The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-22
The Lonely Old Ma, Who Was
the Last Survivor Of Kentucky Feud

We'll, I'll be DANCED he remarked
calmly. ] wondah il the State wouldn't let
me have that theah gun to plant cohn III
my cohnfeld with in the spring.
You undahstand. in them theah pup
pendiculah mountain cohnfelds, they p ant
conn with shotgun and gathah it with
step laddah.
no. twa'n't Intimidation with Andy.
II was jest netchu kindness Of haht that
KEEP him frum stahtin any mo- feuds.
70 instunce, III give you a example
shown how Andy didn't have no a7imoslty
lef' in his natuah aftah KILN of all Of the
Gilberts didn't have nothin' left theah
but kind hahtedness. One day aftah the
cyahs had been built, runnin' from the
mountainous regions 10 Cincinnati, there
come down frum Cincinnati 4 sassy young
drummah on his way to marlborough
He took a seat in the cyah mex to The
windah. By'm by a mountaineeT he also
entahd the cyah and took the seat mex
20 the young drummah, the seat whut shet
him of fTum leavin' the cyan unless he
jumped out Of the windah or ovah the
mountaineer.
set down casually. this ole man DID
and looked past the 60 ssy ycurg drum.
NAH, straight out the windah thinkin q
suthin' else arpe emily. Putty soon the
drummah, gettin' sort Of Lonesome lsik,
l reckon. begun 70 pick up 8 oonversashun
with the ole man.
IT seems laik 10 me- he begins. inner
cent as lamb, but sassy. 'that these heah
Kentucky teudists. they amt whut they
eh cracked up 10 be-
Not receivin' no response from the ole
man. he keeps right along a-whoopin' Of
it up, - ,,
SAYS 'trum what ! can Enthah, that ole
nous about the biggest coward Of EN-
Seem that his companion still didn't
seem 10 have nuthin' 70 say, he keeps along
A-talhn'.
lucky feudst,' the young man finishes,
lightly, is about the biggest all-round
coward ever heahd toll Of, or read o.
says he. and stops talldn' while
'The ole man a settin' by him reaches
mn and strokes bis lorg, gray beahd 10
spell. Then ne sp axis ard this is the
substance Of whut he says
j am that thoah bic med ole fool feu-
dist Andy Johnston was whut he saws.
-Theah was twelve mo long miles for
that theah sassy young drummah to tTavul
hefo' he reached his destinashun. but he
wan'nt sassy no mo-.
AS / said befo'. he was on the Inside
seat mex 10 the windah whoah he couldn't
escape without eithah luppln' ovah the
ole man OF cut the winCah or CTawln'
undah the seat 10 the next seat in the rear
a puffohmurce whut would have left his
feet tempe I '.ly at Andy = nussy.
so be jes' set theah and set theah.
'Howsomevah. by the time he had got
10 the end Of his journey, his friends whut
had come TO the stashun 70 meet him wah
surprised TO SEQ that his haiah had tuned
puhec',y white PuYeo'4y whitel Not
black haiah lei' auywheah.
But ole Andy hadn't killed him. Hadn't
even attempted 10. He'd jes' let him set
theah siluntly, not even speakiu' to him
no mo- aftah them las few tellin' wuhds
whut he had give ut rance TO.
But have heahd tell that Andy said
aftshwshd that 1t give him a good deal
Of mild pussonal satsfacshun fust and
last 10 set theah them twelve miles and
watch that theah sassy young Cincinnati
dTummai's hAiah tu'n so ve'y white