The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-08-02
SAVANNAH MISSOURI, FRIDAY AUGUST g.
:" Don't look back. or mi kill vo,,;,

-" Don't look back, or I'll kill your,i
Meekly obeying the imperative orders
OF the youth.i Wolf moved slowly out of
the room into the narrow corridor. -
iu q" Be careful ldon't-don't, let that
gun 80 off, Wolf stanimered,i as me
reached the head of the stairs u "a 81, :
Il AT this moment the iolan,ors of the
Impatient crowd below aroseSSvith terri.
BILE distinctness, and one; shrill, voice
was heard to say: 20 = t'ais s7ih t.,a.i
!; 70 J" Hurry up, Wolf Why don't you
throw them fellers out Pr latiba % iis1-
1, ia Exasperated beyond measure, he was
On the point of turning back at the
risk of his life, for after all his brag.
gadocio how could he face those below,
.disarmed and chased out of theibuild-
ing BY one of the puny boys be. had ,ip-
atended 30. terribly to chastise? But
: Darrell was after him, and with one Wig.
ogous. kick sent him heels over head.
down the wooden stairs with q thufi.
dering ciatter, I'D rolling over the dopr.
sill the defeated bully. actually stumbled
out upon the street before he could re-
cover his equilibrium. y. @1sR XXI, 81 KS, &C. ',t s,
r O Hellow l. Hew's thisa What's up?n'-
asked dozen voices at once, as the
dreaded man'reappeared in this undig.
nified shape Without having sent any
corpses down from tie window. IL.
Why i simply kicked him down
stairs that's what's the matter r. re- !
sponded the lboYish voice of Darrell at
the head Of the stairs (; sand if he
comes here again, I won't let him off SO
easily. DON'T be afraid of hin;I took
all of his weapons from him., .i.i,I ,,,,i rsii
Wolf struggled to his feet, rubbing
his head, and presenting such q, ludi
crous appearance that he was, greeted
with jeers and bursts of laughter. So
completely had he tumbled from his
lofty eminence in the eyes of those who
either admired or feared a bold muir
derer, that they who an hour ago would
have dreaded 10 offend him by word or
look, now regarded him only with con-
tempt-laughed at and derided him. ~
"Ha, IA, La 7" iesounded on all sides.
+" Licked by a boyi Bah +. Kicked
down stairs by child! Got your bark
ers took from youi Where's them
'corpses? Ha, ma, ba! You ought to be
egged out Of town! Three groans. for
Wolff" and the three sroans were given
with will. . - .ai;'sa'' :. y
"Threc cheers for the little boy that
licked him ~ was responded to by three
loud and enthusiastic cheers. III. III.
y Never before had the crowd seen a
man with an established reputation, like
Mr.. Wolf, thus suddenly fall 70 such a
depth of degradation. An his name,
fame, prestige, melted away like mist,
and he was no longer rfeared--noflo longer
respected by the low thieves and cut
throats around him---only despisetl
Yes, despised by the meanest of crea-,
tures, whom he had ofttinids bullied as
thOugh they had bEen hounds.
How little, how pusillanitIt0is he
locke now, as he slunk away towards
Montgomery street,! Those who had
known him for the lpast year regarded
him, as 3 giant, now fancied that he
stood barely five feet six in his boots.
The dread that had surrounded his
name had cleared away like vapor. 80 :,
l.. Such was VOLTS modification when
he came fully to realize what q pitiable
figure he had cut, that" he left San
Francisco, and was seen in her streets
no more. The fatality that had appar.
entity thus far shielded and assisted him
in his murderous work now suddenly
deserted him. He was destined never
to cumnrits another murder; but was
himself shot dead in Sacramento within
thfee weeks afterthe, events narrated. ia
| do not know what became OF Haynes,
or whether he is still alive, butt know