Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-03-26
STORY OF 4 MEWL.

OF boy, who took him for man whom
Marvin, the boys father. was cunning
for. The boy was finally convinced that
he had made a mistake and the two
waited for the boys father. After he
had como up and they had all had some
conversation. the traveller was allowed
10 proceed.l
When | left young Marvin and his
pap" | hadn't n thought that the man
who had been shot at would interfere
with me even If he hadn't been driven well
out of the neighborhood. Any sensible
man when fired upon will take tho fact
as a hint that he should be going, and |
supposed this stranger would go SO fast
that there was no danger of my over
taking him.
: | had followed tho rocky trail for a
mile and q half, and was descending into
the depths Of q dark ravinc, when q
man spIang out Of tho bushes into the
trail and shouted at me:
"Who's you 'un. thar"
"A traveller ! answered
"Whar from
Several places.
Ho came forward, his gun held ready
60 fire, and when he was near enough TO
look me over he growled:
"ShOo! youun hain't he. Him's q
coward or he'd gin me n slfow!"
"Arc YOU the man who is looking for
Lem Marvin | asked rs | sat down on
u handy bowlder.
"I ar! Whoopf Whar's him. Whoop!
Bung his onery pictur', but whars himf'
II left him back there about mile
and n half. DID he shoot at your
"Him did; yes. Whoop! Him hid be-
hind the rocks and got the drop on me,
and lm's bullet went through my hat!
Look a'-that!"
He threw an old felt hat at my feet,
and picked IL up and saw that piece
Of tliy rim had been gouged out by a
bullet
"And mebbc tho cowardly him sent
you'ul TO git me OF my guard while him
skulls up fur another try!' howled the
man as he danced around and threatened
me with the gun
"My friend" answered. trying very
hard 10 be cool, 81 never saw Lem Mar
vim until an hour ago, and never want
TO see him again. He's got q son named
! Davey.'
"les him has, bung his onery pictur'."
"Wcll, Davey stopped me on the road
with lis shotgun and held me prisoner
until tnc old man came up. He was of
hunting for you"
"Whoop! And what did him say when
him cum backf'
"Said he had fired at YOU and missed"
"Whoop! Yes. him fired at me! Him
may be- right around yere now!'
Tho man sprang backwards and looked
all around him, his gun held ready TO
shoot. and though ! assured him that
Marvin had given up the hunt and gone
home. he still seemed TO believe that my
coming was put up job TO assassinate
him. While he was whooping and dam
cling around and threatening | lighted q
cigar and settled back for q smoke. This
calmcd him down after awhile and he
stood before me and asked:
"Do You know why him wants to
kill me!'
Something about mule, wasn't it!'
"Whoop! She was! And it's about
that mule why want to kill he!'
"WcD, go ahead and tell mo the story,
and, by the way, it's wonder you don't
shoot yourself in tho foot with that gun.
You are the most careless man ever
saw. Put down the hammer and stand
it up here and tell me your story"
"And you'un wants TO grab it and
shutc met
"Boshi You are no braver than Davey
Marvin"
Il haint, ch? Whoop-ee. / kin lick
the hull Marvin family with my legs and
hands tied! Don't 80 fur to run me
down, stranger, or III shute."
smoked away in silence, and by and
10y he put down his gun and began:
~ had a mewl. 1t was seven years
ago lie war "a mewl to dote on. Thar's
nevis about till ye can't rest, but they
don't 80 fur shucks."
81 raised that ere mcwl from a year.
ling did. / lnowed him from top TO
bottom lie knowcd me from head 20
feet. Whoop can't hold myself when
] thiuL of it!''
"GO CO."
II had that mewl in the family fur
nine years he continued. "He growed
mo- dandy all the time. The old woman
sot store by him, and the children sot
store by him, and I'd hev gone without
whisky TO keep he from sufferin'.
Whoopee! I'm a-git.in' dangerous! 1t
rises me off nay feet TO think OF what q
| fule | made Of myself!'
did that mulo have name;' | asked.
In course he didl | called him Da-
nascus, and he'd cum at my holler as
fur rs he could hewr 1t. lie was q run
min mewl. Stranger, that ere Damas-
Gus could lcat creased lightnin' at run
min! He never lost ono outer forty scrub
| races
"Ncll?"
"Nall, one day was up in these dig
| gins on that nevis back, looliin' fur a
race with somebody, and | got drunk.
| WhOop-e.e! want 10 shed blood when
think of it! Went and got so drunk
thai | lost my senses! In that condishun
this Lem Marvin cum along with an old
yaller mewl--a critter as couldn't stand
still and look We in the face--thc poorest,
mcanest. wall eyedest, lnockkneedest
rlewl in all the kentryl Him got me 10
trade | kin remember that him told
me his mrwl was valued at $4,000. and
that him could do $50 circus tricks.
Whoop-e-el Stranger. look up and wit
ness u pictur Of terror
"Go on"
"The fust thing remember was Of
gittin' home with that ar onery beast.
ana OF the ole woman ana children
a-cryin' out arter the beloved Damascus.
Their yells and howls sobercd me up a
bit, and when ! found that had dun
gone and made a fule Of myself tainted
dead awayl Whoop! Whoop! Stranger,
| am dangerOusi | ortcr be tied to a
tree
"You are all right-what else!"
"Wall. cum back up yere 10 git Da.
mascus. and Lem Marvin wouldn't gin
he up Him said il was fair trade, and
the only thing left was TO shute he. I've
tried TO fur the last two years, but luck