The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24

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BY our sstesmod Teller citissa. Mr.. Rsglsg
Old man 0rSsahut paused at this point,
and opening fresh boz Of cigars nelected
the largest and BLACKLIST h could find
Lighting 10 carefully. hs went To his
iavorite seat by the window. and putting
hss feet on tho all. smoked while In
silence.
This here 0assoWAy oitizsa pears to
ben some capable. said Joe Baesstt
after a time. hut don't So . hs done
p1nted no moral about OhanGin' his name.
reokoo he couldnt 6ssn blamed
!lsed 20 the name he had. an didn't mind
That's where yo're wrong. Joe. be-
sides bein' in hasee. YO'd ouGhtSr wait
AL 70 hear IL all.
-hh was reckoned q heap TO Pegln{
in maxim his own Twin az poker. bsin'
his odd man was richer n mud, an
all's Pegleg had TO do was 90 walt fr
him % die. but he was high spirited an
claimed he had 20 have mo- money n
hi: r d give ,, him hin S . .. s on , ,.
20 time. bat they got along tol'abls we'll
till one night Pegieg went home drunk.
an asst the Old man rr mo- money n
usual: Feared he got dF'ank while he
was Playin' an done Ioss his wad.
wei. his p was some p,voked long
dition 10. an he swo' he wouldn't give
him no mo- money till he sobered no.
] reckon 'twa'n't 30 much Whist he said.
but he spoke aome hash. an Pegleg
tiassoway wouldn't take no hard talk
FIRM nobody.
$50 be done got rcd headed. an he ups
with q chair an swipes the old gentle
man over the head an kills him stiff
Then. when he $500 what he done.
u scares him sober He knowed well
enough what Il were a serious matter
for 70 fill his own pa. an how the neigh
they had for SIGH other difficulties "a bod
been into, - he runs away. 'Pears there
want nobody else in the holse hut the
niggern. an none o. them had seen what
Was did hut Pegbeg Oassoway didn't
stop 20 think o. that. an he Saddled his
own boss an rid fr the next town an
got on q t,at f'r New Orleans
We'll, q co Sc there WANT nobody In
Greenville RELY knowed what had hap
pened. The niggers In the house done
found old man Gassoway dead. but IL they
knowed anythin' they was too scared o.
PegIeg tn dast to saw Il. an b'sitses that
they knowed a Niger couldn't give wit
ness ag'in q white man. 30 the story got
round what the old man had done hck I'd
one or two on EN- tolabls severe that
day. an they done sot on him that night
an done him up.
% co'se that sort O. thing wouldin't do.
20 the neighbors they lynched q couple q
the house servants what had the name o.
bein' some ugly. an then the question was
~hAt'd become o. Pegleg GAssoway
There he was. fell heir To big fortune,
an no evidence aRin him. Ais he had
an he had his abb perfect. but nobody
knowed where he Was.
Fur = ] know he va mt never saw hut
once alter that. There was n neighbor o.
hisn went down the river q spell forwards
an on the boat he seen q man what he
tuunk Was fekie9 OoouDNay. More n
likely twas him. hut he'd shaved his
mustacho an cut his hair an was dressed
din rent. He was playing poker. nachul
enough. an this here neighbor done
watched him f'r . few minutes afo' he
spoke. Wishin' to be certain. like.
Then he says. Amt this PeRleR Gas
sowayl' But Pegleg lookcd up like he
was scart To death an ne says quick:
No. 'tAint. Ny name In Smith an the
neighbor. not bein' quite certain in his
own mind. never aAid nothin' mo, hut
ha stood watchin' the game. an all 81 a
sudden there was a row
PIN the way Smith hAred up when one
~ the other players called him crooked
this here neighbor- his name was Car
oIl-he said he knowed IL must "a been
Psgleg 0assoway on'y there want no
way 20 prove Il. Anyway the other
Teller Was some quicker with his gun
than Smith was an Il was all over in a
minute.
Pears 90 ma the moral You was askin'
about joe was n plain a. the ears onto
a mule. n Pegleg 0a~soway hadn't "a
lose his nerve an denied tis own name
he'd "a heard the true story about the
niRgers what killed his pa. an he cd
a gone home an lived rich an re-
spected all his days. Shows how q man
hadn't never oughter change his name
'thouten there's good reasons for IT.