The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-15
HAM[ PETERS IN Z
 Rows and l Accident
DOC LIVERMORE PROFITS
 MISFORqUNATBS

flame Peters who has been a-visiting at the County seat for a few days more or less returned to the bussom of his fam fly yesterday morning, and started almost immedjit to get into trouble. He had no more than arrove home when his wife. Mrs. Peters, informed him that three of their best laying outlets was not foller- ing the old white rooster around as usual and feared for the worst. flame clapped his fur cap on his head and set out in- medjit to see if he could find hide nor hair of them. and finally found them over in Abe witherow's yard He jumped over the fence and after much hiking and side stepping, which caused much commoshion and consternashion. he cotched his pull lets and started homeward all het up. He hadn't took many steps. before Abe. who had been a-watching of him. stept out from behind the barn with his eyes a. flashing like Tightening. bugs and said to him, By Cricky! you're the onery low down cuss .thets been helping hisself to my fowls. You drop them bullets quick er'n chain Tightening CT I'll swat yer' flame was too blamed mad to say any thing, but swinging the hand that had two bullets in 1t. he let Abe feel the heft of them right in the mouth. That took all the fight outen Abe and he threatened to persecute flame for trespassing on his land with stolen property and assault and battery combined until flame showed him they was his own birds. Abe seed he was wrong and shook hands with Hame. and each other took a chew of terbacker just to show there was no hard feelings
 But the dove of peace hadn't settled on Harne's head long enufr to mentshion 1t as subsequences show,
 When flame got home he found Sill Henderson waiting around to see his wear sorl colt, which had been kept in the stable during Hame's absents and was feeling his oats. and acting kinder kittenish. flame opened the barn door and showed him to Bill, and fell to dis cussing pedigrees and sich. After while they got to talking as to what was the hest rassier at school when they was bows, and flame said he never had been throwed. Bill bristled up at this. and told flame right to his head that he throwed him onct. flame had been filling his pipe while conversashioning and, as he stopped down behindt the~coit to nick up wisp of straw to clean out tho stem of same. he said; Look here. Bill. aint as spry as I uster be. but I'll bet mv hay tedder I kin down you in a min nit" Them words had no more an left his mouth when flame. ia straightening m. backed into the colt, which lifted both heels quicker'n scat and struck Harne's person and threw him head first ,nto BiIrs stomach like a cannon ball and knocked all the wind outen him, be- sides hurting his feelings. flame layed there for a spell without saying nothing, and linen commenced to holler for help. Nv that time Bill had got up and was shaking his fist at flame. and telling him what a coward he was to rassel like a bulldog and not give him fair show. flame denied the aIlegashion, and showed him where the colts two hoofs\ had push ed him when his back was turned. and that he was innocent of intentshions to hurt hisself or anybody else. Bill said his body pained him SO he diAn't believe he could staHA t sRsthaR eNeaa4 C !,