The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27
HOW OLSON SQUARED 1T.
BY DAN QUIN.

"Now 1 thoroughly savcys," re
marked the old cattleman, refectively,
at crisis IN our last conversation when
the talk turned on men of small and
cowardly measure, 81 thoroughly
saveys that taste for battle that turks
in the defiles of folks nature like a
wolf in the hills. Which l reckons
now that l, myself, is one of the peace
fullest people who ever belted on a gun;
but in my insincts-while / never jcsti-
fies or follows his example, cl'arly
apprehends the emotions of gent who
convenes with another gent all similar,
an expresses his views of him with
his gun, an Immediately precedes ad-
journment sine die by skelpin' the OPP
position. Sech is human nature onre-
strained, an the same, while deplor-
able, is not surprisin'.
"But this yere Olson 1 has in my
mem'ry don't have no sech manly emo
lions as goes with a gun play. Which
Olson. l takes pleasure in sayin', is
alien an a rank outsider, an no
more born in this home of freedom
than Mexican. Olson is so cowardly
he's even furtive; an for low-fung
measly play let me tell you what Olson
does. It's shorely onery.
'It all arises years ago, back in Ten
nessee, an gets it's first start out Of
a hawg which is owned by Olson an
is downed by a gent named Hoskins-
Bill HoslSins. It's this way:
"Back in Tennessee, in my dream
wreathed yooth, when anamiles goes
proiectin' about permiscus, party has
TO build his fences bull strong, hawg
tight, an hoss high or he takes re-
suits. Which Hoskins don't make his
fences to conform to this ycre roole
none: leastwise they amt hawg tight
as is shown by one of Olson's hawgs.
ssThe hawg comes pirootin' about
Hoskins' fence, an he goes through
easv: an the way that invadin' anamile
furnr pfl1's potafoes bottom up don't
bother him q bit. He shorely loots
Bilps lot: that's whatever.
ssBut Bill. perceivin' Of 0lson's hawg
Iavin' waste his crop. reaches down a
Hawkins rife. 30 to the pound, an
stretches the hawQ. Which this is
where Bin falls into error. Layin'
aside them deficiencies in Bills fence,
It's cI'ar at glance naW8 can pc
held responsible HaWgs is ignorant
and fhorfore innocent; an while haWgs
can be what Doc peets calls q casus
1,e1li they can't be regarded as a foe
legitimate.
ssNow what Bill oughter done, II he
feels like this yere hawg's done put 10
ali over him. is to go an lay for Olson.
sech action bv Bill would have been
some excessive, some high, SO to speak,
but Il would have been a line shot.
Whereas KILN the hawgs is way to
one side of the mark. an under.
"However. as / states, Bill bein' hasty
that away. and oncapable of perhaps re-
fined reasonin', downs the pig, an
stands pat on it, waitin' for Olson to fill
his hand, If he feeis SO moved.
"Now. that's where the cowardly
nature of this yere Olson begins to
shine He's ugly es wolf about Bill
copperin' his hawg that away, but he
don't pack the nerve to go after Bill an
make roundup of them grievances
An he ain't allowin' to pass it up none
onrevenged neither Now, here's what
Olson does; he 'sassinates Bill's pet rae
coon.
''That's right, pard; Jest massacre q
more. confidin' raccoon, who don't no
more stand in on that hawg KILN OF
Bills than me an you-don't even ad-
wise It.
"Now, I allow you saveys all thar is
to know about raccooh. ~ 49,
a raccoon's like this: In the first place
he's plump ingenious, an amt lookin'
J for no gent to hold out kyaFos Q. rliis :