Show holding a combatant uneasy mr christopher r was a inan man of very violent temper and domineer domineering ilig disposition and if report 11 speak eth correctly was by no means forward in in re ii irving the embarrassments embarrass ments of lus his creditors the 4 ther other elisha was a powerful frame of easy A id ad quiet disposition and cihal wi hal a peaceful believer of f tile tho tenets of jeorge fox I 1 for many weeks elisha having to LU v vain a endeavored t rough the medium of a zol collector lector t to 0 recover the a bount of a bill due him b by christopher at t length 1 L me ime to the conclusion to remonstrate personally ally with tle lie tardy debtor accordingly Accordi ugly shortly afterward meeting hin him a in lu tile the public streets he commenced expostulating postulating with him mm about settling the account and finished by presenting tile the bill bid to have a bill thrust upon him in in public was too mu iu h and it at onoe once aroused the ire ire ol of the irra who declared in in very plain terms that elisha ahsha was as anything but a gentleman and Nv warmer ariner k cound up by calling him a d J rascal this speech stirred up the bile of the man of peace vho aho advancing a stop step nearer the angry christopher remarked I 1 I 1 I 1 christopher thy words are of evil import I 1 r may aa 7 not do the thee e violence but take lake heed friend lest thou thoa arouse the old adam of the flesh within me tile the threat implied in in Ells elyshas has last words provoked old kit beyond endurance and lie he aimed a blow at the peaceful peace tul friend which i had it taken effect would lave bave caused him to kis kiss 8 0 ir common mother un however lio vever for KU kil elialia warded off the stroke and instantly clasping him hid in in his muscular farms ains he after a brief bricf struggle ati buggle deposited him mm with yath his back upon the pave mem emeaL and ms ills head reposing ug upon tho the granite earn cure I 1 getting tile chest of jus prostrate adversary elisha listia seized in AH ear in a either hulid und and commenced thumping nis head vigorously upon tile stone stolle observing I 1 aig at tat me same baine time I 1 1 I may not do alee t lee violence as I 1 told thee bit bouru tru I 1 y t thou hou wilt hurt thy head fiend it diee does not keep kee p it r I 1 11 all I 1 may no strike thae dides arund but I 1 will nold z hee uneasy during tins tilis 10 the head of the unfortunate ut it was rising from froin aid d falling upon tile the curu buru und r T le impulse of ot vigorous arias ot of lae 6 victor betor with ie regu regularity larAy of a tut hammed walle alisha coliten td 1 verity verily friend when tilea next meets a nan man of ace aca aud quiet tiled witt win U lid aware of of dro arousing using let nu nit up ap you old andrel ma ind up inter apted the infuriated aud and kit I 1 agay nay fraund replied juji sudy i his exerie ot of a verity verily taut would ue bs I 1 will win w teach thee tile the ot of insulting persons on the public hian ways ba it fl theo thee ys s thee repents tny tay ill inin m neis and thee pay the bill of a d truth I 1 wil release thie does lae ae rep repent e ux rather than make an admission so humiliating in stopher collected all ail s and made a dw dos rate effort to dislodge his butla but in avaiu vain isha isba still his position und and when the en eusted kit had ceased to st struggle ruggie resumed tile the ahping process wl with ith perfect equanimity by this ahne 11 ne his unlucky adversary whose head I 1 iks s nearly splitting with pain no sigus signs ot of neath in in the faces of the crowd had g 9 th I 1 led around them and were roaring ewring wita jiin laughter at s situation aud tha q labut remarks of the roan man of I 1 oace ace concluding that prudence was the better part I 1 t valor surely muttered 1 I repent 1 I 1 1 ll liriand said I 1 F elisha is ha suddenly stopping I 1 ii als ills thee sure the thee re repents fes es I 1 tell you you d 3 old fool lot let me get I 1 I 1 J C christopher stopher it opher reeled rep led his opponent again common hg bg the operation of holding I 1 hila uneasy 11 thy re stence is 13 not sincere tre tny tay evil passions are still and thee shand sh and bitter words thee lust take back that which thee hast said in in bitterness f heart or truly my friend I 1 fear thy head will I 1 che thee keeps it in in such const constant fult motion I 1 tile the unfortunate christopher finding no one would interfere iter fere and that nothing but absolute submission rould bould relieve him from his predicament at length gave in a and was released by El elialia islia the latter un an arking as he did so 7 friand I 1 shall not trouble thee again about the I 1 11 foe for I 1 consider consi consider thee hast paid it and I 1 have given I 1 lee ee receipt in full farewell the crestfallen crest fallen kit git whose head had been consid bably enlarged by the operation to which il n had been objected slunk off as quietly as possible ni muttering tittering reses loud and deep against the victor ictor who removing 6 spectacles from his forehead where they had re lamed during the combat to t the bridge of his nose oved off in in an op posie e diree uon tion soliloquizing ah christopher thy repentance was not sincere I 1 ir it was but short lived but truly friend thee has bas ud tid thy bill and truly I 1 have given thee a receipt 1 JOHN SEITH ja |