Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-10-20

We have breakfssiy'
"Not till the Jcigc gets through.
sys Col. Esstln, as he looked al squire
Turner like he would like Ia bresh him
oirn earth. "Don't worrit me-canl
you see rm entertaining the ledger
We took q walk up Oh. street. We
wur cold nd hungry and We reckone'l
that the walk would do us good. The
morning. air wac frr.h; blu. smoke ~u,
curlin' up from the csmpfrcs on the Hill
sides around u. the folk. In the town wa,
jo.t beginning to .tir. We wslk~i along
without saying much; all the sights
wus new "a mel had never been away
from home before. Suddenly Squire
Turner kc,chci me by the arm. "come
on,- .sy. he, "let's 90 home"
ITO the tavcrnY' says J..
"No, home, says be.
Iwas astoni.hcd. saw he wuf pale
and excited.
"wc must start for home AZ oncct,
say. he. "lber. aln't gotta to bc no
court here this week"
rcCkoncd he wuf goln' crazy.
"Noung man. says he, "fSc se-n
morc NV ,h. world than you have, and l
ttu ~ tuti Nf't'- y s'fb W - ~"
greatest dog light In ,hi. town that ever
wux. give you my professional ~ord
ou u. Ion,e, We must start for home at
oncet."
wur .o fiu.,ercd I didn't know what
10 .ay, but at last says; "What. the
matter, squlrrr'
II .ay that there. going to lie the
greatest dog hght that ever ~uf' srys
be. edo YOU .ce tina, yaller cur over
yonderf'
"sctlIn' Ia the doorway
"y... Well, that dog belong. % Que
uy the oldest aud most respected fami-
lIes In pfnkneysllle. IN. blood that
cour.e. Ia hl. veins u hswty blO.'d; he
will hght AZ the drop of IN. hat"
"well. what Nv itF'
"NoN you ace ths, other dog uotiin'
up the .trrc, youderr'
The bcnch.lcggoi fy.ter'
That. IN. edges dog. I've been
watchIn' him. Twic. has he psss.Si the
WALLER dog la the doorway without notic-
To- him;" In q moment hc viii turn
round aud come along back. ] am older
than YOU b.-l have studied human ma
turc morc'u you have, ,h. bcncl.legs~i
fy.t. mean. to pick q quarrel With the
waller cur. The Waller cur ~ill not
hrook HI. Insult. any longer; one morr
auIet taunt will exa.pcrat. him beyond
.n.luranc. he will tackle the bsnci,-les'
g-i fyste, aud then will follow the
greatest dog night In the history u' the
world"
"IIow doe. that follcry'' .sy. I.
"Tb. hill. 4. covered With dog., .ay.
h-, "and they sr- .pllln' Tor q hghi.
They will .soop down Into thl. 'er-
valley a. .oon a. the mine !. ht-d.
Come--se .tani ou the brink Nv
yawnln' prcyiplcc, Jet "a. git our ho.se'
a. quick q. w- can.
sure enough. th. b-nch-leggci fy.is
turnt aruunt aud wug trottin' down the
street again. H. "a. long aud rangcy
la the b.u'l. nj hi. Lex. hooked Ike
they had been driven Ia sbo,. th.
.lbos.. The WALLER cur that sot Ia the
doorway pretended Ia be lookln' at th"
scenery. hut In hl. blue eye. ~c SEEN q
look 81 wounded pride, and the fur wut
bri.tlln' on hls no'k. The bcnch-legg~i
f,.ts looked neither to the right nor
left h. pretended a. H. thlnkln' all by
hlm..lf. Hut when n. got In front NV
IA. door where ti- ysllrr cur at b"
stopped, brac~i his front lcg., ,hrcs hl.
no.. up Into the air and .nc-Ici, and al
th. .am. time let 90 his hind Lex. api
threw upa lot ~ dirt sud leave. Into
the doorway. Til. wug more'n the yal-
Ter cur could stand b. gsther,,i himself
together ani mad. jump for the
b-nci.leggri fy.,-. The bench-leggci
fy.t., not .xpectln' such suddlnt trouble
started off for a. run. but the yaller cur
caught him by ia. tall and held on I'LL
the tall brok. th.n whst wuS lett of the
fy.ts started for the tavern on the dead
run and the Waller cur folleryd him, Tor
nj. fin. old sri.tocratlc blood wus frci
and a. meant Ia settle the mlsundcr-
standing at all hazards. III. b-uch-les-
gel fyste .w-p' Into the tavern az
through the hall Into the dining room
and under the table where the jeig- wut
..tIn' hi. breakfast NV bominy an side
meat. The WALLER cur follefcd I'm 'nd
engaged hi. attention. Nv all the hosl.
In aud .nsrlln'l III. Jeige chipp~d Ia
and commanded silence; th. ~omeu
folk. cam. In with brooms and moP.,
and Col Eastin r-sch.i for hi. mu.A.t'
Hut IL wuI too late, the mine hal been
fired. Ilcarin' ia. noise In the valley
the million dog. on the aide hill. got up,
ya~n-d, stretched. prick.d up their ears,
~ur convinced that u wutnt . drrsm'
and started down Hill toward the tavern
sluir, Turner aud me got our hose.
a. auIck as We could. Never pal no
bill. nor no,hin'-'twas all We couli q"
to get away alive. Rode over JJ orUp
dog. on the way q. II wuf. An hour
later W.. reached the top NV the hill I;
wIpIn' IN. sweat from our forebcad., Ne
,urnt In our saddle. fur q last look al
th. fated town, but ". couldn't soe moth
In bat dogs.
esquire Turner" say. ., "if thl. !.
what YOU call life don't want NO more
uyIt. prefer III. dry good. counter In
Cooihue. store, every time
All the way home that day We met
the country people comm along Ia tend
court. First would come q long gang
lin man with yaller, stringy hair, wear,
In q coonskin cap, carrin' q one barr
shotgun and foller-d by three or four
lean dogs with big ears; then would
come yaller COW nj yailer mule,
haulin' q yaller wsggin, In which wui
seated thin yaller haired woman sittin'
on corn.talks aud nur.in' a yaller baby |;
under the wsggin would be more yaller
dog., and behind the waggln there fol-
Ierrd the growed up sous with
more one barr'l shotguns aud more yah
ler dogs.
.Gcod mornin'. stranger" |" the ganglln'
man In front would say, "be'n tendin'
court ! reckonr'
"Yep," Squire Turner would say.
"Je'ise get there yetf'
| "Nep."
Anything new goln' onf'
"wall, when We come away" squire
Turner would ssy, "therc wur the great
eat dog FIGHT goin' on you ever See"
"Dog dghts Dog hghty' the ganglln'
man would say; ''mebbe It'll be over
afore We git THERE
Then he'd holler to his folks: "liurry
up YOU all. Thar's dog hght goln' on
down yonder." Then he'd whistle to ths
yailer dogs, and start OF on the dead
run, with the yaller dogs, the yslief
COW, the yaller mule, aud the rest u,
the WALLER family lopin' after him..
That's the way Il KEEP up all day
EVERYBODY We met with had ysller dog
and they wur all anxious to chip In.
when We got to th. top NV Sibiey'
eighteen miles on, We rested our horses
spell.
esquire Turner" says !, III reckof
H.. goln' to shower; Ieastwise ] heal
thunder la the fur horryron."
"Thst's not thunder" says he, :"
have had more experiences than yo'
have. and know the difference at~ee'