Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-04-01

Soou omCes utu very itttie Uut sit III tut
sun and play with their currious.lookine
greesy cards.
One evening Uncle Tucker was return
ing from bis work when he met Joe at the
door, pale as death and all in a tremble
my boy: my boy! What is the mat.
ter ?" cried the astonished old man.
"Nothing, uncle nethiug of conse.
quence," returned Joe. ...
"But thcr is, my son f; yer pale and
tremblin'. Tell ole Uncle"
Pedro went in and frightened him.
squeaked youngster standing by.
"Was he ipsultin tew my boy !" de-
manded Uncle Tucker, throwing his tools
to the groand.
Joe did not answer, and the now angry
man strode rariely towards the back shed.
From there he procured a heavy black.
snake hip, and started down the gulch.
He presently came upon Pedro, lounging
along. but who saw him in time to lay his
hand upon bis revolver, which was easily
wrenched from him by the stalwart old
miner. The blows from the black-snake
rained fast and heavy upon the writhiug
victim; do what he could he could not break
from the iron grasp, and he was only re.
leased when the arm that welded the whip
was thoroughly tired out. aat 'ta
"Ther," said Uncle Tucker, throwing
him from him, 'come an insult my boy
agin, will ye? Yc yellow-bellied scoun-
dre What's that? MaIidito? Ye
will, hey? Sccot now, git' And the
halEbreed moved off muttering."
Some men mought er olowed his head
off for less; hut thet's agin my princi.
piles" said Uncle Tucker to the assem-.
bage. who were so taken aback at seeing
him in a rage that no one lifted a hand
to help him
my boy" said the old man that night
just before retiring, "we've got tew leave.
Well 60 Yeast or strike fur some other
dlggin's on the Nevada side. It's hard
tew leave ole friends, but we've got tew
60, sonny
"How would Japan do, uncle ~
Jaypan won't do. sonny. | understan'
ther very much opposed tcw furniers en-
thct keutry." Pc
"uuce," said Joe. laying his hand af-
fectionately on the old mans head, '.you
are unhappy on my account. know you
ire, and rather than put you out, Joe will
20 back home---at least not home-but
will go away" a7 u9 I
MY child, said Uncle Tucker. laying
lis hand on Jec's arm. ''don't We ever
peak tibet way agin tew yer ole uncle.
Ia luck or out O. luck, we've pardners
What's miae is yourn, an what's yourn is
'ourn. Favorite sister o. mines child,
|oe; /; an yer o!e uncle loves yc as he
loes the apple of his eye. No, no we'll
light out an 90 whar no one knows us,
N start in different. You shall 90 tew
ehool, Joe, an yer old uuclc'I see you
,it a good eddication Thet S settle, my
hid Good night" And drawing the
urtain that separated his bed from the
main room, he turned in. ia-hi
The Next morning Uncle Tucker was
# bright and early to his claim his face
Fcre happier look than it had worn for
months. He had no apprehonsions Of the
as he was coolly brave man,
nd he did not think Pedro would moIest
he boy after the lesson he had received.
t was his intention to sell out his clam,
i'd his friends good.by and locate some.
there else. W ttF lH42 JH
Jimmy" said Uncle Tucker to red.
hirted Hercules. who stood at his side,
whatll ye allow for the claim 2" saT
"Oh, sho ! Uucle Tucker" replied
immy, ''you don't want to sell OUT
Don't know bout that; what'll ye
ive?" m san .4fe
At this moment a boy ran up calling to
"Yer4's me Y said he, turning to the
oy with his old smile. aa a i.a i'e96 :
HUncle Tucker. come up to the hotel
uick Somepins happen "
What it, sonny !? For Gods sake,
III me Is it Joe r. buil gadi lagi1. !.
"Don't know, Uncle Tucker, . replied I
'e boy;" all | know is, we hccrd mise /,
the shanty. an the mex thing some one
ent by on the mule, maxim big timc.'
Uncle Tucker waited to hear no more.
ut ran on for his house. There was a ,
'owd at the door waiting for him. He !
lshed in, and there, extended on the bed !
y the liIeless form of his beloved Joe I!
here he lay covered with stab wounds, {
I'd quite dead. With heart-broken !
y, the old miner threw himself on his
nees at the side Of the bed. IA (.
"Speak to the ole Uncle, honey !" he