Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-04-28

The passengers were getting out TO dine q
| this station, and some Of those from our ca
man was stepping on the ear, when IN
frain-boy, who had heard al the old man.
s.ory, pulled him by the sleeve and sale
something To him
w hats fhat You say, sonnys Him N VIZ
g Yes, !" said the boy, 81 noticed under hi.
eye,shade scar reaching right back from
his left eye.o
The old man said no more, nor waited to
hear any more. but made straight for the
moved one moved all four of our party; for.
Selling Or hand-sachels, we all sprang
from our seats and followed the old from
nersnan, or rather three Of them did; for,
seeing a quicker way. / turned and got out
OF the door NJ the other end of the ear. out
side Of which the ear platform was clear.
By this means reached the station platform
as the old man stepped upon H. i saw him
look hurriedty round, rs did myself, IN
search OF the long passenger with The green
shade over his eve: but he did not n FIRST
see him. He had LET the car hardly min
Ute before rs, but he was not in the small
crowd Of passengers on the platform Per-
haps he had gone into the dining room, be-
fore the door Of which the waiter was strik-
ing gong. while the proprietor was yell
ing. This way for dinner, twenty minutes
for dinner" The old man moved excitediy
about, looking first n one passenger and
then at another, when the idea
evidently struck him that the man
he WAS seeking had gone to dinner. He had
turned TO go there, and was nearing the
door where the waiter was still hammering
the gong when he saw, as too saw for
was following closely, the other passenger
moving quickly across an open space NJ the
back of the station, in the direction Of .
small board house that stood away out by
itself. He looked over his shoulder just as
the old Indian trader had leaped from the
platform in pursuit. and on the impulse
quickened his pace 70 kind of run But
the old man was running hard, and the 9TH
er, seeing apparently that he could not gain
the shanty before being oyertaken, resumed
his former step and quickly moderated that TO
leisurely walk. As his pursuer neared him
he stopped, and then turned around, 1t the
same time, as noticed, quietly slipping his
right hand behind him.
AStop!'' shouted the old man. Lift that
roof OF of your eve"
Ny shade" said the other. Excuse me,
/ have q sore eye.o
self: then aloud, .Sore eve or not. lift"
What do you want with me:" asked the
other.
WANT you wof-souled thief, I'll show
you what want. / want my daughters
life, i want what you can't give. / want
your black heart out of you! IN show YOU
what WANT" and rs be spoke he pulled the
heavy revolver from beneath his leather
dress.
But the other was too quick TO be thus
dealt with, and his hand, now grasping re-
yolver, was round in q second, and rs the in
tention of bis enemy was beyond doubt, he
leveled his pistol and fired. The bullet hit
the Old man, but was not fatal, for he raised
his pistol and fired, and then rushed on the
other, who had been brought by the shot up
on his knees. Two more shots rang out al
most simultaneously, and the old man stag
gered forward and fell dead upon the corpse
of tire swindler.
A number of people, attracted by the pis-
tol shots. were hurrying to the spot, and
among them were the two Engiishmen and
the bank manager. The latter, As he reached
the bodies, stopped and lifted the shade from
the eye of the dead man, and after mo-
ment's examination replaced ii, and re-
marked:
THAT : nv granger sure enough Well.
he II do no more swirdling now I'm stop
ping over here until Tomorrow, and 1'1 see
them deeently buried-"-LoRdoR Society.