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comedy. occurred last Monday in the
Shiloh school, near this city, the teacher,
l.. X. Buntain, being popular member
of the Dayton rifle team. A couple of
Buntain's large scholars (girls) have
been disobedient for couple of months
past. About two weeks ago the younger
one left school, and last Friday the elder
one got particularly unruly. Buntain
let it pass unnoticed, and on Monday
she did no better. He bore with her
till noon, and after dinner told her she
would have to move from the seat in
which she was sitting to one further
from the other girls. She got saucy,
when he threatened to whip her if she
didn't obey him. She said she would go
home first. Buntain told her to obey
him or take her choice between whir-
ping and leaving school. She took her
books and left. In about an hour her
brother came boiling into the school
house, and rushing up to the desk where
Buntain was standing, brought his fist
down on the desk and told Buntain he
must apologize before the whole school
for insulting his sister. Buntain had
switch in his hanL at the time, which
he shook in his face and told him to get
out of there, as he had only done his
duty, and he didn't want anything to do
with him. He persisted in an angry
way, and when Buntain put up his left
hand to shove him away he knocked
Buntain's hand away. Buntain stepped
to one side and picked up the poker, a
strip of iron about three feet long, an
inch wide, and about aquarter of an inch
thick.
As Buntain arose with the poker the
brother stepped back, and drawing q
large Smith Il Wesson revolver, 80 cali
Der, presented it cooked, full at Bun
tain's breast, and said: "Now, you
apologize. Buntain threw back the
lapels of his coat and said, "Shoot."
The brother hesitating moment, Bun
tain seized the revolver in his left hand,
with his middle finger between the ham,
mer and cartridge, and held the pistol
pointed aboye his head, while he hit the
brother three times over the head, with
the hot side of the poker, the brother
ali the time with both hands,
to get the revolver loose so as to shoot.
The third blow Buntain struck him he
fell over on one side of the desks and
Buntain fell on top of him. From there
they fell to the floor, when, in order to
get the revolver loose, he bit one of Bun
tain's fingers clear to the bone. Buntain
let go his hold for AN instant, but
quickly grabbed again, and just in time
to save his life, for the hammer descend
ing caught the end of his third finger,
tearing part of the nail off and thus pre-
venting the explosion of the cartridge
At this juncture one of the large boys
ran up and jerked the pistol from the
brother and jumped out of the window
and ran home with it. As the fracas oc-
CURED near the door, most of the
scholars had jumped out of the windows
on the brother drawing the
revolver.
After the revolver was taken from the
brother, Buntain pounded and choked
him awhile, and then asked him if he
would go away and leave him alone. He
said: "Yes, long enough to have you
arrested" whereupon Buntain gave him
another round of pounding and choking.
Making signs that he wanted to speak
Buntain let him get his breath, when he
said l. Buntain would let him go away
he would never bother him again as long
as he lived.
Mr.. Buntain called his scholars in and
went ON with his school. In few
minutes the brother came back, and this
time he was careful to knock at the door.
Buntain went to the door, and the
brother stood there, crying, with the
blood running down his face, and said
he was sorry for what he bad done, and
wanted to come in and apologize before
the school but Buntain wouldn't let him.
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