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THE RUBAI. HEW- 
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ANDERSONVILLE VIOLETS. 
Copyrighted by the Rural New-Yorker. 
All rights reserved. 
chapter xvii. ( Continued.) 
The first trouble John had with his neigh¬ 
bors was caused by a dog. The dog is a per¬ 
fectly harmless animal so long as he is left to 
prey upon his own species, but when he comes 
in contact with live mutton he often causes 
much trouble. John bought a small flock of 
sheep just after coming to the plantation. 
They had always kept 4 sheep at home, and 
John believed these woolly servants to be the 
most perfect farm scavengers known. There 
were but few other sheep in the neighborhood 
that he could find. Even Col. Fair shook his 
head at John’s purchase. 
“Too many dogs here,” he said. “Every 
nigger and every poor white man has got a 
dozen curs bangin’ ’round. You’ll have ter 
watch them sheep all the time. There aiu’t 
nothin’ but a good charge of shot that’ll ever 
cure a dog of sheep killin’. The law allows ye 
to kill all dogs found huntin’ round a flock o’ 
sheep. Jest kill a dozen or so, an they’ll’ all 
keep clear of ye.” 
A few days after this talk, one of the best 
sheep was fouud dead in the pasture. A big, 
gray dog had been seen prowling about. John 
gave iSol instructions to shoot all dogs found 
on the place, and so well was this order heed¬ 
ed that the next day the gray dog lay dead in 
the pasture. He had been caught in the very 
act of chasing sheep. 
Nothing more was thought of the affair un¬ 
til the next day when a most unwelcome visi¬ 
tor came walking in from the road—a long, 
lanky, beardless “poor white.” He walked up 
to the little gate in front of the house, and 
there stopped to lean lazily upon his gun 
while he surveyed the premises. His colorless 
clothes were ragged and limp. There was 
nothing but a cruel slit, stained with tobacco 
juice, aud a pair of little, fishy eyes that gave 
any character to his face. Sol was at work 
near the corner of the house. The new-comer 
watched the negro for a moment, and then 
called, in a thin, raspiug voice: 
“Look yer nigger, call out yer boss an’ tell 
him I’ve cum round yer to get pay fer that 
dorg you all done killed.” 
Sol walked straight to the barn where John 
was working. “Dere’s a man out dere wants 
tosee you, boss,” he said. “I reckon its ‘bout 
datdorg I done killed. You better take you’ 
pistol when youse go, 1 reckon.” 
“I don’l want no pistol I guess,” said John 
as he put down his hammer and started for 
the front of the house. Sol did not consider 
the hammer such a useless implement evident¬ 
ly. He caught up the tool and hid it under 
his vest, aud followed John. The visitor still 
stood in front of the house, leaning on his gun. 
John walked up to him and, nodding with the 
New England idea of politeness, said: “Howdy 
do?” 
“I’m tollerble, I reckon,” was the answer. 
The long individual looked curiously at John 
over the muzzle of his gun. 
“Your nigger killed my dorg,” he said at 
last. “I’ve cum round yer ter git my pay fer 
’im.” 
John was as near to being angry as he often 
got. Things had gone wrong all the afternoon, 
and Nellie was at Col. Fair’s house. The man 
before him was such a miserable specimen of 
humanity, and he spoke so insolently, that 
John grew obstinate at once. 
“I ketched your dog killin’ sheep. I’ve gut 
the law on my side,an’ ye can’t collect nothin’.” 
“I don’t care a shuck fer the law. I’ve 
come t§r git the pay fer my dorg. Your nig- 
ger'killed him. You Yankees needn’t a think 
yer cornin’ down yer to kill my dorg.” 
There was a wicked look on the dog-owner’s 
face as he straightened up and raised his gun 
from the ground. He had sadly mistaken 
his man, however, if he expected to frighten 
Johu. An old soldier does not forget his mil¬ 
itary experience so readily. 
“Don’t yer pint that gun at me 1” John said 
as he stepped forward. “I warn’d brought up 
in the woods ter be scart by no owls. Stand 
back an’ clear out.” 
John found himself well supported by Sol. 
The negro quickly drew the hammer from un¬ 
der his ■ vest aud stepped to the side of the 
stranger. 
