The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-07-16
Eel River Dan, an Tn on it biggern a

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.Thet's all right amt objectin'.r
.sYou amt Ell? Well don't s'pose We |
be, an watts more / amt intending We shell. |
Now look var, stranger, We say We think it |
was dog-fght or somethin' tibet clared this |
var bar-room bit ago?'
.sSomethin' o tibet kind-I wasn't pertrk- |
lerlv anxious to hustle round and find out
anyhow"
Il b'lieve yer lynn stranger; but afore /
perceed any fu' ther 18th your case, I'll give
We the true bizness; them huskies slid out %
this var place cause they saw me comm
in tibet door over thar see the door?"
Its thar, reckon" answered the little
man, who had turned his back to the stove,
but who did not take the trouble to resume
his former position for the purpose of verify
ing the bad mans assertion that door alb
solutely existed in that particular side of the
apartment.
aWell, my cosumptive friend, faint to late
fur YOU to use tibet same hole in the wall
you'll be in time to hear how tibet dog-fght
you was speakin about come out, mebbe, eff
yer uncommonly lively
Don't keer how it come out, answered the
hollow-cheeked individual, in his most woe
begone tone of voice.
"Don't, Ell? Yer sure we don't want to
know witch dog licked?"
"Aint bettin' a continental red on nary
dog fight Jest now, an amt agoin' to nuth-
en-" There was a ghost of emphasis in the
latter portion of this speech, but it was
almost wholly choked by the gloomy sad
ness of the tone in which it was uttered.
aIt's purity rough blamed eff it amt, $50
liloquized Dan, edging around toward the
end of the bar. 'sId as soon tackle a raft o
measley babies, but its got down to
ground hog case, an eff don't do somethin'
purity soon, the boys II be kicl1in' me from
one end of the county to the other. It's got
sickly, mebbe ye'd like to say word or two
afore it happens.
"What happens
"Why, watts goin' to happen wen l turn
loose
"Aint got not nuthin' to say
"Any place, partickler, ye'd like to be
hauled TO- arter the matinee?"
"What matinee?"
"W'at matinee! The matinee thet's goin'
to open up in one minute by tibet var clock"
'Don't know nuthin about it.
you'll know MORN you want to afore |
get through 18th you. Amt got no friends
he'd so sit on ye?"
mary friend
mo money!"
mary dime
SCOT name s'pose-write it down an
I'll see that it is spelled right in the papers.
Cheerful Harry
sAge?"
Forty four
Born anywhar?"
"Massouri''
"Bizness?'
''Herdin' sheep"
Cheerful Harry-forty-four in
| III bar1ar Tc tbat Earraaf 2f
''Kerrect."
'.Mebbe you'd like ter hev verse or two
O po'try tackled on?'
sW't ftlr?"
''4ur a sendoff in case We don't survive
Some folks is ruther pertickler about SIGH
things; didn' know but you was one o tibet
kind
''Nary varse.'
Don't feel like lightin' out I s'pose?"
I'm comftable.'
care, are ye?"
sNever felt more conf table in m life
BY this time Dan had approached very
close to the little man, and he appeared to be
attempting to stir up latent wrath sufficient
to "open the matinee He hesitated for the
last time as he remarked:
'Say, Cheerful, you'd feel mighty sight
cheerfuller eff you was out hunting up the
perticklers O. tibet dog fight"
The reply came laden with the very quint
essence of contempt:
"You be-p
| There was sudden out-reaching of Ee
River Dams long arm-a ringing crash a
the stove-pipe came down. CLEAN of stee
"a bending of two forms-a hoarse howl o
rage and pain-another crash as the blended
forms reeled over upon the card table, ant
through that frail piece of furniture to TIN
foor-more cleaning steel-more hoars
howls of despair and pain-and Cheerful
Harry quietly returned to his position be
side the stove, unconcernedly wiping ;
frightful looking knife on his coat sleeve.
DR.. Squills was of the opinion that if Dal
could survive the wound under the fourtl
rib he might, in the course of four or fiv
months, be able to leave his room. Dan die
survive the wound under the fourth rib, bu
nobody saw him leave his room. DIR. Squill
: was again appealed to- and he gave it as hi
: opinion that Eel river Dan, no longer tn
redoubtable Eel River Dan of yore, had lei
in the night
Be that as it may, he never troubled p
lot City again, although he must have bee
aware of the fact that Cheerful Harry ha
returned to his PASTORAL pursuits in tn
= mountains of Trinity.