Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-03-03
AN INCIDENT OF TRAVEL.
How Another Battle of the Boyne
Was Narrowly Averted.

was Narrowly AVerted.
1T is sometimes a mighty good
thing to speak when in fight said
Henry G. Stuart, the big member Of
the convention from Russell county,
talking to a group of members in the
Office of Secretary Button one after
noon last week. And then everybody
knew there was a story coming. So
John Burger emptied a scuttle OF coal
on the CRATE, Judge Ingram got down
deeper into his chair, Hooker got his
feet in the fender and the Dispatch
mar pricked up his ears, for Mr..
Stuart can tell a good story when he
sets his mind to it, Besides, it was
just the kind of day when a story,
told while sitting before hot fire,
sounds hotter than at any other, for
the sleet was beating against the
window and the world was covered
with snow 1T was a dozen or more
years ago. Mr.. Stuart began, blow
ing long Whit from his Havana, Il
was travelling in Ireland. in company
with two young men who were
q
young physician, who was the sur
geon on a transatlantic liner. and
who had been on a visit to his home
somewhere in Ireland. The other
was a young fellow who appeared to
be one of the landed gentry returning
from a hunting trip. He carried
shot gun and wore hunting coStur :.
Shortly after he entered the Co..
partment we crossed a river, beau
tiful stream, the name of which did
not know l began conversation
with him for the purpose OF leading
up to a question as to the name Of
the river. / asked him if he had had
a good days sport.
mot much sport he replied;
there is not much game on the Byne
now
81 could not understand what he
meant by 'Byne.' | was sure | had
never heard the name. so [ asked
him to repeat what he had said. he
did so, somewhat angrily.
"'How do you spell it?' I asked
him. L never heard of the Byne
"'Then you had better go home
and read history he said, and 1t ola
not need his words to show he was
thoroughly angry.
well, you know was not going
to take anything like that; one word
led to another and finally he half
raised his gun and exclaimed that he
could blow my head off.
II carried a heavy stick, which
grasped firmly in my right hand,
while I threw up the muzzle OF the
gun with my left. / was going to
paralyze him with blow on the
head, for l saw there was good
opening, and l was mad. | had been
very polite to the man, and there was
no reason for his anger that | could
see.
"'You are not fooling with any
Englishman now I said. I am an
American, and I'll show you
But I did not complete the SEN
tence. The young man at once
ceased to struggle and began all
apology.
81 beg a thousand pardons' ne
said I thought you were an EngllSh-
man.
.Then there were many more
APOLOGIES. and / helped all | could 20
smooth matters over. for saw he was
nice fellow and that the trouble
was all the result of misunderstand-
ing. He told me how Englishmen
coming to ireland had frequently
crowed over the Irish because OF the
victory of the Boyne, and that he had
made I'D his mind he would not stand
it if anything of the kind were ever
said to him. He was sure was an
EpgIishman and that [ was only try
ing to guy him. He was fine fellow,
and / was greatly tempted to ac-
cept his invitation to spend a few
da~s with him at his country place,
which was not far away.-Richmond
Dispatch.