Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-30
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1here was an army officer.
q surveyor and two men who MIL sutler,
been mine inspectors in the sta ,gnt have
1t drew up at Burt Hill to taxa ~ maeq
other passenger. VI snI
"Howdy;" said the new
as he crowded in. p"Ssenger|
As he stood for a moment IN
of the station lamp, all saw that tI h;l llgh1
eye was gone. He wore no s sb als left
patch to conceal the loss. and +b Snaae q
gave him a second look felt that tt az ~hd
IN ms remalnlng eye was bright enonns
to answer for two. Dark as it wss
the stage he seemed to have "size @1s h
every man inside of a minnie up
seeming to be satisfied regards any
crowd, he settled himself bacl : M
seat and had no remarks to maIoA IL ny
BY and by the army oficermontio.
something about road agents. auJ NJ
rectly the conversation becamaa iiu al
esting. Coaches had been STONED rIes
various points on the line w iit,a .
week. and it was pretty generalir u
lieved that a bad gang had descesn5In IL
on the route and were still ripe for h,s!
ness. The man with one eve had n DuS'
ing to say. Once or twice he raised rd' u
head and that single eye blazed in a. ~
darkness like a lone star, but not. a W. sn
escaped his mouth, The Captain hal
said what he would do in case the co nd
was halted, and this brought ont IL
others. 1t was firmly decided to Gasl
The passengers had money to FIGHT :"
and weapons to fight with.
The man with n eye said noth;n,
At such a time and under such circnn3
stances there could be but one internra
tation of such conduct.
"a coward has no business traycliDl
this route" said the Captain, in q yoie
which every man could hear.
The stranger started up, and that ov
Of his seemed to shower sparks of frxa
but after a moment he fell back aoai
without having replied.
If he wasn't chicken-hearted VII
didn't he show his colors? If he ii
tended to fightwhere were his weapons
He had no Winchester, and, so far !
any one had seen as he entered III
coach, he was without. .revolvers. Eyerv
body felt a contempt fora man who's
culated to hold up his hands at the o1
der and permit himself to be quietly ID
spoiled.
"Pop! popl haltr
The passengers were doing IS III
salute Of the road agents reached thej
ears. The coach was halted in a wa
to tumble everybody together, and led
and bodies We're still tangled up when
voice at the door of the coach yele
out:
"No nonsense, now! You gentla
men climb right down here and u
with your hands! The first man VII
kicks on me will get a bullet throug
his head!"
We had agreed to fight. The Capita,
had agreed to lead us. We were lister
ing for his yell of defiance and the eli.
OF his revolver, when he stepped dow
and out as humbly as you please. I'll
sutler had been aching to chew M
dozen road agents, and now he was
second man out. The surveyor had
timated that he never passed over ii
route without killing at least three hig
waymen, but this occasion was to be
exception. In three minutes the five
us were down and in line with has
up. and the road agent had said:
"Straight matter of business! FIJI
II who drops his hands won't cyl
know what hurt him!"
Where was the man with one eyd
The robbcr appeared to believe that
were all out, and he was Just approac
ing the head of the line to BEGIN h
work when a dark form dropped out
the coach, there was Il yell as if from
wounded tiger. and a revolver began
crack. The robber went down at Il
first pop. His partner was lust comm
around the real OF the coach. He "
a game man. He knew what had hal
pened, but he was coming to the re-
cue. Pop! pop! pop! went the 4
volvers, their flashes lighting up 4
night until we could see the driver
his seat.
1t didn't take twenty seconds. o.
OF the robbers lay dead in front Of u.s.
the other under the coach, while 4
man with one eye had a lock cut fro
his head and the Craze of a bullet aero
his check. Not one of us had moved
finger. We were five fools in a 70
There was a painful lull after the IA
shot, and it lasted a full minute bef0
the stranger turned to us and remarke
in a quiet, cutting manner.
Gentlemen, ye kin dropyerh hands
We dropped. We undertook to tia
him, and we wanted to shake hanO
and somebody suggested a shakepu91
for his benefit, but he motioned us u
the coach, banged the door a%fterus,
climbed up to a seat beside the drlV
His contempt for such a crowd col
not be measured.-M. Quad, IN DER
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