee would dwell in safety,
friend Lcvering."
The Quaker's face was growing very seri-
Gus. lie spoke in lowered voice, and bent
towards his neighbor in confidential man
ner.
''Ihec must put him out of the way.'
"Friend Martin" The surprise Of Paul,
Lcvering was unfeigncd. ....
"Thcc must kill him.
The eountenancc of Levering grew blank
with astonishment."
"kill him. he calculated
''1f thee doesn't kill him, he'll certainly kill
thee, one of these days, friend lowering. And
thee knows what is said about self-perscrva-
ton being the first law of nature"
"And get hungr'
81 don't think they'll hang thee," coolly re-
turned the Quaker. Thee can 90 over to
his place, and get him all alone by thyscf.
Or, thee can meet him in some by-road. No
body need see thee, and when he's dead, /
think people will be more glad than sorry.
Thee needn't fear any bad consequences.
"Do you think Tn no better than mur-
dcrer?' Lcvering's astonishment passed to
horror and indignation. I, Paul Levering,
stain my hands with blood p ...- .+
"Who said anything about staining thy
hands with blood?" The Quaker was mper-
turbable. ~"
"Why, you"
"Thec's mistaken. Incvcr used the word
blood" ....... ..... ....
"But you meant it. You suggested mur-
der" r aAr
4"No, friend Lowering. advised thee to
kill the enemy. lest, some day, he should kill |
thee" ,r . Il
"1sn't killing murder, should like to know?'
demanded Levering
There are more ways to kill an enemy
than one" said the Quaker. "pvc killed a
good many in my time, but no stain of blood |
can be found on my garments. My way of
killing enemies is to make them my friends |
Kill neigbbor Hardy with Kindness and thee'll
have no more trouble with him."
"a sudden light cleaned over Mr. Lever
lng's face, as if cloud had passed from the
sun of his spirit
" A new way to kill people,"
1.-The surcst way to kill enemies, as thcell
lind, if thec'll only try"
Let me see How shall 20 about it 2"
said Paul Lcvering, taken at once with the
idea.
'If thee has the will, friend Levcring, it
will not be long before thee finds the way"
And so it proved. Not two hours after
wards, as Mr.. lowering was driving into the
village he found Dick Hardy with stalled
;art-load of stone. He was whipping his
horse and swearing at him passionately; but
o no good purporc. The cart-whcels were
buried halfway 10 the axcl in stiff mud, and
lefed the strength of one horse to move them
On seeing Mr.. Levering, Dick stopped pull
ng and swearing, and getting on the cart,
With his back towards his neighbor, commen-
ed pitching the stones off into the middle Of
he road. |
"Hold on bit, friend Hardy" said Lew
ring, in pleasant voice, as he dismounted
md commenced unhitching his horse.
But Dick, pretending not to hear him, kept
N pitching out the stones. W ..-
"IIqld on, I say, and don't give yourself all
hat trouble. added Mr.. Levering, speaking
n louder voice, but in kind and cheerful
ones. 1.-Two horses are better than one.
With Charle5's help, well soon have the
wheels on good solid ground again" -
Understanding now what was meant, Dicks
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