Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-30

to look Cross eyed at me- Zeb White, take
my rife, my butes, my hat; take all I've
got on this yere airth, but stand up to me
like mani
II was In mighty pore health" ex-
claimed Zeb, land no match fur sich a
man, and 30 had to crawflsh. Every body
said orter shoot him down, but couldn I
shed blood that way. Il hurts me to this
day to remember that went homo like a
whipt cur, leaving that oritter to crow
over me, but my mind was made up to
tackle him as soon as felt like q man
aR'in. When I got home, I was cryin,
and the old woman SEE to me- sez she:
"'Zeb, has the wah broke out ag'inr
"'No.'
"'Then, what's the matters'
"'I've bin bluffed'
"'D'yo mean that Tom Smith has
orowed over yo'P' y
"'That's jest what he has, and I'm so
pesky weak In the knees that had to git
away from him.
"'Jest backed yo' down, did hep
"'He did. It's the fust time In my life
ever orawf]shed fur any human oritter!'
"'Reckon it Is, Zeb. I knows how 20
feel, but yo' couldn't help 1t. II yo'd tao
killed. him, he'd hev broke yo' in two. I'll
go right at it and nurse yo' up, and in TO-
weeks yoll be fltten to whop Tom Smith
till he can't boot. If yo' hain't, I'll put
on yo' clothes and whop him myselfl'
II felt better arter that" said Zeb,
Though I couldn t get over the hurt to my
feelins One evenin about two weeks AFTER
the fuss and when was gainin on 1t, but
not feelin much better, was sittin right
we're when cotched sight of bar across
the road by them rocks. Plenty Of bars
round yere them days, as nobody had been
home to kill 'em of. About the time I
ootohed sight Of the bar Tom Smith
showed up He had cum down to whop
me, he wasn't satisfied with bluff1n me
down, but he'd made threats to break all
my bones. Tho old woman cotched sight
Of him az soon as did and got down the
rifle, She meant to kill him II he cum In
to attack me- Tom saw me a-sittin yere
and he stopped right by that tree and
throwed down his hat and yelled:
"'Whoopeei I'm hungry fur the meat
Of an alligatori, thirst fur tho blood Of
tiRersi I'm lonely to meet up with den
Of rattlesnakes, and I can't 60 home to-
piRht till I've chawed the ear Of panther!
Zeb White, A. that 20 a-sottin tharf'
est ar
"'Do 20 call yo'self manr
"'Not well man. II yo'll gin mo TO-
weeks mo-, I'll run 20 outer the kentryi'
est can't waltz I'm a-perishin fur the
want Of q mortal combat with sumbodyl
II yo'll cum out yere, Zeb White, 20 kin
tie my hands and feet and I'll fight 20
with my teeth alonei Take pity on q per-
ishin man and oum out. Whoopee! II 20
respected yo'r pore old father or loved yo'r
mother, yo'd cum out and stand up to me!
"Waal," sighed the old man, "he talked
that way till got mad and riz up to 60,
but lest az Ibid 20 that bar waltsed across
the road on bis hind feet and fetched him
cuff which knocked him ton fest. Tom
thought I'd got out thar without his seein
me. and he was tiokled to death 40 he riz
up and went fur the bar. We heard him
0yin:
'Zeb White, I said yo' wasn't man,
but take it all back. didn't believe
yo'd stand up to me and my heart was
nigh hreaktn, but yo've got sand, and this
ar the happiest mint Of my life. Take
that, and Tat, and that i.
j, II reckon Tom must hsv bin half drunk