Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-28

EVE IN HIS FLOCK.
That was its last trespass. Dams patti
ence-never the greatest in quantity of nj
var GUS virtues-was at an end, and, hav
ing bis gun with him when he saw the
shoat tearing down the corn and biting
the ears wantonly, he at once shot th,
beast. Then he went over to Farmer
Christy and, being stlll hot with anger
SAID TO him:
you've turned your hogs into our corr
once too often"
"lf you say that ever turned my hog,
into your corn you are a liar" retorteC
Christy, with equal heat.
"Well, make it hog instead OF hogs
and / guess Pm about right. And i
you were younger man than vol
are, I'd break your back for calling me d
liar"
''Don't let my age stand in the way o
your trying it on. Pm man enough yet t
handle a cub like YOU"
"Bahl You're too old to handle anybody
Don't talk foolish. The hest thing you car
do is to come over and get your brown
shoat out of our cornfield."
"Drive 1t out yourself il you don't want
1t there"
Il rather guess the shoat'll be 8
little harder to drive this morning than
usual"
"Wbat do you meanw
swell. mean that / shot the shoat
aboutan hour ago."
Nv -h.a-a-a-t! Shot the brown shoat! A
pure blooded Berkshirew
Berkshire nothin'. A rank, no good
common, or mary wood hog, an nothin'
else"
"Dan Astwick, Tll have the law on
you. Pll sue you for hundred dollars
damages"
800 ahead and sue. And dad'll sue you
for trespass, and we'll see who comes out
best. And don't turn any more hogs into
our corn. If you don't want them shot.
Say. don't you want to buy a eve to i'm
prove your breed Of sheep. She's just the
same sort OF Southdown ram that your
brown shoat was Berkshire"
Farmer Christy was 100 mad TO reply
as became a church member and he went
into the house.
The threatened GROSS suits were COM
menced. But they were not all. Cbristy
VS. Astwick, damages for Islander, and
The People VS.. Christy, a prosecution for
the utterance of threats of personal yio-
lence to D.Astwick, were also instituted.
Friends and neighbors began taking sides
IN the quarrel. Christy took ofense at
something in the sermon one Sunday that
he thought was meant as "a SUR" on aim,
ana withdrew from the church, utterly
refusing TO accept the minister's assur-
ance that he had just got back from a
vacation on the Saturday night before
that sermon was preached and had not
yet heard Of the quarrel. Astwick had a
new survey made OF boundary line that
he said be had had his doubts about for
fifteen years, and finding that Christy's
fence was three inches on his land,
promptly commenced an action for dam
ages. Christy managed to get hold OF
note OF Astwlck's, given TO tnresbing
machine builder, and put IL ia the hands
OF his lawyer for collection, with instruc-
lions to sue on IL at once.
By this time the whole community was
excited over the bitter war between the
two nigh ors and former old friends, and
rather seemed 10 enjoy it's daily new
developments az afordlng something to
break the nOnotOny OF rural existence ana
give an interesi ing topic for conversation.
line LAWYERS were delighted, OF course,
and encouraged the antagonists enthusl-
astically.
But two persons IN all the country side
were Intensely and unquali1 dly dis
gusted with the entire proceedings. They
we're Astwick's pretty daughter, Rose.
and Christy's son. Robert. They were
very much in love with each other, and
until these troubles began their prospsc.
tive union was regarded with the hehrti-
est favor BY their parents, But since lbe
brown shOat came on the field Of neiion
an waa changed. Rose WAS slefnly
ordered % i'neyer again even SPEAK 70 me
OH scou0drers wboip," apd hopeH whs
eniolned. undsr pain 0f being kickfo our
aud dlso = ned. fnm having nrYlhlpf
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