Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-01-20

said YOUR address was San Francis
co. l shall endeavor to call. 1t may
be stated here that Tennessee had fine
flow of humor, which no business pre-
occupation could wholly subdue-
This exploit was his last. Red Dog
and Sandy Bar made common cause
against the highWayman. Tennessee
was hunted in the same fashion as his
prototype. the grizzly. As the tolls clos
ed around him, he made a desperate
dash through the Bar, emptying his re
xolver at the crowd before the Arcade
Saloon, and on up Grizzly Canon but
at its farther extremity he was stopped
by small man on a gray horse. The
men looked at each other moment in
silence. Both were fearless, both self
possessed and independent and both
types of civilization that in the seven
teenth century would have been called
heroic, but, in the nineteenth. simply
reckless 'fWhat have you got
there? I call, said Tennessee, quietly
Two bowers and an ace. said the
stranger. as quietly, showing two revolY-
ers and a kbowie-knife. THAT takes
me- returned Tennessee; and with this
gamblers epigram, he threw away his
useless pistol, and rode back with his
captor.
Il was warm night The cool
breeze which usually sprang up with the
going down of the sun behind the chat
a1zaEcrested mountain was that even
ing withheld from Sandy Bar. The
little canon was sitting with heated re-
sinous odors, and decaying drift-wood
on the Bar sent forth faint, sickening
exhaIations. The feyerishness of day,
and its fierce passions, stil filled the
camp. Lights moved restlessly along
the bank of the river, striking no. an
swering reflection from its tawny cur
rent. Against the blackness of the
pines the windows of the old loft above
the express-of1ce stood out stanngly
bright and through their curtainlsss
panes the loungers below could see
the forms of those who were even then
deciding the fate of Tennessee. And
above all this, etched on the dark firm
ament, rose the Sierra. remote and pas
sionless, crowned with remoter passion
less stars.
The trial of Tennessee was conducted
as fairly as was consistent with judge
and a Jury who felt themselves to some
extent obliged to justify, IN their verdict,
the previous irregularities of arrest and
indictment. The law of Sandy Bar was
implacable, but not vengeful. The ex-
element and personal feeling of the
chase were over ; with Tennessee safe in
their hands they were ready to listen
patiently to any defence, which they
were already satisfied was insufficient.
| There being no doubt in their own
minds, they were willing to give the
prisoner the benefit of any that might
! 1,al M he
ought to be hanged, on general princi-
pies. they INDUCED him with more latl-
| tude of defense than bis reckless hard
ihood seemed to ask. The Judge
appeared to be more anxious than the
prisoner, who, otherwise unconcernedl
/ evidently took a grin OF pleasure in the
responsibility he had created. 81 don
take any hand in this yer game, had
| been his invariable, but good humored
reply to all questions. The Judge-who
was also his captor-for moment vague
| " regretted that he had not shot him
| ''on sight, that morning, but presently
| dismissed this human weakness as un-
worthy of the judicial mind. Neverthe-
/ less VIXEN there was tap at the door
and it was said that Tennessee's Part
ner was there on behalf of the prisoner
! he was admitted at once without ques-
ton. Perhaps the younger members o.
the jury, to whom the proceedings were
becoming irksomely thoughtful, hailed
| him as relief.
/ For he was not, certainly, an impOs
ing figure Short and stout, with 2
square face, sunburned into preternat
ural, redness, clad in loose duck
Jumper" and trousers streaked anc
! splashed with red soil, his aspect undel
any circumstances would have beer
/ quaint, and was now even ridiculous
As he stopped to deposit at his feet
heavy carpet-bag he was carrying, 1t be
came obvious, from partially developed
legends and inscriptions, that the mate
rial with which his trousers hadN-beer
patched had been originally intended
| for less ambitious covering. Yet III
| advanced with great gravity, and afte
having shaken the hand of each persoI
in the room with labored cordiality. ht
wiped his serious, perplexed face on I
i red bandanna handkerchief, a shade
lighter than his complexion, laid hi
powerful hand upon the table to stead,
himself, and thus addressed the Judge
II was passin' by" he began by wa,
of apology, "and thought I d just steI
in and see how things was gittin' OF
with Tennessee thar, my padner. IT.
hot night. l disremember any sucl
weather before on the Bar.
He paused a moment, but nObod'
volunteering any other meteorological
recollection, he again had recourse to hi
pocket-handkerchief, and for some mo
ments mopped his face diligently.
"Have you anything to say in behal
} of the prisoner p SAID the Judge finally
'Thet's it, said Tennessee's Partner
: in tone Of relief 81 come var as Ten
) nessee's pardner, knowing him nigh ot
four year, off and on, wet and dry, i
: luck and out 3 luck. His ways ain
alters my ways, but thar amt any live
} illness as he's been up to, as / don
: know. And you sez to me, sez you
5 confdential-like, and between man an
} man-sez you, DO you know anythin
in his behalf? and l SEE to you sez L
: con6dential-like, as between man an
man-'What should a man know of hi
pardner r
: as this all you have to say :" aske
: the Judge, impatiently, feeling, Perhap:
: that a dangerous sympathy of hume
: was beginning to humanize the Court.
: "Thet's so" continued Tennessee
Partner. cit amt for to me say anythin
kAAAO now WA1dl , LlAC A-el9C
S Here's Tennessee wants money, wan
: it bad, and doesn't like to ask his ol
e pardner. Well, what does Tennesse
, do? He lays for a stranger. and b
, fetches that stranger. And you lay
i for him, and you fetches him and tt
5 honors is easy. And put it to you, b.
d in far-minded man, and to you, gel
: tlemen, all, as far-minded men, eff tn
:. isn't So"
$ Prisoner, said the Judge, interrup
5 ing, shave you any questions to ask tn
!, man p
n "Nol nor continued Tennessee
:, Partner, hastily. 81 play this yer har
b alone. To come down to the bed-roc
S it's Just this Tennessee, thar has pla
4 ed i pretty rough and expensiye-like {
o a stranger, and on this yer camp. Ar
e now, what's the fair thing? Son
II would say more; some would say les
n Here's seventeen hundred dollars
i coarse gold and watch, its all n
a pile-and call it square r And befo
t, hand could be raised to prevent hir
, / L A. of ,-avr,e