The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-05

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them dj'monds. 7 hustled over to Sims,
which was a good two miles away, an
there I found Bill stormin' up and
down, tellin' his dad, who died the
next year, what ne was goin' to do. It
seems tibet the Pearson boys rode right
over to Sims place and without goin'
in looked all over the new timber and
found the place where Bits di'monds
was. They put all they could get in
sack and then went cant'rin' past
the Sims shanty cuten pure deyilment.
Bill sees 'em, but they got away and
back home. Thet evenin' Pete Pear
soil went over to the river to kstch
the boat thet was doc about thet time
Of year. They left Ollie at home to
fight it out witk Bill. The trouble
wasn't long in comm. Ollie Pearsoll
howed thet Bill would be over TO de-
mand his rights, and so he fixed fer
him. He loaded the old family gun an
put 1t In handy place. 1t wasn't much
after sunrise when Bill hallooed out in
front Of tbs PeaFsoll place. Ollie's
mother went out and spoke to Bill in
pleasant way, but he told her to get
in the house, eff she didn't want to get
hurt. He was there to see Pete and
Ollie, and he'd see them if he he'd TO
wait till doomsday. While the old
woman was parleyin' Oh came out.
"'Glt H. he said, Pll do the talkin'.'
"The old mother went to the house,
lookin' with fear an tremblin' at the
guns the boys carried.
"'Air We goin' to keep themdi'mon's? p
Bill asked, without takin' his eyes off,n
Ollie.
"Pm gOin' to keep my SHARE he
said, doggedly.
you've got no share!' Bill ez-
claimed. They're all mine; an you,
like the sneak thet ye air, hev come
along an stole them from me-
you'll cat them words Ollie said,
md without another word, he turned
back into the shaDty. Bill raised his
gun to fire; but old Mrs. Pearsen put
up her hand.
"'Don't, Billl' she exclaimed. EFF We
must fight, do it fair. My boy amt
afeard of ye; he'll meet We when and
where ye say
"'On the old camp meetin' ground,
then, at daylight to-morror. Wen set
tie it all there, onct an fer all
"He 'clucked' to his critter an rode
off in canter.
"Some one told me that there was a
scientific teller from London prospect
In around the country, and I looked
him up, and late thet night we slipped
over to the new timber back of the
Sims place and took a look at the 6i'-
mond fields. It didn't take thet man
long to bust out in a laff.
"Thet's b form of quartz he said,
AN amt worth nothin'. Them feIlera
down at Moo Orleans will have a good
laft on Pearsoll when he brings in that
bag an calls 'em di'monds. Why, eff he
had bag of di'monds he'd be the rich
est man ever dreamt Of
when 7 heard the felier say tibet
told him of the dooeI thet was about to
happen ON account of the trouble be-
tween the boys. We agreed thet it
would hev to be stopped. There had
been some dOoelin' in them parts before
and there was no make-beiieve in it.
AS there was no reason fer no fightin'
in this case, we felt it our dooty to in
terfere.
"Long before daylight we went to
see Bill Sims. When we got to the
house Bill was settin' in the back room
by knot fxin' his gun.
"'Put it up, Bill, says I. There amt
goin' to be no fight
"'Has he backed out?' 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 ali. He knows, fer he is
from London, where drmonds grows
on trees
"'Guessyou folks is in with the Pear
SOILS Bill said, careless like, blow
ing down his gun an lookin' along the
barrel.
"Well, 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 go. We saw it was no use to say
nothin' there, and we follered. It
wasn't long till we got to where Pear
soil was. He he'd jest come along, an
was lOok'inat his gun when we rode up.
'The two men glared at each other
fer minute, and then Bill blurted
out:
"'Air ye ready2'
a" 'Allus ready Ollie replied back.
"Then the man from London stepped
up and began to talk. I've heered
preachers thet could talk ye black in
the face, but I never heerd none tibet
could sling language by the side of
that feller 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 thet yer so in
terested, but no game like thet kin
stop business Of this sort, I've bin
robbed, an I'm going after the robber.'
" AT least said the man from Lon
don, YEN let rs act fer yer?'
Say the word, ys meanP Ollie