, 1885-06-07

HN NH"" 80 "H" - - ANANA ANAAA
dropped into the house OF Jerusalcm's
parents for u social chat. and finding no
n HON but his father, good old L ncle
Hypothcnnsc johnson. the conversation
rapidly drifted in The Objection Of his love
affairs
i year your sou gwinier be kicked by
sophy Giggles. ncle Muse. Am dat
sor said Aunt .eury. inquisitively.
dunno. / dunno. Aunt Jenny. was
the reply = but ef she merr.es tibet trinin.
owdacious. yeller Niger. Araniah, she 5
gwinter be sorry fer hit befo' de y'ar am
cut
well. Uncle Muse. dat boy Mas am a
right peart boy. an | year he's got q right
smart bunch oh cattle in de woods some
whar
hight smart bunch Oh c~nitleir said
Uncle Muse co~ntemptuous y. "sho. ony
got three bull yenriiu's an one ole COW.
Look yer. Aunt jimmy. > exciledly, lem
me show you h my boy JUL git when
he gets married." And the old man
opened a musty old trunk that stood in
one corner Of tho room, and. after much
delving therein, and much hard breathing.
brought out an old stocking.
CHANGING cautiously around, even going
TO the DOR 10 see II any one was Approach
ing. he showed Aunt Jenny its precious
contents. d eoodiy store Of gold and sill.
yer. with some bills. Then, carefully re-
placing II, he resumed his scat.
"Huhi Light smart bunch oh cattle.
ehf Aunt jimmy" impressively, -when
thet boy OBJ mine gifts married, he gifts
four un'erd- dollars an twenty
acres-ob-good-lan'. y
That settled IL. as Aunt Jenny on her
way home met 5ophy when about half
way there, there could he but one result
b night. By previous engagement, Ju
took Miss Sophy TO n festival he'd al the
residence Of the lev Capsiclm Grant. on
the way lack he got his courage 10 the stick
ing point. Told bis love aud was coyly but
promptly accepted The kiss that fol
lowed nearly made an owl tumble from
his perch near by. and 80 bcwildered him
that un audacious tree toad sang an air
from Norma right under his very nose.
The news OF the betrothal was known
all over the neighbOrnood next morning
and then the storm camo.
That same morning l was sitting in my
Office try ing to evolve an editorial on the
beauties Of carpet bagism. when the door
thrilled beneath a most lugubrious knock
In answer TO my come mi" behold the
long. lank figure Of Ananias His countc.
nance wore II look of mingled ferocity
"Cappen. said lie. Il has come to you
fer some disvice.
! showed my writing materials aside
and mOlioncd him 10 n char. Then l lit
a cigar. the brand ] particularly ~aiiect--
q. =. other peoples aud said FRO
coed, 20
lie shufied awkwardly to the chair.
took position on the extreme edge OF il.
and begun his monodY;
cap pen. ! has Teen courtin' Miss
Sopby Giggles gwine onter two year. !
1.an aa. h. InFa. A1a gar1ur AtAN.rn
an sech ike truck. kerried her to festi
bules. camp meeiin's. nm scurshins. an
oh course | was 'spectin' to AK her to
MARI me. but yesterday. which was
Luscday. she went an promise ter marry
dat binck no count niger. erusalem. |
don care so much about dat. cappen. but
dis morning he stuck out his tongue at
me, an ! nebbcr lows no gentleman ter
do that Ter me, 50 / axes You what | mus
do.
Il is the principal weakness of my
many weaknesses never to allow an op-
portuuity TO pas for fun. fiere was q
brilliant chance. | embraced il,
Mas. | said. you are a gentleman.
arc you not1
es. sab, = said he. "a souf car1iny
gentleman sab.
Then. . 1 replied. @you must cbal.
lenge him
-" ~ hat is dnt. sah:-
on must send a note TO him, saving
he must meet sou Oh the field Of honor
In other words, you must fight him. -
a smile played over his gentle counto-
nance. Lord bless you. cap pen. 81 SAID
lie. sen dat note right oil. kin butt dat
niger ter pieces "
~That won't do. . said | sieruly @as a
gentleman you must tight with n gentle
man S weapon. You must challenge him
TO fight you with pisto s. -
Ills nee turned a shade paler and he
hesiiaIed | iurned on him quickly.
drew my chair close to him aud
said impressi ely. Mas, there is a
tide in The affairs of loves ok mig
gers which. taken at the food leads
on to marriage. l know Ju well lie /
y terrible coward. and will run Just as
soon as you present your pistol at him
Miss Sophy will rear of IL All women
despise towards She will kick him and
you will carry OF the cake. l viii 20
with sou. act rs your friend. and sec that
all goes right VIII you leave the matter
10 me-"
as you sure he won't fight. cap pen "
Certainly l am. Now you 60 home
Keep quiet / will see you through this
matter, and when you MARI Miss Sophy,
will dance at the wedding.
"All right. sab. p he replied. and with a
buoyant. smiling face left the office
Half an hour afterwards l was in the
saddle aud on my way to my old friend
Mai swivels. To him l repeated tho
whole ria air and besought him 10 seek ~
and act the part Of second for that meet.
ing. On my return to my office | wrote a
formal challenge to Ju in the name of
Ananias and quietly awaited results.
u. through his second. Mai Swivels,
accepted the challenge, pistols were
named as the weapons and the following
/ rida. as the time Thursday afternoon
the major and | met and perfected all the
details.
That night for fear Mas might lose
courage and desert me. l made him sleep
in my Office and fastened doors and win.
dows on hilA. About . ia NJ the next
morning ! hnInessed my r an mare Neiy
of. The ir,y wns badly frirh.r ed. his
teeth chartered. and conii hardly con
trol my r.siNles.
With a careless movement Of my foot /
disl1dged the cover Of "A box in the front
part of the buggy and allowed him a
glance at lis contents. These cunsi cl o.
a han | saw. n long. glittering pruning
knife a Il an ordinary butchers cieater.
What's dem fer. cappen'1" he said
lhe} are surgical lnStruhichtS. J re
piled ~Y' may be badly W. nasicl. and
l may have TO cut off your mr.; or lig 10
save our life.
coed CORA mighty. capprn let me
git right outen dis bugg lie kin hab
dat gal II he wants. an sides Jai | forgot
10 feed de mulo dis moTnif'.
silence. | said. percmntorily. @Gou
have got to light now. and il yen Try to
escape III blow the ton II your head
of.
The poor young fellow was almost pan
a'yzel with fright and becon' M somc.
what uneasy al his condition I pu led oui
q ask OF brandy and gave him a pretty
An Editors Tribute.
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