The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-23

The little man made no reply, but
rubbed his hands and held them, palms
outward, in front of the warm stove.
"Mebbe you wasn't payin' pertickler
'tention to wat made 'em git up an
dust" 1t was forced calmness that
permeated Dams manner as he made
this last remark.
Didn't know but wat ther was dog
fight or somethin' down the street."
"Dog fight or somethin'," sneered
Dan, reaching glass; mebbe yer not
18th me-"
Whore your The man at the stove
did not make this inquiry as if he had
any particular desire to ascertain the
identity of his interlocutor, but gurgled
it in mechanical way, like a phono-
graph or an automatic talking machine.
"Pm Eel River Dan, stranger, an Pm
bad"
If Dan imagined that this announce
ment would discompose the vagrant he
was mistaken. 1t had no more effect
than so much wind, and the stranger
did not even appear to notice the re-
mark.
"D'ye hear, you cadaverous galoot?
Pm Eel River Dan, an Pm on it big
germ wolf
"Thet's all right amt objectin'."
"You amt, Ell? Well, | don't s'pose
we be, an watts more | amt intendin'
We shell. Now look var, stranger; we
say we think it was a dog fight or some
thin thet clared this var bar-room bit
agoT
Somethin' O tibet kind-I wasn't
perticklerly anxious to hustle round
an find out, anyhow"
81 b'lieve yer lynn, stranger; but
afore l perceed any fu'ther 18th your
case, I'll give we the true bizness: them
huskies slid out O this var place a
cause they saw me comm in thet var
door over thar-see the doorY'
cts 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 verifying the bad
mans assertion that a door absolutely
existed in that particular side of the
apartment.
"Well, my consumptive Trend, faint
too late fur you to use tibet same hole in
the wall-you'll be in time to hear how
tibet dog fight you was speakin' about
come out, mebbe, eff yer .uncommonly
lively"
"Don't keer how it come out" an
swered 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' continental red on
nary dog fight jest now, an amt agoin'
to, nuther." There was a ghost of en-
phasis in the latter portion of this
speech, but it was almost wholly choked
by the gloomy sadness of the tone in
which it was uttered.
cts purity rough, blamed eff it amt"
soliloquized Dan, edging around toward
the end of the bar. "Pd ez soon tackle
raft o measley babies but it's got
down to a ground hog case, and eff
don't do somethin' purity soon the boys
will be kickin' me from one end O the
county to the other. It's got to be did.
Theirs no help for it. | say, sickly,
mebbe ye'd like to say word or two
afore it happens" .-
"Wa't happensW
"Why, watts goin' to happen wen I
turn loose"
CANT got nuthin' to say"
"Any place, pertickler, ye'd like t9r
be hauled to arter the matineeT
"W'at matinee%'
"W'at matinee! The matinee thet's
goin' to open up in about one minute by
tibet var clock"
"Don't know nuthin' bout it,"
4" You'll know more'n you want afore
/ git through 18th you. Amt got no
friends thet'd plant we 1ecently in case
the coroner he'd to sit on your
"Nary friend"
No money!
"Nary dime"
"Got name, s'pose-write it down
an I'll see tibet it's spelled right in the
papers
"Ageg
Forty-four."
"Born anywharp
Missouri"
Biznessw
Herdin' sheep"
Cheerful Harry forty born
in Missouri - sheep herder. Is that
kerrectT
"Kerrect."
"Mebbe you'd like ter hev verse or
two o po'try tackled ONT?
"W'at furg
Fur send-off in case We don't sur
vive. Some folks is ruther pertickler
bout SIGH things; didn't know but you
was one O tibet kind"
Nary varse."
Don't feel like lightin' out, 1 s'posew
"Pm conf table"
Are, are yep
"Never felt more conf table in m life"
By this time Dan had approached
very close to the little man, and he APP
peared to be attempting to stir up latent
wrath sufficient to "open the matinee"
He hesitated for the last time as he re-
marked:
"Say, Cheerful, you'd feel a mighty
sight cheerfuller eff you was out huntin
up the perticklers O. tibet dog fight"
The reply came laden with the very
quintessence of contempt:
You be -p'
There was sudden outreaching of
Eel River Dams long arm-a ringing
crash as the stove pipe came down-a
CLEAN of steel-a blending of two forms
"a horse howl of rage and pain another
crash as the blended forms reeled over
upon the card table, and through that
frail piece of furniture to the floor
more cleaning steel-more hoarse bowls
of despair and pain-and Cheerful Harry
quietly returned to his position beside
the stove, unconcernedly wiping fright
full looking knife on his coat sleeve.
DIR. Squills was of the opinion that if