The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1869-07-22
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Tie Texan Dh8I1s Fss 1
'9d t4SiM 8dLLZ JGa3 g8IsrF1fr,.
'iPut down tiaB knife, 4 Of the
CONSEQUENCES Be upon your own
head. 3 Put 1t down aI HsayF and
the hand Of ths speaker slowlyand
deliberately raised "a f6v0lyefa al..
a IL vas 4 very & anxious moment
for the lockers on One of the
combattants was a bfawNny rufian,
upon whose face was starnpedG all
i the evil passions Of the slhuman
trace. Black haired, black beard
ed, black k-eted and strong enough
was he to have f5Iled an5ox with a
single blow of his fBt. Theuother
was a pale, slender, ittelleetual
ooking ydttig man, boy almost
with fgitt p 95uTIs and lcoafplexion.
and sblde eyes, 71agHto2 a6o snoH I
The .sftehe was III the little town
Of Washington, on the I BRACES
River River .in Texas, and the time mid
4nipbf e. li8 1ieat1Ug bG8 i, bsasaT5 .
.aS g2z Do e3s Yer, know Who IB245r yer talking
to, iboY.? was the coarse and un1
aeducated answer of Luke Bouton,
than whom, no gambler ia, thera VII
entity was more detested and feaf--
ed viHo sdt gI.iIsg zfi ft4aariE !
1aaAe man to whom, (and not, With
out REASON @asa inputed every
scrime4eaYen that of murder; who
who was an tunfaiHng cshot with
the pistolaand rifle, and pnmatch-
ed in,skill1With that strictly bOr-
der weapon --the bowie knife, A
short residence In that locality had
given kimia residence asa dpehst,
for the long grass of the TemPas1
covered the forms Of two who had
fallenahyiihis hand, Where hei
came from nobody knew and h6
was particularly Eetioent about his |
former life. aStill il was whisper
ed79behind his bach, for no one
,Wasifo6lhaFdy enough toisay IT t0l
hiByfaee =that he was Onei Of the
very, few who escaped from, the
terrible, justice of . 'lNatDhsz under
the bin, when the outraged citi-7
gems awekeE in their wrath and
took speedy vengeance in their
own hanasa Be thatias IL might,
he uhGd already earned q name
sIfieientlyfbad tonead enc adds
tionss everywhere q great ma siority
of crimes Rereflooked upon light
making Texas in its infancy the
of sGoundrels, vnb gais 4
q Oh The other, his boy antagonist,
even less was known. , ItRas but |
Two DAYS since his arrival, and he |
had come on horseback and alone, |
Of his business he had nothing to |
say, but his suaye manner and qui- |
ii, zgentlemanlBg department had
Already made him friends among |
he better portion Of the SPARSE
population. 'las l'oi y ah i--. ia1 II
Very much s5t their surprise. |
iherefote, was st that they, had
seem him enter into contest ati
,ardsiwith the professiqpal game
,teraEBdutop, confident that he |
would either BE- cheated or bpIliedl
lutiot his smoney, n case ne shouldb
l6s successful which was almost /
,eyond the range of possibility /
y But for two hours the game had
,eenI progressing, the gambler geta |
ing mOfe angrylat every deal, and
Keeping perfectly cool
,ndIbreataiiRg tanning words as
ffhis object, was still further toll
novDksThim. sH itWas his pur
lGtsaIto do 10, he was more than
uecessfdls for BQnton9 had shd 1
lenly spEpug to bis feet and drawn
Is heavy knife, with oaths Uppll
is lips andmQyder h9shng nom |
llsgeEas.aa3 na Qavl Ba8s slsg Nj
'sRut down that knife, ! AGAIN Ie-
,sated the yonngv man, Mark
Vhitaman, las ha had given ail to
understand Was his name, But |.
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