The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-08-23

man exclaimed.
Didn't you hear me say SO? If
you didn't, say it again.
"Yes, really, | heard you"
"Then why did you say | didn
say so; you mean to calm a liar?'
"An, wait till | get that down
.Charming, assure you"
"All right. Well, we succeeded +
in killing four men who had moth
ing to do with the fight, but still
we fought, for our mission was not
yet accomplished. 1t looked dis
couraging and my father was heart
sick, but along about 5 o'clock IN
the afternoon we heard that the
Judge had been accidentally killed,
and then we rode away, feeling
that a great work had been accom-
plished. A year passed on and
not another shot was fired. We
we're waiting until another Judge
should be elected. 1t was not a
good form to pay any special
attention to special ap-
pointment, The election came OFT
in due time, and a prominent man
took his place on the bench. Then
we began to rub our guns, and we
knew that the EIightoWers were
similarly engaged. This time we
took to the woods, intending to
fight round toward the county seat
1 One day daddy and | We're lying
behind rock. Suddenly we
heard some one talking. 1t was
old Abe Hightower. He had a
4 habit of talking to himself. 4
9 wish | had something to eat, he
d said. i am as hungry as a wolf:
S This placed daddy in a respcnsl
:, bic position. Hightower was or
it our land at the time, and daddy
IT as a kentucky gentleman, coulnn.
r. see him 60 hungry. SO he tool
h out half of a hoecake. yelled a
NJ old Abe and threw it to HIM. AM
Id this brought about a lull, for Abe
h. being a high-toned gentleman
Sc couldn't shoot daddy while ENJOY
at ing his hospitality. We Wor
IS home, and the next morning hei
wv came a boy with half hoecab
or and a note, which read like TIN
at Il return Your bread by the enclo
n ed boy. We are even now 50 Il
! as hospitality is concerned, al
i'm the next thing | send YOU will
MS more like pill than hunk OF Il
cd staff of life Oh, YOU Venomo
he cur, Your pizen ancestor Won
ice cut Oft the ears of my grandtath'
he eh? The scoundrel didn't stop
DOT thiuk of what a disgrace he w
ext putting on me.
in >ANell, the next day we moV
md on around toward the county Sc;
for But court was not to sit until t
art next day, 50 we waited IN t
ow woods. This time the AlShto
My ers were there first. This was
ess insult to us, but we stroVe to oV
the look it, We sat about waiting
Of the pistol to 90 off. The situat>
ige was becoming embarrassing. J
IN then the Judge poked a double b
ous rel gun out the courthouse Wind
an and turned it loose. 1t was loi
gh. ed with horse shoe nails and /
of crushed plowpoint. 1t was
the great shock, assure you. 1t
ak ouu of the range OF my caIcu
sse. tions 1t was rude. But tn
'ery was no appeal from its decisr
on 1t knEled four Hightowers
IN three Sizemores. So we all W
NAV home regrettng the sovereign p
pie of the county had elected t
OF Judge
ard | NOW decided that it was alb
ore time to fall in love, so | slipped
stol one night and fell in love with
ody llightower y
tai. "What" cried the Englshm
that with the daughter OF your {
the my2'
my "Of course. What else wa
bird to do? We might have lived
an out the way place, sir,
ish we understood good form. To