The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-06

the old fellow, shading his eyes from the light. "Go awayP he exclaimed, when he had become wide enough awake to realize the meaning of Mrs Osbury's implorations "Why, damn my cats may the Lord forgive me for the expression-he can't 90 away. He's In for it, Mary, he's in for it, head of q seized the old fellows hand), yes, do, and Pve got pistol that carries . ball like wal nut Hope you'll kill the scoundrel. Tramped on my flute and split he'll out of 1t, Burwood-may the Lord forgive ne. l don't want to swear, Rem ington, you know that. You know that, even if don't go to church, Pm not profane Burwood (stl shaking my hAnd), don't you let lem run over you-don't you do 1t. There's class of fellows in this neighborhood that tries to raise a row with every new man that comes here Why, blast their hides, they would have run me oh long sgo if they could have done It."
 Buck" said the colonel, unable to suppress smile, "I don't know that any body has ever tried to you run eff"
 "That's all right, Remington, but I know it-I know 1t devilish we'll. But they didn't. They knew of an old dueling- pistol that shoots like a belch from perdition. That's what held them off You've all let Boyd Savely run over you, that's what you've done" he added, dropping my hand and turning to the colonel. "Just because the father was your friend, you think the ought to have the privilege of trampling on you. But he can't trample on me. I want him to understand that What harm did ever do hm1 If he didn't want to hear my flute, why didn't he stay away? Don't you let them fellows run over you, Burwood, don't you do 1t. Now, Mary, just let him alone let him alone. Don't try to persuade him to be a coward. Luzelle, you-where is she?"
 Luzelle was gone. Mrs. Osbury, with fearful eyes, extended both her hands to me. "Mr. Bur. wood, she said, "perhaps every one knows better than do, but God knows that would not advise you against your interest. Good night, and may heaven bless you"
 "Hush," said the colonel "some one halloed at the gate Go on upstairs, Mary. It's only Bur- woods friends. Please go on."
 Mrs. Osbury withdrew reluctantly and the colo nel went to the door.
 "Who is 1t 1" he called
 "Jim Britsdes," voice replied.
 "Come in"
 "Nobody there that I don't want to see, reckon"
 "No"
 "Has that man BurwOOd got back2"
 "Yes"
 A few moments later, was introduced to Jim Britsides. He was tall and lean, with 6 thin growth of wiry whiskers his chin On each of his sallow cheeks there was 6 scar. His eyes were small and restless, and his nose was thin and extremely prominent He wore his trousers stuffed in his boottops and in his belt he carried several large. pearl handled pistols.
 "Ain't got but mint to stay colonel A lot of the boys air waiting out there. Curious the turn things have taken-don't mean that it's curious that the war should have come up, but it's curious that l should be here. Don't want to say nothing against any ybody's friends but nothing could have kept this thing of much longer. They only made your act, MT. Burwood, a pretext. As soon as I heard of 1t thought it was 6 joke-believing that you mout be trying to get even with Moss for the prank he played you. Oh he laughed about 1t around town that evening-but knowed that the Savely's would somehow try to fasten 1t on us. Now, don't reckon you air used to this sort of thing, MT. Burwood, and Pm sorry you have to take hand in it, but you'll have to, or be followed rhn~0 IL to kill you, and they air goin to do 1t if they can They want to kill as many of us as they can incl dentally, but they want to kill you in particular CT haw, hawi I was nightly surprised to find that this house, above all others should be neutral ground-that is, not exactly neutral, but leanin' toward h0th aidoa-hUt WI navor know i'm thia