The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-03-22
WILL A BLOWER F1aHTs
Tho Strange Experience Of o sMall
Nevada Community. ota..s


Ai Virginia CRY Chronicle.
y" "Pm a roarin' ripsnorter from a
hoorah camp, and | can't be stepped
on, orenarksd a thick set, hite-eyed
man, with lower jaw like tho COW
catcher ofsa locomotive, . as he swag.
gered into aCstrcet saloon and thum p1
ed llthe bar with. his fist until the
glasses jinglsd.gil pils I'm SauoI
The bsrkeeper caught "a whisky
bottle that was Just tninblihg off the
bar, and told the stranger that he
needn't make so much noise about it,
as nobody wanted to step on him. r
"You bet they don't, young teller
I'm an angel IRON Paradise Valley,
aud a bad one, too; and when hop
my wings there s. a tornado loose.
Give me somo Of your meanest whis-
ky, and awhole lot of it--somthin'
that tastes like bumblebee stings
pickled in yitriol. .'odo- l1 Maiph "
While the barkceper was hunting
around for some fusei oil and rubbing
a glass witha red pepper, a group
around the stove surveyed The strsng
er curiously. A thin gentleman with
'a'bulging forehead ahd a dyypeptio
look said to the Others I" Now there's
an illustration OF what ! was saying,
A bully is always a coward. That
fellow would have no moral
courage whatever were he put to tie
test, If he we're challenged tohfght
without cause he could not, attsirr, Che
sublime height Of moral .beroism to
refuse lie would be afraid Of being
called coward. But mind you, he,
would never brag and bully uuless he,
thought he had the . advantage, ,aaTou
zee be isla stout man and presumss
upon his physical superiority to most
men to bully and Jlackgunrd them.
Now, Bill hereis stronger than that
blowhard, but you never see him ia y
6gbt. 'He'squiet, but get him started
and he would besilion aroused. Hos
got moral courage" u
81 The Bill referred TO, was a tall.
powerfully built man, with steel. gray
Eyes and firmly set, mouth. He said
nothing in reply Ito the compliment
paid, to him, but quietly watched tic
angel from Paradise, The latter drank
Ills whisky and smashed tile glass on
the bar. n ar Hsifgell I9nmsa
llo'fWhat in'h-----ldo ycrnmesni by
giving gentleman such stuff as thatT
Did l ask yer for musings, yer chicken
lisered whelp? I've rgotis graveyard
full OF roosters that played that racket
on me- Tvea good niihdltU fan the
air with yer corpse" l"i2iigl 2 'isg q 4
get out ofthir, ,plsaid the bar.
keeper, becoming angry 5i ii14h
"Get out nothin's Gimme a drink,
and all you starved buns around that
stove, come up here and drink, with a
thoroughbred high slepper for once,
Just to say Ye'ye drank, in decent
company. It'll be an honor to tell
yer children about it some day, liz
such an ornery lot Of cusses own any
children. a. Now waltz up lively aud
take your medicine.D5J 54iirg & aS. =
"Don't care for anything; thank
You, said the dyspeptic philosopher,
quietly,
take suthin'. l hold the age in this
game, ,eand when Il chip ievery body
comes insk Antelup to the bar, now,
and. Hook pleasaht. lsGreat Scott!
yeh need sutbin' in your belly to bal
ance that. swelled head Of yourn.
Come up, the rest of you bums. '''9
Nobody stirred, but all looked at
theidyspeptic,d ,dwho said:Iiold Ia
eve, viii not drink with fyouI'l
rNo? s,Itid becheaper for yeh 10
crawl into a prospect hole and pull a
tombstone over yer head. l. kin lick
this whole town from h TO break.
fast, and l believe I'll start in on this
tleadfall. Look ont for a hurricane
when ! swoop. Whoopl I'm com
ing" 7syiq ali
In about two minutes the bowel
headed adnirer Of morhl courage was
q dilan;d atad ,,;aca of lric n b,.c 'tha