, 1881-12-30


The native drew hIs knife, put it back
again, looked around, and then softly
/ asked:
Stranger. viii We come over behind
the ridge and shoot and slash till this
thing is settled?'
You bet 1 will!' replied the man
| from Jersey, as he rose up. Just
pace right out and I'll follow"
Every man III the room Jumped to his
f,et in wild excitement. The native
! started for the back door, but when he
| found the car painter at his heels, with a.
six-barreled Colt III hand, he halted and
said:
Friend, come to ihink of it, 1 don't
want to kill you and have your widow
come on me for damages.
Go right ahead-I'm not a married
mani" replied the painter.
"But you've got relatives, and don't
! want no law suits TO bother me just as
| spring is coming"
I'm an orphan, without a relative in
the world" shouted the Jerseyite.
"Well, the law will bury you, and it
would be Il week work to dig grave at
| this time of year. | think I'll break a
rib or two for you, smash your nose,
! gouge out your left eye, and let it go at
that"
THAT suits me to a dot"' said the
/ painter.
..Gentlemen, please stand back, and
some of YOU shut the door to the ladies
ROOM
II was the first man to attack grizzly
bear with the bowie knife remarked
| the native as he looked around. Il was
| the first man to discover silver IN Ne
yada. | made the first scout up Powder
! river. | was the first man to make hunt
| ino-shirts out of the skins of Pawnee
| Indians. | don't want to hurt this man,
as he seems kinder sad and down-heart-
ed, but he must apologize to me-"
Il won't do it, cried the painter.
.Gentlemen, / never fight without
taking off my coat, and l don't see any
nail here to hang it on" said the native.
I'm hold it'll hold it, shouted a
dozen voices.
And another thing" softly continued
the native; ~ never fight in hot
rom. | used to do 1t years ago, but L
found it was running me into consump-
ton. l always do my fighting out doors
| now
'I'll go out with you, you old rab-
bit-killerl" exclaimed the painter. who
had his coat off.
wiped out in blood, and 1 see l must
finish YOU. never fight around a de-
| pot, though. | go out on the prairie,
where there is a chance to throw my
self
"Where's your prairie, lead the wayP'
howled the crowd.
'I wouldn't do you any good, re-
piled the native, as he leaned against the
wall .'I always hold ten-dollar gold
piece in my mouth when fight, and l
haven't got one to-day,-in fact, dead
broke"
Here's a gold piece p called a tall
man, holding up the metal.
I'm a thousand times obleeged,"
mournfully replied the native shaking
his head. IT never go into fight with
out putting red paint on my left ear for
luck; and haven't any red paint by me,
and there isn't bit in Reno.
"Are-you- going-to - fight 2 de-
manded the car painter, reaching out for
the bear skin cap.
ST took a solemn oath when boy
never to fight without painting my left
ear" protested the Indian killer, You
wouldn't want me to go back on my
solemn oath, would you?"
You're n cabbage, a squash. pump
kin dressed up in leggins 2" contemptu-
ously remarked the car painter, as he
put on his coat.
Eyes. he's great coward, remarked
several others, as they turned away.
''Tn give ten thousand dollars for
ten drops of red paint J! shrleked the
native. :.Oh why is it that l have no
red paint for my ear when here is such
chance to go in and kill J!
A big blacksmith from Illinois took
him by the neck and run him out, and
he was seen no more for an hour. just
| before the train started; and after all the
passengers had taken seats, the nrst
man" was seen on the platform: de
had another bowie knife, and had also
put tomahawk in his belt. There was
red paint on his left ear, his eyes rolled,
| and in a terrible voice, he called out:
where is that man Logwood? Let
him come out here and meet his doom J!
lis that you? Count me IN T re-
| piled the car painter, as he opened a
window. He rushed for the door ,leaped
down, and was pulling of his oVercoat
| again, when the native began to retreat,
calling out:
"Pil get my hair cut and be back here
in seventeen seconds. L never night
with long hair. 1 promised my dying
mother not to"
When the train rolled away he was
seen hourishing his tomahawk around
| his head in the widest manner.
''Those rubber garments are such
4 fak