Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-23
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celebrate the incident at the earliest possible moment
Hoping thatthis sincere explanation Will give sat-
1sfactiou all around, we pass easily into the narative-
Nobody in Lickaklllet now believes, that when
Hec Bradshaw went into RiIey's saloon on the fatal
night he meant the smallest harm TO any body. The
trouble was that Hec had loaded up at Deadeye.
and when he threw open the swing doors, he didn't
see the stranger All the would have stood for
his little circus. They we're used to it. When he
told them that he was hyena from Pisen Creek
and proposed to chow up a few citizens for an ap-
petizer they knew that his talk was nothing more
than bOyish ebuliton. What he really intended
was to set up few rounds Of rotgut and then 60
ont into the suburbs and bark back at the coyotes
Unfortunately, Pony HAskins, the stranger was
was something Of wolf himself, and after long
days siege with the boys he felt that it was
his right to howl. He had notion of viO
latiDg Lickskillet hospitality or of musing
|up Rileys decorations, but he didn't propose to
have nybody he hadn't met before bulge in upon
that amcabe company with his guns huDg right In
front OF him and talk about double bumped bufar
loes aud other terrors with hair all over them. So
he wiped his mustache with sar6ine sandwich, got
out his two IavOlvers, and shot Hec Bradshaw in
eight places-all OF them impOrtant-befOre anybody
could explain.
81 aim to live peaceful life, - said P my Hasking
as he recharged his empty cylinders; ''moreeyeF,
came hele to visit LcKskiet in q spirit OF the
purest kindness. And il any wall eyed, box -anke6
or low minded son of sea cook in this crowd
GnlnKS HIO't GD0 p0aCeIuIleeb tutnk mlAOH
around, he waltz ont into the center, and I'll
swap lead with him until he wants protracted re-
pose more than he wants 4 bank account | come
here, plain, simple unasuming stranger. You
all treated me right, and leave it to you il did
not stack mp accOrdin. Well, then, what OF it--as
man to mani"
OF course, it was great pity that Hec Bradshaw
passed that way. He was prominent citizen,
and his demise cast gloom over the whole COM
munity. 1t is even possible that Pony Haskins,
later wondered whether he hadn't been too sudden
But the Ohsequies were handsome, and the crowd at
Rileyg have ever sinCe eOuLended that POny's cOnr
duct was quite regular and proper Furthermore
looking the incident over without prejudice, we
rather agree with public sentiment in LckskllleG.
Mr. Justice Brewer, OF the Unite1 States supreme
court ID lecturing TO his law class at the George
Washington University told the following story,
saws the American Spectator: II knew OF case
once where two darkies swappcd mules One OF
them was an old hand at the business, and il max
ing the trade be represented bis Taule to be years
old, and told Of many good traits the animal had
not This was in February. About two mOnthB
later the other darky began 10 realize he had been
vcSihi2ed in the bargain and that the beast waa
fully 10 years old. So hA decided TO go ba;k And
tell the swIndler he had lied TO him abaUt the ani
NAL. However, owing to 1t being the buay seaaom
Of farming; he was not able ta 70 until about che
middle OF June. he finally did gn. sud cell hia man
what be thought of he raseally misrepresentation
about the mule. ssYOn eay,H said the other fellow
"dat when yOu cot de mnIe II February be was
years old, and ts June and he's ~ years oLdi"
Eyes, I doln was the angry response. Well
sah, time sure do ay.n