Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-05-02

filled what of Ills existence tile green cloth
and check rack left unclaimed. lie saw in
the man sitting on the Aeg in the corner.
wifhIlis head resting on his hand and lis
long. black Ilair ailii.g loe sely about his
shoulders, nothin but d miner or trappcr.
flat broke iii Ills al bou1ter with theailiInal
whose keeper lie Va, and needed sonielhing
to revive his spiriss.
q Il reckon nllchf tl,row IN jest q little
sitfi.tns fis1bx aiil wsikIng to tile
bar. 'ss3 ss3
4 Powerful bad night ont, mister said the
dealer.
! g Powerful said the molntaineer. y
The dealer drank his liquor. Then he went
ont to aslualid little restaurant, next door,
to get his lunch and cup OF coffee. The noun
taineer had not touched his liquoc, but
had the glass in his hand. lie squared him
self around. rested his elbows on the rough
bar and looked at the floor. upon which he
spilled the, wIiskey that was in the slass,
idrcp bygdrop- 3!f.l..s ssss i. iys
4. Wonder IL could drink with Joe Nor
ford 2 he muttcred. tsReckon not-- mont
in hell, if IHWas powerful dry, but not in
these parts. ssga u asi.s
There was IN his face that nameless express
sion Of leopard like ferociiy. thati'you can
see under thc'skin, and away down I to the
eyes. as though through Transparency,
when the borderer has made up his mind to
put lis finger on a revolver trigger, but new
b 9R l4
er on any one else. zss3 =
He went cut of tic door and the moist
blackness of the night shut him In, Baek K
across the street to tLe dance house lie went
straight, and strobe III. 1t, like its roparfpesr
In devilmcnt opposite, was \ long, lev, nail
tent and half shiity soft Of a structure, and
was divided by scteeEs into three compart-
ments. In the front roon was bar. IN The
next vas babel At ono end was high
bench, ard on:tilis sat three or four fiddlers
and 4 clarionet player. Around the wall
were 4 number OF benches, and these were
crowded with men, to describe whose faces
and styles would be impossible. II you nave lfa'
seen them. yoll know how they loaped. y y
mot. you never cal, know. On the door were
probably about dozen couples dancins.- I1's1:
Now, it Is esteemed nce csssaY item ~ tne
composition or full fie,ged man OF the
world that he shall have sen the sights. He
shall have viewed that aslt, more or less, of
human lite that Il fIauiItsd and testers under
the oasl hts. There ! a thing called clVlli-
zat;on thar we are roul ef, that forms the
staple theme Of Fourth OF July anu after
dinner speeches, mat is making the world
hotter than il vAs, aud that is preferable to
tl.af savaoexg which, having in It's yernae eular
M s,.s,n word as vice, does not need to pos
sess the contradistinctise term of virtue
WELL this vice that is known only to ciyiliza-
ton. that breeds feyers and ulcers, that fills
the streets of great cities with ganains, who
sleep in the snow and take d bath or ~ when
their bed nlelts iii the cutters, that gives gar
rets and cellars a tenantry thatpays rent toa
democracy thai lives In brown stone houses,
with high front steps and that Worships God
III great iron and stone temples j that makes
beggars cf those whom it does notmouId in
TO thieves, ana starves those whom it does
not feed upon crime or fatten with crumbs
from deaths table, This vice carried the her
aldry OF our Christian civilization and pro-
claimed it 10 the Pawnee Loups on the Up
per Platte. Y ct we call the Wolf sPawnees a
set of red DEVILS, who ought 10 3he hunted
and exterminated on foot orson horseback
This advance guard of civilization comes
from New York, some of it. Philadelphia
also sent messengers of this ilk. Boston even
And thus the quota was filled. Thus was
made possible this Julesburg hurdy-gurd
and all thoses who danced and drank and
were desperate within its board iandcanVas
wells, had hut one more step between them
and the end of their ciyilizing misslonT7to
die. Death was not far from any OF them. hen
For the men, it lurked ina hundred ugly
irons ready to leap out At the beck ct pas
sion, brutality On general principles, q re-
yence. For the women, il was in shapes
more hideous, because less sudden and less
humane. it glared pall-ggray and gllassiy
through the daubcd red and white and req on
their faces; grinned al. them out of the drink
that drowned memory and Inundated contrl-
ton; and finally clasped them In his arms.
the only lover that truly loved them, for Of
altthings in the world, death alone was kind
and meroiful. 9ig. III assssss sss als
& Into this den, where demons might have
danced TO the tune Of the Devils Dream and
been at.hone amid its squeakiug diseords.l
1.-THE enaounfaineer walked aud leaned against
the wall There was.no place for him to sit.
down. rhe show areW,top well ior,llim who
came Inte To- find d reserve seat.a Presently
Morford. the faro dealer. came in, having re-
Ifreshed himself with repast. He walked di-
rectly over to where yonng walking boss
/ OF gang Of railroad hands stoed with his
partner, waiting for the music to strike mp.
He said something 10 the girl So
s.For coos sake, Joe, let mesalonea little
while; Won't you? Pr 'sle said petdlantlY.
III rhen there was u quarrel II undertones,l
and the dealer drew back TO strike her. The
frallroader caught. his arna and the dealer in
stantly wheeled upon him, and a tct lrc
Bowie cleaned With that cold cruel grlmrace
Tor the naked steel. q i'nere wasa rush, and 2
lhutters and inutlesl clickss like the ticking of
clock iir,another room. and
Il await a minnie. Mister Morfofd, !" said 4
voice, ,auiet ID iss husky gHttnral.
/ X gu may hare heard re tone, before noH'l
reader it solands liz kei damp clods drppping'
on Il scoaain. Morforti,s Of her hand sought
Ihfa nisto1 haiti ana he and the nountainecr
/ ". x< srslsu s.rx, surfl faIf hack around