Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-26

hsh line he seemed a veritable Renaissance
mine, and SELF working at that.
say he wasin questioned Pottle, referring
to the stig1natized Rawson
Yes; Nv all lazy felers, he was the cap
'a nm ieu you whatt fact, held
o,.s ss,n ,ne ssoryssested till wide mouthed
ra,na !. .ssasa.s--cseh jerked from his watery
49, adorn string which was already
half filed with his brethren.
"Lazyr resumed the justice. BEAT ary
man twixt this an anywhursl Looked like
hit tired him to breathel When they formed
the Lazy Mans club, up in Clay county, the
season the seventeen year locusses ct up the
crops an thar want nuth'n to do for aInuse-
rnent but
The extraction Of another catfish from the
creek interrupted the story.
wal, when the Lazy Mans club was
formed, they Hello, tharr'
The story rested
There appeared at the edge Of the little
clearing three persons, whose chief charac-
teristics, judging from appearances, might
have been graded as bruised and bloody ex-
citability, defiant detection and passive dis
interestedness.
''Ole Man Hydom, Wicks, the constable,
an that young Ohio chap. Wonder what's
upT' said Shores
'Dunno As was a-savin' whenn-
Squire cried the personiication of CORY
excitability Il want the law onto this yere
cussl I've ben saulted"-
oval drawled Long Jim, interruptingly,
''ycu look it, Hydom, You WANT never so
mighty pretty that hit hurt you to pack
yore beauty around, an now I'll be switched
II you hain't uglier than original sim p
That's neither yere nur comm" broke in
Old Man Hydom, angrily. l want the law,
an -
oval, set down, Ole Man" drawled Long
Jim. BE through with this story in little
bit Was jest tellin' the bows 'bout"-
Hang yore story roered Hydom so
fercely that the little figure that had
stealthlT followed them almost TO the
edge OF the clearing trembled in the
concealment that the haw and hazel
brush afforded. Hang yore story Iwant
the law gu this we're cuss fer tryin' to kill me-
Look at me! LOok'-
wal, if you've got to have hit, wy
reckon yer've got to" drawled the justice,
resignedly whats the charge"
"'Sault an battery, with intent to kill"
NLllIy VI uoN' } Jung LsIlel
Il beat him, but
Then yo're guilty. Wal, never had no
use fer these we're slick Ohio fellers, anyhow!
Hadn't BEN for EN- ID
course he's guilty" interrupted old Hy-
dom "An that thar h'aint the worst Nv
hit. He tackled me because objected to my
girls runnin off with him!7
"WalT
The emphasis Of that wal" spoke vol
tunes The lank justice drew his line from
the water, and Pottle and Shores, the accom-
plished listeners, followed his example and
prepared 70 give auricular attention, and the
Lazy club was momentarily forgotten The
constable's assumed Indifference verged on
facial vacancy.
II wouldn't putt hit bit a-past him or
AIRY other Ohio GUS, said Long jim. They'd
do anything. Ian yore girls only a child
anyhow
"She is Il. e cried the young prisoner '.ant
as oeautiful1--
"shet up.7 roared the justice ''What
about her, ole manf
IVY, she's jest back from three years
schoolin', an this yere cuss followed heI
home
He went on 10 tell how the "cussn in ques
ton had won her love at school and had fol
lowed the asking for her hand by endeavor
ing to elope with her. Upon Mr. Hydom'
appearing in time TO prevent his daughter
departure, the old gentleman had been as
ssulted by the man from Ohio.
Hadn't much more than opened m
mouth when he gave me sech a lick that
didn't know whether | was a-foot OF. a-hnss
back, sca'cely! Then he slammed me agi
the ground, an sez he, That's the way we d
In Ohio when -
"That settles hit,n cried Long Jim. 81
thar'd a-oin any provocation hitd a-bin di
fsr'nt. He's guilty, an -
"But there was provocation!r
The haw and hazel brush no longer COZ
cealed the little figure that had followed ii
three men She hurried across the clearing
and defiance succeeded detection in the fai
Of the young fellow from Ohio as he placs
one arm protectngly around the girl
"Yere.' roared TIN, justice, striding 70
ward '.Let up on that, Ohio! That thar
my l, wy, that's yore--yore daughte
Hydom Minded me uyn--
He stepped back,
"lm gittin oleln he muttered. hoarsel
''She's growed heap" be went on
ulQH Know ueT al UIhI- Minded me
And that thar cuss was a-tryin' to steal her
That's what he was, an want the lin
Nv the law onto him'
you shall have hit. h'aint got no u
fer Ohio, nOhow, AMI
Squire interrupted the disinterested q
pearing Wicks, faint my putt in, but tn
was heap Nv provocation."
go ahead, Wicks. H'aiut got no use {
Ohio, but 60 on
wal" began Wiclns, las l was assay
hit h'aint my putt in, precisely, but me
bered her, an thar was provocation Ne
you went out together, occupied the sal
Yankee cell together, came home togeth
an stuck together in hatin' Ohio. Wal, VIII
be, thar, come a-followin' Bessie, we're hon
had no more use fer Ohio than had befo
But some 'ays o nuther he packed hims
onto me to board, Had no use fer Ohio |
KEEP hin when-wal / seed she was hap
with him, an she looked so much like''-
"A heap like, said the justice, softly.
wal, 'twan't my putt In, but ole mi
thar was opposin' 'em, an'-wal, 1 so
helped 'em to meet Twant my putt
but
"Yere" cried Old Man Hydom, the
pearance Of whose hard old face brul
nose and dried blood had not improv
That's neither we're nur yonderl Hal
nuthln to do with givin me the law on
III amt my putt in,' interrupted Vic
but l wlsht you'd hold yore msuth,
mani Not my putt in, but when Ohio. ye
started over to Hydom's this mornin' / so
follered along, KNOWN that he was goin
asst fer an take Bessie if be could Wa
was behind the sand plums when they n
When ole man Hydom come out, in lii
bit, thar was some right lively rarin' on
ole mans part, an, as hit WANT my putt
stayed behind the sand plums. Then w
Ohio thar rared back an asst Bessie would
go with him anyhow, an she jest putt
hand on his III n an seq, Il willr she loo
80 much like Wal, then her father, IL
struck her.
''Struck herr
The words of the justice were almos
roar.
Yes; want my putt in, an STAYED
hind the sand pums. Ohio, thar, didn't n
me, fer he hauid off an Wal. look Mt
ole mans face. p
N'Nough NV this projicin' N cried Hy11
81 want the law on
cam you shall have h'itln broke in the
tice hoarsely. Struck hera Seems like,
..co,,;ra said Wictr it.4.,.s - -, ~