The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-12-22
A POINT WE'LL TAKEN.
How the Grip Of Lyrching Crowd
Was Loosened From its
Victim.

texas SilblnsN.
The latest iynching episode which has come
10 our ear, or ears, occurred recently CIT on
the scientific frontier of Texas lSosci;. ,ko
Dalfynple was a hard character, with
reputation rs big IA a court house, but not so
symmetrical, perhaps and at times he was
looked upon with longing, avaricious eyes 10y
tn,' vg,la,l:es Ono day they nabbeh him
u"Aer suspicious circumsianc and uttering
with one voice, "Now is the ACCEPTED time"
hurried him on, of town % neishboring
grove for the purpose of helping him over the
Gravelly bc,l of the shining river of light.
On this involuntary trip toward eternity,
k"Sky rarueslly aud eagerly protested his in-
nocencc of the the express crime charged in
ia" rude indictment, and when the party ar
rived NJ The grove aud took breathing
spell, koshy got his second wind and com
mence'l 10 harangue the multitude with all
the vehemrnce of Mark Anthony over tho
corpse of cJAar, il not with that distin-
guslied Romans clopuence and address:
Gentlemen" ho said, ''Im hard citi-
yen"
"lhe point is well taken" said the.chair-
man of the committees" but tell us something
new
'Nos I'm tough Iou know all about ne,
! Suppose, know my record, and have got me
down pretty ndlliu' fine"
I'VE are on to you, kusky. this time for a
fact"
YES. gentlemen, you've got me at IA dis
advantage. l'n u bad man from away back,
but just want 10 rcmove one staiu from my
reputation. ] want to say just ono word l'o-
fore I'm swung up and it isn't that I'm a
gon' 10 glory AMI to play on M organettc. 1t
isn't one last word la NJ poor old mother,
for she has been dead these twenty years;
God bless her. H. isn't to confess and tell the
! young men to let whisky alone and never
/ lcarn the difference between the niue spot
and the lady card. No, gentlemen, none OF
! these things agitatc ue now nt this supreme
moment of my life, But what want 10
know, Gcnt"msn, Is this. They say stole
/ Gal,n ltnnrli's horse"
"Thnts the charge, kosky," said the chair
/ man.
That's whn' you are going to do for me
! now, sipposc g
! 'That'S about hit"
! "All right, gentlemen. DO any ~ you who
! have known me oil aud on for four or tivs
! years believe | don't know good horse from
I n mustang, from a hI,ncIio. from IA scrub
colt with the CHAMBERS, au Ornery, watch
eyed sweoniei, poll evil animile with his
SHOULDER knorkcd down aud tbr,fslies in nll
fonr feet, name roachcd with jack knife
and saddle gals as big ns n platterf'
"You always was good judge OF u borse,
Eosky,"
Il wasr'
eyes, IN say that much for you"
"Wcll, that's all got to say, gentlemen.
! Now, If hook like n man who would steal
any Of Gabe Runnclls stock when there was
plenty Of good horses not forty rods away
! if look that mcan nm ornery, an low down
nm insignificant, wopplc- jawed an frcckled
why, geutlonieu, IL was high time was hung
! high Go on with the matinec; I've had my
say II I'm that low down In the scale ot
humanity, why pnll me up to glory, and lei
mo die like a chicken tsssfsp..
The committee looked ut each other and
couslered. The proof against Kosky was
iy no mpnns conplcir, but enough To bang
him on general principles. lsut his rude
| logic had somewhat shaken their deterinina
ton. Al last the chnirmsn said:
"Kosky, rve got some mighty Gne blooded
horses on my ranch"
"You have that" replied Kosky.
"And l, too" chnc in another.
"Correct, you are" said Kosky.
"Kosky, wc are afraid of YOU" said uit
chairman.
II know it," said Kossy, "but IL you'll
let up on me, I'll put nine states between nt
an your horses In less'n forty eight hours
Fact, gentlemen yonr horses are "A tenlpta
ton, but II you say the word, I'm Oft an yot
can go right on improving your stock" .
The chairman ordered tho rope thrown ofY
Kosky's neck and covering him with bi.
Winchester rife, said, taconically:
"Skip."
And kosky was or like tho wind.