The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-07-10

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races, but
The Colonel abruptly ended the
conversation, and approached tho
stage; He was very ehivalrous. but
lCranks sarcastic reference to Tipsie
needed avenging, and as he could
not consistently with business ar
rangement put an end to Craaks.
Ihe Old lady would have to suffer.
1 peg your parding, ma'am, said
sne Colonel, raising his hat politely
VIII one hand, while he opened the
coach door with the other, sbut
We re taxing upa collection fur some
deserving object. We WIZ a-Goip
to make the gentlemen fork over
the hull amount, bat ez thev hqin,t
got enough we win hey to bother
you"
The old lady trembled, felt for
her pocket-book, and raised her veil
The Colonel looked into her face
slammed the stage door, and sitting
down on the hub Of one of the
wheels stared vacantly into-space.
"Nothin? queried Perkins, in a
whisper, and with face full of genu-
inc sympathy.
NNo-yes" said the Colonel
dreamily. THAT is unite 'em, and
let the stage go ahead" he contfn-
ued spFinging to his feet. aIlI bur-
~ back to the cabin.p And the
Colonel dashed into the bushes and
lett his followers so paralyzed with
astonishment that Old Black after.
wards remarked that 3ef ther'd been
anybody to hold the hosses he eolla
heV cleaned the hull crowd with his
whip"
The passengers, relieved of their
weapons, we're unbound, allowed to
enter the stage and the door was
slammed, upon which Old Black
picked up his reins as coolly as if he
had lain them down at station
while the horses were being changed.
then he cracked his whip and the
stage rolled off, while thief COlonel's
party hastened back to their Int
fondly inspecting as they went GER
tain TASKS they had obtained while
transacting their business with the
occupants Of the stage.
Great was the surprise Of the road
agents as they entered their hut.
for there stood the Colonel in a
clean white shirt and in a suit of
clothing made up from the limited
spare wardrobes of the other mem
bers Of the gang.
But the suspicious Cranks speed
ly subordinated his wonder to his
as laying on the table a
watch, two pistols, a pocket book,
and a heavy purse he exclaimed;
'Come Colonel, bizness before
pleasure, let's divide, an scatter
Ef anybody should hear bout it, an
ind our trail, an 'ketch the traps in
our possession they might"
''DiYide yerselves!'' said the
Colonel with abruptness and a great
path. '1don't want none Of it,
Colonel" said Perkins, removing
his own domino and looking anx-
lously into the leaders face, abe
you sick? Here's some bully bran
dy l found in one of the passengers
DOckets.' .
II han't nothin,' replied the Colo
lel with averted eyes. I'm goin'
md Pm a retirin from this bizness.
forever"
Saint agoing to turn evideneeY1
,ried Cranks, grasping his pistol on
,he table.
'Pm a goin to make lead mine
0f you eff you don't take that back /"
'oared the Colonel, with a bound
which caused Cranks to drop the
pistol, and retire precipitately for
ward, apOlogizing as he went. aPm
5oin to tend to my cwn bizness, an
hats enough to keep any man busy.
somebody lend me fifty dollars till |
see him agin."
Perkins pressed the money into
he Colonefs hand, and within two
minutes the Colonel was on Tipsie's
back, and gallopiag on in the diree-
ion the stage had taken. ei
He overlook it, he passed it, and
still he galloped.
The people Of Mud Gulch knew
the Colonel well, and made it a rule
never to be astonished at any thing
he did; but they made an exception
to the rule when the Colonel can
vassed the principal bar-rooms for
men who wished.te purchase a horse;
and when gambler who was flush
obtained Tipsie in exchange for
twenty slugs-only a thousand dol
lars, when the Colonel had always
said there wasn't gold enough on top
Of the ground to buy her-Mud
Gulch experienced decided sansa-
lion.
One or two communicative per
sons speedily discovered that the
Colonel was not in a very eommuni-
,ative mood; so every one retired to
his favorite saloon, and bet accord
ing to his own opinion Of the Colo |
lePs motives and actions.
But when the Colonel, after re-
in a barber shop half an
hour, emerged with his face clean
shaved, and hair neatly trimmed and
parted, betting was 30. wild that q
cool headed sporting man speedily
made a fortune by betting against
every theory that was advanced.
Then the Colonel made a tour Of
the stores and fitted himself with a
new suit of clothes, carefully es-
chewing all of the generous patterns
and pronounced eolers so dear to
the average miner. He bought a
new hat, and put on a pair of new
boots, and pruned his finger nails,
and stranger than all, ne mildly de.
clined all invitations to drink.
As the Colonel stood in the door
Of the principal saloon where the
stage always stopped, the Challenge
Hill constable was seen to approach !
the Colonel and tap him on the |
shoulder, upon which all men who
bet that the Colonel was dogging
somebody claimed the stakes. But
those who stood near the Colonel
heard the constable say:
"Colonel, l take it all back, an I
Own up fair an square. When I /
seed yOu getIout at Challenge Hill it