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throwed his hat down in the mud and rode over it, and pretty soon away he went

a-raging down the street again, with his gray hair a-flying. Everybody that

could get a chance at him tried their best to coax him off of his horse so they

could lock him up and get him sober; but it warn't no use -- up the street he

would tear again, and give Sherburn another cussing. By-and-by somebody says --

"Go for his daughter! -- quick, go for his daughter; sometimes he'll listen tc

her. If anybody can persuade him, she can."

So somebody started on a ran. I walked down street a ways, and stopped.

In about five or ten minutes, here comes Boggs again -- but not on his horse. He

was a-reeling across the street towards me, bareheaded, with a friend on both

sides of him aholt of his arms and hurrying him along. He was quiet, and

looked uneasy; and he warn't hanging back any, but was doing some of the

hurrying himself. Somebody sings out -- ssssssssss

"Boggs!" ssssssssss

I looked over there to see who said it, and it was that Colonel Sherburn. He

was standing perfectly still, in the street, and had a pistol raised in his right

hand -- not aiming it, but holding it out with the barrel tilted up towards the sky.

The same second I see a young girl coming on the run, and two men with her.

Boggs and the men turned round, to see who called him, and when they

see the pistol the men jumped to one side, and the pistol barrel come

down slow and steady to a level -- both barrels cocked. Boggs throws up

both of his hands, and says, "0 Lord, don't shoot!" Bang! goes the

first shot, and he staggers back clawing at the air -- bang! goes the second one,

and he tumbles backwards onto the ground, heavy and solid, with his arms

spread out. That young girl screamed out, and comes rushing, and down

she throws herself on her father, crying, and saying, "Oh, he's killed him,

he's killed him!" The crowd closed up around them, and shouldered and

jammed one another, with their necks stretched, trying to see, and people on

the inside trying to shove them back, and shouting, "Back, back! give him air,

give him air!" ssssssssss

Colonel Sherburn he tossed his pistol onto the ground, and turned around on

his heels and walked off. ssssssssss

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