New-York tribune., 1885-01-11

tobacco of their own. Ihey get Ill tnelt cnawing
Cy isn %e ohsv. jack list this minute give Ben
Thompson the last chaw had (which is a lie, lie,
You give him shaw did you' 50 did, did ysEs 2Es
chsWs S you've awready borry'd oifn me- Lafe Buck;;
ner, then I'll loan You one or two ton Of it, and
won't charge you no back intrust. nutherD
"Well did pay yOu back some of it wunst"
ayes. yon didS'bout six chaws. You borry'd store
tobacker and paid back niggerhead" ..,,o
mSsty s,e eaws the natural leaf twisted When they
borrow a chaw. they don't generally cut IT or Win
knife but they set the plug between their teeth ana
gnaw with their teeth and tug at the plug with their
hands till they get it in two-then sometimes tine
one that owns the tobacco looks mcurniul at 1t
hen it's handed back and says, sarcastic.
Here gimme the chaW. and you take tho pug"
All the streets and lanes was just m1'i. they
warnt nothing else bit mgd-nud as black as tar,
or three inches deep all the places The hogs oafed
and gruntcd around. everywhercs. you'd see q
muddy SOW and Liter Of pigs come lazyng ia aGhs 1hs
way, where folks had to walk around her, ana she
stretch out aud shut her eyes, and wave hcr ears
whilst the pigs milking her, and look as hhappy
as if she was salary: And pretty soon yond hear
a loafer sing out. "fIi! so boy! sick HIM ligo.
and away the sow would go, sqlitanng most nos.
and three four dozen more a-coming; ana thrn
you would all the loalcrs get up and watch the
rratesnl for the noise. Then they'd settle back
again till there was dOg-hght. Ihcrc coniaht
anything wake them up all over, ana MAKE lnein
happy all over like dog-ight unless It might be
uniting turpcntinc stray dog and setiing hrc 10
hun or tying tin pan to his tail and see him run
himself to death. , =. IL.
On the river front some 0f tho houses was sticking
but over the bank. and they was bowed and bent;
and abont ready to tumble IN mne y peopIe .nav na
under one corner of sOme Others. anu tlat corner
was hanging over. People lived IN them vet pnt y
WAS dangersOme becsuSe sometimes STRIP OF iahd
wide house caves IN Mt time sometl,nes
belt of land quarter of q mile deep VIII start III
and cave along and cave along TIL ~ All caves INTO
the river in one summer. Such town as tnat mas
to be ALWAYS moving back. and back ana back, De-
cause the rivers always gnawing at lt
The nearer it got to that day. the thicker ana
and more coming all the time. Families ictchci
their dinners with them, from fhe country; anu eat
them in the wagons There was considerable WINS
kew drinking going on and seen three nights BY
and. by somebody sings ont -,
" Here comes old Boggs.-ip from the country Tor
his tile old monthly drunk-here lie cones boys"
All the loaters looked glal--l reckonel they was
used to having fun out OF Boggs ohe oil tneih
aWonder who hos gwync to chaw up this time. IT
he'd a chawed up all the men he been gwvnc 10
chaw up in tho last twenty year he have consider
Another ono saws. u wisht old Boggs'd threaten
me, 'cus thea I'd know warn't gwyne TO die Tor n
Bocgs comes a-tcaring along on his horse. whoop-
ing anu yelling like an Ininn, and singing out
3Cler the track. thar. Pm on the Warpath- and
the price coiins is a gwyne TO raise. "
lie was drunk and weaVi ing about in his saddle
he was over fifty year old, and had a red face.
Everybody yelled at him. and laughed at HIM. and
sassea him and he sasscd back and said he'd attend
to them and lay them ont In their regular turns but
he couldn't wait now. because he'd come 10 town 10
kill old Co!onel Sherhnrn and his motto was. " meat
first and spoon vittes to top OF on.
He see me. and rode up aud says
die"
Then he rode on / was scared but man saws
He don't mean nothing: he's always carryin
on like that. when he's drunk He's the best ma
frra Insfa al1 m v.
drunk or sober"
Bogss rode up before the biggest store in town and
bent his head down so he could see under the cur
tain of the awning. and yels-
"Come out here, Shcrburn! Come ont and meet
the man, you've swindleI. Your. thu houn' rm
sG5 % o he @en gwSne S oaag 90
he could lay his tongue to and The whole street
packed with people listening and laughing and
going on. By-and-by proud looking man abont
fltv-fve-and he was a heap the BEST dressed man
In that town, footsteps ont of the store. and the
crowd drops back each side to let hun come. He
SAYS to Roggs. mighty cam and slow-he saws:
IN tired Of d1o tsis bmt III endnTo inng. IT ~ n Sns
open your mouth against me only once. after that
time YOU can't travel so far but will find you."
Then he turns aud goes in, The crowd locked
more laughing. BOggs rode of black regarding sncr- |
burn as loud as he could yell. all down The street
and pretty Don back he comes and stops before the
store still keeping il up Some men crowded around
him. and tried to get him TO shut mp. bnt he wouldnt
they told him it would be one o'clock in about hf- |
right away. But IL didn't do no good. He cnssrd |
with all his might. and throwed his hat down
N the mud ana rode over IT, ana pretty soon away a..
gray hair a-flying. Everybody that could get a |
chance at him tried their best to coax him o of his
horse 80 they could lock him up and get him sober
but 1t want no use-up the street he would tear
again. and give sherburn another cussiDg BY |
and-by somebody says
1Go for his daug'ter!- quick, go for his daughter
sometimes he'll listen to her. If anybody per
suade hm. she can"
So somebody started on a run. | walked down
street aways and stopped. In about five or ten |
minutes here comes BOggs again-bnt not on his |
horse. He was reeng across the street towards me-
bareheaded with friend both sides of him aholt
of bis arms and hurryng him along lie quiet |
and looked uneasy; and he warn't hanging back |
any, but was doing some of tho hurrying himself |
Somebody. sings out
"Boggs~
| looked over thero to see who said it. and it was
that Colonel Sherburn He was standing per Getty |
still, in the street and had pistol raised IN his
right hand-nOt aiming it, but hold ng it out with
the barrel tilted mp towards the sky. The same |
second | see young girl coming on the run. and |
two men with her. Roggs and the men turned |
round, to see who called him. and when they the
pistol the men jumped to one side and the pistol |
barrels cooked. BOggs throws up both Of his hands
and SAYS. 40 Lord don't shootw Bang! goes the
first shot aud he staggers back Clawing at the air
bang! goes the second one. aud he tnmhles back
wards unto the ground, heavy and solid. with hrs
arms spread out. That young girl screamed out.
and comes rushing. and down she throws her
self on her father, crying. and saying "Oh. he's
killed bin. hes killed him" The crowd closed mp
around them. and shouIdered and jamIned one an
other with their necks stretched trvIng TO see and
people on the inside trying to shove them back.
and shouting, Back, back! give hun air. give him
air !"
Colonel Shcrbnrn he tossed his pistol INTO the
ground, and turned around on bis heels and walked
off,
They took Boggs 10 little drug store the crowd
pressing around Just the same. and the whole town
following and rushed and got "a good place at tho
window, where | was clcsc to him aud could see m |
They laid him the floor. and put one large Bible
under his head, and opened another one and spread
it on his brenst-but they tore open his shirt first,