The Washington herald., 1907-12-15
.HANE PETERS IN Z
Rows and | Accident
Doc LIVERMORB PROFITOBY
MISFORTUNATES

Hame Peters who has been a-vIsiting at
the County seat for few days more or
less returned TO the bussom OF his fam
4 ily yesterday maning. and started almost
/ immedjit 10 get into trouble. He had no
/ more than arrove home when his wife.
Mrs. Peters. Informed him that three OF
their best laying puIlets was not foller-
ing the old white rooster around as usual
and feared for the worst. Hame clapped
his fur cap on his head and set out i'm
medjit 20 see II 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 si6e-
stepping. which caused much commoshion
I and consternashion. he cotched his pull
I lets and started homeward all het I'D. He
/ hadn't took many steps. before Abe. who
/ had been a-watching Of him, slept out
from behind the barn with his eyes A.
flashing like tightening bugs and said 70
him, by Crickyi you're the onery low
down cuss thet's been helping hisself to
my fowls. You drop them pulIets quick
er'n chain tightening er I'll swat yer'
Hane wes too blamed mad to say any
/ thing. but swinging the hand that had
two pullets IN It. he let Abe feel the her,
Of them right in the mouth. That took al
the fight outen Abe and he threatened 70
persecute Hame for trespassing on his
land with stolen property and assault and
battery combined until Hanae showed him
they was HIS own birds. Abe seed he was
wrong and shook hands with Hane. and
each other took chew OF terbaeker lust
to show there was no hard feelings.
But the dove Of peace hadn't settled on
Hames head long enuT to mentshion II
as subsequences show.
When Hama got home he found Bnl
Henderson waiting around 10 see his :
year sorI colt, which had been kept in
the stable during Hame's absents, ant
was feeling his oats. and acting kinder
kittenish. Hame opened the barn door
and showed him to Bill. and fell to dis
| cussing pedigrees and sich. After a whfle
they got to talking as to what was the
best rassler at school when they was
boys, and Hame said he never had been
tArowed. Bill bristled up at this. and
told Hame right to his head that he
threwed him snct.- Hame had been fllina
his pipe while conversashioning and, as
he stopped down behindt the colt &c
PICK up a wisp of straw to clean out the
stem OF. same, he said: Look a here. Bill
I aIRt as spry as I uster be, but I'll bet
my hay te6der kin down yeu IN a min
nit" Them words had 10 more aa lef;
his mouth when HaIue. in Strengthening
Up, backed ints the colt, which lifted
both heels auieker'E scat and STRUCK
Hame's person and threw him head Arst
into Bill's stomach like cannon ball
and knocked all the wind outen him. be-
sides hurting his feelings. Hame layed
there for spell without saying nothing
and then commenced to holIer for help
BY that time Bill had got up and was
shaking his fist at Hame. and telling
him what a coward he was to rassel like
bulldog and not give him a fair show
Hame 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 tc
hurt hisself or anybody else. Bill said
MS body panied him so he didn't believe
, nc could stand it another second If il