The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-20
whats that9,, T asked.

w nat that?" / asked.
Inc Levitical rule was that II one
mans beast kills another mans beast;
then ne whose beast did the killing shal
take the dead beast and leave IN IT'S
stead ms own live beast, and thus the
affair shall end"
That may be Scripture, said l, but
IL seems hardly the fair thing-in tins
case. For my beast was a valuable
animal; and [ should call y our beast
scapegOat covered with sins and IN
we both had a laugh over it.
:, III scarcely seems fair, L admit, sld
MI faul. 1T is Scripture, neverthe-
lie went on to tell me that he had
peen away from home, at an ''ordlna-
tion meeting, when his beast broke his
lope, since morning he had been
wen, neighbor Paul." said l, eve
VIII I0ilow the Leviticar rule this time.
90 ne took the dead John Gilpin In
n ms wagon and drove of, leaving me the
nvlhg. but had much better have let
him take them both.
Next morning at breakfast Bean re-
ported that Peelygarlic had, IN some
- . NS from his ClitbAAS. bethoSN
down the barn-door again, and lett lol
parts unknown; for he was not with our
flock.
Let him gor' said /. Don't follow
him. And pray fortune he may never
come backl'
But l had not stopped to consider the
consequences.
We heard no tdings from him for a
week or more, when one afternoon there
rode into the yard a man whom [ knew
was IN passion the moment L saw him.
He demanded 70 know If I was the
owner Of beast which he proceeded TO
describe in such unhandsome terms that
L Instantly recognized Peelygarhc
At first, was on the point of dis
claiming all ownership of the brute, but
on n second thought l concluded he was
mine, by the Levitical law, and had ac-
cepted him as my property. l had to
acknowledge him.
The irate farmer had mistaken the
cause of my hesitation. He fairly shook
his fist in my face.
"In give We twenty-four hours" he
shouted, "to come TO my place and set
tie for his killing my full-blooded Me
rinol" aud he drove off at a great rate.
the angriest man in the county.
Nothing remained but to go and "set-
tie $ Accordingly Beau and | set of next
morning. 1t was rather over three
miles. The fact of our coming put the
man in a rather better humor; and few
fair words on my part paciiied him so far
that he now admitted that his full
hloOded, Merino buck was only half
blooded, and accepted SO as fair
equivalent.
But. meantime. PeelyGarlic had gone
from there, IN quest of new adventures;
and fully awake now to the fact that
he was dangerous representative to
have abroad, Bean and / gave chase.
We came up with the old chap about
two miles further on, in pasture where
there were two cosset sheep and six or
eight young cattle, among which was
black-and-white bull; and Peelygarlic
was fighting the bull
Killing bucks had ceased to amuse
him. He had turned his attention to
larger game; and certainly it was the
most amusing encounter L ever witnessed.
The bull went roaring and charging
after the ram, while Peelygarhc, being
the lighter fighter, lodged about and
butted as he got chance.
Bean and / stood and watched the
fight and laughed. We both hoped the
bull would kill him. At length Peely-
garlic got in one of his sIull-smashing
blows plump between the bulls horns,
fairly knocking the animal down; and he
followed it up with another on the bulls
sides which made the creatures ribs re
sound like a bass drum. In fact, guess
he would have killed the bull if we had
not interfered.
We chased him into a corner of the
fence. captured him and took him home
What to do with him now. unless we
killed him, we hardly knew. Finally we
put him in the barn cellar, and he stayed
there for as much as a week, till one day
there came along an odd featured man,
in an old thorough trace wagon, from
the township next above, to I" borrow
some seed wheat
He happened to look into the barn
cellar. What lie saw in Peelygarlic that
made him wish TO buy him, is more than
/ know. But he came in and offered me
five dollars for him. 1t is needless to
say [ took it.