Which this is where Bill falls into error. Layin' aside them
deeficiencies in Bill's fence, it's cl'ar at a glance a hawg can't
be held responsible. Hawgs is ignorant an' tharfore innocent; an'
while hawgs can be what Doc Peets calls a' CASUS BELLI,' they can't
be regarded as a foe legitimate.
"Now what Bill oughter done, if he feels like this yore hawg's done
put it all over him, is to go an' lay for Olson. Sech action by Bill
would have been some excessive,--some high so to speak; but it would
have been a line shot. Whereas killin' the hawg is 'way to one side
of the mark; an' onder.
"However, as I states, Bill bein' hasty that a-way, an' oncapable of
perhaps refined reasonin', downs the pig, an' stands pat, waitin'
for Olson to fill his hand, if he feels so moved.
"It's at this pinch where the cowardly nacher of this yere Olson
begins to shine. He's ugly as a wolf about Bill copperin' his hawg
that a-way, but he don't pack the nerve to go after Bill an' make a
round-up of them grievances. An' he ain't allowin' to pass it up
none onrevenged neither. Now yere's what Olson does; he 'sassinates
Bill's pet raccoon.
"That's right, son, jest massacres a pore, confidin' raccoon, who
don't no more stand in on that hawg-killin' of Bill's, than me an'
you,--don't even advise it.
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