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Show ~14 TilE A.VVE.. Y. T[;RL'S Olr' IICCI1LEBERlll- Fl. .Y. }.~ lay his tongue to, an<l t h \Yhole street packed \Yii h prople li:tening and langhing and going on. By-and-hy a proudlooking tnan ahont fifty-five- and he wa, a hcnp th ... be.'t-dre · ·eel 1nan in that town, too- tep: out f the tore, and th crmrcl drop back on ach side to let h itn co1nc. 1 [c :nys to Bogg~, 1night y cahn and :low-he ·ay~ : "I'm tirc'cl of thi ; but I'll rnclnre it till on o'clock. Till one o 'clod<, 1nind- no longer. 1 f yon open your 1nouth againf't 1n only once, after that titne, yon can't travel so far but I '-vill fincl you.'' 'l'bf\n hr turns nn<.l goe in. The crowd looke<llnighty ~obcr; nobody . t irred, nncl there wnrn't no 1nor laughing. Bogg, ro<.le off b1ackgnarding f-'h crbHrn a~ loud as h coul<l y 11, all duwn t h c st rcct ; aud prctt y ·non hack he cotncs and stop. befor(\ the store, still keeping it np. Senne n1cn crowded around hi1n and tried to get hitn to . hut up, but h) wouldn't; they told hitn iL woul<.l he one o'clock in abont fifteen 1ninute:, anrl f'O he 1nu l go hmnc- he 1nu~t go right away. But it di<.ln't do no goocl. lie cu. :r<.l ~nnly, ·with all his 1night, and t hrowr(l his hat clo,vn in the 1nud and rode over it, and pretty soon away he went a-raO'ing down the street again, \Vith his gray hair a-flying. E\·er~~bocly that could get a chance at him trie<.l their be. t to coax hinl off of hi~ horse so they could lock him np and g t hi1n .. ober; but it warn't no use- up th street lH' ·wonl<l tear again aud giv ~herbnrn another cnf':;ing. Byand- by ._'om body nys: "Uo for hi daughter !--qnick, go for his dal1ghter; somctilne, he'll list n to her. [f anybody can per uade him, she can.,. ~o somebody ~ta1tecl on a run. I walked (lown street a ways, nnd topped. In about fi\·e or t n minut s, h re come Hogg.: ngain- bnt not on his hor:e. lie \vas a-reeling acros the treet towards me, bareheaded, with a friend on both ides DEATII Ol!1 BOGGS. 21.) of. hi1n aholt of his ann: and hurrying hi1n along. }{p was qut t, and look d unea~y; and he warn'L hanO'inO' l)·lc] ~ "IJ 1 t . ( b b c. '- u y, )U I wa clo1ng som of the burrying hin1self. f-'ornebody : ing!-i out,- " Bogg ·! · I look d OYer there to .: who said it, nn<l it wa. that '1' I J!!; DEA111 01!' BOGG, . tblonel h rburn. lie w-a standing perf clly ·till in the b·eet, and ~1ad .a pistol raised in hi .. right hand- not aitning it, but hold1ng 1t out \vith the barrel tilt d up toward the .. ky. The arne second I see a young girl coming on the run, and hvo men |