The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-01-09

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them di'monds. hustled over to Sinus,
which was a good two miles away, an
there found Bill stormin' up and
down, tellin' his dad, who died the
next year, what he was goin' to do. 1t
seems thet 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
sack and then went cant'rin' past
the Sims shanty outen pure devilment.
Bill sees 'em, but they got away and
back home. Thet evenin' Pete Pear
soil went over to the river to ketch
the boat thet was doc about thet time
of year. They left Ollie at home, to
fight it out with Bill. The trouble
wasn't long in, comm. Ollie Pearsoll
knowed thet 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 Pearsoll 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' OF came out.
"'Git in he said, 'I'll do the talllin':.
"The old mother went to the house,
lookin' with fear an ,renbin' at the
guns the boys carried.
"'Air yc goin' to keep them di'mon's"
Bill asked, without takin' his eyes off'n
Ollie.
"I'm goin' to keep my share he
said, doggedly.
you've got no sharc.' 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, Bill she exclaimed. Eff We
must fight, do it fair. My boy amt
afeard of ye; he'll meet we when and
where ye say
Is
then, at daylight to-morror. We'll set
tie it all there, onct an fer ALL
"He 'clucked' to his critter an rode
off in a canter.
"Some one told me that there was a
scientific teller from London prospect
in around the country, and l looked
him up, and late thet night we slipped
over to the new timber back of the
Sims place and took look at the di'-
mond fields. It didn't take thet man
long to bust out in a laff.
"'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, eff he
had bag of di'monds he'd be the rich
est man ever dreamt Of
"When heard the feller say thet ]
told him of the dooei thet was about to
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-believe 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 scttin' in the back room
by knot fxin' his gun.
"'Put it up, Bill, says |. There amt
goin' to be no fight
| elias he backed out?' Bill asked.
| "'Haven't seen him. said, but this
man here and me has bin over to your
di'mond mine, and he says they ain't
| di'monds at all. He knows, fer he Is
from London, where di'monds grows
on trees
"'Guess you folks is in with the Pear.
solls.' 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 he,
to go. We saw it was no use to say
nothin' there, and we follered. II
wasn't long till we got to where Pear
soil was. He he'd jest come along, an
was look in at his gun when we rode up
| luC tWO Iucu SIdICu az chCh otuCl
fer a minute. and then Bill blurted
out:
"'Air We ready?'
"'Allus ready Ollie replied back.
"Then the man from London steppec
up and began to talk. I've heeree
preachers thet could talk we black II
the face. but l never heerd none the
could sling language by the side o.
that feller from England. He useC
words that nobody understood. talked
about the field of honor an the abusin
of it, an the Lord knows what else, bu
when he got through Bill and Olli'
looked kinder disgusted, and Bill said
"'Course we feels glad thet yer SO in
terested, hut no game like thet hiI
stop business of this sort. I've biz
robbed, an I'm going after the robber'
sat least said the man from Lon
don, 'ye'll let us act fer yer?'
"'Say the word. ye mean? Olli'
asked. 4 don't see why not,
"Out there under the trees Of the
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