Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1891 — A PRETTY SHOT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A PRETTY SHOT.

“Did you ever Bee a man shot?” was asked of the countryman, who was sitting on the rail fence entertaining the crowd with stories. He straightened slightly and replied: “Yes; onst. Hit wuz when I wuz er livin’ - on ther river. I wuz er plowin’ an’ ther she’it'f er ther county rid up ’ith fo’ yetber fellers, an’ ’e says, s’s’e, ‘Hello, Thompson.’ I lef’ mer boss an’ plow an’ went ter ther fence an’ tol’ ’em howdy, an’ ast ’em whufc they wuz atter. They wuz a huntin’ uv er hossthief ’at wuz er hidin’ at ol’ Nath Simpson’s. None uv’em knowed ther road an’ they wanted *ne to show hit ter ’em. Co’se I did. I tuck mer hoss outeu ther plow au’ got on ’im bar’back. Simpson’s cabin sot in er cle’rin’ ’bout fifty yards f’orn ther fence. We hitched our bosses ’bout two hund’ed yards erway. Ez we clum’ ercrost ther fence, ther do’ er ther cabin opened an’ out steps mister hossthief ’ith er shot-gun. ’At didn’ skeer nobody ’cep’n hit ’uz me, an I wouldn’t er bin erfeard es I’d er had er gun. Ther

She’iff’s brother Jim wuz clostestto Tn an hollered halt. Ther feller jist raised “is gun easy like an’ shoot at Jim an’ down ’e goes He jist ketched ’is foot onder er root an’ fell, tharbv er savin’ uv ’is life. Ther She’iff bust out er cryin’ when he seed Jim fall an’ ’e says, s’s’e, ‘Shoot ’im! He’s killed Jim.’ Ev’vbody ’gin ter shoot then ’cep’in’ hit wuz Aleck Weldon. He jist sot ther butt uv ’is Winchester on er stump au r stood thar, Ther She’iff seed ’im an’ s’s’e, ‘Why don’t yer shoot ?’ Aleck says, s’s’e, ‘D —n hit, wait twell he gits fur ernougb erway ter make er good shot/ When ’e gits erbout er hund’ed an’ fifty yards off, Aleck ups with ’is gun dn’ shoots three times jist like he wpa er shootin’ at er mark. At ther las’ shot ther feller draps. Time we got ter ’im ’e wuz dead. They wusn’ but three bullets hit ’im, an’ them wuz all Aleck’s. Het jist put ’em in er row erbout fo’ eenehes er part right side ev ’is back bone. ’At’s ther on’y time I ever seed er man shot, an’ nobody hain’t ever seed one shot purttier an’ ’at un

wuz.

HUGH BLAKE WILLIAMS.

“AT THER LAST SHOT THER FELLER DRAPS.