. The Hoosier school-master : a novel . t~mare. The yell died into a whisper which could not have beenheard ten feet. I shall not repeat Mr. Joness words. They were frightfullyprofane. But he did not stop at words. He swept his whipround and gave little Shocky one terrible cut. Then the voicewas released, and the piercing cry of pain brought Bud down thepath flying. You good-for-nothing scoundrel, growled Bud, youre acoward and a thief to be a-beatin a little creetur like him ! andwith that Bud Avalkcd up on Jones, who prudently changed posi-tion in such a way as to get the upper side of the h
. The Hoosier school-master : a novel . t~mare. The yell died into a whisper which could not have beenheard ten feet. I shall not repeat Mr. Joness words. They were frightfullyprofane. But he did not stop at words. He swept his whipround and gave little Shocky one terrible cut. Then the voicewas released, and the piercing cry of pain brought Bud down thepath flying. You good-for-nothing scoundrel, growled Bud, youre acoward and a thief to be a-beatin a little creetur like him ! andwith that Bud Avalkcd up on Jones, who prudently changed posi-tion in such a way as to get the upper side of the hill. Well, Ill gin you the upper side, but come on, cried Bud,l of you ant afeared to fight somebody besides a poor, little,siokly baby or a rrippled soldier. Come on ! Pete was no insignificant antagonist. He had been a greatfighter, and his well-seasoned arms were like iron. He had not THE CHUECII MILITANT. 129 the splendid set of Bud, but he had more skill and exprricnr-ithe rude tournament of fists to which the backwoods is BO much. COME ON! CRIED BUD. given. Now, being out of sight of witnesses and sure that h«could lie about the fight afterwards, he did not scruple to takeadvantages which would have disgraced him forever if he had 130 THE HOOSIEE SCHOOL-MASTEE. taken them in a public fight on election or training day. He tooktin- uphill side, and he clubbed his whip-stalk, striking Bud withall his force with the heavy end, which, coward-like, he hadloaded with lead. Bud threw up his strong left arm and parriedthe blow, which, however, was so fierce that it fractured one ofthe bones of the arm. Throwing away his whip he rushed uponBud furiously, intending to overpower him, but Bud slippedquickly to one side and let Jones pass down the hill, and as Jonescame up again Means dealt him one crushing blow that sent himfull length upon the ground. Nothing but the leaves saved himfrom a most terrible fall. Jones sprang to his feet more angrythan ever at being whipped by one whom
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