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On (lowt :n t t the i);,( to Smith. You boys had better .us1 straighten this thing up and have n. more about it. He said, I would be glad to do it and if Mr. Davenp,or wants to see me you all ca!: ride hack I rode up the road a piece and seer Mr. Davenport again and hollered t< him. He was over in the field. started in the field and seen him com. ing and we met. We spoke an< talked a little while and I said to hin fnat Clark was over there and said if you want to see him about thi: road business he would wait. Hi said, I don't care to see him. He wil want his own way about it anyhow He asked me then what about th road, my ideas about it. I told hin my first recollection of the road wa that it come down through t1he woods it was above the woods. It was il cultivation now and there was fence running over on Godfrey's sid where there had been a road sinc that one was made. Mr. Davenpor says. Uncle Fed says the road com out right along up. he pointed out, o: the hill. I said, I won't attempt t say wthere it come out from only m recollection is it was s.omewher through the woods, and another roa run out there to the old saw-mill, an then it run on, I pointed out dow towards the old mill out this wai At that time I seen Clark. I say: there is Clark down there yet, and w both rode off to where Clark wa Q. When you left Clark to g down in the field where Tom wa was Clark on his horse, or on th ground? A. He was on his horse when left him. When I saw him when come back the was sitting down unde an oak tree holding his horse. So w rode up to where Clark was. The spoke to each other and the roa question come up. I hardly kno which one started the subject, bt anyway it was started, and I thin Mr. Tom claimed that the roai Uncle Fed'says. come out up ther, and Mr. Clark says, along here kin of up the line. Mr. Tom says. thei never was a road there. Clark say why, didn't I haul my guano thei this year? Yes, by God, you hauled * along the road I m-:de '.-ling n cord-wood out. Mr. Tom says, M Smith, didn't I tell you you coul go up t'hat road? He says, yes. yo told me. but you said split the lin and how could I split the line? M Tom says. I told Mr. Workman ye. terday if you would open the bac end of this .road, as you say on yot --;papers-if you and others-I wi, 'give you a road across there. Smit says, that settles it. Show me whe! I can go across there, and I p)romis you I will never make another trac across tihere. So he got on his hors and rode up-down. I reckon yc would call it down, to show us whel he could go through. In going u there, something was said about ti road, as to Uncle Fed saying it con out here, and Mr. Tom said to M Smith. you had three of my trees ci up hers. He says, No, I didn't has them cut. Well, by God, i didn suppose you done it yourself, I didn suppose you done it yourself, but yo had your man to do it. He says, n< I never had that done either. Toi says, I suppose you had your mant do it, as you do everything wou war .done, or something to that effec Sowe rode on then down to wher they proposed to give a road. M: Tom pointed cut and says, Now yo can go through there, drive over m crop and I will gather what is lef and next year I will leave it un-plow ed up, and Clark, he kind of got oi: of the road and started up the patl Tom says. You want to make me giv you a road up here. Clark says, N< By God, tihis aint the first time yo have ~been trying to make me d things. Clark turned and says, didn't come here for no fuss, buti nothing will do you but get mad jus get mad. He was turning his hors as he said that and Mr. Davenpor pulled his pistol and fired. Q. (By Mr. Cromer): It wasn Clark who said, "By God this ain the first time you have been trying to make me do things?" A. Davenport said it. Q. (By Mr. Scihumpert): How di< you come up or down the road, asi is, I mean the three of you there? A. Yes, sir; there was three of us I left Clark right at the tree in fron of old man Hood Merchant's and1 m Nmy let as I wa g sing t - ward T01m, ali ; rnd Tom right down in there. Q. I mean when you and Ton came back to wThere Clark wis. and he was going to show you where he could run that road, how did you all come up to that tree where the 5ho' lt ing took place. A. Clark was in front. Me and Tom were behind pretty much to gether. Ton on my left. Q. Was that a public road you were in? A. Yes, sir. I Q. How was Clark dressed? A. In his shirt-sleeves. Q. When Clark turned hi. horse I and said. "If you come here for a t fuss A. If you want to get mad, just i get mad. a Q. And turned his horse e A. Yes, sir: he was turning when e he said that t Q. Where was Ton with refer e ence to Clark-would that throw 1 him on his left or right? A. Clark was kind of here (indi eating) opposite Mr. Davenport. e Mr. Davenport was right in the road d and Clark had got out of the road d just a little piece, a little on Tom's r right. Q. Was there any road or path t'here where Clark had gotten out of e the road? - A. Yes, sir: there was a path there. 0 Q. Where was he with reference , to that path? Was he right where it e intersected that road? A. Clark was in the path. I Q. And when he turned then he I turned back towards the road? r A. Yes, sir: back towards the road. e Q. What did Clark have in 'his y hand? d A. He had a switch. w Q. Nothing in the other hand? t A. Nothing but a bridle rein in k his left hand and a switch in his 1, right hand. Q. How long after Clark said, d "If you want to get mad you can *e just get mad." before Tom fired? ;, A. Just as the horse was making *e the turn. Mr. Davenport hollered out, t "Don't ride on me," and grabbed up y his bridle-reins and checked up his r. horse a little-I failed to tell that d before-and drew his ' pistol just u instantly. . Q. How long after he drew his . pistol was it before he fired? .. A. Immediately, as quick as he k could get aim. r Q. What was Clark doing at the il time he fired? h A. He had halted his mare and he e was standing at the time he fired. e Q. What did Clark do immediately k after he fired? e A. When the fire was made Clark's u mare wvent right back. I 4'hollered, e don't shoot any more Tom, but I p didn't see any attempt for the second e shot. T'he mare wvent right back e and Clark looked over to me and says. . Tom. he has got me. a cowardly act. t He hit the big road. e Q. WVho did? t A. Clark Smith. .I rode up to t Clark's side. Mr. Davenport rode on off towards (home. , Q. Was Clark going in the cdirec i tion from which you all had come or - in the opposite direction? t A. He was going in the direction . he come from-you mean after we e three met? . Q. Yes. uA. Yes, sir. yQ. What became of Clark then? ~A. He rode about seven hundred -yards; right at old man Merchant's; .t I said, hadn't we better go in here? . He says, no, I faink I can make it. We then rode on two hundred or .three hundred yards more. When I said seven hunderd yards. I meant seven hundred from the beginning. [ He says, I can't make it, maybe I can fmake it to the shade .of that tree. t He rode on a little piece further and got down. I got off on the right side, and time I could come back behind my mare and 'his he gave way and come down on the right side of the rad in the ditch and I thought it was the last, he fainted. I set over him with my hat over his face to keep the sun off, and my hand under 1his head to hold it up a little. I set there until Clark come to, and he said. You will have to go and get a phaeton and carry me home. I got on my mare and loped up the road about fifty yards. I suppose, and seen The Silent Rubinstein. 1veryhodv's \lagazine. In a biography of Sir H erbert Oak 1ev is told an anecdote showing Ru binstein's disinclination to talk. The incident happened in the smoking rcom of a Glasgow hotel in 1877 when the great pianist was making a Scot tish tour. After waiting vainly for half an hour for tIh; great man to di rect the conversation Rubinstein's companion asked: "Do you like Wagner?" "He is not goot," responded the pianist succinctly. Abashed, the other waited another half-hour before daring tc break the silence. "How about Beethoven?" "He is goot!" Nearly an hour dragged along after this venturesome inquiry, and then the Sco-:chman, in desperation, said: -I must be going to bed now!" "Ton't go," said Rubinstein with evident sincerity, "I have so much enjoyed your conversation!" Almost Satisfied. 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