The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-25
journalism in Tannesaa.

was aea'tu III Tue ONCE Wnen Drlcb
came through the window with splinter
ing crash. and gave Inc a considerable Jolt
in the middle OF the back. | moved out
of range began to feel in the way. The
chief said
"That was the Colonel, likely; I've
been expecting him for two days. He will
be up right away"
lie was correct The Colonel ap.
peared IN the door a moment afterward,
with a dragoon revolver in his baud. lie
said
Sir, have the honor of addressing the
white hvercd poltroon who edits this
NANCY shcet?'
You have--be seated sir, be careful Of
the chair, one of the legs is gone. | be-
lieve | have the honor of addressing the
blatant, black-hearted scouudrel, Colonel
Blatheiskte Tccumseh p
The same. ] have little account to
settle with you. If you are at leisure we
will begin p
i have an article on the Encouraging
Progress of Moral and Illectuai Develop.
ment in America to inish but there is no
hurry. Begin
Both pistols rang out their fierce clamor
at the same instant The chief lost a lock
Of hair, and the Colonel's bullet ended its
career in the feshy part of my thigh. The
Colonel's lett shoulder was clipped little.
They fred again. Both missed their
nan this time, but | got my share, shot
in the arm. At the third fire both gentle
men we're wounded slightly, and | had a
knuckle clipped. | then said [ believed l
would have to 60 out and take a walk, as
this was private matter and | had deli
cacy about participating in it further.
Both gentlemen begged me to keep my
seat, and assured me that was not in the
way. l had thought differently up to this
time.
They then talked about the elections and
the crops for while, aud | commenced
tying UP my wounds But presently they
opened fire again with animation, and every
shot took effect; but it is proper to remark
that five out of the six fell to my share
The sixth mortally wounded the Colonel
who remarked with fine humor, that he
would have to say good morning now as he
had business up town. He then inquired
the way to the undertakers, and left. The
chief turned to me and said
i am expecting company to dinner, and
shall have to get ready 1t will be favor
to me if you will read proof and attend tc
| the customers.
| WINGED little at the idea Of attending
to the customers but | was too bewildered
by the fusilade which was still ringing il
my ears to think of anything to say. HC
continued:
Jones will be here at three-cowhidt
him. Gillespie will call earlier perhaps =
throw him out of the window. Ferguson
will be along at four-kil him. That is al
for to-day. !! you nave any odd time, yor
may write blisterng article on the police
give the Chief Inspector rats. The COW
tides are under the table; weapons 10 the
drawer ammunition in the corner; lin
and handages up there in the pigeon holes
Ir case of accident 90 TO Lancet. the sur
geou down stairs. lie adver,ises; wei
take It ont in trade
lie was gone. | shuddered. At til,
end of the next three hours | had beel
through perls 50 awful, that all peace o
mind and all cheeriulness had gone from
nc Gillespie had called and thrown m
out of the window Jones arrived prompt
", ard when got ready to DO the cowhid
iog, he took the job off my hand. In al
encounter with stranger, not i'll the blI
Of fare, | had lost my scalp. Anothe
stranger by the name Of Thompson, left m
mere wreck aud ruin Of chaotic rag,
And at last, at bay in the corner, and bese
by an infuriated mob of editors, blacklegs
politicians, and desperadoes, who rave
and fourished their weapons about m
head till the air shlmmered with gIancn
flashes of steel, was in the act of resigr
ing my berth upon the paper, when tn
chief arrived, and with him rabble {
charmed and enthusiastic friends. The
ensned a scene of carnage such as no HI
man pen or steel either can describe. Pe'
pie were shot, probed, disemboweled, blow
. up, and thrown out OF the window. Thei
) was brief tornado Of murky olasphem
with a confused and frantic war dance glin
mering through it and then all was owe
In five minutes there was a silence, and tt
, CORY chief and l sat alone and surveyed tt
: sanguinary ruin thai strewed the flo
| around u.s. Finding that this was an evel
day occurrence l resigned Immediately.
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END OF Too Much LoVNG.-Tl
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