The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-08-25


steam engine Kad bowed up while IL
WIS putin wood IA III He vas kind
y limp and ths mad had leaked out !,
him.
" I reckon | better nad ! Doctor il
says.
"You gst into ny wagon and m
take We to good one says Traylor.
Just then Stephen Nuckles. the cir
cuit minister, rode In with the biz
bloodhound that follers him around.
The other Shaver had got of his
boss In the scrimmage. Traylor start
ed for him. The SLAYER began to back
away and suddenly broke into q run.
The big dog took after him with a kind
of a lion roar. We Ill began yelling
at the dog. We made more noise than
you'd hear ut the end Of d boss a
1t scairt the young Teller. He put on
Q steam and went up the ladder to
the roof Of the woodshed like a.chased
weasel. The dog stood barkin' as IL he
had treeda bear. Traylor grabbed the
ladder and pulled It down.
You stay there till / get away an
you'll be safe, said he.
THE man looked down and swore
and shook his fist and threatened us
with the law.
Mr.. Nuckles rode close to the wood
shed and looked up at, him.
my brother, Il fear you be not 4
Christian he said.
He swore at the minister. That
settled him. i reckon he better stay
thar till he gifts = little O. Gods grace
In his SOUL says the minister.
"Then he says to the dog: 'Ponto,
you keep i'm right thar
"The dog appeared to understand
what was expected Of him.
"The minister got off his boss and
hitched him and took of his coat and
put it o. the ground.
What you goin' to dor I says.
'MeY says the minister. I be
goin' to rassle with Satan for the soul
o that ar man, an IL you keep watch
I reckon you'll see at the ground'l be
scratched up some fore l git through
HE loOsened his collar an knelt on
his coat and began to pray that the
mans soul would see its wickedness
and repent. You could have heard him
half q mile away.
"Mr. Traylor drove of with the
damaged SLAYER settin' beside him and
the saddle boss hitched to the rear
axle. I see my chance an before that
prayer ended / had got the fugitives
under some hay In my wagon and start
ed of with them on my way to Liv-
ingston county. / could hear the pray
in until l got over the hill into Canaan
barrens. At shutdown / left them In
good hands thirty miles up the road"
In a frontier newspaper of that
time it is recorded that the minister
and his dog kept the SLAYER on the ROOT
all day, vainly trying with prayer and
exhortation to convert his soul. The
man stopped swearing before dinner
and on his promise not again to violate
the commandment a good meal was
handed up to him. He was liberated
at shutdown and spent the night with
Brimstead. ..
who is that big sucker who grabbed
my friendT' the stranger asked Brim-
stead.
His name is Samson Traylor.
Comes from Vermont" was the an
swer.
IF he don't look out 'Liph Bigss'l
kill him-certain."
Samson spoke not more than q dozen
words on his way back to New Salem.
Amazed and a little shocked by his
own conduct, he sat thinking. After
all he had heard and seen, the threat
Of the young upstart had provoked
him beyond his power of endurance.
The sensitive mind of the New Eng
lander had been hurt by the story Of
the fugitives. Upon this hurt the
young man had poured the turpentine
Of naughty, imperial manners. The
more he thought Of it the less inclined
he was to reproach himself for his
violence. Slavery was q relic Of an
cient imperialism. 1t had NO right in
free America. There could be no
a with it save for a little time.
The Missourians would tell their
friends of the lawless and violent men
Of the North, who cared not 4 fg for
the property rights Of 4 Southerner.
The stories would travel like dre in
dry grass.
So. swiftly, the thoughts Of men
were being prepared for the great bat
tie lines Of the future. Samson saw
the peril Of it.
As they rode along young Mr.. Biggs
complained Of pain and Samson made
Z sling Of his muller and put it over
the neck and arm of the injured Biggs
and drove with care to avoid jolting.
For the first time Samson took Z care
full and sympathetic look ct him. He
wal Z handsome youth, about six feet
tall, with dark eyes and hair and q
small black mustache and teeth very
white and even.
In New Salem Samson took him to
Doctor Aliens Office and helped the
doctor In setting the broken bone.
Then he went to Oftnt.s store and
found Abe reading his law book and
gave him m account of his adventure.
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