New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-13
Now ORLRANs REPUBLICAN SUNDAY FEBRUARY ID. 1876.

let's divide, an scatter. Ef anybody should
hear bout it, an ketch Us with tho traps in
our possession they might"
divide yerselves!' said the Colonel, with
want none Of it,"
Colonel. said Perkins, removing his own
domino and looking an xiously into the lead
er's face "be you sick! Here's some bully
brandy found in ono of the passengers
pockets
Il hain't nothin'," replied the colonel.
with averted eyes. ''I'm goin', and I'm q
| retirin from this bizuess forever"
'Ain't a-goin' to turn evidence" cried
Cranks, grasping the pistol on the table.
I'm going to make lead mine of you eft
you don't take that back roared the
colonel, with bound, which caused Cranks
| to drop the pistol and retire precipitately
forward, apoiOgizing a. he went.
I'm going to tend to my own bizness,
an that's enough to keep any man bizzy.
Somebody lsnd me $50 till see him agin."
Perkins pressed the money into his
| coloners hand, and within two minutes the
colonel was on Tipsies back and galloping
| on in the direction the stage had taken:
He overlook it, he passed it, and still he
The people at Mud Gulch knew the COL
oneI we'll. and made it q rule never to be
astonisaed at anything he did; but they
made an exception to the rule when the
colonel canvassed the principal bar-rooms
for men who wished to purchase horse;
and when gambler who was flush obtained
Tipsie for twenty sluzs-oaly $1,000, when
the colone. had always said that there
wasn't gold enough on top OF the ground to
buy her-Mud Gulch experienced q decided
sensation.
One or two enterprising persons speedily
discovered that the colonel was not in
communicative mood; go every one retired
20 his favorite saloon and bet according to
his own opinion of the coloael's motives
and actions.
Bu. when the colonel. after remaining in
barber shop for half an hour, emerged
with his face clean and shaveD, and his
hair neatly trimmed and parted, betting
was so wild that a cool-headed, sporting
man speedily made fortune by betting
against every theory that was advanced.
Then the colonel made . tour Of the
stores, and fitted himself with q new suit
Of clothes. carefully eschew;ng all of the
generous patterns and pronounced colOrs 80
dear to the average miner. He bought .
new hat. and put en- pair OF boots. and
pruned his finger nails, and, stranger than
ali. he mildly declined all invitations to
drink.
As ths colonel stood in the door of the
principal saloon, where tie stage always
stopped, the Challenge Hill constable was
seen TO approach the colone. and tap him
on tae shoulder, upon which all men who
bet tia. The colonel was lodging somebody,
claimed the stakes. Blu. those who stood
near thu colonel heard the constable say:
..Colone., take i. all back, an own up
fair and square When l sesd you git out
Of Challenge Hill. it came to me all Of
sudden that You might be in the road
agent business, 80 I folio you-dury,
you know. But when seed You sell Tip
sic, knowed I was on the wrong trail. l
wouldn't suspect you now if all the stages
in the State WIZ robbed; aad III give you
satisfaction any way You want it.
Its all right" aa;d the Colonel, with a
smile The constable afterward said that
nobody had any idea Of how curiousiy the
Coloae. smiled when his beard was of.
GIVE this fifty t. Jim perkins tust time
you see aim I'm ieav:n' the State
Suddenly the stage pulled up at the door
with crash. and rha male passengers hur-
RED iu-o the saloon n state o. 1c.er indlg-
nation and ;mpecuniOsity.
The story of the robbery attracted every
body, and during tis excitement the
colonel slipped out quietly and opened the
door Of the stage. The old lady started
and cried:
George =
And the colonel, jumping into the stage
and putting his arms tenderly about the
trembling form Of the old lady, exclaimed:
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