The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-24

was found only in few parts of .hs
world. When he he'd got done Ith=r,
wasn't Teller in the crowd that WASH !,
MS worked up as eff he'd heerd ghos,
story. While Ollie Pearsoll was staEd
ing at one side kinder restin' after his
talk-reely playin' the bero-anothel
of our fellers, Bill Sims by name
slipped around to him and took h.In
to one side. heerd aftcrward thet be
took a leetle stone outen his pocket an
asked Ollie eff it looked like emmy Vol
them diamonds he'd been telin' about.
seen Ollie put his hand to his mouth
and tell Bill to be quiet, and then they
strolled off together.
II didn't think no more Of it until
the next evenin', when Ollie come to me
all excitement and scd: See here, Tom,
I'm in trouble
"'What's up? asked, seem thet it
was somethin big.
"'You remember what said about the
di'mond last night" he went on.
well, Bill Sims has whole lot cf them
out in the new timber, an he won't tell
me where
"!Mebbe he wants them lisself"
said, thinkin' it all a joke.
LIN course he does Ollie exclaimed,
AN claims my rights fer havln' told
him what they was. Eff I hadn't been
to Moo Orleans he'd never hev knowcd
anything about di'monds.'
"'He ought to give you somethin','
I said.
eyes. and he will-he'll give me ha'f,
or by I'll know why
'Thcn he went away. saw tibet thar
was trouble up, an thought Id stop
it, but somethin' happened to keep me
busy an the next heerd about it was
that Ollie Pearsoll and his brother
Pete he'd gone over to Bill Sims house
and took something tibet he he'd. No
body krowed what it was, but ez I
heerd ] knowed tibet it was some of
them di'monds. I hustled over to Sims,
which was good two miles away, an
there l found Bill stormin' up ard
down, tellin' his dad, who died the
next year, what he was goin' to do. It
seems tibet the Pearsoll boys rode right
over to Sims place and without goin'
in looked all over the new timber and
found the place where Bills di'monds /!
was. They put all they could get in
a sack and then went cant'rin' past
the Sinus shanty outen pure devilment. |
Bill sees EN-, but they got away and
back home. Thet evenin Pete Pear
soil went over to the river to ketch |
The boat tibet was doc about tibet time
Of year. Thet left Ollie at home to
fight it out with Bill. The trouble
wasn't long in comm. Ollie Pearsoll
Snowed tibet Bill would be over to de-
mand his rights, and SO he fixed fer
him. He loaded the old family gun an
put it in handy place. 1t WASH t much
lfter sunrise when Bill hallooed out in
front of the Pearsoll place. Ollie's
mother went out and spoke to Bill in
! pleasant way, but he told her to get
n the house, eff she didn't want to get
lurt. 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' OF came out.
"'Git in he said, I'll do the talkin'.'
''The old mother went to the house,
ookin' with fear an ;remblin' at the
runs the boys carried.
"'Air yc goin' to keep them di'mon's?'
BILL asked, without takin' his eyes off'n
)ilie.
I'm goin' to keep my SHARE he
aid, doggedly.
you've got no share!' Bill ex-
laimed. They're oil mine; an you,
Ike the sneak thet We air, hev come ;
long an stole them from me-
"'You'll cat them Words Ollie said,
nd without another word, he turned
ack into the shan.y. Bill raised his
un to fire; but old Mrs. Pearson put
p her hand.
Don't, Bill!' she exclaimed. EFF We
lust fight, do it fair. My boy amt S
feard of ye; he'll meet we when and t
here we say 1
On the old camp meetin' ground, 7
len, at daylight to-morror. Wen set t
C it all there, onct :.n' fer ALL S
'He 'clLcked' to his critter an rode
I in canter.
"SoIne one told me that there was I
lentific teller from London prospect u
around the country, and l looked =
m up, and late tibet night we slipped d
er to the new timber back of the "
ms place and took look at the 6i'- p
ond fields. 1t didn't take tibet man d
ng to bust out in a laff.
" 'Thct's h form of quartz he said, L
n amt worth nothin'. Them fellers q
wn at Moo Orleans will have good r
4 on Pearsolf when he brings in that =
6 an calls 'em di'monds. Why, eff he 5
d bag of oi'monds he'd be the rich =,