Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-09-08

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Eshss ksve / y, % ihsa. With wife o.
cs;Idsss~-~isA > ~ifs Who's / sAoald
isSssi o. widov-wiih children wh0o
should leave fatherIe-s What have ! 70
do sish ssshieg q vish comGost or home.
shall have . abrne when the piasol
bullet sends No 70 my grave beside a,
friend. sbsM 70 hone then. " said the
German Iock-mi, E ~aa .
Ny sevolvssi - cent haek to - re-
paised, and 81 sss just st'pss to stsst
sssy on shors journey into The -viroas,
and Us in some haste. set of viahou'
trying il. gas3 N 2 re.-st FL e :
,le ihe csaasae Of The day b,weves. part
" wishing to srertia" how far my vistoi
was restored to condition Of ssefol"es..
partly to bring dova bird which ssw
or the wiae. apparently within pi.tol sho,
] lft d my revolver to l., 8y At him.
The weapon o.issed ere. s -n0.. ..
On examination. | found that the d..
feet was this TIME pr"ciseiy the rrversa If
wis, Il had been beEor.. The lock vent
~ closely no~. aud had 10 little spring in
il, thst the hammer did not Gall u,,on the
esp wisb sufficient E,sce 70 rxpIois II )
tried she pi.s"I xeversi times and ending
i useless. sent il asAin. "n my return 70
Jeruss'sm 70 the 0rrmsn locksu'th.
charging ny .esvs"t to exp'.in n him i's
rev d srcis, and Above al ,hinps to csu-
non him ., 10 it, Icing Iusded, - l had
d"ur myself on the iDsm~s occs.;on.
Mnrs how The pistol hsd played with
the mans life F.! Marx nov il returns 10
him again ant assinl Why not have
done IT, work IT once7 ...a-a ..', ... +
The revolver No. brought bsck to me
the "est day in , ssste, ss ! was told, Of
peri Ct repair. ........tt.- ...... s-.....'.
This time took il into the garden 20
try IL. The first time it w+n, of cell
enough. hut NJ the uexs time-for v Is
determined Z" Prove il ,horo.gh!y-I
70 .nd that its rig nal defect had resatm 4
and 'h- Lck w"uld nj .tir. pull III the
ri ger - ! might.
There j. something radically wrong
here, said. ~ will 20 myself aud s-.
the German lock.mith sL1.ui il, without
d.Iy.'' ag"
tina, pistol .gain,' said the lock smith
looking up. ss } catered hi- miserable
al, ,dr.
What would ! nut have given to hav.
been able 10 say something that would
hay. altered h" exI Ires-i"n Of thar bag
gard coun,ena"cr. But it Was impossible
! made some attempt TO draw The poor
ie low i"i0 conversation, ,huUgl, felt thnt
even II these had not proved las they
Jid) "holiy useless. my comparative ig
norsnce ii hi. language would have stood
in the ~ay II my .ayi"g any,bi"g ,ha,
could have bee" !" any service. Our con-
versatile then l,pitd i,xelf to the mat.
tr IN band. sd W. ssreed that the Only
,hi X /" 1t d. n+ ' nh sbe pi.tol now wss
10 'ak. Hs lock n, ard mske \ perfectly
lew one IN imitation Of i. This, howev.
er. would lake ZONE lime, snd i, would BIZ
necessary that the so.ksmitb should keep
the ~-apo" BY him tlr~e .r four days ut
i-".,. he took il from my hands .. he
told me ~, aid placed it carefully on
shelf " the Laek VI hi. shop.
'Above sIl ih;ngs," ! said, ss left the
hou,e-"ab"ve s'l ,hing.. remember that
he revolver is loaded
~ shall no' forget it" he said, turning
Fund !" me with a gi ss''y smile.
This. then, ~ss the third time that the
is ol ~as taken back TO the German Io,k
smith for repair.
II Wa. the last.
=" can 4se, cor tinued the narrator oi
this strange story, looking around Oh u.,
after o panse-"l can see th., you "ll
know what happened. and that | have on
y to tell you how The fatal termination OF
my story was brought about.
The German locksmith being very
much occupied. ewing 70 tn. rel ul;s,ioL
hr had obtai.ed % clever workman, hnd
tat-n into his emp'oym men, sor, Of sp
prentice OF assistant, 10 help him in :he
simple and more mechanical parts Of bis
trade. lie was not much use. A stupid
idle. srifing fellow =, best. One day,
.om after ] had Ieit my rev"lver for The
last time ID be msndtd: this lad came in
'rpm rx-c"'ing some errsnd. aud, standing
ii'y about the plsce, took d.wn ID, pie
til 'r.m the shelf on which j. lay. and
'"san to look At il viii some curiosity,
no heiug accustomed to the eight of :
r.vover.
The locksmi,h, turning round from his
work. saw the lad thus occupied, and has.
lily told h m 70 rus the pist.l hack in the
place he had taken il from He had not
had time he said, to attend to it yet. II
WAS loaded, and il was dangerous to pull
Il about j, tbsi manner. Having ssid
this. ihr German lockemi,h turned round,
and went on with ~ha, be waa aipa,, eitA
his Lack forGrds tho lad MhOm b. had Just
csl.iun.d, s.d whO, Ae naturally sappos.
ed, hsd restored the pis.ol at sscs TO i,s
shelf.
The boys .ur' 'osi'y. however wss ~.
cited by The revoiser. and, instead Of do.
ius ~ he MAS told, be retained il in his
hand, and wen, on prying into il, exam
ining how the lock acted and what wers