Before the gun could h?fve been’raised, Sol 
could easily have broken the dog-owner’s 
skull. This latter gentleman seemed to appre¬ 
ciate the situation. 
“You’ve gut the drop on me, I reckon,” he 
said, as he lowered the point of his gun; “but 
its my turn next.” 
He turned aud walked slowly down the path 
toward the gate. He did not go far, but sat 
down under a tree and examined his musket. 
Then he sat with his weapon across his knees 
and watched the house. John grew uneasy at 
this watching. Every time he turned from 
his work, he could see the unwelcome visitor 
still sitting under the tree. At last he went 
down to the little gate and called to the man 
to “clear out.” 
“I want the pay fer that dorg,” was all the 
answer he could get. 
Late in the afternoon Col. Fair brought 
Nellie home. 
“What ye gut down under them trees, Judge?” 
he asked, pointing to the visitor. 
John explained the matter much to the 
amusement of Col. Fair. 
“Look out he don't burn yer gin-house some 
night,” he said. 
As Col. Fair drove back to his own house 
he stopped near the seated figure under the 
tree. 
“What are ye doin’ here?” he asked sternly. 
“I waut the pay Rr my dorg,” was the sul¬ 
len answer. The man had but one idea. 
“You’d better quit now, an’ keep the rest of 
yer dogs to home, I reckon. That man up yun- 
der don’t waste no words at all. I expect he’s 
killed a dozen men. He says if you don’t go 
mighty soon, he’s cornin’ out on the porch an’ 
jest use ye fer a target. He can snuff a candle 
at ten rod, he can, an’ you’d better quit afore 
he comes out.” 
The man was evidently moved by this ad¬ 
dress. He called out the object of his mission 
once or twice, and at last shouldered his gun 
and walked slowly out of the grounds. He 
paused for a moment at the gate as if about 
to return and insist upon the payment, but 
John’s reputation as a marksman was too 
much for him—he walked off along the road, 
looking back atintervalstosee if John appear¬ 
ed on the porch. 
This incident troubled John and Nellie con¬ 
siderably. They were afraid the man would 
return and make more trouble. The days 
went by, however, and nothing was heard from 
him until the day that John went to town and 
attended the political meeting. Late iu the 
afternoon of tLat day, little Nellie determin¬ 
ed to go down to the gate to meet her father 
on his return from town. Her mother was 
busy in the house, so the little girl induced 
Aunt Jimiy to go down to the gate with her. 
The old negress was always willing to do what¬ 
ever “little honey” proposed, so the two start¬ 
ed on their pilgrimage. The old woman hob¬ 
bled painfully along with her stick, but the 
little girl danced gleefully all over the road- 
She would run far ahead, and then dance back 
to help Aunt Jinny along. 
“You is mighty spry, you is,” said the old 
woman as little Nellie danced back to take 
hold of the stick and thus increase Aunt Jin¬ 
ny’s rate of progression. “You is mighty 
spry. I reckon it ud take a po’ful big piece of 
sunshine fer ter keep ahead o’ youse.” 
Aunt Jinny sat down under a tree near the 
gate, while little Nellie climbed on the fence 
to obtain a better view of the road. 
“There comes papa,” she shouted at last, 
pointing down the road. Far in the distance, 
just coming over a little hill, she saw a wagon 
that looked exactly like her father’s. She did 
not examine it closely, but childlike, jumped 
to the ground at once to run and meet it. 
“Come Aunt Jinny,” she shouted, “come 
and ride back with papa.” 
Aunt Jinny rose stiffly and followed the 
little girl down the road. Little Nellie did 
not stop to run back now. She danced on 
ahead eager to meet her father. She was 
quite a little distance ahead of Aunt Jinny 
when a man started up from under a tree by 
the road, and shouted to her. 
“Hold on thar!” 
She stopped with her eyes wide open in won¬ 
der at this command. The voice was so hard 
and rasping that it frightened her. It was 
the same man that had troubled John. He 
picked up his gun from the ground and walk¬ 
ed out into the road. He scowled fiercely at 
the little girl, and growled out his old demand 
“I want the pay fer that dorg.” 
(To be Continued.) 
That Tired Feeling 
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