The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-28
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Ii AS CHAT VII Al IGli N I 5S
M 49, '5ls:,
Bold Stage Rohbsr Who Found Ready;
Victims n IA 81 Every coaeh.
Reno Letter TO the San francisco Chroei6le. .i3
ss1a ling about brave ~ NJ az stapa.s
Robber IN arsiall said ona nioI,t Il nj
4 stth tie idea that e takes & man 81 crest
/ nerve and daring Is ROB q stays ;s ::
great mistake 4 can take tha afoitesst
Tend erfoot You ever SO and. after A.!
! ing him np ii the right styie, so The
stage will know his profession the min.
f ute they set their eyes On him. I'll bet I
can scare the life out Of the best Con-
cord load you ever see. This notion
that we. hurt people, Of threaten ia 'hurt
them, and that we ore rough and al
that, is ill nonsense. We lust lay. for
the stage in lonely place., and when
the leader heave III sight We level our
guns, and maybe Are shot Or.
two in the air, to make the horses
jump and rattle the driver la
little. Then, when all hands are look
ing out Of the windows; with their ewes eve
popping out Of their sockets; fwel veil.
Hands up Nine times out Of ten
that's all We have; to i say or do. The
fellows III the coach get out Of their own
accord, and we Just stand them up in %
row, and, while one Of us holds q pistol.
the others 60 through their pockets and
take what little keepsakes they NAV
hannah, "a have f9 tigf - 81 So - HI -
The trouble with the people az this
country is, they rather like to be rob
bed, lguess. It's eastern falling offia
log. Why, a year ago last winter nv
pard and III was :walH king along the
mountain road, not thinking Of anythingy
in particnlar, when along came q couple
Of tenderfeet in carriage. Before we
could catch our breath, one Of them
threw up both hands, hooking the oth-
er's hat Of, md hollered For Gods,
sake, don't shoot! u ,5I|s:.
Well, now, I'VE; hadn't any idea of
| shooting at ali and didn't know those
| fellers were III those p 81 bnt when
they sort of 1reenaiiin dedsiIs If onr hns; 90
by commencing to nfSbnckla Z Their
watches and weasels, why, We Just; took
them in charge, Of course, and told the
|tenderfeet never to let us to catch them
on that road again, fo5rissiit was onr'nn,
They thanked Is R % Wsarh1ly for anaring
their lives that e 'feltSa little nneasg
about it. In fact. I fwass half temntea
after we'd let them 20. Ia foller them m
and kill one OF both Of them. for some.
how they gave me the iinprresssion thatIT
hadn't done my full duty. b !
He smiled grimly for q no moment ,et and
added: ssNows;;wIat IN earth conldiT
do under such circumstances ~ + didn,t
rob those fellers. n Thev' mada rs mos.
ents Of what they had Yet when tbay
got to- " ellsworth, thetystold the neople
that they had had a. 3a}l-days fieht WITH
road-agents;; that the woods was va, fiji of
them, and that tllayS Al ~ surrendered
their vapluabies o1lisyy III TIA ;last i, omant
finding themselves Overwhelmed 4 THESE
things are ali elieynds "A! even IL tLa
old-timers, men Who on 1 Il know ret 1sais
ter q, and nv !ptard have rohIad fIa 81
ezra val lev STAGE thraa t;;rnaa now Al az
same place. STil tall fvons NV "A Was
done. 5Para had q winch astar and N +
had aspair5 sc Colts In nv heIt. h,ii tha..
lob Was donas 3a,vary;:.s4;m = Nth a., o1J
powder and I,al |, snistol HAT Nod M lad
ii it, and 5wouldn have come off #
there had been one M, foT isTI5 didn,t have !,
any! II caps. Parrd would FIRE bis:
Winchester as close to- the ears
Of the horses as he Il. co,1ld h With
Tout dropping them, ana il would ;aw;nr
the Old blund erb,,s ~ tlha a;r and boliare
Every; time &. 9happened ;,;st fhasama
1sThe sschans olimhedSS mt iagg;n,eI +Iat
there ahonld Id No ! bloodsbedt and va
would there wnnl 1n 4 Ia any II tba
Well was seoo,d. $bmti that We would have
to Kill sonebody Il: If We didn' Dat anom oh
to nav Tor orr troDubla 5 SF,very. moth
Ier,s son 81 then, wonld o;;ye. m m, thin =
that "a, a .nayarshava t Ia, 81 1ooL;ns,
for g. demanding rThara usss = II - ;,,sf
my pard and /, but the sp6asse y
would think they could see some Of onr
men behind every tree; s
one teller fainted dead away onca i
WED lust aot Z them IN q 'row y anod
when this Efellar,aa kneea cn,nm an.e SIt a.
knock topath er and ia I9sa,,t gatt;ng n,,t
Of line z finally tl,on o6tl III seara him in,
and The rest AZ tben Is l;tf1a ST. b Inn1l.
I,lerred, pretendino rs eiva 5rdera r. tha
I.boys hidden behind rocks and traessa sssees
g Bows bore q hole ri tl,Iiiss pentl am an
with the iipbt 5overcnat n n Ri s1noHas
an inch or any n tba rest n IN,
inst Then = hiot ilar s saonna ~ &,
from thalimlIer. lepged char baG : chi hi
| like, and his teeth t came Itoeetl,er with
such q noise that the athar s fal1ar
thought somebody WAS cooking . rife.