Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-11-11
NO.NOSED BILL.
mot by any means by Bret Hartc, butt
BY SAMUEL BLuTTER,

BY SAMUEL BLOTTER.
The sun rose on Persimmon's Cor
Ener. 1t was o'clock, A. NJ, in the
month of May, and the sun common
ly rose at that hour, at tha season of
the year. The sun was the only visi-
tor at the Corner who had any regu-
larity Of habits, and even that lumi-
nary had on this occasion very red
face.
Two men sat playing cards in the
single rough-walled room of log
house, and third looked sleepily
on, occasionally snufling a candle,
now well burned down. Mr.. Will
liam IufTin, commonly called No
Nosed Bill at the settlement from a
Disagreement to his face brought on
| by violent alteration some years
before, with an individual known as
the Arkansas Stamper, sat on a box
resting on o small keg. Furniture
was scarce in 1850 at the Corner.
Bill shufIled the cards skillfully and
dealt them slowly to his opponent, a
| dark.taCed young man with a great
black beard and a small forehead.
elbow out that light, Stumpy,"
said Bill; eve shan't need it no
longer. Now, then, stranger, it's
lyOur play"
| No sound was heard but the slam
of the cards on the table. The man
called, Stumpy walked up, and, lean
ing forward on both elbows, watch
ed the game. A bead of perspiration
started from the strangers forehead
meandered slowly to the extremity OF
his nose and hung there, glistenmg
| like diamond in the morning light,
The game ended and No-nosed Bill
calmly scraped the stakes into
leather bag, now quite full, which
he drew from the bosom Of his red
shirt. Suddenly the stranger sprang
to his feet and remarked
His language is ommitted by the
author on account of its unpleasant
vehemenCe.
Easy, stranger said Bill, calmly,
leaning back and crossing his leg
over his knee. "Easy, now. If you
| want to bile over and you think it
would make you feel more comfort
able like, why bile. But there amt
no occasion for you to go and say
them cards were stocked. cause they
was played fair, and Stumpy here'll
tell you so, and so would any other
, man, if there had been any other
man lookin' ON, which they wasn't,
Now you jest keep calm, stranger,
and don't you 90 and get riled, cause
it won't do you no good"
The strangers language is again
suppressed by reason Of its unwar-
ranted violence.
"Now, look hele stranger" said
Bill. "You'rc the unreasonablest
man, most that ever see.
/ There amt no man at the Corner, as
can say but I've acted sqHar'. May be
| did cut up a little rough with
French Freddy night afore last, but
!; what of it.? 1t wasn't my fault
lie made some sich remarks a:
It them you've been lcttin' out, and
then he drored his shooter on me
y Was goin' to stan there and be
drorcd on by man as wasn't hall
my size? | uCss not. So went fol
him, kind O promiscous like, and
G. when got through, there wasn't nc
); moro Freddy. Some of 'em blamed
'c me, but there wasn't no 'casion fol
any body to say but what | did tho
gentlemany thing"
IThe strangers language is agaiI
q omitted on account of its 1 'clbl(
IT, ineleganCe.
"Now, see here, stranger, there
y amt nothin' mean about me-" saiC
Bill, still without excitement. "Il
W tell You what III do, you seem to b'
&c qoodish sort of chap, though yol
n don't know SO much about kccrd
4, perhaps, as some folks. I've pulled
Di in since we set down yesterday noon
> p'raps seven hundred dollars, beside
y some gold dust and some change
'e Now you may have the gold dus
'e and the change and we'll call
" sQuar'."
" The strangers language is mad
W missible. lie pulled out formida
" BILE boWie-knife and stuck it quiver
~ ~ ing in the table
VI al will see that, and 60 you on
re re better" remarked Bill, quietly draw
nS inc n knife twice as large, with
~ blade al both ends. The strange
u " drew n dcrringer and flourished
~ wildly. No.Noscd Bill whipped OF
"a six-barreled revolver and covere
~ him with it. Seeing that his argl
~ ~ ments were Intellectual the strange
- withdrew, and his CALCULATIONS
oh he strobe away were borne back
Al them on the morning ar.
mor m III don't see no call for man
- he unreasonable" said Bill, "com
va w Stumpy, its too late to turn in; we
", have a little game of seven up. An
n ;Io he poured out the last drop from u
n' ,,S black bottle which stood on the tabI
~ m and drank it Off with the RENAL
- ~ that he was sorry there was no NOR
n but he supposed his companion d
" not feel thirsty, A red-headed i
:" a.. OF ten, with freckled face, tumble
~ off n low c0uGh in the corner al
"a, M came toward them. Bill passed i
~ "a hands through the boys ourls, al
IH, I0h with a smile of fondness bade him
tho tho return, to his bed,
10. The lads rnswer is omitted on :
L count of its tCrseness and strcns
of ne was Gllowed to take q hand, =,
In cxpressed his thirst aus hi5 de- =
the The condition of the bottle.
re- "Thet boy" said Bill $ t
tbe kknowin." Their amt Il s45E;7s9, ~ he a.
out out m m to, thpro's some seive h
I,a- no points on Il u.s. soLt hor o, !, !
lstc NJ, S sn. ~ Stur = q sharpenin',
any sides 5ha, Saasght as I sot there
the my mifJTD Sas how | bad mon
,or- twec AAkEk W LEBEiLTT ~ :,
'0 oos. onc m ~ MY" y afford 10 send him +
10 NJ but MIN in some college, VIII
war Se oe,1d lqrn readin' and within a
umtI a H. otncs .thiNgs ! dent Epf
ned " its your idea Of that, YOU
Ihar 4np'
OF 'the poply ia suppressed on
Ion- count Of lis violence. The hsy u
1la- s',(,,,;.od Sv,hat his father was slit