ediot

Updated: May 21, 2025

This ediot offishul reaches for the relative of Cochise; an' as the latter bein' a savage an' tharfore plumb afraid of captivity leaps back'ard like he's met up with a rattlesnake, the marshal puts his gun on him an' plugs him so good that he cashes in right thar. The marshal says later in explanation of his game that Cochise's brother turns hostile an' drops his hand on his knife.

Alfred Henry Lewis - Wolfville Nights

Then I recovers; an' as I'm bein' herded back into the dressin' room by the fosterin' hands of the ring master an' my pard, the clown, over in the audience I hears Jule's silvery laugh an' her old pap allowin' he'd give a hoss if I'd only broke my neck. Also, I catches a remark of old Hickey; "Which that Boggs boy allers was a ediot!" says old Hickey." Bowlegs and Major Ben.

Alfred Henry Lewis - Wolfville Nights