The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1888-10-27
LETTER FROM FOX GRAPES.
Fox GRAPES, Miss, Oct. "a, 1885

Mr., ED1ToR:-Rufe Shoot
quick's trial bstore Mayor Light
cost, for disturbing the peace,
came up last Saturday. After
amusing myself until 10 o'clock,
looking at pimply-faced fellow
IN skin-tight pants, who pasted
flaming circus posters on the sides
of Aleck's saloon, Bagging &
Ties store, the poauofice and
few plank fences, strolled down
to the town hall. OF course, it Is
not necessary to explain to any
body at all familiar with such
matters, that Shootquick had not
been arrested. Nothing has ever
done that for him except high !
water. Whenever it pleases his
Royal Nibbs to have a hog-kilIiug
time, as he calls 1T, at the expense
of Fox Grapes, hejust has 1t, and
the poor corporation, like an in
dulgent mother, sits down with
folded arms and graciously waits
for him to come forward and
settle. This he does after time,
not out of fear or respect, how
ever, but purely as matter of
business. Fox Grapes is Shoot
quick's nearest trading an d
carousing point; there would be
no sense, therefore, IN allowing
cid scores to accumulate until he
could not come to town.
The first man | met at the trial
was Bob Paydrawer, the marshal.
"WhAt's the matter, B 9b?" ]
asked, as he extended a feeble
hand. 81 wos never so bad off
before in all my born days as
was last Saturday, said he, try
ing to look sick again, and cycling
ms in a way which assumed thai
| was easy to gull. "What wa'
the trouble, Bob?" | asked
"Anothcr one Of them tarnatior
bilious attacks; you know In
subject to emp" SAID he, IN !
sort OF whine. 'sNo, l dldn'
knog it, SAID /. "Well It's 50,
said he, blowing his nose anc
wlping a tea. out OF his lett eye
saa1 the worst of it was i tool
sick few minutes before then
, fellows, Shootquick and anon.
EN-, raised that hig rookus.
(Some more tears. Goa, we'll,
! SAID I, s'the people knew yo'
were prepared; and, OF course
nobody doubts your courage.
"That's So" said Paydrawet
! taking comfort and palting tn
: handle of his Smith & Wesson
! 81 wouldn't care so much," whir
cd Bob, after blowing his nos
! again; "but Hammerslager wan
: the Board to reduce my salary
I and you know it don suppol
: me now" Here The Mayor cam
: : to the door and told Paydrawt
: to open court
Shootquick, { his wounded ar
: bandaged and hung in IA red ba
!. danna handkerchief, sat right
! front of the Mayor and look'
! his honor steadily in the face fS
: = somc show of sympathy ther'
3 but not the falntest CLEAN OF pi
: : materialized. By Shootquick s
: his lawyer, Casey Brazenfac
Lawyer Steelvise, a grizzled al
grum old veteran of the F.
!. Grapes bar, sat hard by the coul
!. ! tickled looker-un. Imagine
= = man five feet eight IN heigf
- wiry and quick in movement, dar
i visaged, with coId-black eye
- hair and mustache to match--t
~ latter sharp contrast in color
: Pistolpacker's, but always
: fercely twisted and you ha
q Rufe Shootqulck, the Gooh
~ ~ county Jesse james. Shootqui
- !, wears white shirts with frIll
bosoms; his boots, (in which
= expects to die,) have either bl
= OF red tops, with tasseIs, (pai
!, stuffed insIde,) and brass spurs
- with rowels like circular saS
=, ~ During most OF the trial, Sho
{, = quick nursed first one leg and I'll
: :. the other, and twlrled these row'
- - on which were hair and agouts
blood" from the sides of
pralclng Attakapas- The W.
assorted arsenal he puts on W
his clothes was hidden, of cour
underneath an old>style bro
velvet coat, (pants Of the sa
sr- material and badly worm VIII
at he generally wears to town.
- D-o.o.,foao ,,Iaod FAR rfrp1.