Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-12-05

squat! Children. lay lowi Jen. look
out fur yourselfl''
sat down on the ground beside the
log. while the children took cover on
the other side. The woman never
moved.
"Who is Robinson and what does he
wantr" finally asked.
Lives down on the creek, and
wants to shoot me,'' was the calm
reply
He's gIttin' yer range, Hill" re-
marked, rather than exclaimed, the
woman.
Next moment bullet whistled over
my head ard the report of RoOinson's
rifle came to our ears.
He couldn't hit a barn at the end
| OF his gunH' muttered HI, who stood
with rifle ready to raise to his face.
| There was long silence, and then
be stepped down and said:
"Guess we'd better go in, stranger.
| RobInson's an onery skunk, and is
probably creepin' up on us for clusser
shot. Jim don't mind us, but make
yerself to hum"
The door had not been shut to after
us as we entered the cabin when a
bullet struck 1t. This aroused the
spirit of the woman, and she ex-
claimed:
"There. HI Skivens, didn't 1 allus
say Robinson was coward?"
Eyes, you allus did,"
"And you hev got to wipe him
out?"
''Yes, hev. Tain't no use putin
up with him no moah.' ~
'Have you and Robinson been at
this thing very long?" 1 asked, as L
sat down.
"'Bout three years."
tits what they call a feud, is itP'
THAT'S the name, l guess. I'd
have had him twice if my gun hadn't
missed fire, and he's hit me once -
only trihe, though" added the
woman, as if l would regard the
wound as stain upon his honor.
sid like to see the man as could kill
popP' exclaimed the Oldest child, a girl
of 10.
go long, Nancy, and take that with
youl' said the mother, as she bestowed
a sound cuff on the ear.
Robinson now fired bullet through
the only front window and uttered a
war whoop.
''Goln' to stand it?n queried the
woman as she looked over To her hus.
band.
''In course not. Stranger, I'm sorry
for this muss. That onery Robinson
has taken advantage of your bein' here
to raise a furZe. Don't blame 1t or
me-"
/ excused him and asked him foI
the origin of the feud. He could not
. give clear reason, and after ten min
utes' argument he consented to let me
go out and talk with Robinson.
| fa hn lu n "a
cloth the woman could find IN the
house, and soon after went out. Rob,
inson was behind a tree across the
road.
"Howdy, Stranger" he queried as
came up. HAS HI surrendered?"
When 1 told him that L had come 10
act as a peacemaker he laughed the
idea to scorn.
Didn't he tell a hull bar room full
of feller5 at Athens that he could put
me on my bacR?'' ne hOwled.
"And what else?"
Didn't he call me sassafTax
chewer and make fun of my shootin2''
L went back to Hi, and he roared
out:
: ''Didn't he brag of how he coulC
out-jump me?''
"What else?''
Dluu Sly W u VI III lllt
WARP"
went back to Robinson, and just a:
darkness settled down L patched up q
; truce. He was to come into the cablI
and talk matters over, being guaran
, teed protection. When we entered II
sat on the edge of the bed, rife II
: hand. The two men glared at eact
other minute. and neither the wife
nor children seemed to have a quicker
heart beat. Robinson finally placed
, his gun in a corner. went over to Hi
with extended hand and SAID:
: We've bin onery long nun.
: know you kin out wraSsle me"
! ''Yes, we've bin powerful onery,
l replied Hi. Il allus knowed you could
{ out-jump me.''
"And 1 chewed sassafrax."
"And we run off durin' the war;
That settled 1t. The wife set about
getting supper, and it wasn't tel
minutes before Robinson was trottlnl
: one OF the children on his knee anC
: saying:
mighty peart you ngster, Hi. Seem
. to take arter both of ye. Wife hevin
! any chills this summer"
And the pioneer. whose rife was a
half cock and only two feet away, re
piled:
! ''Purty far, child, as they run. No
! Jen isn't chillIn' any this seZun. Say
Jim, let's fix fur hunt to-morrer.
, got track of bar yesterday up yert
apiece"
And they went off together in tn
, morning before l was up.