The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-01-08

teiiectnai difference between tb'
squash and his head, Il was ID fave
OF the squash.
Vel, ] Trseticea aud praeticed a
the barn-door. and could net BIT Il
and practieed al the rail and eoslif
not hi7 that. and tried hard for Ii,
squash, and could not hit the squash
] would hare been entirely dsshear1
ened. but that occasionally | crippled
one Of tie lsoFs, and that encourage
He to hope
Al last we began 10 hear pisto
shots hear by IN The next raFiae. VS.
knew what that meant The 9thel
party were oa1 Praefieiag toe Tbe1
j was IN the las- degree distressed
for Of course those people would be4'
oEr shsts, aad they would send spie.
over the ridge, ard the spies woald
find NV barn door, without 5 w5Und
or q scratch. and that Houls simply
be the e1d Of me-for Of course that
ether man would Immediately bec9mz
as bloodthirsfv as j was Just al
this moment 2 little bird no longer
than . sparrow few By, and lit on q
sage bush about thirty PAGES aH-ay-
and my liffle second. Sieve Gllis, who
was ma1chless marksman with a
pis1ol-much better Than | was-
saatehed oHf his revclrer ard shS1 the
BIRDS head Of We al ran 70 pick
up the game, and sure enough, Just a.
this momen+. some Of TIE other dnel-
lists cam reconn0ifering over the
little r.dge- They ran 10 Ger group
to see what the matter Was, and when
they saw the bird Lords secoad said /;
This was q splendid shot How
far Of was i ,"
Steve said, wilh some Indifference
~oh, no great distance. About
thirty PAGES
Thirty pacesl Heavens alive, who
did it -
NV man-Twzin-"
The mischief be did, Can be Do
that often .
Wei yes He can d. L zb9ut-
well-a5oUl four times ogt q FIVE =
knew the little rascal was lEin-.
but ! aeFer said anything ! never
told HIN So He vas n0t Of disp0-
sitiou 10 ITFi5e csnEdeDee q that
kind, Sc / let the master rest. But i
was 6 c0mf8rt 70 sea those people
look SEX. and zee their under Jaws
drop, when Steve made these state
menis- They weaf q and got Lord
and took him hone and when We -ot
home, half a hour later, there was a
E0te saving that NJ Lord PeremPto-
rily declined 70 fight
II WIS 3 narrow escape We found
ouf afteTwErd thar Lord hit bis Esrk
thirteen times Ii eighteen shots- If
be had pr tbose thirteen bullets
through me Il world have narrowed
nv sphere Of usefulness . good deal
could have web nigh closed i. IN
fact. True, tbe- would have put
pegs il the bo3es, and used me for a
hat rack but what i ha1 rack 10 q
man who feels he has intellectual
powers / would sesra such q posi-
ton
-s~-I hsve wrstaeB 4s.5s true incident ef
nv personal history for one purpose
only-1o warn The yoElh of tie day
against the pernieious practice q
duelin-, snd 10 plead with then 70
war against Il If the remarks and
Suggestions an making can be q
snv serTice 10 Sunday school teachers
and newspapers Interested IN the
moral progress Of society, they are al
liberty 10 rs hem and / shall even
be grateful - have then widely dis
semiaated. - that they nav 90 a.
mech good a. possible / was Young
and foolish when ! cballeueed The
gentleman, and ] thozSit Il Nas very
fDe and rery grand 70 be Z dgelist,
and stand upon Jbe fed C honor. =
Bgt ] an elder and more experienced
now, and an infexbly opposed TO
the dreadful custom ala glad. II
deed 70 be enabled 70 IF up ny voice
against Il ] think ]. i : bad. in
moral thing. ] think Il is every mans
duty 70 d. everything be can 10 dis
courage dHeiing. | always do now /;
! discourage Il upon every occasion
Il man were 10 challenge ne now
now ibsI / eaa appreciate the I'M
guilty of the Praetice-I would 90 10
that man and take him by 1be hand,
ard lead him TO quiet, retired room
and KIN him