Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-04
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WIMAN'@ WI I.
By William M. Tisdaie.

| pepper tree SohueI d-tdHuiu IL buChshlu
an he said to mother man that wuz a.
lookin on: Bill, go up to the house an ask
| Mrs Jenkins for the tea leaves out OF
her teapot. | want to set the tan on this
! hide so we kin cut some gloves out of it.
| saw it all,' said the captain, ''as plain
rs day"
An Mrs Jenkins said TO him, "Cap'n
| there's somethin a-goin TO happen"
After little the dream wuz fergot,
| but bout week later, as we wuz all a.
settin in the shade takin our noonin, a
Teller come runnin into camp, all dirt an
sweat an half crazy, an said that McDou-
gall wuz after him an wuz a-goin to mur-
| der him. Quarrel over a minin deal.
This feller, Mcdonald, had found mine,
an McDougall, follerin his usual custom,
had jumped the claim. After a little
show of fight Mcdonald had guv it up,
but McDougall wuz a-goin to kill him for
not lettin go quicker.
can't say that I admired McDon-
aids personal 'pearance. 1t seemed to
me like 'twuz a Scotch fight anyway, an
wuz for a-lettin it alone, but the cap'n
begun TO arrange his plan of campaign
right away. Sent half Il dozen Mexicans
out to scout for McDougall. Put guns
into tent that wuz handy by the house
an cut some Sits in the canvas.
If McDougall wuz to come, wuz to go
inside the tent with four or five of the
best men, an we all to cover McDougall
an his Injuns-he always Travelled with a
bodyguard of three renegade Cheyennes
with our rifles. The cap'n wuz to meet
him unarmed, but if the cap'n raised his
hand an snapped his fingers we wuz to
blaze away an to wipe McDougall an his
braves off'n the planet.
Nothin come of the matter for two or
three days. In the meantime some of
the cap'n's men, who had been away on
hunt in the mountains, come back with
a fine buck, witch they perceeded to skin
an dress, an we feasted on venison.
But what should Mcdonald do but go
an tan the hide? He wuz a-workin under
the pepper tree near the house, an he said
to a young feller a-standin near: BILLY,
so up to the house an ask Mrs. Jenkins
for the leaves in her teapot. l want to
set the color on this hide, an we'll cut
some gloves out of it."
Jest then Mrs. jenkins happened to
come to the door an heered the remark.
She pinted her finger at her husband an
said, Your dream" An he pinted his
finger at his wife at the same instant an
said, 'My dream" Then the cap'n walk
ed up to Mcdonald an held out his hand
"McDonald," he said, "your fate is
linked with mine. You an / air spiritool
affinities. | dreamt bout you before l
ever sot eyes on you. You're safe here
now, Mcdonald. I'll fight for you to the
last drOD in nv veins"
'Twan't many hours after this episode
when a scout come a-runnin in with the
informatio that McDougall was a-comin
witt his Injuns. The cap'n ordered us all
TO our stations an told Mrs. Jenkins that
she'd better go into the house.
wuz inside the tent with half dozen
others, all armed, when McDougall an
his Injuns come a-whoopin an a-gallopin
us. In half a second we had them all
covered.
whats the matter, McDougall?" ?" sung
out the cap'n. What the devil do you
ride into my ranch for in this warlike
manner? You act like you wuz on a
raid
Il understand" said McDougall, 'that
you're a-harborin one Mcdonald with
which 1 have feud."
He's here" replied the cap'n. But
amt a-harborin nobody-only I'm a-goin
to see jestice done. An you an your cow
ardly red whelps amt a-goin to murder
no white man on my premises. If Nc
Donald will come out an fight you, I'll be
second for you both. But you've got
to fight fair. -Four agin one amt square
deal"
''Shall l kill him?" said one of the In
juns to McDougall in dialec' that he
though we didn't understand. "Shall I
kill him now?'
NO" said McDougall sharply in the
same lingo. Don't shoot. I want to
keep this man alive. If ever I want to
git off'n the earth in a hurry, he's the
man thatll help me in good shape"
| had bead on McDougall. If the
cap'n had raised his hand an snapped
his finger, I'd have sent McDougall to
happier huntin grounds, an the boys be-
side me had them Injuns all covered
But jest when the seconds seemed like
hours an my eye had begun to ache a.
sduintin long that rife bar'l the quick
wit of woman broke the strain, an Mrs.
Jenkins come out of the house and walk
cd straight Up to McDougall, never givin
her husband a glance an held out her |
hand.
"W'y, Baron" she said, cts a long
time sense you WIZ here. Won't you git |
down an have an eggnog or a little |
toddy"
McDougall shed his sombrero an bow
ed as polite as dancin master He said |
sOmethin to them Injuns that made them
ride away, then handed his gun to Mrs. |
Jenkins an sprung TO the ground as light |
On his feet rs 4 cat
Us boys sneaked out Of the tent, an
never knew how near he
stood that day to the undiscovered ken
-ry. Mcdonald KEEP the tent 'twixt him
IN McDOugall an had skipped into the
brush. We never see him again nor the
nor the cap'n's double bar'rd
shotgun.
"Cap'n Jenkins" said McDougall
:heerfully, smackin his lips after the tod
ly had circulated few times, this is
mighty fine whisky of yourn What
l'you ask for it?'
An that's how what seemed like to be
| field of gore was changed by a wom-
IN S wit into a neat business deal an like
wise scene of festivity.-San Francisco
Traveller.
The Editors Breakfast.