The Red Cloud chief., 1880-01-01
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sAid william T.. t.o-ziyrar, Sbea 9uf
toned by .hc rcf~srter # ,hc EegtsfeT
Yesterday IN rcEari to The thrilling
i.mrs oi 40. the ara y~Ar e ihe @aki
fever IA California No man wrssl
uithessi his @,-shoptrr anal iSnst~, Nht.
my nan. 10 - thruugh ~ruse street,.
stretching mAybc-geil. lcfs -. ~
from the corner Il >,ate ts tTAu-r
Stnrt. withult yuur obi siN'sho';sf m
,our hansl. Nuuii tr n nsush ~ Htsur
pscrlosl. life vi. worth. ihv mAn s"u
met On a .frrrl Il this Kind hcAt b.
pistol with a. hale aocr A. ga su'isi
holi thai cane gplng up sin~f, Sssl
h~. tapping ihr reporter cane Stih ht.
fiusrr. ''lou - every b~lt sccrAzt
sner gold aeI lsannsi o. have Ia, r,zhts
preserved II he hal "a kil uayu irr a.,
and u Wa a rSzi hing. anil hssi th"
effect of giving risc "a a ~ru II law.
which, - t-' -sirc, waS = 'lcc'ic tonga.
vt, Al the same timc. . man va >lf'
IL have hi, belongings preserved Why.
= man coul,l, with T~srirst safety. l,Asr
hi> pan If gold Ia fail view. ~ish'uii saF
-: IL, being t1kcn.'
"Iiow j. that"
..Bccan>c Your u-ighlcr knew that 4
he touched Il his lie wasn't worth thc
asking. Then, agAin, every n had a
claim If their owu. and thsy we've iu'
much ~rngrssSrd with their own business
to mind yours
THAT reminds the ~ a g,s-l story.
aud one from which yuu a 81 \ pref
" good ilea II the state oi affair." otsi
there in LES Angeles At that time. n
man named Dickcr>on and hi- family
came ont there and settled on a claim,
which he considered his, and whirh at
the boy- conceded to bc his. lie had
lived un il a long time. and no one had
disputed his claim, - he, with the AL
vice q; the boys, determined Ia hold un
80 il. Well, ~ get around the story 4
LITTLE faster. because | haven't got very
much time To- talk, family named som
crs come out there, and asked the pnN-
. ilegc Of occupying y little corner uf the
claim. Well. Dick, be wa, a h'tlc
.skrery.' bu; finally decided he would.
~ the SomeTs settled themselves aud
became the means of u lively MUS. Al
ter they had lived there for a couple 81
years Somers undertook Ia claim that he
owned the portion he had been living
on, whereupon Dick-aud be was .
trump-went to the Justice If the Pcac,
about X. The Justice said he would
have a trial. and proceeded Ia ct =
jury. Ordinarily. you know, Judge
Lynch would have settled the affair, hHl
Dick he wanted the square thing done,
So went in for = jury. Well,
the way tina; jury was picked "uI
WAS a grea, business. IL was; Here,
Hill, YOU serve and 'iIalloa, Jim, You
are on the jury Well, We got a jury,
and the trial waS a pretty fair example
Of Western courts at that time. The
/ Justice, not very much If "A lawyer nj
the best, turned one of the bar.ruom, ni
the place into "A courtroom and pre-
pared for business. was on the Jury,
So you see | know what | am telliu.
You. Sumcrs he urged his claim and
got Dick pretty mad. so what did Dck
10 hut put his hand in his pocket. draw
4 SiN-shootcr out. bang. bang quick y
a flash, and Somern rolled over. Then
a fellow named Anderson. who was Z
friend If Dicks aud a friend If mine,
came in Ia have a hand in the muSs,
and Keep an eve open for Dick. But
before he could do Il thing or really tak'
in the situation, young Somers, a broth
cr Of the fellow Dick killed. drew his six.
shooter and shot Anderson. H. Eel
back into my armS. Pretty quick h,
made a tremendous brace. kinder RAISED
himself up, and says. Look out, Bill
I'll finish him yct.' and by gum he did
He shot the cuS> right through the head
Well, things were taking a pretty liyel,
turn, when a sister IF Dicks came il
through the door, and with a fourteen
inch bowie in her hand slashcd through
the crowd, covered the old man witt
her body and said, Come along. old
man. this amt no place for YOU Well.
he went. and there were no Somer> al
any account left Ia press the claim. Dicl
came out all right, and held ON Ia hi
claim. Yes, stree. those were thrilling
times, now you can bet"
Mr.. Goodyear told this story with m
~carne,;nesS which displayed ON ofthC
fire and nerve which be- showed he had
still left after years Of later life in Thu
more peaceful section Of the country.
s.Oh, ! could tell YOU stories like that
all the afternoon. yet all worked M
thinking Of the old time and the boys
used To be with.
81 used tn have a fellow with M
named Texas By George. he was Il
tearcr, and the ugliest looking sinner
Won ever saw. Yet Texas was a good
fellow. Why, that fellow had n scar on
his face extending from his right ey,
~diagonally across his face, cutting right
through his lips and chin. And whef
he was mad he looked lightning. Their
was a girl out there the boys knew n
Sib. and Won can Toe assured she waSn'i
afraid Of anyone. She and her OLD man
came out there from st. Louis. where
he had murdered some one and was ob.
liged Ia get ont. The old fellow ran 4
ranch there and sold a little Of every
thing in the liquor line As well a. in
other lines. He didn't dare move out
of the house very far without running a
great risk Of being shot 10y some one. or
arrested, so Sib used To 90 TO Frisco
and provide things when IL was neces-
sary. Well. one time when Sib went "a
an adjoining town. there happened "a
he a ball in progress. Texas and my
self, of course, took il in. and Sib Wa
there. AT that time / didn't know her
at all, but it seemed that Texas had
heard Of her and ,he Of him. although
they were not acquainted. There
were a good many stranger boys
at the ball, who made them
selves rather conspicuous and annoying
to Sib. Finally, getting a little tired Of
the sport they were enjoying ~ her
hands, she walked up Ia one Of them
and said she would make il hot for them
il they persisted in that sort Of business.
Texas. in the meantime, had watched
the of the affair, and. seeing
that Sib was a good deal annoyed =;
their proceedings, 80 much - that she
had spoken to them, he walked up to
her and saws, .Sib, you are right about
| these fellows I viii back YOU up Let me
take care Of these fellows With tha;
he walked AWAY with the giri and in 4