The Red Cloud chief., 1878-09-19

per. The scnntlin was burning aud The
upper timbcrs was beginning 10 blaze
The whirlin' smoke hid Ferguson from
IL. hut wo know 4 II be- didn't come
out puft, soon the Who'll, .hrbauy 4
give WAY and bury him; the side, Wa,
~ n light biazo. ard the pll' yh'rr
the wi dlt.. Nopd Nt- ~" pult pl1.r
where even Dandy Ferguson could q
worked ~ must a bin nm awful strain
on him the last pull bat hc never
owned b.. m bNu,bS up comes Jur. Sc
bfayc-t man iu 10" camp ! reckon. bar
rim Dandy Ferguson, cause, - -rc. be
wouldn't tech tho rope I'll ihcl'd all
hin hauled up hc rcd every man an
rNccp, the coward. Miller. and the hc
came through the blnkin' shaft himself.
watchiu' the little tongues II fire shoot
out from the side every once I'm
awhile, ~ il they'd lick the life-thrcad
IN two
AS Joe grabbcd The upper chains The
shaft ~ up with n hiss and a roar. ~ II
the fire vas mad ut losin' IT, prov. Joe
got out and Ferguson staggered away
from III" win'lc~s, but his luck went
back on him AT the last minute. H.
stumbled an fell Just ~ hc came Ia the
trhmwny n, the door, and the whole
side Of the building coluc down on him
with "A crash
"a hundred men forgot DANGER and
death, and rushed into the flames; but
Miller, the man that PLAY ed It 80 sneak.
in aud mean down inthe shaft, gut IA
him first, an dragged him ont.
stIft.rtl ...lt. yl..tA,l L. t..I 49,
the crowd carried him an Miller who
dropped in.cn-ihlo after he rot frrgu-
son out 10 the camp Bat Dandy Fer.
gu,on lived through it,, though fur
weeks an weeks he lay between life an
death, m fur month, he didn't stir out
Of a dark room. But there wasn't NO
lack OF help aud PRAYER. and faithful
nurses to bring MIN round. 40. sir.
a'i there witau u man, woman. or
child wikW hundred mile. Of the
Chappx pr thct wouldn't u crawl.
ed on Khds and knees to watch
one hiWF Nhis bedside, and thought it
one of the biggest Kind of honor, you
Kin bet your life on tibet.
eyes. sir; Dandy Ferguson ~ a king
IN this yer country he's hcttrr'u fou
kings most ut the time. and that's cause
any man tibet knows him would lny
down four bullet. ANY day il hc held
them against Ferguson; il would bc
like tnkiu' advantage. We see, To hold
ZEN out on him He can hey anything
or do anything he likes. We'd send
him To congress II he would go, but he
won't We've got him here. though,
an ! guess he'll never leave; | wish |
WIS u Of them poetry writers; I'd
write one oi the bullic-, poems abou,
Dandy Ferguson you ever read YOU
hear We.
Yes, he's married, got married al
ter he came out.
Talk about weddings, That wdS "A
wedding; everybody got nm invite, and
everybody piled in To see the gamrst
man in the State tied Ia the games, wo-
man OF Gods fouts,ool. Wha was ,hcp
Why, Maggie llildrcth, of course.
Who else would it be. ! would like Ia
knowP
''What ever became Of Harry Millcrp
Well, that's purity good. Miller. " see.
canc on, all right, and YOU bet he did
not rest until ,o had begged Bill Slo-
Gums pardin fur l%ravin' him in the
shaft ~ he did; hut Bilf wouldn't hcv
IL; said thct Millcr'd balanced accounts
by sa,in' the life Of Ferguson. the man
tibet saved him. But thct's played.
"iou want To know what become Of
him, Well say, look here mister. I
don't like To own IT,. but I'm the cuss
I'm Harry Miller. lntcrdoocc We To
Dandy FcrguSon9 Of course | will. an
yon'll never git an Introduction To II
gamer man, or n its more honorable
Ia know.
"Aud mister, If W ever tell about
the Chapparral shaft, and how Dandy
Ferguson stood b, tibet win'lcss in the
red hot his,in' works. Jest throw il in
somewhere tibet he's bcttcr'n four kings
in this camp it'll top oil the story fus,
rate, an besides. YOU bet it's no more
than the solid truth"