Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-05

eeu. nave been hearin' good doo1
ta,5s 10 oraggln' lately and / lest want MO to
vel you that if this was bonst;n, mato ~
you would take tue blue ribh; ,,n l''cn
MORT Cont know ahont n' A.. =
man.s INA. alo,, When you was over at White.
that r ,lli the other day you lowed
t tha. you would not only beat me- Int
m rnaS you ought to, as you air the hast
oo ,an IN every way-'lowed that Won
souiu COCK. pistol at me and skeer ~
mighty nigh to death. A A'o
SSqasper.Who lowed said tbat9
IMort-Neyer mind, heard il.
oasper-Wall, now, the man that told
you Is liar. Understand? '9tN'
Mort-4ou'd better not tell him 60
Jasper-I'd tell him or ANYBODY olso
S;s,,t ana more than that, i'll tell YOU
ragnt to ,yo' teeth that if you believe il
you believe lie, and still farther T
enlnk you would ruther believe a liz
than the truth. 'e 1'e
VIA Man Featherstone-Come. now
Doys, don't talk that way. We ali
thought you was goin' to git along so
wen IN this canvass, and 1 am mighty
sorry to hear you talk like that.
Mort-Anybody can get along with
me as long as he acts half way right.
put when man comes a rubin NV
aur the wrong way jest for his own fun
ana Won't quit even when he sees that
~ hurts me, why, I won't stand it.
MorENow, look here, Mr.. Tender.
ness' want to tell you that don't pro-
pose to put up with you much longer. I
nave stood you for good while and r.
IS about time that there was a let mn
Hear me? We
Jasper-I amt very deaf. And now
as to the putting up part, wy you need.
enter put up with me five minutes
longer You may take yo' own choice
in the matter-put up with me or not
put up, jest as you see fit.
Mort-Wall, now, when stop putin
up with you something will happen to
make you ricolleck it. I'm a quiet
sorter teller. me, but when man keeps
on shown, wy the lamb part of me-
dozes off to sleep and the tiger part
suddenly wakes up with it's mouth
open.
Jasper--I knowed that sort of a TELLER
once. He had the lamb part and the
tiger part jest like you've got, and one
day the lamb part dozed off to sleep
and the tiger part woke up with its
mouth open, and shortly afterwards the
lamb part was back jumpin' through
the low ground, blatin' every iump
and with mighty nigh all the wool
scorched often him; and the tiger part
we'll, that evenin' some feIlers saw
something layin' side the road. They
went up and examined it and what do
you think they found? I'll tell you:
They found some broken claws and
streaked hide that was SO full of slashes
and eashes that it wouldn't have held
wheat straw. Them broken claws and
that hide once belonged to the tiger
part"
Featherstone-Come, now, boys, you
have bantered enough. I have seed
many banterin' match start out in fun
and wind up with somebody gittin' hurt.
The difference betwixt fools and wise
men is this: Wise men know when to
quit and fools don't; so now, boys, Jest
act like wise men. It is jest as easy to
be wise as it is to be foolish, with the
great advantage that you never have
nothin' to regret when you have been
wise. Come, men, let's git back over
thar and pile up them logs. 1 want to
git 'em fred befo' another rain comes.
Mort-Jest wait awhile, gentlemen.
This Teller here has said things that
won't stand. He has slandered me be-
fore some of the voters of this county
has lied about me on numbers of oc-
casions, and now he's got to answer for
it.
Jasper-If you say that I have SIAN
dered you before voters or anybody else,
you are a liar.
Mort-That settles it. If you have
an ounce of pluck, step off there about
ten steps and we will have it out.
The scene was now one of intense ex-
element. Old Featherstone and
several other friends attempted to pre-
vent trouble, but seeing that afight was
bound to come, stepped back and told
the candidates to fight as brave men
should. Ten steps were counted of,
and it was agreed that the candidates
should fire at the drop of a hat. A.
young fellow named ~Danvers-keen to
the sport" took off his hat and hold
ing it up, said:
"If anybody shoots befo' this hat falls
it won't be good for him. It has been
long time since we had any fun in this
here community, and I reckon am
leetle more honest than the rest of the
fellers when say that am glad to see
that all the spunk amt dead yit. Look
out. now"
The hat struck the ground. Two
pistol shots were blended into one re-
port. Both men fell dead. Each one
had attempted to play villianous trick.
-Arka1lSaav Traveler.
The Prince and the Sentry.
The following incident is related in
private letter in illustration OF the