The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-05-11

you just 'scspe out and we'll tend 70 1t
We've got n shebsng fixed up for you Il
stand behind in No. IL house, and don't h,
afraid. Just 20 in and t,ot your horn. i
you don't sell u clam. Put Buck tbrs,ugi
M bully o you can, parl. for anybody tina
know'd him will tell You that he was one Of
the whitest men that was ever In the mines
You can't draw 1t tor strong. He neveI
could stand II to Gee things geing wrong
He's done more to make this town peaCeo
bic than any man in it. I've seen him lict
four 0reasers in eleven minutes. myself. II
q thing wanted regulating. he wsrnt man
u 60 browsing asOund after somebody ii
do 1t, but he would prsnce in and regulate
it himself. He wsrnt = Catholic, but il
didn't make no difference about that when
It came down to what mans right Was
and 90, when some roughs jumped the
Catholic boneyard and started In ~ stake
out town lots In it. he went for 'em! And
he cleaned 'e'u, too! l was there. aud seen
it myself"
THAT was very well. indeed-st least the
impulse was-whetber the act was strictly
defensible or not. Had deceased any reli-
feel dependence upon or acknowledge d,
legis"ce 10 higher power!"
More reflection.
Il reckon you've stumped me again. pard
Could you cay II over once more. and say it
slOw?"
swell. to simplify 1t somewhat. was be-,
or rather hsd he been connected with any
organization sequesterrd from secular con
Germs and devoted to self sacrifice in the IN
terests Of morality"
'All down but nine-set EN- up on the
other alley. pard."
'What did understand you to ssy!"
"Why. you're most too many for me. you
know. When you get in with your left.
hunt grsss every time. Every time you
draw you ill; but don't seem to have to
How! Begin again!"
Very we'll. Was he good man, and -"
.'There-l see that; don't put up another
chip till look ct my hand. A good man.
says your" Pard. It amt no name for it.
He was the hest man that cver-pard. you
would have dOied On that man. He could
lam any galOOt of his inches in America.
It was him that put down the riot last cleo.
ton before II got = start; and everybody
said that he was the only man that cs,uld
have done il. He wsltzsd in with trumpet
IN one hand and spanuer in the other. sent
fourteen men hOmeOn shutter in less than
three minutes. He had that riot NIL broke
up and prevented nice before anylnMy ever
got chance to strike blow. He was al
ways for peace. snd lie would hGre ptacc-
he cOuld not stand disturbances. Pard. he
was great loss to the town. 1t would
please the boys If you cDuld chip in some.
once, like when the Micks got to throwing
stones through the Methods Sunday scl,,x,l
windows. Buck Fansl'sw. all Of his own
notion. shut up his sal'n,n and tO"k cOupIe
Of six shooters and mounted guard over the
Sunday school. Says he. Mo Irish need
apply" And they didn't He WAS the bul.
liest man in the mountains. psrt); he could
run faster, jump higher, hit harder. and
hold more tsngle.fsn whiskey without
splitting than any man IN seventeen counties
Put that in. pard; it'll please the L,ys more
than anything you could cay. And you can
shy. psrd. that he never shook his mother"
That's it-any of the boys will tell you
sO.'
well. why should he shake herr"
''That's what ssy-but some people |
does"
Mot people of any reputey"
"Wcll. ZONE that averages pretty ~ a."
I'm my opinion. man that would offer
personal violence to his mother ought to"
Cheese it psrd; you've banked your ball
clean outside the string. What was u
IRWIN st was that he never MrOped Of on
his mother--don't you see! No. indeedy.
He gave her house to live in, and town
lots. and plenty Of money: and he looked
after her and took care of her all the time;
and. when che was down with the small |
pOx. I'm damned If he didn't set up nights |
and nuss her himself! Beg your pardon for |
'aying it, but il hoped out tO., quick for
yours truly. You've treated me like gen
tleman, and sin't the man to hurt your |
feelings intentional. think yOi're wLite |
think you're \ square man, pard. like |
you. and III lick any man tina: don't III
lick him ill he cant tell himself from . |
last years corpse! Put it tl,ere!" (Anolher |
maternal Northumberland exit.
The "bsequies were all that 1.-The boys"
could desire. Such . marvel ri funeral |
nmp had never been seen in Virginia The |
plu,ned hcarsc, the dirge.bresthing brsss-
hands, the closed marts Of business. the flags |
lroOping ut half mast. the long plsdding |
procession Of uniformed secret sOcietie-. |
military battalliOns. and fire companies. |
lraped engines. carriages of officials. and |
ritizrns in vehicles and on foot. attracted |
nuliitu"es Of spectators to the sidewalks. |
rOfs and windows; and. for years after
ward. the degree of grandeur attained by |
my civic display in Virginia WAS determined |
by comparison with Buck Fsnshaw's fu
neral