Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-07-06

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Darrell, sternly. @
" Yes, yes, don't shoot" said
Wolf, turning about, as commanded.
He was thoroughly cowed.
"Do not turn your ugly face this
way again." said Darrell, cor you
will pay for itwith your life. Move"
Tanner than whipped cur, the ruff
fan walked toward the door, and
Darrell. springing over the counter,
was at his heels in an instant. =
"Don't look back, or I'll kill
you." @
Meekly obeying the imperative Or
dcrs of the youth, Wolf moved Glow.
ly out of the room into the corridor
"Be careful; don'tlet that gun 90
off," Wolf stammered, as he reached
the head ofthe stairs.
At this moment the clamors ofthe
impatient crowd below arose with
terrible distinctness, ard ono shrill
voice was heard to say
"Hurry up, Wolf, why don't you
throw them fellers out Z"
Exasperated beyond measure, he
was on the point of turning back at
the risk of his life /; for after all his
bradgadocio how could he face those
below, disarmed and chased out of
the building by the puny boys he
had intended so terribly to chastiss :?
But Darrell was after him, and with
one vigorous kick sent him bounding
down the wooden stairs. with a
laundering clat'er, and rolling over
the doorsill, the defeated bully ac-
tually tumbled out upon the street
before he could recover his eGuilib-
rum.
"Hello! ! how's this? What's mp ?"
asked a dozen voices at once, az
the dreaded man reappeared in this
undignified shape, without having
sent any corpses down from the win.
dow.
"Wby, I simply kicked him down
stairs--that's what's the NATTER" re-
srouded the boyish voice Of Darrell
at the top; and if he comes up here
again 1 won't let him off so easy.
Do not be afraid of him I took all
his weapons from him."
Wolf struggled to his feet, rub
bing his head, and presenting such
ludicrous appearance that he was
greeted with loud jeers aud bursts of
laughter. So completely had he tum-
bled from his lofty eminencc in the
eyes of those who either admired or
feared a bold murderer, that they
who an hour ago would have dread.
ed to offend him by word or look,
now regarded him only with con-
tempt-laughed at and derided him.
Never before had the rough crowd
seen man with an establish ed rep
utation like Mr.. Wolf thus sud-
denly fall to such depth of degra-
dation. All his name, fame, pres.
tige, melted away like a mist, and
and he was no longer feared-no
longer respected by the low thieves
and cut throats around him--only
despised. Yes, despised by the
meanest of creatures, whom he had
oftentimes bullied as though they
had been hounds.
Tire dread which had surrounded his
name seemed to vanish like mist.
:. Licked by a boy r., Kicked down
stairs - +" Got his barkers took FROM him
were the murmurs the crowd. AT length
q voice boldly tauuted him with Where's
your knife /" and another proposed
. Three cheers for the boy that licked
him" s-.
Looking very little aud pusillanimous,
he slunk away towards Montgomery
Street.
Such was Wolfs modification, when he
came to realize what pitisble figure he
had cut, that he left San Francisco and
was seen in her streets no more. The fa-
tality which had apparently thus fur
shielded aud assisted him 10 his murder.
Gus deeds suddenly deserted him.
He was destined never I" commit anoth-
er murder, but was himself shot dead 10
Sacramento within but three weeks after
the events narrated. ..a ~
do not know what became of Haynes,
or whether he is still alive: but know
that Darrell, the brave boy whose ccolness
and courage saved them both, is today .
gentleman Of position, residing in the
fcurishing city Of Nevada.
&r Mr.. Hendricks, in his speech
before the late Indiana Democratic
State Convention, spoke these noble
words: !" We have turned our backs
on the past-we stand in the present
and look to the future. The past
is lost to us--the future is ours, let
us make it a glorious one"