, 1877-06-11

-Hew York 1sor'd.
'"H'i is 4 IL Republican National Convention
TERROR NUMBER ONE.
4St,n Fork Sun.
Every day tho bull trains, mule teams, and
stages roll into the black Hills with their loals
OF "frcsh fist, !" rs the veterans call tho new nr-
rivals from tho East. Ticse "frcsh fish" rush
for hotels, boardfnE-houscs, and saloons, ret a
meal Or lunch, and nru presently seen walking
up mid down tho strccts OF tho frontier city or
collecting on the corners to hear tho latest
news from the diggings and the prospects Of
striking Job.
Tho other day, when wagon.loal Of hull
heads was dumped out In Custer City, as
wagon-loads had been dumped out evcry ,1ay
before slnco grass started, tho first man to
welcome them to tho Infant city was CLAP
fvs feet high, and Weighing accordingly.
There was blood.staln on his left check,
| scar on bis right, and he had 1crcc eyes,
voice like roarlng lion, anu bad limp ln ono
OF Ills legs. He WIS whlttlng out a tcu-tpIn
with n big bow!c-knEfe ~ the wagon drove up,
| ntltl, pushing the knife down the back VI hls
neck, he lifted lp llcury rifle, nm Ills eyo over
isGT ts.s a siS S tas Il e1o% an osa sSss or
Terror No. II kase II there Is, here am; and
I'm Just aching 70 BE- shot full Of bu1lots weigh.
Ing pound aplcycl"
him and so1ns looked across Tho street on pur-
pose not to sec HIN. while thcrb was uniform
inuyc,ncut towurl hit,-huckets.
~ didn't know hut that some Of you might
to ptant mo under the sweet lcssatntnc Or the
40 ho reate.l tho butt Of hts riItr Oh tho ground
nntl !lshctl up slx-staootcr from ILLS bo?t leg.
| frx,s, Nnlx Nt,r1, m,,d Eo.&,
iu tile party, but they didn't want to bury auy.
0otls Just then.
| al don't own this town," continued the TER
ss IL oe ow atae sSt asfIss e rro .s Sa ~
| saru In my Of the pnflls buildings greeted at
! tho exprnsu Of Taxpayers but WHEN stand Oh
Washington Bquafo and utter onu yell, this
o,lc or two other Tcrrors around here, but i'm
tho luss,-ltn tho re-. 'lar death s.hcal and cross
bones o[ thu Black Hills regfon"
before liz hal ceased spcaking most Of tho
newcomers had Disappeared, sona hooking palo
a1ul unxiuus, and utAcrs fccll1g sllycra ravo W
and tluwu their bucks.
| An hour !asoT, when party Of flvo s'ranggers
!tous New England wcro milking ths acquaint-
Of tic sllanty sutoTIs, and ut tho satslu tttuu
pumping the proprietor about prospects, II.
walked tho Terror; lie looked as tlcrcs as 1
there wus M awful growl In Ills yoicu as llo
| called out:
s.FIvo o'clock by Omaha time, and haven't
killed or becu killed t!!'s wl!olu day Long! Turn
winds, and lot dozcu Wild lIons conc for inc
nt oneul"
stake something to drink, M, .goo4l fricnd."
mildly replied the sa'oolst. :. You arc always
! welcome here, but yuu don't drop III pftun
enuslgh. Don't be afraid TO pour out all you
| want"
''To tell the honest truth, stcvc," sail thu
Tsf9e %ss a. h pSvf syt9 out aas sa. @ n et e, %
kill so;ne one; hut you arc a whtu t1ian clear
down 10 your toc.lalls, mud won't ra!se no
row. Tliat's good whisky, that Is, mud II you
want my Uile IN Custer City put unler ground,
just give MO Ills natnc. Can you thtnk Of any
onei"
Tic salooa.kccper reflected for moment, as
he slowly wlpc1 on hts bur with IN Old calico
"So; / don't think ii any one Just now, but
something will probably turn up in day Or
twn. Any t",e yon 'csl thirsty como In ati
Ottu Of thu 1.-Two men had formerly bocn
molder in Troy htuyo-fuunlry, an1 hv had
| becu closaiy Watching thu TgrrOr. All Of sui
den l,e held out ula baud for shake, chccrfully
Sril lot 100 TO .ha. We used to work, board,
Tbs Tcrrof reac,cd out l,fs hand. closely
scanned tho tnuldcr's face, and after moment
| hu said to the whole hva:
"rrntlen.,l,, col,is olt doors and take seats
| on tho bench. bcyau to know thls mat, and
don't want to answer any questions IN here"
"Wcll: but an surprised Y lind you out
here, and t4Kel u In TIL style" +" unmarked tho
muller, as thu tncr toutNl scats.
..Ho you may ho," sluyly replied tho Terror.
"Wl,en worked III Troy there wasn't q man OF
boy about tho al,op who youda't make na cat
Chtrago, alId now I'm oue 0f thu biggest west
you won't 70 hack on mo might light il
srs% srt S4t Mg S s' bo% Ssss to run
.sUut yuu talk very braYr." saitl ono.
'tAnd'it's ail talk" replied tho Terror, ~ be
picked his teeth witt. tls bowle'knlfc. ~ aoat.
biggest coward in thv wiIolc tr,ii1,. II. luck lex
s,nln't favored mo should have been under the
sod long ugo. 1'vo got III awful voice. ana
| can !uoE as ugly Ms q bear In q trup; and son,e-
how Or other thu story got aaoat TINT killed.
two men In ChIcago, was rescued from thc gal
lows by u1Ub, and that had CONS cut hcTp to
escape justice. Men grew afraid Of mt, and
aoo1l g9t ths cue. J l;letertalaed e s become
1'yo got the thing right down linc."
and slashora''
run his own character down. but, to be lnnest
about It, don't suppose thcro Ii a man In Gus
Ter City mho couldn't wollop ns inside Of QUO
aa' sfa By 'or nS *'ts EE e :%ny yss s
reached out tor nc, you'd have seen me az
ont mighty lively. But thcso wcapous, thu
name I've got, and my anxious look for gore
frightened him half to death"
"Yes, cvsryboay seems afraid Of you," OBJ
served the man from Troy
| "Afrald! lgucss they arc! Whcn ! walk
into 4 place everybody begins to quake and
sh,vcs, though hare never drawn blood In this
town. There ca.ncs the chap who acts ~ City
Marshal, Sheriff, Chief Of POLICE, or whatever
you nav Gull hi1n. lie u q feet high aud weighs
over 3o0 pounds, and yet see how can bluii
Alnl.n
Tho official referred to was coming up tho
siouy opposite tha group tiso Terror vi ieapsd out
| with q wild yell, aud shouted:
"Lo0king for the, Asu yout Want to sec me
bad, 10 yours
"Fos uod's sakc! don't 5aise row With
| meV' whispered the Sheriff ~ he looked around
for cover. "ldou't want you, you don't want
| metz ...-...
"You sco how It works" =" continued the ustlo