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Tup at?ng^rfaSV^ joked ?od laughed with Tilda; jest as ef dor eech a man as rae had never been bern.' . - "Welf, for aje,.I*eearonI.eto^^t^cty weil . for a while; hut I felt Sata?* comino into the. as I husked; and sometiriiea pitched the' o?rn . , - on to the pile, and aometinaes over my head aonipngst the ?talks and. hU3ks-for aomje ' how blood war dancing afore my eyes, and I could nt alays see right well what?*! wjar doing. At last the boyland the- gals all -?tr. around me began to titter ..and laugh, and * \ nod and wink, end I khowed lt war ail about me. Still I husked away, and didnt . say nothing often and then alays 90m th i hg .harp and sassy. * Now, ef 'Pel? tad jest .w a minded his own business lind treated Lucy respectful, and hadnt sail nothing ??gra wating to me, its like he moujjht be living now to laugh over , his triumph; but he could at be COD tented," th* fool, when he wat4 well off, and begun to ax ef* anybody had sein anybody a? bad ?hawed a- green * * persimmon lately, meaning me. All the fools, Lucy amongst the rest, laughed a*; this, and pretended to wonder who he could mean; and as I still held myself do wo, (though I felt the seat gittin?powerful hot, fnd seen little red .things dancing afore my eyes,) he still kept, on gitting wusset and more- -piuted like, till: at last ha says, . nay* he,-*I wm-the'chap as goes in for ripe persimmons,' and he thro wed one arm around Lucy'^waist and drawed her ovei ?and kissed'her." ~Now, ho^s, Ive come tt a spot thaj^s alays been kind o black U - ejaaei I dont remember gitting up-but 3 spect ? did, fdr-1 remember finding tnysei - ' Btaadirig ' up amongst a. mighty excite? ^crpwd, with Pete lying down, his head al ' blood j, and a stova-in whiskey keg alpnj side o him^that all said Id jest smasoei agin bj^i upper story; whilst Lucy, all faint ^ ed aui^tre?e.bed ,o?t limpsy, war .bein] toted by her* father and two others, and] fol ; l?red by all .the rest o 'the gals,, crying lam . BoYeamlng; -The boys around now itu! different sides* and some said I wacr'i?ht M\and some said ? warnt. But I soon lix tho matter. > Stepping out from the crdwc I says, .says I: *Let ?bein as thinks j Iv done -right, fbi 1er me, aud them as ^on ..' amy and takekeor of Pete till he gics^we enough to as lor a settlement with t ttl?.*: Which f ?pose he'll de, ef" he arent a nov ' J^Lt ". ,^5[l,.aB I said", the party divide?.] ot \f' and. a^me "w.enl home'with iiie and ^orx staid aud tuk keer of Pete. I got my 1 if %4ewn and cleaned her, and run nomo ball . * aSa ?Ucd-ap my powder hom, so as to I ? ready-caad not keep anybody waiting 1 moug?t want to hev the thing set lU-.d art * " a gep?emah fashion. 'By the?tim? V ba , go,t thja dt??e, a-friend of Pete comes ov 'and eays aa how' he'd apect me to meetyni ht ? place naaaed, at daylight next mor ?.>> r?gt: ?PU be thart-says I; 'tell bim I ii ! far and ^gire *iim suinthing wussern ?i?wf?*kjsg" ?it over!' v^ell, I w thar, and; so war Pete, and ev?r> body H found about them digging?, cept thc y? " mqu folks, ?ad they'd a been thar* too; they'd eely boen allowed to -cooi-). i?&? .v> X .? ... .foTrot-*:* '?, . w ' ?id&tHafeEttotrg: to fis tSwgs-?or the fight; for mit wo wen ted r*ar? a lewl piece of ground and a ohaoce to blaze away. Bifles at forty pace? war the word -in them times to settle ail each trifles. as ourn; and arter measuring off tho ground", they set me and Pete facet Jto face, with ?he butt? of both bur pieces ?Unding by our feet; and than all drawed back out of the way, and some onegin the word te ?re. Up went our rifle* at that word, and both pulled trigger at the sawi? tune. I felt sumthing ijuejer about my neck, and putting np thy band, I found Peta's ball had gone threugh>withia a hairbreadth, ot my life; and I3seen P?te at the /same) time clap, his hand te hie breast^and knpwed by that he got sam* I thing to look arter too. But thar warnt.no tune to. beape?t io.hunting balls, for it war a fight till death; and the fast man could git His rifle loaded now,' woald her the best chanco W talking about the mute arter it war over;'se I went in for loading as fast ?a* Ico??d.w'T! *, ; : j 'Now, ? claims to be some at'loading'a rifle, ?nd youd batter heliere I dona my bestAes^. then; but in spite of all I could dd, rete got ahead of me, and I begun ts feel that- : my time had come. Pete I knewed war ? dead shot; aad ef he could i ber ten seconds