The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-29
COWARDLY REVENGE.


cowardly measure. Il thoroughly savcys
that taste for battle that turks in the de-
files of folks nature like u wolf III tho
hills Which reckons now that [, my
self, is one Of the pcacefulest people who
ever belted Oh II gun. But i'll my in
stincts-whilo l never justifies on fol-
lows his cxample-I cl'arly apprehcnds
the emotions of u gent who convencs
with another gent all similar an express
eS his views Of him with his gun, ali
Immediately precedes an adjournment
sine die by skelpin the opposition. Sech
is human nature onrestraincd, al the
same, while dcplorahlc, is not surprisin
But this yere Olson l has III my
memory don't have no such manly emo
tions as goes with q gun play. Which
Olson L takes pleasure in sayin is alien
an rank outsider, al no more born III
this home of freedom than Mexican.
Olson is so cowardly he's even furtive,
an for a low flung, mcasly play let me
tell you what Olson does. It's shorcly
Ornery.
at al arises years ago, back in Ten
nessee, an gets its first start out of Il
hawg which is owned by Olson IN is
downed by ~ gent named Hoskins--Bill
Hoskins. It's this away:
Back in Tennessee in my dream
wreathcd yooth, when anamiles goes
projectin about pcrmiscus. marty has
to build his fences bull strong. haws
tight an boss high, or he takes results.
Which Hoskins don't make his fences
to conform to this ycrc roole none
leastwise they amt hawg tight, as is
shown by ono of Olson's hawgs.
Tho hawg comes pirooting about
Hoskins' fence, all he goes through easy,
an tho way that invadin anamilo turns
Bills potatoes bottom up don't bother
him bit. He shorcly loots Bills lot.
That's whatever.
But Bill, perceivin of Olson's haTg
layin waste his crop, reaches down a
Hawkins rife, 30 to the pound, an
stretches tho hawg. Which this is where
Bill falls into error. Layin aside them
deficiencies i'll Bills fence, it's cl'ar mt
a glance hawg can't be held response
BILE. Hawgs is ignorant an tharfore in
nocent an while hawgs can be what Doc
Poets calls IL casus belli they can't be
regarded rs foe legitimate
Now, what Bill oughter done, if he
feels like this yere hawg's done put it
all over him, is to go al lay for Olson.
Sech action by Bill would have been
some excessive, some high, so to speak,
but it would have been line shot,
whereas KILN the hawg is way to one
side Of tho mark an under.
However, us [ states. Bill, boin hastv
that away an oncapablc of perhaps re-
fined reasonin, downs the pig an stands
pat on it waitin for Olson to fill his hand
If he feels so moved.
Now, that's where the cowardly ia.
turc of this yero Olson begins to shine.
Hes ugly as Il wolf about Bill coppcrin
his hawg that away, but he don't pacl,
the nerve 10 80 after Bill an make o
roundup of them grievances. An he
amt allowin to pass it up none onre-
vengod neither. Now. herc's what Olson
does-hc 'sassinates Bills pet racccon.
hal 3 right pard, jest mastered q
pore coniidin raccoon who don t no more
stand IN on that hawg KILN of Bill's
than INC an you-don't even advise it.
Nov allow you savcys al thar is
TO know about Il racco0n. No? WAL, u
rAccoon ike this: In the first place, hes
plumb Ingenious an amt lookin for no
gent to hold out kyards or ring cold
deck ON him. That's straight. \ raccoon
IS SIMPLE minded that away, IN his i'm
pressive traits, he mcdtativc. Besides
Dem nachoially thoughtful rs to his own
affairs, might say raccoon is Il heap
melancholy. He jest sets thar an i.1porbs
melancholy from merely bein alive
But if IL raccoon is melancholy or
gets wrapped in thought that away it's,
after all, his own play. It's TO his credit
that once when he's tanned he's sat u
mountainous confidence III men an will
curl up an go TO sleep whar you be an
vet both eyes. He's plumb trustfu,., IN,
no, cover 10 matter how nournful
accoo. I feels or how punt, melanca oly
10 gets he DON'T poster you with no
'arns.
~ reckon I converses with this ere
racct on Of Bill's plenty ire
oucut. when he feels hiac an ~ gin
when he's ut his gayliest, an he Il ever
MOTH II to me except p'lito gen
eral'ties.
"If this Olson had been Il dcni' game
marty who regards himself w :ongcd,
he'd searched out gun or IL knife or
lnehby club ali pranced over an rccti-
fed Bin Il wholo lot. But he's 100 timid
an too cowardly an afraid of Bill. So
ia play ovaa ne lines ont 70 hushwhacS
this helpless, CONSTRUCTED raccoor. Oh
| son figgors to take advantage OF what's
| clarly loopholo i'll raccoon's consti
| tuition.
"Mebby you never notice 4 it about {
raccoon, but the fact is W.ce he gets in