The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-23
THE ROANOKE TIMES, FRIDAY. .AUGUST2s, 1895.

back or too many round him, or Pickles
couldn't git his hoss' step, or somethin,
fer hc didn't throw it, but jest kept ycllin
an ridin louder an faster every minute.
About this time Stockton camo out from
his barroom.
"'Look here, Pickles., no says, I've jest
told three of my men to shoot you up II
whole lot If you go to pitch that ropo jest
once, an thoy'rc goin to do 1t. Bein rs tho
news concerned you personal, allowed 1t
wasn't nuthin moro than friendly to tell
you. Then. agin, don't like to lose n
good customer like you. till / has to no.
how
$50 old Ike no goes back to his barroom,
ON Pickles gifts down an leaves his boss
standin an comes back up ON tho porch.
"'Do you know, Jack, he says, I don't
like tho onrespeckful way you talks of In
juns. I'm Injun part myself, and don't
like it,
"'Nop says jack. I s'pose that's fact
too. An yet, Pickles, not intendin nuthin
personal at all, for wouldn't DO personal
with II horned toad, I'm not only onre-
spcckful of an Injun an thinks the Cow
ment oughter pay II bounty for the skelps,
but states n belief that u mean, ornery,
mud bloodcd, sncakin, boss stealth mon
grcl of u half breed is lower yet, holdin
ue ulIl UcNtn JcCIiC-ulIl u HuCnlT, III 1uCG.
But, to change tho subject us vol an open
up avenue fer anuthcr round Of drinks, I'll
bet you, Pickles, you stole that boss down
thar an that tho Tx" brand on his
shoulder amt no brand at all, but Jest
picked on with tho point of q knife
"Whcn Jack puts it all over Pickles this
away. VIC looked fer some shootin shore
But Pickles couldn't steady himself on tho
pinch. Ho was jest like lots of ponies Two
seed He'd rhlc right mt n thing rs though
he was goin clean through or over an jest
tho last second he'd shyan finch an weak
Ell. Tho fact is, son, it wasn't Pickles
fault. There amt any breed of man on
earth but the pure white rs will play u dcs-
pcrato deal clean through an call tho turn
fer lifo or death at tho close, an of course
Pickles was only half white. So he laugh
ed sortcr ugly mt jacks bluff an allowed
he'd order drinks without no bcttin.
AN then, Jack, no says, L want you
to take dinner with me- I'll have Ike git
up somcthin right.
"'Tll go YOU says Jack, IF It amt
nuthin but sowbclly.'
III fix you people up feed, says old
Ike, but you can't do your fccdin i'll no
dinin room of minc. I'll fix it over in tho
camphousc t'othcr side tho corral. an you
kin be jest rs sociable rs you please. There
hurt or disturb over there
after II little their grub was got ready
in the caphousc, IN Jack an Pickles walks
over side an side They goes in an shuts
the door, an in about five minutes bang!
bang! goes tho two six shooters, IN we nll
canters over an finds Jack eatin away all
right an Pickles over the other side with
his head in his tin plato an his brains run
min out over his left eye.
1t don't look like Pickles was hun
cry much, after all, says Jack.
They'd both pulled their guns rs they
sat down an put 'cm in their laps, but jest
MS 1 say, Pickles couldn't stan the pres
sure, an gittin nervous he grabbed fer his
gun, an rs he went to git it up tho muz-
zlc caught under the table top an there his
bullet was, nll safe in tho wood. Jack,
bcin clean strain, had better luck. After
dinner we impAnclcd u jury nm tried Jack
fer the KILN. OF course wo know'd he'd
got TO be acquitted an the KILN was right
but it bothered us II heap to find a ground
to put it on.
You see, says Dan Boggs this kill
In was bound to be all right from tho
jump, no matter who'd got sailed. Each
was sigin the other on, an they jest went
TO this shootin hand in hand like brothers
Neither was 10 blame, an that's what gifts
me
Finally Cherokee Hall gifts up an says
This here KILN was I'LL right, but there
bein some present difficulty OF givin tho
reasons why it's all right an OWN rs wo
do IL dooty to the public, moves you that
our verdict be justified homicide" based
on the ground that Pickles commits sui
eide
This was good enough. OtTDursc Pic
klcs didn't commit suicide none, but that
didn't hurt it fer a reason jest tho same 4"
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