for an aim, it war all up with this .coon; and ao when I seen him ? shaking in the priming whilst I war only I ramming: down the ball, I jest looked I round to the rifting sun to say good-by to I daylight. I 'I dont think- Pm any more of a onward I than any other man; but when I seen Pete I steadily raising bis piece, I'll own up I felt j powerful queer, and ef- the little-money an i traps I had couid ber bought me about I ten seconds, I dont think I should hev vaited long afore making the trade. A 'Well, boys, that, thar rifle come up slaw and steady; but jest afore it got so as I uiouglit her looked straight iota the muz* zlc, it war jerked one side,, and went off in the air, a ucl Pete Blodget fell down dead ni li .s track, jest when two seconda moro or hi^-lifa would uev ended mine, i * 'As S.00U as I fpusj} he war dead, I [ kuowed I'd her to quit them diggings sud ?den-for he'd got friends enough to set the sheriff arter rae, and it warnt pleasant to ! Ut.uk of being cooped up in jail. So I i hiok? round to Colonel Squire Waterman's j house, and got a sight of Lucy,, who war je-t about as white as a snow bank. 'Lucy,' says I, *youre a critter as has kicked up a good deal of mischief with me -but I forgive you. I come te tell; you ; tb nt Peto Blodget wont trouble nyther of i ns no more, and that I'm'jest breaking for j *a!l timber. Good-by, Lucy-I'm bound to gurt-got tc? go-and on this? herei arth -wo viii uever meet agin.* . 'I war going OD with somthing more; but Lucy-fell down fainty like, and so I left ber and put off for strange parts. I got to the Massi&ip that day, and got a passage to Stj Louis, wliar. I soon got in with some old trappers, and started out for the .life I iollerod ever aence.' V, r 'AM. .mbat ^Q?m?_ Lucyt jmfuired on* oxt*?a KuWi fnt?reeted listeaers, as the trapper ceased, and dropped his head upon his hands. 'Ah rae, bora! tbat 'fs' what I cuni an swer4' sighed the old mountaineer; :'and when a sp^I come? over ma like thar done ta-nigh t, T ginerally seta and wonders. Ah! Lucy-poor, dear Ltfby-nobody never loved you like this here old grey? headed beaver done when he war a kitten -never-never, Lucy-ne ve rf and the oki trapyer drooped his head still lower, and drew his rough, bardhand more than once across his eyes. $2$0 Reward - f/ftjtih: STOLEN, on th? night of th? ?4th inst., from the- ?Ubi? in rear of Head ?iuartors, a short SORREL STALLION, abont our years old. Said animal has asor? on each aide of his back, and hair trimmed very short ea bath hind fetlocks. The above reward will be paid,'and no questions asked, if the horse is delivered at Headquarter? Pjgat, . April 17 Pictorial and Gift Books. ASMALL ?ellection of PICTORIAL and GIFT BOOKS, eeantifnlly illattratod,, I smitable a? mementoes of friendship aad affec? tion nnd as rewards ?f merit ?ad excellence ia j academies, including the writings, ef som? ef the .most ?f?m?ns poet? Apply at taVomoe, Bonds and Stocka. STOLEN, on tb? night ?f the nth FcBruary, $10,000 Confederate 7 per eent. BONB9, in sums of ft,OOO each, dated March % 1862, signed by C. A. -Rose, nacl numbered Nos. 20,024, 20,025, ,12,110, 12,109, 12,106,12,107, 12,106, 12,105. 12,104, 12.10?. Also?_four Bonds, $1,000, 8 per seat; num? bera will appear in next nott??. Also, ene Certificate,:t per cent., fer $100, to the order of I. D. Mordecai. Also, 70 shares cf Capital Stock ef the Ex? change BanaV of Columbia, g. C., ia. th? aaa? I of 1.1ft. Mordecai " Also, $1,000 in 7.30. Netos; ?nmeers with tba I Assistant Treasurer, which will- be. pahlished i hereafter. j .AU parties ?ra forbidden t? trade for th? I above named securities, as ?ppueetiea will bo made for renewals of the ?au?*; ? < M. CV MORDECAI. April 6 th? Executor UM lleraaaai The State of Soath Car^iaa. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Coxumia, Maren 27, IM?. THE invasion Of th? EUte ha* reaaVcd it proper that Ufa Legialativ? Department of. th? Government of thc Stat? should . tte noa -??nod, that such measures may be adopted as the welfare of th? State easy reqnire. . Am? sar that purpose,, the memBors af Uk? lon at? ?ad the House of Repr?sentative? ?t tko State ?f Smith Carolina ar? hereby, ia Vied ?In ?escobe* at Greenville, on TUESDAY, *?# Sata day ef April, 1865, at 12 o'clock aa. _ K . By she Governor: A. MAtTOn*. . Official: W. 8. Exuerr, Private Bure??ay. April 1 . sjf* All papers ia the State wa? copy nat* th? time for the meeting ?** the LajalaWasv