Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1912-03-14
JUDGE,
Iosv@0-t ~. NE boAs, ,A1eAeAl co~a4oo,
you Are Empowered to Seize said
Yaney Wherever He May Be At"
BY VAUGHAN ESTER
AkNszR4naXS ByDMExE

er on the hillside or in the valley,
eating or sleeping, or at rest.
"DE LANCY BALKAN, Magistrate.
Fourth District, County OF Cum
berland, State OF North Carolina. Done
This twenty-fourth day of May, 1885.
Up. S.-Dear Bob: Dave Blount says
he amt able 10 chew his meat. /
thought you'd be glad to know"
Smilingly Darlington folded tho
warrant and handed IL to Yancy.
Well, what are you goin' TO DO
about hit Bob7' inquired Balaam.
Maybe I'd ought to so. I'd like
TO oblige the squire" said Yancy.
Suppose / come to the Cross
Roads this EVENING""
That's agreeable" said the deputy,
who presently departed in company
with Darlington.
Some hours later the male popula-
+ ton OF Scratch Hill, with a gravity
befitting the occasion, prepared itself
TO descend on the Cross Roads and
give it's support TO Mr.. Yancy in his
hour OF need Even Uncle Sammy,
( who had moi been On the Hill In
years, announced hat no considers
ton OF fatigue would keep him away
from the scene Of action, and Yancy
loaned him his mule and cart for the
; occasion. Yancy led the struggling
/ procession. with the boy uotting by
his side. his littls sunburned fist
clasped in the mans great hand.
The squire's court held It's infre-
quent sittings in the best room of the
( BALKAN homestead, a double cabin OF
hewn logs. Here Scratch HUI was
gratliied with a view of Mr.. BlountB
battered yisage.
What's all this here fuss between
you and Bob Yaa0y7' damaEa0d tss
squire when no had administered the
oath TO Blount. Mr.. Biounts state.
ment was brief and very U>uch to the
point.
"He done give me the order from
the Judge OF the co't--T was TO show
II TO Bob Yanoy--"
Got that orderY" demanded the
squire sharply. With a smile. dam
aged. but clearly smile. Blount pro
ducsd the order. ''Hmm-appinte
gtiardeen OF the boy" the squire was
presently heard to murmur. The
crowded room was very stu now. and
more than one pair OF eyes were
turned pityingly in Yancy's direction
when the long arm OF the Law
reached out from Fayetteville, where
there was real Judge and a real
sheriff, It clothed itself with terrors.
We'll, Mr.. Blount. what did you do
with this here order7" asked the
squire.
4 showed Yaney the order
you lie, Dave Blount; you didntl''
said Yanoy. "But | can't say as II
would have made no difference,
squire. He'd have taken his licking
Just the same and I'D have had my
nevvy out of that buggyi"
Didn't he say nothing about this
here order from the cot, Bob?"
There want much conversation,
squire. invited my neyvy to light
down. and then / snaked Dave Blouni
out over the wheel"
Who struck the first blown"
"Ho did. He struck at me with his
buggy whip"
Squire BALKAN removed his spec
tacles and leaned back In his chair.
Its the opinion of this here col
that the whole question Of assault
rests on whether Bob Yancy saw the
order. Bob Yancy swears he didn't
see II, while Dave Blount swears he
showed Il to him. II Bob Ysncy didn'I
know OF the existence OF the order he
was clearly actin on the idea thai
Blount was stealth his neyyy, and be
done what any one would have done
, under the circumstances. IL, on the
other hand, he knowed of this order
from the cot, he was not only guilt,
OF assault, but he was guilty OF re
eistfn' an officer Of the cot" The
. squire paused impressiVely. His audi
ence drew O long breath.
. Can a body drap word hereY'
II was Uncle Sammys thin voice tina
cut into the silence.
Certainly, Uncle Sammy. Thil
here cot will always admire to lister
TO YOU"
well, I'd like to say that I con
slider that Fayetteville cot mighty OF
iiclous with its orders. This part O
the county won't take nothin' OF
FayettevilleI We don't interfere witt
Fayetteville, and blamed IL wen lie
Fayetteville interfere with usl'
There was a murmnr of approval
Scratch HilI remembered the rides ii
Its hands and took comfort.
"The Fayetteville cot air q highe
cot than this, Uncle Sammy" 81
planned the squire indulgently.
I'm aweer Of that" snapped tn
patriarch, i've seen hits steeple"
Air you finished, Uncle sammy 7
asked the squire deferentially.
A low I am. But / low that
this mere case is goin' again Bol
Yancy I'd recommend him TO SO hom
and not listen 70 no mo foolishness.