The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-30
old MAN GREENLAW
TALKS ON FIGHTING
III. Motto l.: '.First Knock
Him Scn>clc>>. Then Bear
On Gradually"
STRIFE 50 BEST AVOIDED

.ThcN Is tltn'S, ~ GO sc, sald Ola
"a, Grecnlaw didactically. when a
sans lust racltully 'hlcged to fight,
80, cenly It's pu' business. an l don't
..A IN i, ae a rule. Fust Off. II gifts
man al, bet up an it's bad TO- the
,.os,ion. Takes his mind often his
,,.iness an don't git him nowhars,
no, frcl'cnt it don't.
"rb' amt nothin' into IT. not gently.
:, yo' kill yo' nan It's liable 70 to
make hard feelin's, an If yo' git kilt
-, amt nothin' made by It. Pears
10 It's mo r less wasteful. an tn
,,r', ~pN,ical economy into 1t.
"Mos, gently they is ways o 'voidin'
s-ht what's a heap better n To stir
IN strife. That's one reason why I
flaws keeps a b~ungstarter nigh hand.
re slays ready TO use an It's nigh
bou. tho hest thing they is To- to
pvent fshtin' with.
- DN~al - iibh ''ii''S III hNoi
,hs,'s heilhcnt on kickin' up a d'stur-
barce. They is some what pears TO
20 thatawdy just nachully, mo- special
Z they been drinkin' "A little mo n
gshaI. II he's anyways Encouraged.
mo n likely he's gwine to git the
mace all mussed up an do mo- r less
damage 10 the furniture. let alone the
,hanst a somebody gittin' hurried an
mehhe kilt. Til amt nothin' into 1t.
an f Il happens freG'ent it's liable to
Eve the place a bad name.
Thing to do is to knock him sense
l.ss frs, of. an then hear on grajally.
Takes Two or mo- to make a fight. an
he's knocked out afo' he's did any
hin they won't I've none. An II en-
No d!d mo- expeditiouslike with n
hlngstar,cr n anyways else, = fur s
! know
"Yo' all pears Ia he gittin' hell
-arin' peaceful in yo' old age" sail
Joe Bassett Contemptuously. Reckon
90 must "a been gittin' religion.
rlght.n's = nachul : eatin' an they
sa heap mo- 'njoyment into it. II n
man won't fight when they is a 'casion
- fghtin' tn amt enough to him tn
make II with while to sweep him mp
long a tn other rubbish what they
9 on the no" And he spat on the
aoor by way of emphasizing his dis
gust
Wei. % co'se. II they is proper
cs,ion ~ IT," said the old man as one
'e,.nlu.shing "A point as handsomely
r possible when he sees that il is
lntendhle. "a man is jest nachully
b,eesed To fight. | done said that
f-st on But what | was a sayin' was
What they is gently other ways To- to
settle a difficulty what's mo- pref
ahe.
But thai amt neither here nor
here. Yu' all was a sayin' somepin'
or No havin' got religion, an it
was spoke d.srespec'ful. Now 1t
HoGsht : well be understood now =
iay time what | done got religion a
1A'pHd long time ago, an | don't
r'p"se fo' to stand TO- nobody maxim
IN ~ il, no 'thuuten he's p'pared TO
- lce me first M. he can't. They
'ar', nobody make fun o. religion on
ne premises. not while I'm p'pletor o.
M pace. he can't"
"D"n't nobody want to make fun o
'eag.op, sud Bassett Indignantly.
WY i yo' all j. done 81 l., | amt
'e'er saw no p'tic'lar signs Of il.
Pears Ike Nn' n yo' business ir-
regardless a. no church obligations"
That's dif'rent." declared the old
nan with equal heat. Religions one
'A!ng an business is another. They
couldn't nobody make "A livin' into the
soon business If he was To run a
'rd'r meetin' into IT as part o. the
res'ar p~'ceedin's. II a mar is got
proper respect TO- his religion he amt
irvine IN d'grade il by fetchin' it into
rontrac, with SIGH s'roundin's as they
haS TO 10 into a harroom. An IL he
Nart got no proper respect fu' it he
mongtt : well not have none
That's erect enough. : fur's II
Zoos, said Jake Winterhottom, a little
'mp]at"ntiy but what's done sot yo'
All ar'in fcht!n' ali of a suddint" |
avn mover heor'd yo' talk that away
ho', ! amt no gre't hand fo' fightin
NV "Nnself 'thouten its ncc'ary, hut ]
am got ~ preidice agin it. Pears
'te 4 Lite of II o an ag'in is toll
Ah" good exercise. besides bein' en-
shah.o fun into il, like Joe says"
on, reckon it's all right enough IN
moneral."r,' said the old man as II
~ cared little about prolonging a los
ing argument, but | was a thinkin
. "hat happened Jim Perkins long %
nm haN.n' the quar'lsome disposition
What he lad.
] 70, kon Jim Perkins was nigh
''UN the UttleSt runt of a man they
was ID the hun State % Mississippi
A.N"fNs they want nobody in Green
,le mon fo.tceu year old what wan,
.-s"I y nm Didn't pear to he n
reason ip' o, ou'v TO him bein's quart.
som" a- he MAS.
reckon H" mus, "A quar'led with his
.''7 ?" that Ntcnt what they didH'i
.' .''H ap Gl''t good alter he done
'I. Anyways 'peared like ho
T'I' d. hand TO 4 grow. an he
"''i ..'' enough on it to fetch him
~ '' ''' proper statue of "A man
'N'' stayed little.
".'s'' d hunk that was the rea-
- nan u'in' : quar'lsome as he
va to' him helm horned tina
,.N'3. -" ] reckon it must "a been
.''' way round, lie want quart.
'"' '.."' a. b".n' little, but littlC
'''' ' n"u' q~uarlsomc."
Was ST. All sayin' what he lived
81 '''~''Hyi'"'" asked sam rearsall
' '." appearance Of a man who
~ 90 h" sure Of his premises be-