The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-12-19
IDAHO WORLD,
THE CONVERSIONS OF COLONEL QuAGG.

this country. They were meek, law
abiding people attended to their owl
business, and did not seem to trouble
themselves much about that of others
Yet, somehow, they had incurred the
displeasure Of one Colonel Quagg.
The Colonel was blacksmith, and
lived in Q grim cabin, near the Kappa
roare, Falls, where, for aught anybody
knew, he kept bears and lions, and burnt
Bengal lights in his fireplace, Or slept
on the bones of his enemies. He was
six feet four inches in his stockings;
the integument that covered his bones
was as hard and as horny as crab
shell; his hair and beard were like the
primeval forest-they had never been
cut, oombed, mended or trlmmed-he
had neither wife nor relation, chick nor
child.
There were only two things concern
ing him on which one might, with any
certainty, expatiate, viz: that he liked
rum, raw, which he drank IN large
quantities, without even winking, or
getting intoxicated; and that he hated
the Grace-Walking Brethren. He hated
them fiercely and implacably: he raved
against them in drinking bars, he called
them opprobious names in the street,
and made it his invariable custom of
giving every "Grace-Walker,' as he
termed them, who passed his smithy, a
fearful and humiliating beating. His
wrath being thus appeased, he turned
aside into Silas B. Powkey's tavern,
hot, perspiring, and fatigued, and throw
ing his huge leathern strap on the coun-
ter, and eiecting powerful stream of
tobacco juice, shouted out. esquire!
strapped another Grace-Walker RUM
"Walk in grace" he was want to
say, "till pumpkins is peaches, but
licked We must be, till your toe nails
drop off, and your noses bleed blue ink"
And licked they were accordingly.
There was meeting of the Grace
Walking Brethren to arrange who
should go on the ensuing Spring Cir
cult, just as Jud ges arrange who shall
60 hanging, and where. The Kappa
roarer circuit was discussed in solemn
conclave The brethren, one and all.
were naturally averse to that particular
circuit. Brother Browniohn would
rather not-Brother Fearful had bad
cold. Brother Slocum gave a more
definite reason than any Of the number:
he said that he would be considerable
licked if he'd 60, because he was sure
of being awtully licked If he went.
Brother Zedekiah Stockdolligcr, long.
loose-limbed brother, with face some
what like ounce three parts withered
"a brother of whom, to tell the truth.
a rather mean opinion was held. for he
was given to stammering and blushinc.
and seemed to possess no particular
accomplishment save the questionable
one of shutting one eye when he ex-
perforated, rose up, and thus addressed
the assembly: .
" Brethren, mans skin was not
meant to be fayed off him. like unto the
hide OF wild cat; thorns isn't pleasant
handling, nor is thistles nice worn next 5
to the skin; but if Brother Browniohn !,
will loan me his boss, I'll confront the (
man-even Goliah Quagg." having said /
which the devoted brother shut one eve :
and expectorated. The meeting turned !
Its quid and expectorated also but !,
without shutting its eye. - !
The long brothers proposition was i
accepted mem con. :.
The fire blazed, and the sparks few ,
up the chimney one fine EVENING in .
April, and Colonel Quagg and his anvil .
were in fierce dispute about red-bot
horseshoe. Suddenly, Geek, the lanky 9.
bellows-blower, who, through hole in ;
the smithy wall, could perceive anyone
coming down the hill, cried out, Colonel
one Of themw u
"Quick, ile," said the Colonel The u
lie, or OF! being brought, he proceeded Il
to anoint an enormous leath. ,"
'rn strap, trife larger than the trace !.
II a cart'horse. "Twankey dillo! TWAIN 7.
Key dillo!" he shouted, as, grasping the l(
weapon in his mighty hand, he strobe n
'ut OF the smithy door. 30 J,
de saw, coming towards him, a tall u
nan dressed in black, mounted upon II
lon1g-tailed white horse He had but s!
me spur, on the left foot, the rider had u
'nd IN MS hand he carried little dogs =;
be was singing a verse of favorite o. =,