Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-06-20

But f1ETG - . great uE@k8 #At5*0tfH&
and cutting ssss-ssl9 your pe .e re-
marked the gentleman.
4 perceived that these me ere hun.
gry fer . meal of wild, wesa bloody
fiction. 1t was cruel to denN Aern-
4 said: certainly. We bi Ennch.
We shoot often. We sho socially.
| II. for instance, the compaaN y sitting
about thes-tove in the rife aass, and
| Che conversation flags. as 'Hss are
Ilgenerally dull, noshine i 4 anon
th1n fof > gentleman y y. 81 1
himself. draw his revolver, cock II,
flourish il about his head, and proclaim
himself the royal Bengal tiger Of the
southern mines. Then the sluggish
blood begins to quicken in the veins Of
some other gentleman. and he gets up,
stretches himself. draws his revolver,
cocks it, Gourishes it about, and pro-
claims himself another royal Bengal IL
ger OF the southern mines.
"Then are heard Ten or twelve short,
sharp reports. The lightsare blown out
by the conclusions. The rival Bengal
tigers shoot about at random, an the
dark, and bit everybody else but them
selves. The unhurt portion ofthe COM
pany scramble behind the bar and un-
der the billiard tables, and cry cut,
Don shoot this way!' When the bar
! reis of both revolTers are emptied, the
combatants clinch, and, as they imagine,
cut each other all to pieces with bowie
knives: although, whes lights are
brought, it turns out TO be somebody
else. Then the two royal Bengals shake
hands, fraternize over drink, and 90
| off together TO the gunsmith's to get
their pistols reloaded. The survivors
pick up the dead and wounded. There
is great deal Of talk over the affair sew
eral days. The bodies are kept until
Sunday. Then there is a splendid flu
neral. The Odd Fellows, the Masons,
the military companies and the temper
ance societies all turn out with music
and banners. The Sunday school chill
dren, dressed in white, appear in the
procession, singing, There is happy
land, far, far away, etc.
"The minister breaches very af-
fecting discourse, and is very4careful
not to say anything which may wound
the feelings OF The two Bengal tigers,
who stand in the front pew overlooking
the coffins, as chief mourners. holding
together by their left hands the same
hymn book, while they sing ogt eI il,
while the right Of either grasps 'liis re-
volver, ready to send a ball Through the
clerical organization should he<say any
thing in the funeral sermon personally
offensive 10 them. Everybody for twen-
ty miles around comes On horseback
and in buggies. The saloons and shops
do good business, and the tIay COM
monty winds up with grand bali and
supper. All the young ladies are proud
TO dance with the two Bengals, all the
young men envy them and resolve to
kill somebody at the first convenient
opportunity. Before morning there are
probably two or three more fatal af-
trays and so the life and excitement
peculiar TO our Tree, easy, unconyen-
tional society is sustained from month
TO month and Year to year,
"When all this is over, a subscrip-
ton is generally SET on foot in the camp
for erecting monuments over the graves,
and when the money is all raised, the
man TO whom il Is entrusted goes 10 San
/ F.-ancisco 10 buy the marbles, and there
hs falls in with old friends, and drinks,
spFrss and CANDLES all the money away.
Ii hc ecmes back and makes confession,
either we blow the top of his head of,
OF we say. No matter. If you had a
good time il IS just as well. Bob, Jim
and Tom viii rsst just as easy without
any monumentS Then we put over
them cheap wSsssen tombstone, with
pretty verse printed on il. These
boards, after a Gew years, rot away at
She lower end, and tbe}sASts and cows
Ntsastured IN our camp bAsgiag ground,
t!A against them and lsnoGss slssm over,
aHs finally We gather and spE<2Asm up
fors-,ove kindllngs," e. @
nsy liked this sketch OF CaiiEasuia
life, tThsY yelished il. TheT picLs-AS
its sesa <beaes clean.
At a rerssir social gathering, the
name al ! E1gnin Miller was Introduced.
"MllIsr@ " been engaged ia some ar
frsys ! sup '+se." said gentleman TO
me.
said. "HeSsss slain many men,"
burden Ah1er with every sort OF
crime. II does Kin no no injury, here.
A little blood ghss his poems gaglsl
relish.
"Do you know In eer r he asked,
al do. He was Az friend; hui-''
Here became agitak 4. and currcra-
ted my brows. I com Neued, ~ wish
never TO meet that mas sagsia. III
do" Here my right hank tE2velel IN
voluntarily toward ny Derrik ser pocket.
"The truth is. we onee had Ought. in
California, with doszble-haFrA'ed shca
guns, at six PAGES. We have = done
Sighting vet--the wGr haSscarcs's y be-
can. The Rext gale ths saEessns, -s5sa
the nerth-S bs- foaf paFEssrl htifI
We meet again-and no matter WA =
Ne n3ysss---she ass ss.lssssss he ssssElstA u
Enai cessa aaisssssss.sss ssssssssf the cornin9
ss..ggzrav may never OCCUR in any quiet |
BritisA haassaholt: heesree 1 cannot
back down fIor baesa out of the customs
os TTssyf s.aSlIie Vest. With ms, the con-
singcHcies involved ~ sae dnefrine of
perscEai responsibility know no suspen- |
3sioa by reason on time, place, circgsa-
-sssee, or company. We wills fight. be
il % she church, theatre, or hy he hos |
pits6ks fresiae cf The stranger. Apd
(Enong esr people. upon stseh occasions, |
&NeEy ons seels in duty and honor bound |
SSc az che chances of being BIZ by
y N\ss lss..sss4z Mkieh ihe cnmbataaGs |
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