The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1878-04-26
NET BY CHANCE.
THE TWO MEN FROM sILvERToN AND THEIR
CONFAB. II 4


ii Now, in 'SiIvertor. Nevada. We use,
to" +
"'Silverton ~
eyes"
+" Nevada ?''
/" Yes" .a r
: ''Well, yon're the first man I've seer
from sileerton in a coon's age. | lef
there nearly six years ago left my wife
there
" went there nearly six yeals ago.
The man latest from Sjlverton was g
Short stout, sandy-looking man. with his
beard elssely cropped, and scar begin.
} ming, as supposed, somewhereIin the hair
OF his head, thence running down the fore.
, head along to the right of the nose. maxine
nlcks in the lower p art OF the nose and in
the lips, then disappearing in the beard of
The chin. 1t looked as if some one had
started to skin him and had gave ND ON
the offer Of better job The other was
tall, quickspoken, nervous and dirty
locking, with beard stricken with gray he
would have been cross-eyed il he had had
two eyes, as it was his one eve was set
crossing.
"Well, bow is Silverton now ?' contin-
ued the dark-looking man. ....
ooh, petered''
"Anybody there
+" Few old fellows sticking to claims
that they think there's something in.
They'll stay till Gabriers trump races them
out"
did you know Tom Slemmons ?': ..
Yes ; he killed himself drinking whis-
ky.'
What became of John L;ttlefield ?,
Nose Lawler killed him in fight over
in the sweetly Dreaming claim u
Reckon Sandy Jones aint there now.''
"Sold out of the Bet Your Boots for
10000, went back to Pike and is cultiys-
ting family" @
" Dick Branigan made money there"
p" Yes but he's dead-whlsky got him."
Did Harry Martin ge rid of his mon
ey ?"
Yes; went to the Black Hills: got
killed 10y The Sioux
"Dld his biother Thad go ?'
He went, made big fortune out of
the placers. Is member nf Congress from
Nebraska now.''
Albert Sanders, that kept the Dew of
Heaven saloon, has left, suppose ?" pro-
ceeded the oneveycd man.
off f,,..,
bullet while row was going on in his sa-
loon one night
" Wonder what became of Pat Pyburn.
that run sal "n there-the Angelic 2"
He'sa banker in san Francisco"
john Blodgen had bank in Sverton !:
where's he banking now ?''
He's herding sheep for Tommy Pug
mire on Mud Lake.
Tommy, the boot black ?"
1.-The same he got feet in the Sweet |
Bye-and-Bye, and sold for twenty thous- |
and"
LA s"n know the Sloper boys 2"
'-'--- ---- ----a-s-sa-5
dale s. Co, n mercantile firm in Hong
Kong, China. Luke Sloper killed Chi
naman in Stagtown and got six months in
the Carson Penitentiary. Long sentence
just for killing china,tivn. f1e'll be par
doned out. Lige S.oper got in shootin'
scrimmage with Montana Jack and killed
him. Lige afterward went to the Arkau-
sas Hot Spring-he was not very well
where did Charley Madden 60 a'
Dead.'
why, he was a stout, healthy-l ,oking
man.
Whisky r
"Charley's wife aud mine,' continued
the tall stranger, ''were great cronies.
My wife. somehow. never liked my name
heard she changed her part of it as soon us
| left, and in few month married
Without divorce under her new name;
married fellow named S,ra{ss.''
" Scraggs %
"Scraggs."
.Ahem-ah-waiter, another cup of
coffee Suppose you know Charley's
Dutch Louis, that busted
in the brewery business, Z" said the sandy
looking man. "~@
"First-rate where's he %
90 He's in Silverbrockbury, Arizona.
Got big brewery there"
"Remember Alf Sykes ?" said the
stranger with one eye set crossing
"Got 90 years at Carson for robblng the
mail"
"Heard Ward smithers had some
trouble
"Five years at Carson for robbing Wells,
Fargo. He did not play it fine like they
say old Blivens did believe that was
his name-nickname, guess"
sold Blivens p"
"Old Blivens." @
"You see he robbed Wells, Fargo, just
out of Silverton that was before went
there heard of it. The messenger was
the only witness against him, and on the
morning of the day of the trial the mes
senger was found shot dead at the door of
the room in which he slept, and which
opened on narrow alley. 1t was not
known for certain who did it, but the Vigi-
lantes suggested to old Blivens that per-
haps his health would be be benefited by
a change of climate"
Said the dark stranger, with an express
ion of countenance which showed that he
thought he was looking the short man
square in the face
"What might your name be ~ +
Name-my - name e-is-is-Scraggs I,
yours ?'' a +,
"Old Blivens % T,
Passing ont of the door just at this
point, did not learn how they reeonciled
their conflicting situations.
Lock MELoNE.
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