Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-08-12

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Became u Jsssiee Of she Peace.
bret Harse in Beigravia.l
he was also a pioneer. A party who
broke through the SHOWS Of 81 and came upon
the triangular little valley afterwards known
as La Porte found him the sole inhabtant
He had subsisted for three months on two
biscuits day and few inches Of bacon, in
hut of bark and brushwood Yet when
the explorers found him he was qaitc alert,
hopeful and gentlemanly. But cheerfully
make way here for the terser narrative of
Capt Sykes, commanding the prospecting
party: 1--WE KEN upon him. gentlemen,
suddent-like, Jest abreast of rock like this"
demonstrating the distance sex near ez
YOU be. He sees us and he dives into his
cabin ard comes out agin with tall hat-a
stoyepipe, gentlemen.-and, blank me,
glovesf He was tall. thin feller. boiler in
the cheek--ez might be-and off color in
his face, ex was na,'ral. takin' in account his
starvation grub. But he lifted his hat TO us
quaintance. gentlemen, I'm afraid YOU ex-
perienoed some difficulty in getting here.
Take a cigyar' And he pulls out a fancy
Win lND Ett4 ItiNAllls III IL Il
wish there was more ser he.
.fe don't smoke yourself2" ser l.
Seldom scz he, which war lie, for that
very afternoon | seed him hangiu' onto
short pipe like a suckin baby onto a bottle
i kept these cigyars for any gentlemen ,ha,
might drop in
i reckon We see a great deal o the best
society YER scr Bill Parker, s,ariu' a, the
hat and aad gloves and winkin' at the boys.
"A few lnd-i-ans occasionally ser he.
"lnlins" ser We.
YES. Very quiet, good fellows in their way.
They have once or twice brought me game,
which | refused. ss the poor fellows have
had pretty hard time Of it Themselves
Now, gentlemen, We was. eT YOU know.
rather quiet meu-ra,her peaceable men
hut-heyin' been shot At three times by
these var good inluns. and Parker hisself
havin' matter o three inches Of his own
skelp lying loose in their hands and he
walsin' round wearin' green leaves on his
head like a Roman s,atoo-i, did kinder
seem en- II this yer stranger was plavn'
rather low down on the boys Bill Parker
gets up and takes survey o him and seq
he, peaceful-ike
'ie ,ay these yer lnjun, these yer quiet
lnjnns offered yer game y
They did SCI he.
And YOU rrfoo,cd -
1 did ser he
Must hey made EN- feel kinder bad
.orter tor,errd their sensitive naturs ?" sex
Bill
They really seemed quite disappointed
In course ser Bill And now mout
ask vho YOU be -
Excuse me-" saws the stranger and darn
my skin ef he didn't hist ou, kcerd case.
and handin' i, over 20 Billy, se4. here's my
kyard"
Bll read il on, aloud, -. Tro,,, Ken
lucky"
1t. pooty kccrd." sex Bill
I'm glad YOU like IT," s.z the stranger
Il reckon the other fifty one Of the deck
isa, poo,y-lIl Of en- jacks and len bowers"
ser Bill.
The stranger sez nothiu' but kinder draws
back from Bill but Bin he up and seq
"Wot = Your little game, Nr. J. rrott Of
Kentucky"
Il don't think quite understand you, sez
the stranger, hoiIer FIRE comm into his
checks ike ez cf they was the bowl Of a
pipe.
"Wot's this yer kid glove business p
thi. tall hat paraIng this Yer circus fool
in'2 Woi', II all abou,' Who are ye, any
way2
The stranger stands up, and sez he Ez
don't quarrel with guests on my own land"
seq he'll think you'll allow I'm gentleman"
sex he
With that he takes of his tall hat and
makes a low bow, so, and turns away-lihe
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right foot and drives his No. 10 boot clean
through the crown Of that tall hat like one
o them circus hoops.
That's about ez fur ez remember Gentle
men thar warn't but one man o. that hull
crowd ek could actually swear what happened
next. and that man never told. For a Kind
o whirlwind just then took place in that
valley disrcmember anythin' but dus, and
bustiin. Thar wasn't no yelling. thar wasn't
no shooting IL was one of them suddcnt
thing, ,hot left evea sx-shooter out in the
cold. When KEN to in the chapparel-
being uncomfortable like from heyin only
half shirt on Il found nigh on three
pounds of gravel and stones in my pockets
and stidness in my ha'r. looks up and
sees Bill hangin' in the forks Of hickory
saplin', 20 feet above me.
Cap ser he, in an enqurin way, 'hez the
tornado passed."
Which, ser l.
This yer elemental dis srurbance-is it
over2'
i reckon, seq |.
because, ser he, 'afore this yer electri-
cal phenomenon took place he'd slight
misunderstanding with 4 stranger, and I'd
like TO apologize !"