The Red Cloud chief., 1883-11-30

.dJng the Oceeo . fOany creep.
10 windwasd I stole for . view
-Lgt.
~ A CASE IN POINT.
Old Bill varney, nexf TO Robinson
Crnsoe and the Arabian Nights, was
looked upon by the youngsters rs the
best repository Of authentic history.
= He had settled out there In the Miami
country when. instead Of being, ~ now.
the garden spot If the third State In the
Union, il was q vast wilderness, I'M
broken save by a few scattered white
settlements, maintaining a p~recarious
fcOthold against wild beasts, savages
and ague. He could tell all about
Simon Kenton. Adam Poe, Big Foot
and the white renegade. Simon Girty,
by the side Of whom .he considered
Judas Iscariot and Benedict Arnold
models OF fidelity and honor.
But IL was the rectal of his personal
adventures that gave us most pleasure
and him, too. it may be added
He was very fond VI attending our
debating club: and frequently. after
both sides had exhausted the subject
Or their knowledge Of it-Old Bill
w6n&1lsjayited TO close the exercises
With a few remarks, on which occasion
he ra-elyffailcd TO produce some pat
illustration from the archives OF his
rich experience.
s.Should capital punishment ever be
inflicted on c;rcumstantial evidencea"
was the question nj n OF u meet
iBgs.
The discussion had been long and
heated, and Old Bill had listened with
marked attention.
.9crhaps our old friend, here" said
tho chairman. when all the rest had
finfshed. '.will favor us with his views"
ald Bill rose deliberately. placed his
.Schip'' hat, brim downwards, on the
Secretary's table, thrust both hands into
the pockets of his tow-cloth trowsers,
ducked his head. and began:
"MR. CHEERMAN-Tve herd IL re-
pcated over'n over agin this evenin', as
how circumstances. like figgers, won't
lie.
Don't you put too much dependence
onto that. Mr.. Cheerman; for / tell
yoa. both figgers and circumstances I'll
bar clost watchin'. / know sarcum-
stances will; for they oncet lied my
neck into the halter, N 'twarn't thar
fault Of it managed to git out in time.
~fjfain't out o order, Mr.. Cheer
~nssRIatc the Jacks; for one
g. IS5eek thcNQcAs off n a dozen
Che q am. ha. o,t ycrhng from old
len one day, as f>was
snns,is"ns ON the hunt for a nice bit
Pseerin ros. should l light onto but a
2 : n,ss $somebody drapt, with
wad o money iYs ~, 3,
Il seed nc Stry an find the own.
IN IN. the ySSst likely place to git
III Knowed was over at Jem
y,rs.cletf,Zwhich il vas a sort o
, s,.a'in' y1ace for trav'lers an loafin'-
,i.ae Ef the settlers. Jem called il a
ig Eng, an KEEP a bar'l o whiskey on
heE porch, with ENTERTAINMENT
pfcnted ON the head
ssThar was a big crowd at Jem's,
talkin' loud an egcited; but they all
stopt s soon IS l come i'm.
Time o. day, gents says l, want
take su'thin'?
.'They all said they would, an they
KEEP thar word.
IL went to take out my puss to pay.
but, by mistake got holt o. the buck
skin one as I'd found. l slipt it back
quick. but not quick enough to dodge
Jem Whackitt's eyes,. / didn' want to
mention findin' afore ennybody ax'd:
for | know'd thar was some I'm that
crowd ready to claim your very shadder
the minnit YOU turned your back on it.
.'Jem waited till I'd paid for the
drinks, an then givin' a sort o semmy-
sar clar wink that tuck in the crowd,
says he: You didn't see anythin' of n
well-dressed stranger a horseback, did
you?'
".No, l didn't says /.
"'Bill Narley,' says Jem, cOckin' his
eye at me square, you've got to be
I. sarched.'
Which, says !. DRAWN back.
You'll soon see which, says he,
advancin'. rs somebody ketched my
".hold i'm! hold inn shouted Jem.
till I've sarched i'm! I tell you he's
got the proofs onto inn
second all the hands thar was
Uhe. and Jem went through my
ksYer It's! yer 'tisr he shouted
<he. very puss 1 seed the stranger hev
fhis mornin'; an YER he said. openin'
Z it, IS the very note l give i'm in
change when he paid for S breakfas'.
I'd my doubts of it when l tuck it of
Dode Burke lately, an so sot a privit
mark onto it,
~ found that puss not al hour ago.
says /.
"sOhi you did, did YOU? Yes-of
Cd says Jem. .Mebby you kin
egS6aa1n as well how twas tibet the
sira~<ers4 critter was found roamin'
loose7Atb ~ woods, with blood onto the
pommel o. the saddle, an how a big
splotch o blood got onto the leaves not
fur off? Mebby You kin egsplain all
them damnifyin' circumstances con
sistcnt with somebody s innercence.'
81 know nothin' about EN- says /.
: $500 course not,' says Jem. Now,
boys says he, you've seed an heerd
the proofs. All as is in favor of hangin'
the culperit, accordin' to Moses and the
prophets. II raise thar right hands,
YOU'D a thought you was in a ham,
curin' factry, to look up at that swarm
o huge yaller paws. Not n stayed
DOWN.
Motion kerried." says Jem. 'Whar
shell we execOot the SENTENCED" +,
".Tll tell you.' says the meanest-
loOkin' cUss in the lot. Hing i'm over
the brink o. the high cliff. N the
rope breaks 'twon't matter much
"sThe very thing!' they all agreed.
$50 they dKg>Re long tell they got
to .he place. Twas whar thar was .