Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-08-26

cit WIS an accident y'know, but
shoot, if you like"
NO" commanded adam Balls
father, q slender and angular old man
with a struggling iron-gray beard
"No, don't shoot. Shootin's too quick,
by comics. And 'en, it amt accOrdin'
to law" (Queer how suddenly he re-
spected the majesty of the law y
WED a burned sight ruther see him
hung by the neck ontel dead In the
jaiIyard at Gainesville. Ye'uns put
down them thar guns. Put down all
O them thar guns right now; hear
meT
He turned back to Dale. "Ye say it
was q accident?" he sneered.
"Yes, it. was an accident"
Like the old devilI" roared Black
Adams father.
He stopped and picked up his sons
black SLOUGH hat and examined 1t.
There were two bullet holes close to.
gether In the rim-and one of them
had beel there for long time.
John Moreland, he's been a-l'arnln
ye how to Shoot" he said, "and you've
shore l'arned purity ID well. II must
ha' been yore third Shot at got
Adam"
~ fired only once" disagreed Dale.
"Your son fired first; l fired second; |;
and somebody else, | haven't the
slightest idea who, fired the other
Shot"
"Aw, shet up! Ye can tell II at the
trial." grOwled old Ball. Then to his
kinSmen.
We'll hold Dale right here, boys.
ontel the shuritf he's sent after comes.
And well not move Adam, which same
is accOrdin' to law. reckon Shurif
Tom Flowcrs'll find a different job
from what he expected TO find; won't
he, boys? Say, wiSht one O you
feIlers'd gi me a good. big chaw O
tObacker. Be burned eff don't. Adams
death, 1t has made me feel sort o
bad, by comics, and tObacker's allus
consolation
"BilI Dale, you haint got chaw O.
tObacker on We, have ye-bought to-
buCker, store tObacker? It's @ burned
sight better'n homemade, ] says. Ye
say ye don't chew! Chew-h-l!
Whyn't ye say 'chaw,' like a man! ]
ol
how. Nobody at don't chaw tobacker
amt no count. =. All right, Jim
Ike" to his nephew, "Pll take a chaw
O. yores, then. And I'll take q tolably
big chaw, Jim Ike, cause Adams
death has made me feel sort o bad,
and tobacker'S allus consolation"
The sounds of the shooting had car
ried far and 1t wasn't long until the
scene of tile tragedy was crowded with
Balls and TOrreys, Littlefords and
Morelands Major Bradley and Hayes,
too, were there. Every man Of them
was armed; a very little thing might
easily turn the place into shambleS.
Tie major saw this, and he was
afraid. He drew the leaders Of the
Morelands and the LittlefOrds aside,
and finally prevailed upon them to do
their utmost toward keeping peace un-
til the coming of the sheriff.
At first John MOreland and Ben Lit
tleford were for taking Bill Dale from
the Balls and TorreyS who guarded
him, if they had to depOpulate the
whole Ball settlement, Jerusalem Cove
and HattOn's He'll to accomplish it!
Happily, the majors counsel prevailed.
Sheriff Tom Flowers was q tall and
1.-the. smooth-faCed man. lie arrived
with Luke MOreland at noon, after
hours of hard riding. He saw the hign
tension, and Immediately steeled HIM
self to handle tie situation. After
uding straight to the center of the
gathering and there halting his horse,
he said evenly:
"In order that may know who to
arrest, | must know something of the
circumstances. only one man must