The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-11-28
kpyLLING-BEE At ANGELS.
ourrn pyrRUTHFuL JAMES.


VI hear yarn from me.
nat sling o fairy tale OF Jinny's fierce
"a Wild,
hold 1t Is uDciii iiSti"ii ~ ~ .
eebild; .,,
II like TO hear,
aspellin' Bee" at Angels that we or,
,a,s .it1 madeup of gentle kids--of pretty
fds-like you,
me enough for two.
wv woz Lanky Jim of Suffers Fork and
4 ison of Lagrange,
spistof Bob" who wore that day g
.iie by way of change.
.tsrt, you little kids, you think these
4 not pretty names,
sseh had a man behind it, and-my
INC is Truthful James.
ms Poker Dick from Whisky Flat and
sith of Shooters Bend,
rown @ of Calaveras-which l want NO
liter friend.
Fingered Jack-yes, pretty dears-
&ree fngers-y0a have fiye. --
cut off two--it's sing'lar, too, that
1app amt now alive.
L yery wrong, indeed, my dears, and
Happ was much to blame;
1ise was Jack, in after years, for shoot
4 of that same.
Aghts was kinder lengthenin' out, the
bins had jest begun.
all the camp came up to Pete's to
I've their usual fun; E*r
Ia all sot kinder sad-like around the
1r.rQom stove
hith got up, permiskiss- like, and this
mark he hove:
new game down in Frisco, that ez
ez | kin see,
eaehre, poker and van-toon, they
5 the 'Spellin- -Bee.'"
Brown, Of Calaveras, simply hitched
chair and spake:
b good enough for me-" and Lanky
sez, "Shakep'
b allowed he warn't proud, but he
ast say right thar
e man who tackled euchre he'd his
cation squar."
neought up Lenny Fairchild, the
fDol. ol.master, who said,
Nv the game, and he would give in
Nftions on that head.
kRnee, take some simple word" sez
1ike separate
{ th0 can spell it," Dog my skim eff
Ewas one in eight.
i Hthe boys all wild at once. The
trs was put in row,
the bead was Lanky Jim, and at the
was Joe,
sh upon the bar itself the school
ter was raised,
bar keeper put his glasses down,
sat and silent gazed.
st word out was parallel" and
4en let it be, .4sNl
waltzed in his double "l'' betwixt
"a" and "e';
bee he drilled them Mexicans in San
tinto fight,
arn't no prouder man got up than
pl Joe that night
fythm' camel He tried to smile,
a said they had him there"
nky Jim. with one long stride, got
and took his chair.
kids my pretty kids, twas touchin'
nryey
bearded men, with weppings on, like
foen opt ut tilSlI pay.
angh with glee, and shout to see
a0ther lead the van,
sat up as monitor with cue for q
pan,
Chair gave out "ineinerate. and
En said he'd be burned
fach blamed word as that in school
lever learned. ...,i
phsAisis''came they all sprang up,
vowed the man who rung
blamed Greek word on them be
q out and hung.
sat down again / saw in Bilson's
fash,
own of Calaveras was a-twistin, his
sache,
msatlast Brown slipped on "gneiss"
bllson took his chair,
wa some casual words aboutsome
who dyed their hair.
the Chair grew very white, and
mar said he'd adjourn,
vi DICK remarked that he would
snd get his turn, N
an a tremblin' voice and hand. and
y Wanderin' eye - -.-..t- ~.
n next offered "efder- duck, and
oegan with 'I.n }#} fsfT
N smiled-then Bilson shrieked,
now the fight begun,
AheWed, for Bilson dropped and
khe moved up one. ''-N'
nesa u genls arose and said, they'd
ln;as ;ae road was rather dark, and ez
Wglt was damp, ~ %
and locked the door and veIIsd.
w mothers SON goes out till that
sefd isspelled,n ngs - - A ~, ii''
y ssa sne words were on his Inns he
saed and sank in pain. ~
ess WIN Webster on his chest and
eesser on his brain. - anu
M 1ar y lodged Poker Dick and tried
IN nv up authorities thet no one else
sh got down behiud the stove al.
ne was cold,'F : - 'eo'e ai-
psm ro,sa and down his legs the cinders
mnle way o tiil In
IN began with "O' "R,,-aor,, an.
dragged away. ""u
fas;s az my pretty kids, down on vo,,r
way: 'ioh an peaceful
thai, ia mind thar may be sharps ez
wise neif sspellip' square, 90
but = ,sngs ss.lngs their bowie. knives
~ eiiouSht or care
5 ali n Innow nov the rest, my dears.
u III ~ .Rea snae lived to tell about thet
aliItraadp iTua passed, that truthful man.
Nncsst went their way
moi ffe h, aeads and downcast hearts
i n !" ~, sport or play. e'i %
srlesse exe ~ , the lamps were lit. and
E,,sIl tIs ns, sent, with tasks undone and
aseameir neir Youthful frames "os 'hat
sanaaned of Angels Snel,,rn D.
ssy,s ssgnt n OF Truthful James nee