Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-01-30

the Sims shanty outen pure deviment
Bill sees EN-, but they got away aat
back home. Tibet evenin' Pete Pear.
soil went over to the river to ketcll
the boat tibet was doc about tibet time
Of year. They lstt Ollie at home ia
fight 1t out witt, Bill. The trouble
wasn't long in comm. Ollie Pearsoll
knowed 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 wasn't much
after sunrise when Bill hallooed out in
front OF the Pearsol place. Ollie's
mother went out and spoke to Bill in
a pleasant way, but he told her to get
in the house, eff she didn't want to get
hurt. lie 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,
lookin' with fear an trembln at the
guns the boys carried.
"Air yc goin' to keep themdi'mon's"
Bill asked, without takin' his eyes otf'n
Ollie.
Tim goin' to keep my SHARE be
said, doggedly.
You've got no sharel' Bill ex-
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,
and without another word, he turned
back into the shapty. Bill raised his
gun to fire; but old Mrs. Pearsoll 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
ION the old camp meetin' ground,
then, at daylight to-morror. Well set
tic it all there, onctan' fer ALL
Gle 'clucked' to his critter an rode
Off in canter.
"Some one told mo that there was
scientific Teller from London prospect
In around the country, and | 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 III
mond fields, 1t didn't take tibet man
long to bust out in latf.
'Thet'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, ct he
nad bag Of di'monds he'd be the rich
est man ever dreamt Of
when | heard the teller say tibet I
old him of the dooel tibet was about to
happen on account Of the trouble be-
tween the boys. We agreed tibet 1t
would hey to be stopped. There had
been some dooelin' in them parts before
Ind there was no make-believe in 1t.
As there was no reason fer no tightin'
n this case, we felt it our dooty to In
,crfere.
Long before daylight we went to
zee Bill Sims. When we got to the
louse Bill was settin' in the back room
" u knot fxin' his gun.
"'Put it up, Bill, says I. There amt
,oin' to be no fight
Has he backed out?' Bill asked,
Haven't seen him. | said, but this
nan here and me has bin over to your
li'mond mine, and he says they amt
li'monds at all. He knows, fer he is
rom London, where di'monds grows
n trees
".'Guess you folks is in with the Pear
Oils Bill said, careless like, blow
ng down his gun an lookin' along the
ariel.
well, we talked an pied and ar
led until it began to be daylight, and
hen Bill, he got up an said he'd hey
0 60. We saw it was no use to say
othin' there. and we follered. 1t
'asn't long till we got to where Pear
oil was. lie he'd jest come along, an
Ias look'inat his gun when we rode up.
THE two men glared at each other
sr minute, and then Bill blurtcd
ut:
"'Air yc ready?'
'Allus ready Ollie replied back.
Then the man from London stepped
p and began to talk. I've heered
reachers tibet could talk We black in
10 face, but never heerd none tibet
ould sling language by the side of
lat Teller from England. He used ,
ords that nobody understood, talked
bout the field Of honor an the abusin'
II, an the Lord knows what else, but !,
hen he got through Bill and Ollie !
oked kinder disguised, and Bill said: :
"'Qouse We feels glad tibet yer SO in /