Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-11-06
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a very interesting little
.;sr the Squire, who had
a. bacon and a Justice OF
F4oxford, the English ex-
.,1er knife or pistol; yet
IA accomplished ruffian
- At Pitts Gulch, stopped
= his pick, stared admir-
osstants, and wished that
| on,eQuences might eter-
IMMORTAL part if it wasn't
/. he had ever witnessed.
= left the store or the bar
[s9iication of a difficulty,
while those to whom a
most delightful of stimu-
near with eager eyes.
T., aid not understand
qptants when he spoke,
II disagreement was one
gos no interest whatever;
! fighting eye when they
. excited were they that
,,Fould have been made,
ip.ired to risk money felt
[,n their own ability to de-
| he f.ht ended, and who
sa,d the Squire were talk
The discussion was pro-
.1ar enough, by Peel, the
ass-. Peel had announced
gt irving to get an ex-
h umewhere up the creek,
ane Sunday and hold ser
Blake, Doctor Cults, and
t4,s-upt contractor from the
would be a good thing to
a.i he would be glad to see
paid the day; and the
he should nightly like
preacher if he was sound.
4 with just the ghost Of a
the single word sound ~
SQQire. rightly considering
.engel. oIt1ed upon Hox-
and ve.l1irected fire of
icl the cJleyian promptly
alngai.i0l similar to the
Both lisputants were held
in the camp: the Squire
nee given up his whole
-T stIagglers from else
risk Of his own life he
Or three serious fights,
vas the only cause;
aides possessing gener-
Z equal to the Squire's,
-1 exceptionally glori-
t the limited resources
ut every Pitts Gulchite
lie Squire loved an ar
i-y as he did gold
vi HOxford, who had
f. a, the University,
-ld been cockneyized
him, did not intend
-:o. should rust so
ind some one upon
J. All other disputa-
IN camp had been
24lered and silenced by
i The Squire, so that all
'.t2 these two gentlemen
,1 Tie attention due ito
Preston Of Briar) to "tus-
ss.yjaw Championship"
<@a the doughty warriors
..laE over almost every
:. the field they had
y one Of them had oc-
2.yA. positions which they
ApFegnable, but from
+a,en with great loss, or
&.sly retreated only by
marvellous deyterity
ss4alFe announced his
u 1.-eyibiIity of divine
y the air of a soldier
-. Z Ii his last ditch, but
. s1y Of the fact, and who
~ Nv with strength equal
= 1.s hat had fallen off,
= locks had blown away
-. - strong and decided
~ ~, IA a little sharper in
N. (; oelore; his steel,blue
- -.5s devoid of ferocitv,
Il. '-'.y while the defiant
S. lFame, as he leaned
Ia c,I handled shovel, so
van. G'a@Iooge, the unsuc-
,-, 'ty laller hastily drew
'@s.. and an old letter,
Nd! Tor a Christian
a;aes' bout this" said
> i. himself, after the
..,, Silence which had fol.
. ,4sal "cos there's lots
m .yeS ministers of the
IN r.. doin' a power
W, y Ioosnin' folkses'
~. ,Ae way SAYS the
a. q these ft5llers talk ak
5 Nh led straight up tc
Wy. up the creek i.
'"Al 10 hear hin, o.,
:. Ia @, ye any good o,Il u al
.~... -. against US IS O,
suggested Hox
Ill.,. =. that goes run,
exclaimed tn,
,4r, "1 The long-han
chop, as if tn
Is, AM i. ,a5en on materia
IT.. IL Il, his feet. I'll
@, an they oughtn a
U 5ot 5AI to be laugh
.s-.E an immutable
1.o @,5s' s. and lons
H. coming quick
eila squire, as tina
o'e DIVINE vi sa otsn;a,. h