Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-08-29

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trouble AS for the matter of your
squatting with your house on land that
don't belong to you, I'll see lawyer
this very day, and calculate you II
wish you hadn't done it.
with that l made him bow and
left him. He came out on the veranda
and said If you're looking for them
mules and that there Finn CT yours.
you'll be wasting your time | saw
couple of mules about 80 feet in
the air. and when they do come down
they won't be of any further use. con-
sidered as mules
my house and everything else be,
longing to me was clean gone. but l
was that mad at the captain that did
not care straw about it | walked
straight to Lucullns. which the cyclone
hadn't touched. and | hunted up Squire
Gibbs and laid the case before him He
said that he couldn't see as Captain
Martin could be held liable for trespass-
ing. 80 long as be staid in his house
and didn't step outside on to my land
You cant set his house afre or any
thing of that kind. said be. without
getting into trouble No more can you
move it while he is in it. for that would
be an assault on him But | don see
anything to hinder you from getting a
team of oxen and some rollers handy
and the first time be comes up to Lu-
cullus to buy groceries you can move
his house back on to his own land and
he can t find any fault with You
Squire Gibbs was first class law
yer. and knew I'D be fool if | didn't
follow his advice after paying S. for it
So | hired tent that | could sleep in
till such time as could run up another
house. and laid in provisions and a
yoke of oxen and some rollers. not for
getting small hydraulic jack When
| got back to my farm. pitched the
tent right in front of Martin 8 shanty,
so that ! could keep a good watch on
him. and | went 10 work with the help
of a couple of men from Lucullus to
build me another house You see the
full force of the cyclone had passed over
just where my house had stood, while
only the outer edge of it had struck the
captains premises That accounts for
the fact that my house had been carried
clean away. while his had only been
picked up and carried a few rods AS
for the mules and the Norwegian they
were scattered all over Minnesota 1t
was said that some of the Norwegian
was picked up about 80 miles from
here. but it wasn't ever satisfactorily
identified.
captain Martins house happened
10 be planted in such way that one
corner of it projected a few inches on
to the highroad. and be wac able to
get out of window and into the road
without coming on to my property
However. he didn't feel easy to leave
the house alone. for fear that might
meddle with it. so he staid at home for
the best part of a week. when his pro-
visions or his whisky or some other
necessary run short. and he had to
walk over to Luculus to lay in fresh
stock This was what had been wait
ing for, though | never hinted it to
him He used to come out on his re-
randa and remark in general way.
without addressing himself to me or
any one else. that he was nightly
pleased with his new location and
wouldn't t change it for any other build
ing lot in the whole state. l never said
anything to him. except to remark. al
go in a general sort of way, that if any
rascally old sailor should set foot on my
land he would have hole bored
through him so quick that he would
never know what hurt him Neither Of
US felt that it would be judicious to
quarrel, you understand, and 80 we
confined ourselves to remarks that
neither of Us was obliged to take any
notice Of
81 waited about an hour after the
captain had gone, thinking that he
might turn back in hopes of catching
me in the act of meddling with his
house. At the end of an hour l felt safe
enough, for it was certain that he must
have gone on to Lucullus, and that be
couldn't get back before dark. So !
called the men that were working on
my house. and we lacked Martin 8
shanty up with the hydraulic jack and
had her on rollers in next to no time.
Then | hitched the oxen to her with a
double OK chain and started her toward
the road In the course of an hour /
had her planted square across the mid
die of the road, so that nobody could
possibly get by her. and had my fence
put ur again and the ground smoothed
out where it had been cut up by the
rollers. and then sat down and waited
for the captain to return.
ut was 10 clock, and the night was
pitch dark, when | heard Martin com.
ing along the road and singing knew
from his style of singing that he had
6lled himself up with whisky, and |
calculated that he would be consider.
ably surprised when he found out what
had happened He never saw the house
till he had walked bang up against it
with considerable Of crash Presently
he says to himself Here's house an
chored right in the fairway and with
no riding right displayedl Thishyer's a
pretty state Of things. Then be halls
the house in his loudest voice and wants
to know how she is, and where she is
from. and where she is bound to- and
what sort of an everlasting fool her
captain might call himself Not get
ting any answer. he swore he would
climb aboard and wake the anchor
watch with a Delaying pin But after
fumbling around for some time and
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