Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-01-25
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there found mn sto,.,,,,,,, ,,,, s ~,
down. tellir, HE dad ,.bo a,oa tsa
next wear. what he was gn;r. a. 10 II
seems thief fbc peors,s,I ho,s ,.o,,s ,.,.<,,t
over IN Sims, n,oce oo,, ,yitbo,,t .,r;,,,
in looked all ovcr tbo ,.a,y ti,nts,r aud
found the place where I,;ll'a a;.,,,,,.,s
was. They mt ali thav corld gct IN
a sack and then won't cant,r,ns nsst
the Sims sbantv onion r,,ra dav,,n,ent
Bill sees 'em. hut thev uot nyav Ana
back home. Thet eyenha. pete pear
soil went over 10 the river q ketcb
the boat tibet was doc about tl,et time
of year. Thet left Ollie ut home to
fight II out with Bul The tronble
wasn't long in comm. Ollie pearsoll
lsnowed thet Bill would be ove, 10 do
mand his rights. and 50 be 6..ed fer
him. He loaded the old family nm, m,
put 1t in handy Mace. II WASH much
inter sunrise when Bill ballooed on. n
front of the pearsoll place Ouie's
mother went out and smoke TO Bill in
pleasant way, but he told her to Get
in the house. eff she didn't want TO yet
hurt. He was there to see Pete and
Ollie. and he'd sec them II he he'd ia
whit till doomsdav. While fbe old
woman was parleyin' OF came out.
"sGit in he said. TIl do the tallxin..'
"The old mother went to the house.
lookin'' with fear an ;remblin at the
runs the boys carried
"sAir We poin' to keen them di'mon'sp
Bill asked. without takin' his ewes off'n
Ollie.
.I'm goin' to keep nv share, he
| said. tlorget,Iy.
| "sYou'ye rot no sbarc!' Eli ex.
claimed. They're ell mine: an YOU,
like the sneak thes We air. hey como
along sn' stole them from me-
"Youll cat them words 0llie.said,
and without another word. he turned
back into the shanty. Bill raised his
gun To fire: but old Mrs. Pearsoll nut
IN her hand.
| "Don't. Bill!' she exclaimed. sEf va
must fight. do it fair. NV boy amt
afcard of We: he'll meet We when and
where We saw
son the old camp n,cetin' ground.
then. at daylight to-morror. Well set
tic it all there. onct sn' feS ALL
"He .cluckcd' to his critter an rode
off in a canter.
"Somc ono told mo that there was
scientific teller from London prospect
in around the country, and I looked
him up, and late tibet night we slipped
over to the new timber back of The
Sims place and took a look at the d.
mond fields. IT didn't take thet man
long to bust out in d latf.
.eThet's !. form of quartz he said.
AN amt worth nothin'. Them fellers
down at Moo Orleans will have good
laff on Pearsoll when he brings in that
bag an calls 'em di'monds. WHY. eff no
had bag of di'monds he'd be the rich.
est man ever. dreamt of
"Wben I heard the Teller saw tibet l
told him of the dooei thet was about to
bappen on account of the trouble be-
tween tbe bovs. We agreed thet it
would hev 70 be stopped. There had
been some dooelin' ia them parts before
and there was no make-believe in 1t.
AS there was no reason fer no fightin
in this case. we felt il our dooty to in.
terfere.
"T,onr before DAYLIGHT we went to
see Bill Sims. When we got to the
housee Bill was settin' in the back room
by knot fixin' his gun.
"sPut it up, Bill says I. There amt
goin' to be no light.'
".Has he backed out p Bill asked.
"Haven't seen him. I said, but this
man here and me has bin over to your
di'mond mine, and he says they amt
di'monds at all. He knows. fer he is
from London. where di'monds grows
on trees
"sGuess YOU folks is in with the Pear
soils, Bill said. careless like. blow
ing down his gun an lookin along the
barrel.
swell, we talked an pied and ar
gied until it began to be daylight, and
then Bill. he got up an said he'd hev
to 90. We saw it was no use to say
nothin' there, and we follered. 1t
wasn't long till we rot to where Pear
soil was. He he'd Jest come along, an
was loolx'in Mt his gun when we rode up.
"The two men glared at each other
fer a minute. and then Bill blurted
out:
"Air We ready%
".Allus ready.' Ollie replied back.
"rben the man from London stepped
IN and began to talk. I've heered
preachers tibet could talk we black in
the face. but | never heerd none tibet
could sling language by the side of
that Teller from England. He used
words that nobody understood, talked
about the field of honor an the abusin'
of it, an the Lord knows what else, but
when he got through Bill and Ollie
looked kinder disguised, and Bill said:
"'Course we feels glad tibet yer SO in
stop business of this sort. I've bin
robbed, an I'm going after the rooDer.