The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-10
A PEACEABLE MAN.
Rill Ne. in Puck.r

Will L. Nisscher always made soec..'. ty Of being peaceablc-Enan. He woa.3 make most any sacrifice in order ,o se. cure general amnesty. I've known hlW 10 % around six blocks out of his way ;o avoid a stormy interyiew with oelliger eni dog. He was always very tender hearted about dogs. especially the open faced bull-dog.
 But he had queer experience ears ago in S;. 10, Missouri. He had beer cIiy editor oi the Kansas Cry EcKya for some time. but one evening while Ir the composing-room ;he foreman tol4 him that the place Ter the city editor va doSn-s:a'rs n his office. He therefore ordered Nlsscher to go down there. V!s. scher said he would de 50 later 5n. af.r, he got f@,igued with the com DO sing-roo!r and wanted change of scene.
 The foreman thereapon iumpei oa
 NIT. Nisscher with :. snal. piea alaaeL.- iron side-s,iek. Nlss her ail owe tsay F. was pstee.sle naa. bHt ea.eres. int the general oGaos of ] eble-!e33ea ed3. toEIai and hair and brass dasnes an. dAshes for iiber.y and Heterogeneous
 pl and ioct-stloks and leeih with eieat zeal He succeeded in putting a l9ree Doric he or the foreman. and altianat he was peac5 ae.- nan, he went dowa to the O. = aoj goi hi2 discharge for siSiaToips '.- -lscinl:..e of the off;ee.
 lie we..t ;e St. 10 i..e same day. an. celebrated his debut iEto ,he town bv Etiie game af what iS knoN T. as draw. lie vas fortunate Tn ming his hand. and while he H.as taking la the stakes young man from .irkansaw. who MAS IT inc < me. pped " . dollar as.e h quiet kind If way, which. however. VA detected 5y Nr. ', whe mentioned the mater al the .ims. This IF 9...a ed the Arkans-W man, and l., = put one Of hls long arms around MF isseher se as to pInlen hIa. aa fhen smute h1rr across the brosy with an nstremcn. know to science IS the brass knucks This
 rita'ed Mir. Hisscher, and as soon as s.e had returned to eonseioes ness he remark. ed that although ! was rather an ID hin ob ln Missouri. he was trying to De Deaceabie man He then broke the les of 4 eard-table over the head oi ,he Arkan- saw man. and went to the dor.or 70 get his own brow seeed on again.
 While he ~as sitting in the 1octor's otiice friend of the Arkansaw man eaine n ard asked him te please s,an4 ID while he knoe ked hIm down. Nisscher 'pened ili;le dialogue ~.;h the nan. .ld drew him inta conversation .ill he ou,d open case of surgical instruments lear ny, then he tGek out one of those ar e knives that tte surgeons aSc n re- moving the viseeta from the lea44ns gen leman d. | post aarten
 Now. sad he. sharneasas .he knife n the stove-pipe ard handing down | 1T containing alcohol ..itt sanef n II.
 am ;. pea cs sb.e .is an ana don't wan, ny fuss ba. f 5ea insiss ou petsorsai aooun,cr, will slice of fragment oi our physio. nomy at nv leisure. and fo~ wenty minutes l will f.il this once wl,d our tavorite features make a speciality I being peacealle man. remember 'u; Ii you'll just say the word, I'll put vercoai button-hoies ard eyele,-heles nd crazy-qull.s all over your system. If
 ve got 10 kill off the poker players of |. lo before l can have any fur. 5uess
 might IS we'll begin on you IS on any nc know
 He then made a stab at the man and lnned his coat-tai. to the door frame.
 ear loaned ihe bad man strength. and plitting the coat-;ail he fled. taking little iemen,oes of the tumor-)ar and shedding lem in his flight.
 When NIT. Nisscher went ur 10 the ifra1 office soon after to get : lob. he as introduced casually 10 the foreman, ho said
 " An, this Is the young man who lioks ,e foreman of the paper he works on, is l. am glad io meet you. Mr. isscher am looking ioi a white-eyed son of ,a-cook who goes around over Missouri jumping the foreman of our leading 'nrnals. Come out into the an;e-room, Ir. Vissoher, till l Jar your back teeth 'ose and send you 10 the morgue in 
 MT. Nisscher repeated tha, he was try E 10 live Tn Misso3Ti and be a peaceabie an. bu, that if there was anything he 'uld do to make ii pleasan. forthe fore an he would cheerfully do Il,
 Mir. NIsscher was small man. bu, hen he feit aggrieved abou, anything ? was very harrasslns 10 his adversary. hey cllncked and threw each other ick and forth across the hail with grea; gor. When they stopped for breath, e iorcmans coat was pulled over his cad and he bosom of Mr. lisschers lirt was hanging or the gas-iei. There ere also two front teeth on the floor un- for.
 Nisscher pinned on his shirt-bosom and i'd he was peaceable man. ou: f the lstom seemed 10 demand foar fights in le day. he would try 10 conform ao any cal usage of the city. Whef.eer he ent he wanted 10 fall nigh, into Ire and , one of the patty.
 When he got well he was employed on e LheT2.d, and fer four years edited . amnesty column of the paper success Fly.