The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-08-07

self no longer; and springing from
his seat ne hurried forward, aud,
with aAshing eye, interposod between
the buriy rnllian aud his covering
victim.
'Ypn will have 10 leave this man
alone?" he said, deliberately hooking
up into kube's scowling face without
fllnchipg
.'rhen I will Try nv hand on ynu,
SIr Tenderfoot, in short order
A. he spoke, the ruIiian struck
savage blow at Ned.
Quck as a aish, however, Harper
dod,.ed aside; out in doing 50, he
trippel AMI fell to the floor.
Before he could regain his feet,
Rod Rube drew his revolver and fired
at him.
The bali struck Ned in the left
shoulder and he sank back 10 the
floor.
"G ,ol heavonsl he is killed." ex-
claimed Harper's friend, Charley
Crestl:nc, who just entered the EI
bow in time to Witness the nFray.
| Ia an instant dozen revoIyors
wero drawn aud leveled at Red Rubo's
head
Ho held up his hands crlvenly aud
surrendered, or he would have been
baiel like scive.
BY this tims, attracted by the com
motion, quite crowd had assembled
outside the tavern, and. among the
rost, Major Lansing, the recognized
sheriff, judge ana mayor of Glen
Eagle.
He pushed his way through the
Ithrong, and ordered the trembling
euiprit, who had already been seized,
to be brought out to iarSe tree and
there summaril9 dealt With.
The excited miners dragged forth
the trembling bully with Alacrity,
for Red Rube had not single friend
in the who mining camp.
On tho contrary, NIL were eager to
see him suspended hy hemprn col
lar
III the meantime, assisted by Jerry
; Burns, Crestline had aised the pros
trate form Of Ned Harper, and learn
ed that, although painfully injured,
the wouud was not of = necessarily ia
tnl nature.
Red Rube was hurried to the oak
tree indicated 10y Lansing. aud told
to make his peace with heaven as
speedily as possible.
, Il rope Eas then thrown over a con-
venient limb, aud the no,'se on the end
Of the same tAstefu!ly adjusted about
the thick neck of the culprit, who
whincd piteous'y for mercy,
They paid ne need to his appeals,
} but turned deaf ear to his entre;l
tlcs
Ju5., howcyer, as his eager execu'
tionera were in tie act Of launching
him into eternity, a wagon in which
: Harper was b, ing conveyed to his
cabin drew up before the excited AZ
sembjage, md the miners were astound
ell to hear the well known voice oI
Ned exclaim:
Bays, release him spare his mis-
j erable life / am nog done for after
3 all. Jast Danish him from Glcr
u Eagle, aud l shall be satisfied"
Many were the growls and impreca
c tions indulged in by the disnppointe,
/ yigilantrs aud spectators, hut as al
respected Harper, his wish was at one
d acceded to.
"Woll. pardners, grumbled Ian
@ sing, ''we'Il at leAst-haye the satisiac
ton OF giving him ther grand bounc,
out Of Glen Eagle catch holt"
d Aud they caught without ceremony
n All hands hustlet boisterously abou
. Red Rube. aud la a trice that unluck,
y individual was being kicked and cufl
: eel all the way down the slope to this
valley of the San Luis by the exasper
7, ated miners.
> A little later, RSd Rube raised hi
y bruised aud bleeding fo IN from tn
, ground, AMI wiki bitter curse, OK
g claimed:
: "Ill get even wi them fellpEs fe
1r this-by my life vii 1T | have te
skulk about hYar Ter weekP
as Crestline. who possessed limrte
,s knowledge of surgery, succeeded j
is extracting the. pistol ball from Ned
shoulder, and when handaged UP an
c the arm comfortably placed in a sling
ld The patient declared he felt quit
u we'll, and WAS able to get about til
at house as usual the next day, and spei
~ most Of the afternoon out in the sIv
shine, watching his partner while h