The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-10-14


and deluged his neatly glazed leather
pumps.
awkward beasti Left-handed scoun-
drel! Stupid lout, Low hound of pc
onei' shouted the man in the chair, as,
in a terrible rage, he seized his cane
and struck the water-carrier over the
head. The Indian cringed under the
like a cur, and the blow
was about being repeated, when Mar
cisse interfered. "COme, come, Sig
more; this poor devil did not do it on
purpose. He is very sorry for it. 1t
might have been my fault. | ought to
have told you to take the other chair.
PRAY, now, do not strike him any more.
In fact, | can't allow it."
81 would have you know, my barber
friend" said the gentleman with a
sneer, "that / administer punishment
whenever l please, and to whom l
please, and no man may say nay to
me" Now, Narcisse, who was as
peaceful as a lamb, had some peculiar
ideas of his own. He would have look
ed on indif'erently when two men were
fighting it out neatly with swords, but
the idea of striking any one with stick
was a brutality, according to his no.
tions. Then, again, there was some
thing about the tone of Don Miguel,
which Narcisse did not relish. Narcisse,
though determined, was very respectful.
L" Nv dear sir. one blow is sufficient, and
| am quite decided that second one
will be superfiuous. Pray put down
NIf.rttal xKvit u u a
wet trousers and damp stockings, was
remorseless, and whirling his stick in
the air, was about bringing it down a
second time on the water-carrier'S head
when Narcisse clutched a short brass
rod in which a curtain hung, threw the
bit of faded calico before TeXcOco, as
if the TeXcoco had been bull at the
Corridas de Toros, and by neat turn
of the wrist disarmed Don Miguel,
whose stick flew to the other side of the
room. NarciSse was handy with the
foil, having had many bout with the
soldiers when he worked at Tarbe.
at takes no more than that" said
Narcisse, smiling, as he picked up Don
AIiguel's stick and handed it back to
him. "Now, sir, | beg of you to SIT
down again. Your hair | must com
mence over again. | will heat an iron,
and am not too proud 10 press out your
trousers Tor you. .,
Il VIII never hohor your ShoP yiIl
my presence again: 1ou nave lllsuileG II
out of the shop with a bitter scowl o.
| hate on his face.
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