Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-20

ono atop O. the Other, and thon - esePe
smilin' 70 the door, and sez 70 the gsn
tDemen outen the snow: win the ma.
jorjty kim In an resume busins9
Well. you becher life they kim IN.
Hold on sex Jack, a. they we're about
to peroeed to businsss, hold on, yoo tel
lers. AFTER this votes three tn the A.
ISOLATION. Dye hear" They al said,
kinder agreeable like, that It u perfectiy
proper that be should count three. An,
sonny, count three be duz on the Mo
brars. That's Why he calls himself The
'tripiet.' Dye sse the p'ints But you
orter sssn him pat that pile driver Of
big on top o. Besfsr Bso's nut. The
Beefor bad beGn licked Wo0N b the
man killers Old mother, bat b nsvef
knew what trouble wux until be- INST the
boy. Jack didn't want tsr ARht. He
never dug. But the BssfsF kept lookin'
at him ugly when they INST, and Jack
got tired. He gsts tired o some things
awful easy, my son. Well. one time,
when the boys wuz together, down near
the Bad Lands, Beefer and Jack bad Q
little falling out, and BEN squared 06
for fight. Some one In the crowd hol-
Tered to Ben that he Vas committing
suicide, but Ben nsver heard II. He
made q kind Of q lunee and jump at
Jack, but Jacks left stopped him 20
quick he saw al the stars ct wunst.
The worst was to como. Before the
Beefer could think what hit him, Jack
got in his man killer on top o. the bead.
Ben was az handsome q man - ever you
see afore that. He vas nigh six feet
high, an had fine face. Al the boys
rushed in to pick him up. some one sing.
out, L thought the Beefer wuz 6ghtin'
Jack IT wux the Beefer,' sez the
crowd. Il didn't seem 90, though. His
feechers were all changed. His fore
head he'd shrunk. His face he'd kinder
broadened out, and his noae va mot the
same nose at al. His bad seemed ret
down in his coat too much, and he
looked kinder iEree'lar somehow. Well
he hez always stayed Just 20. Hes the
quietsst man in the valley now, with no
more fun in him than there il in grave
yard. Oh, but"
Piggot was about TO rotate another
aneCdote, when in walked the Niobrara
Triplet himself, accompanied BY host
of admiring friends. He had on boar
skin cap, buffalo robe coat, and pair
of enormous hiRh-topped boots. He
lowered head and shoulders above every
man in the room. He good naturally
answered questions and permitted the
first citizens of the hills 70 inspect his
hands and muscles. ZaOcheus stands
six feet seven inches In his stockings,
and weighs go pounds. His arms are
Of remarkable length. even for man
Of his size, and his hands are ~ big
and heavy a. granite paving stones, and
about az hard. He 10 ull-ohe0ted, but
his body Is short, when his hight II
taken into consideration. His le,u are
long and solid - adamant. His face 10
round and rather pleasant, but there ID
q hard look about the mouth when in
reposs. He says be has never had any
training - q fighter. except that given
him by his mother, who, he declared
with show Of filial pride, had . good
deal of science. He has never been
away from homo before, and II anxious
TO return 10 his ranch. He will be kept
here q few days, however, II possible,
until negotiations now In pr0Rross for
his appearance in the east ID brought TO
q Close. He Il not particularly anxious to
20 into the prize-ring, bat, a. he said last
night, he didn't like to hear about the
prize-fghtsrs Of the States without find
ing out what manner Of mon thew are.
In all his talks thus far he has mot once
suggested fight with len than two Of
them at time. Prominent miners who
have seen him o6er to bet any sum
from $1,000 to $4,000 that he can kill
any bruiser in the States with ono blow.
One thing 10 certain, IL he shall enter
the prize ring two-thirds Of all the real
and personal property in the Black Hills
will be- at his ba0k. IL in raunytAd that