The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-12-22
OUR APOLOGY.

ply dcnOmlnatlng hlm Il dude, re-
tortcd in language unbecoming a
gentleman. For the nonce we
gave him change i'll his own cur
rency. which gave him such sur
prise as to have taken his breath
away, for he never replied to us.
L. II. Rudisillc, to whom no refer
encG had been made in our tilt with
the Gdzette scribe, seeing that we
had silenced' the English gun of
Las Vegas, seemingly considered
that his opportunity to distinguish
himself lad come by champloning
the discomfited IIadley, and he re-
sorted to the Chinese style Of war
fare, that Of throwing stlnk-pots at
us. Inasmuch as our relations had
always been friendly, and no pro-
vocation had been given him to as
sail us, we generously attributed
his unprovoked and ungentlemanly
action to dementia occasioned by
early indiscretion rather than to
innate depravity. Though protes-
sing to be a journalist, Rudisille
can't parry d pencil he can stab,
but when stricken in return he
bleats like wounded calf, as in
stance the following letter written
bv him to our mutual friend, DIR.
james a. Tomlinson, in which he
appeals to that gentleman to take
us off of him. We enjoyed read
ing the letter so much that we con-
cludcd to share onr amusement
with our readers, and SO publish his
Rude-and-silly composition verbat-
i'm (:
VERA CRUZ, Sunday night 1s 10
j. \. ToMLIEsoS,
DAAR SIR-The charge that your
man Caffrey (1) makes against me thro
his sheet last week is one which no man
with a particle of (2) about him would
ever make against another without con
elusive prsof or evidence beyond sha-
dow Of doubt, " hch in this case he
cannot have as you are well uwarc, O.
neither would person of any manhood
left lay under accusation so foul. You
will therefore please notify him that un
less he makes amends fair and complete
in his next issue proceedings will be al
once commenced against him for criinina
libel, He has lost one Office that way
am told and he bids fair to repeat him
sclf.(4 Very Respectfully.
L. II. RUDIsILLE,
(D "Your man Catfrey," is
good. We have known Mr. Tom
linson upwards of 10 years, anC
feel grstificd in the consciousness
that we hold a place i'll his esteem
To this extent we are his man.
(2) Perhaps modesty forbid hi
telliug what he didn't have Il par
ticle" of.
(3) We haven'tinterviewcd DR.
Tomlinson as to what disease Ia
treated friend r., through which
treatment he became aware
that lie was not a victim as per OV
iocular surmise.
(4) Gracious, amt he gettin,
red-headed. In 1870 while put
fishing daily paper at FIT. Scott
Kansas, Attorney General Danfor
wrote an alleged ibelous article
which we published over his owl
signiture, and for publishing whic
; we were freighted with summon
and warrants, but the complainant
Gov. Crawford, by advice Of h
counsel, nollied the suits. An
so will our blonde ttiend's suit r
suit if he ever institutes one
If he thinks that any lout, howe
er pretentious, can attack us in lal
guage unfit TO be read in publi
and we be estopped from pointin
the blackguard out, he isn't vel
well acquainted with us-and if /
thinks that our playful remarks, II
nocently made, Misplaced usund'
: court bars, he is welcome to craC
his little snapper.
The above Is the best apology "
have in stock, Hoping that it
! satisfactory we are obsequiousI
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