The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-09-07

edication, an not a boss to his name!
That's bout as redickilus as one Of
us bein' loved by presidents darter' -
ooh, wuz jest Turning, of co'se, but,
come to think, I've hearn O. things
jest as unreasonable. Ye see, Title
has been down to- the Bluegrass goin'
to school for a year or so. an thar's
no tellin' what sich fool doin's as that
will lead a gal to. They are curious
critters at the best-gals is. Why,
hearn OF a gal once that, refused to
marry Jesse Underwood, the best pistol
shot our Kaintuck hills ever had Well,
sub, she KEEP on an on actin the fool
till she finally married some poor
lawyer thet never amounted to nuthin'
ceptin' sumthin' like circuit Judge, or
some foolishness like that. Tell We,
gals is curios.''
.'Yas, that's SO; but we amt no mora
time for foolin'. Let's step off,
The men stepped out, took places
and confronted each other. They were
to count three in concert, then fire.
zone, two, three!"
b: "Spang!"
A ball passed through lock of hair
above Bills left ear. He hadn't fired,
and for good reason. When he went
to cock his revolver the main spring
had broken. He had pointed the
weapon nevertheless, taking the risk
Of being killed rather than to explain
an accident that George might regard
a purposed act to avoid the duel.
We'll have to adjourn this case,'
sighed George, until you kin git yer
own pop" y
Say, George" returned Bill, hand
ing George the crippled weapon. 1--WE
jest. thought we kin settle this matter
more satisfactory. Tillie, as well as
she appears to love both, mout refuse
ter marry the one that kills tother
about her. Then we'd be in nice
shape-one dead and totfler wusser
Less fine out which one. she really
loves best; then let that lucky one give
tother all his property to console him
a little, and take her. ~
That'l be satisfactory to me-if we
kin git bill O. discovery, as the law
yers say, that will wuk.'
well, think I've got it. Termorry
at church me an you will let on like
we git in a fuss, an pull our pops.
Everybody will be excited; the VIM
men will yell, an pirty Tillie will come
screamin' out to the one she loves
best, an beg him for her sake to put
UP his pop ii
The very thing!'' exclaimed George
alapping a cloud of dust from his right
leg.
A great congregation had gathered
for Rev. Ball, the celebrated revival
Isl of Knott county, was to preach, and
the report had drawn people as a suck
hole draws chips from a broad terri
tory.
4 The house being filed, the grounds
overflowed. Men and boys covered
the turf in front and at the sides, as
thickly as bees cling at the side Of a
gum on a hot morn of July-all ears
eagerly poised. Nothing save the cleo
trio voice Of the speaker, fell upon the
vast quiet.
When the preacher began to pitch
his tone to the scale Of concluding ex-
hortation, Bill and George, as per pre-.
Vious arrangement, came into the
crowd from opposite directions. They
were radiant in their new clothes, and
their new boots announced their
entrance through proud meas
ured suueaks. Being the ricbact
young men Of the section.
their appearance 81 made heads of
reverence silently incline and a WIis-
per OF admiration ripple through the.
wide throng.
Quietly the young gaIlants worked
toward each other, and, before the ST.
lent company knew they had met, or
knew they had occasion for quarrel, a.
rapid fire Of denunciation began be-
tween them. s.