The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-18
Equal to sEarkTwaln.

Newspaper writer's will thoroughly appre-'
ciate the following Ger true tale, Which we
take from the Philadelphia Dispatch.
A week or, two ago one of our reporters
had occasion to refer TO a certain woman,
:. WHOM we will call Hannah Smith, as deni-
zen Of the Eleventh Ward. "A day or two af-
terward huge man entered our. Office with
his brow clothed with thunder. In his hand
he carried fearful club. and at his side trot-
ted bull dog whom hunger evidently had
made desperate. With that quick apprecia-
tion of the situation which1s ereditable to the
superior intelligence of educated men, the
editor Of this paper and the proprietors,
darted to the window, climbed outside, slid
down the lightning rod, and went across the
street to watch the bloody fray through spy
glass. With the fearlessness of conscious in
nocence we atstill, merely inserting our legs
i'll two sections of stovepipe, to guard against
any misapprehension of facts on the part of
the bull dog, The man with the club APP
preached. aess =. sxa
Are you the ctlitor?' he asked, splitting
on his hand and grasping the club.
81. We told him that the editor was cut; that
he had gone to the north pole with Captain
Hall, and that he would not return before
1876, in time for the great centennial celebra-
ton. A
Are you the proprietor p asked the man.
We explained to him that we were not !;
that the proprietors were also out; that they
had gone to South America for the purpose of
investigating the curative powers of condu-
range, and they expected to remain there for
several years.
Well, whoever You are exclaimed the
WARRIOR" my name is Smith,
We told him we were glad because, if
there.was one thing better than the possession
of the name Of Smith, it was the privilege of
knowing a man of that name. s'But Smith, Y
we said, sWhy this battle ARA? 1t is abb
surd for man to put on the panoply of war
and frisk into editors sanctums, filmbling q
club, and accompanied by disheartened bull
dog, simply because his name is Smith,
He said he called in to burst the mans
head who had insulted his sister.
1t is impossible, Smith, that such thing
could have been done bv any one in this Of
fice.'
>..Is, but it was, though; and her name was
published, too. Miss Smith--Miss Hammer
smith,
May we be permitted to enquire, Mr..
Smith, what was the precise character OF the
affront offered to Miss Hannah ~
Well, you see,'' said Mr.. Smith, 1.-The
p9ackguard said she was denizen. And
want YOU to understand exclaimed Smith
becoming excited, and brandishing his club
wildly over our head, while the bull dog ad
vanced and commenced to sniff up and down
our stoyepipe: ~ want you to understand
that she is decent young woman, with
good character, and none of your denizens
and such truck, The man who says she is {
tenizen is blackguard and thief, and I'll
smash him over the nose if [ get a chance
They may say what they please about me. bu
the man who abuses my sister has to suffer,
and Smith struck the table in violent man
her with his club, while the bull dog put hi
fore legs OH the back Of our chair
we. pacified Smith with dictionary. w
pointed cut tothat raging warrior that tn
Websterian definition OF the word s'denizen,
gives such person an unoffending character
and deprives the term of everything like re
preach. Smith said he was satisfied, ant
shook hands and kicked the bull dog dow
stairs. The editors and proprietors, seem:
that all was safe. Immediately climbed th
lightning rod, and soon appeared at the win
dow, where they were introduced to MI
Smith with the remark that just then the
had returned from the North Pole and tn
cline of condurango somewhat unexpected
in order to surprise their relations.
A. And now we suppose Smith viii be ma
because we have told this story about hin
and he will be coming down upon us in war
magnificent stern array, with fresh bu
dog. But it will be in vain. We have rente
an office i'll the top of the shot-tower, an
have planted torpedoes and spring guns
the way up stairs. We warn this incendiar
Smith to beware.
CHEYENNE RESCUE