Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15

The night dark stack o black cats, as the
savin is Thar wasn't noises, but the SCUM their
feet and now and then the squall OF scr.och owl
When they'd travelled for three hours the Oh woman
she led the doctor in deep, black cove; and when
theyd drawed up at very small log cabin nat had
been used for moonshnin purposes not SO long aore
the old she raped on the door-tacn With her
bony fist.
its me- she SAYS. "Open the door,
Thayer heerd deep groan o misery a comm from
the inside o the cabin; then he heerd man stagger
acrost the floor, take down bar. and stagger back
Jest go right in says the old woman, am pushes
the door open for the doctor. But she side
Dr. Thave walked in Thar wasn't no fire and
light but the light O the lantern he carried. lie
that several pieces o old cloes layin here and
thar the floor, also some clean picked slote hog
bones then he that the doubled-up tigger OF a
man layn' pile o leaves in one corner O the
Doc he walks over to his patient Il wasn't
nobody else but Copperhead Sewers hlssef And IN
Copperheads right hand he held his big nav pistol
eveied at the doctor. Afore he ordered do
Thayer raised his hands, with the lantern in one Of en-
AS han't got nothin to shoot with, and
pocket knife says the doctor, this is all nneces
sary Git up here, he says, land sarch me, if III don't
believe it."
Copperhead he crawls slow and painful lik
Thayer and feels through his cloes, not fndin
nothin' at all in the shape of anything to fight with
Then he groans in his misery o the innards md sinks
back on his bed O leaves but he still keeps his eyes
Thayer and still keeps his pistol ready.
d
whether YOU want to or not Yarb remedies jest won't
help And if you want to die, Jest you make one
move that don't suit mel
"Shore I'll you, replies Doc, settin he Ian
clost-by shelf. He then dTaps to the floor,
with his medicine case atween his knees
HAS somebody tried to pizen you?' he axe.
yes grunts. Copperhcad. lookin like he was
about die and a hol1in his free hand on his belt
Il ct dinner up thar with that thar dog of Tone DesS
1oe he says "and Tone he tried his hand at gtin
out o the way by the piZen route Doc wlsht may
die and go torment in another minute IT l halnt the
sickest man you ever in all o yore life! swar
feel like I'd ct couple O rattlesnakes and dozen or
so O green lizards. Now I'm goin to give You until
dnnertime tonor' to git sound and well ag and
and so I'm goin' to shoot you dead as doornall
Is thar he says, anything about that what you don't
Jest edzactly understands
Il think not the doctor "I'll do my best
for YOU"
And with that he pretended not to notice the big
navy pistol Sewers still held with its muzzle towards
cost Sewers eyes and tongue This DONE he begun
to fdgetn around amongst his powders and pills.
After seectin what he wanted, he called to the old
woman, who a standin outside sort of gyard,
to bring him gill O water, and got it in gourd.
Then he mixed the medicine in the water, and passed
the gourd to Copperhead
"Drnk this MIR. Sewers he says
Copperhead he leans for ards and takes the gourd in
his free hand. all the time with due attention to his
navy pistol But he don't drink the medicine He sets
thar, plumb white in the face from the misery INSIDE OF
him, and ewes DR.. Thayer with them thar mean eyes
O his Then he hands the dose back to the doctor.
"You drink this yoreself, he orders, nosn the old
navy to ards Thaver threat Il haint goin to be
a nappin, what haint! You've done made yore brags
about vore brains, you see
The doctor he took the gourd and throwed what was
in it down his throat without the least bit O hesatln
which proved to Copperhead that the doctor hadn
been tryin no trick.
"Now fix me up another DOSE and out O. the
bottles" says Sewers. "And please remember that
know which bottles it was.
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