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his laurels by the sacrifice of divers finger-joints, and 

 such other favorite points of vulnerability, with his 

 antagonists ; not to mention fractured ribs, gouged 

 eyes, etc.? What though he had stood by Jackson in 

 his Indian wars, and in his grand triumph at New 

 Orleans ; had passed through the Texan struggle for 

 independence ; had scouted upon the frontier against 

 the Comanches, yet, when I first saw him, his footstep 

 had the lightness of twenty-five, and although so 

 nearly approaching the close of his mortal career, a 

 more decided worldling in heart I have never met. 



The following letter, received from the Colonel 

 at a period when the writer was practicing law in 

 Texas, at the town of Crockett, will open the story of 

 a quarter race. We propose placing the communica- 

 tion verbatim before the reader : 



"Bucksnort On The Brasis, October 16th, 184-. 



"Deer Squire : — After due compliments ov sich 

 friendship as has ever been between us, I rite more 

 particularly to inform you that I much wish that you 

 will come out here next Saturday week, to act fur me 

 in the bisiness we was speaking ov ; and, furthermore, 

 to be at a real full-deck race. I've got on my hoss 

 Rolette agin' a mar oaned by a feller name Cook, gin- 

 erally noan as Keeno Cook — having interjuce that 

 game in these parts. Teh mar is called Slidin' Jenny. 

 I'm to put up a thousand dollars wuth of land switifi- 

 kets agin hoss property valleyed at cash price. 



fur further perticulars wait ontwell I see you, 

 which I'm in hopes you'll not disappint me in not com- 



in S- "Yours, etc., R D> K> p ierch » 



