Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-09

stepped up with smile and said
"Yonder comes the marshal; that
fellow tpuiptng 10 the terror Of the
Wtst,h) viii soon be play ing checkers
with his nose through the iron baEs Ia
the windows Of the guard-house"
why, you don't mean to say chat
one man will capture such ieruoloua
animal n that" | asked,
'Wait and see,n said he, pointing
down the street
now turned my attention iu the
direction that my friend pointed, aud
saw the marshal, "A tall pDrtly, smooth.
faced individual leisurely making his
way through the crowd toward the
terror Of tho West,u who still kept
up a series Of oaths and now and then
tircd OFF his pistol
10 EMPHASIZE his REMARKS.
! Proceedings became exceedingly
inter esting 10 me, and watched close
ly the maneuvers OF the two men, for
1 certainly expected to see "a bloody
encounter. Judge Of my Bur-
prise, when the marshal walked
up and grasped this human
tornado by his jacket collar with one
hand and showed large double.bar-
relied pistol in his face with the other,
and exclaimed:
give up that six.shooter and come
along with me to the guard-hO use"
The change that came over the face
of this terror OF the We-t,n would
have done credit TO Ar Burnet or some
other facial Snowman His under jaw
seemed TO unhinge from the socket,
while his eyes rolled up Ia amazement
and terror. His slX-shoOter slipped
from his hsnd ~ IL II were paralyzsd
and he looked for all the world like u
sohool-boy caught In some mischievous
act by the teacher, ! turned 10 my
! friend and exclaimed: "Cau such
things be and overcome us like a sum
mer cloud without our special won
! der ~
YES" he replied, "he Is
one Of those bogus cowboys
! whose slAnderous conduct
brings disrespect TO the calling. To
| condemn the cowboys, as q class, for
the aotsof individual reprobates would
| be AS unjust as to condemn the religion
| Of our fOrefathers for the acts Of some
/ OF It's disgIaceful yotBrles Yet, the
/ public at large is not 10 blame for the
| general acceptRtiOn of the co WboylE
character, when we take into cOnsld-
I Grafton that II II only the aits " those
/ TeprObates that reach the pubic
/ through the press, whereas the good
I traits and noble character Of the ma.
/ jlrity are confined 10 the range where
they follow their calling, and are
never made public, for the good reason
that very few OF the newspaper re.
/ pOrters venture 30 far West, aud the
local correspondents consider that ac.
cldent and crime are the only ma
tesIal gorthy Of being transmitted to
their papers.N
PERSONAL INCIDENTS
Tne personal inCideuts connected
with the history Of cowboy lie on the
frontier OF Texas, during a period OF
nine years piOr 10 1854, would no
doubt be as interesting aud vOlumin-
Gus Is the stories that come down u
US from. the famous days ~ 'i0N
rs California. No clasa OF men under
4 lheaun ara possessed of greater pow
ers Of endurance and capable Of eyer-
clHiug more cool bravery, when TIE
emergency arises, than the cowboys
Many e succeesful raid after coyet
Gus Indlans and renegade white mon
who d pr q tted upon "fanchmnn'
aud drove of their cattle and horeeH
has established Tor the cowboys Z
plncs Ia the hearts Of the early settlers
RAIDS or LONG DURATION
during the not dry months Of summer
were hsz trdOus, on account Of ID,
scarcity Of water among the low noun
tain regions Of the west, and II not uu
} frequently happened that thelrsupply
Of pfoYlHiOn5 WAS exhausted Whef
, they were over one hundred mile
I from any settlement Scouting partle
J OF eowb1vs nave been known 10 travel
three aud four dSyp without anything
% cat, aud from one TO two days Win