The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-13

1T was an accident, y'know, but
shoot, if you like ~ =
mo" commanded Adam Balls
father, a slender and angular old man
with struggling iron-gray beard
mo, don't shoot. +ShoOtin's too quick,
by comics And ZEN, it amt accOrt1in'
to law" Queer how suddenly he re-
spected the majesty of the lawD
Wed burned sight rnther see him
hung by the neck ontel dead in the
jailyard at Cartersville. 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 a accidents" he sneered. -
eyes, it was an accident" ~, ~-.
Like the old DEVIL" roared Black
Adams father. IT,: ~ -. ..t''
! lie stopped and picked up his sons
black, SLOUGH hat and examined it,
There were two bullet holes close to-
gether in the rim-and one of them
had been there for long time. = 4
"John Moreland, he's been a-larnin'
ye how to shoot" he said, "and you've:
shore Earned purity ID we'll. 1t must
| ha' been yore third shot at got
Admin r. 49,
II fired only once" disagreed Dale.
'Your son fired first; fired second;
and somebody else, I haven't the
slightest idea who, fired the other
shot"
law, shet up! Ye can tell it at the
trial." growled old Ball. Then to his
kinsmen. l..
"Well hold Dale right here, boys,
ontel the shurilf he's sent after comes.
And Well not move Adam, which same
is accordin' to law. reckon Shuriff
Tom FlOwersIl find different job
from what he expected to find; won't
, he, boys? Say, l -,wisht' one O you
fellers'd gil me 4 good, big chaw o.
tobacker Be burned eff I don't. Adams
death, it has made me feel sort O.
bad, by comics, and tobacker's allus
a consolation '.-..
'Bill Dale, you fain't got chaw O.
tobacker Oh We, have ye-bought to-
hacker, store tobacker? It's burned
sight better'n homemade, I says. Ye
say, We don't chew! Chew-h--l!
Whyn't We say 'chaw,' like q. man! I
allus knowcd We wasn't no count, no.
{ how. Nobody at don't chaw tobacker
amt no count. =. All right, Jim
/, Ike" to his nephew, 'I'll take a chaw
O. yores, then. And I'll take a TOTALLY
big chaw, jim. Ike, cause Adam s
, death has made me feel sort O bad,
and tobacker's allus consolation"
|, The sounds of the shooting had car
ried far, and it wasn't long until the
scene Of the tragedy was crowded with
Balls and Torreys. Littlefords and
AIorelands. Major Bradley and Hayes,
too, were there. Every man of them
was armed; very little thing might
easily turn the place into shambles.
The major saw this, and he was
/ afraid. - He drew heaieaders Hofs the
NIorelands.~au1 the LittisfoEtis aside.
and finally prevailed upon them to do
their utmost toward keeping. peace I'M
5tfl the coming Oh the sheriff
At first John ii ireland and Ben Lit
!, tleford were Tor ia King Ell Dale from
the Balls and Torfeys who guarded
him, if they bad TO depopula tie the
. whole Ball settlement, Jertlsaleln$S,ove
and Hatton's He'll to accomplish 1t!
4 Happily. the majors counsel prevailed.
; Sheriff Tom Flowers was a tall and
1.-the, smooth-faced man. He arrived
with Luke Moreland at noon, after
hours of hard riding. He saw the high
I tension, and Immediately steeied him
self 10 handle the situation. After
riding straight. to the center of the
gathering and there haltins his horse,
he said evenly: s. - ~:
In order that j may know who to
arrest, j must know; something of the
circumstances Only. one man must