The Republican journal., 1885-11-12
A Deadwood Incident.
New York Observer.

III DtdiNOOu Ill TIE Deaft OF winter
when the snow buries the miners in the
| cabins, or the wind and ice Stay them OF
| the road, all that is best and all that is
worst in these isolated men come to the
surface.
Bill Ragsdale, desperate, gambler,
crack shot, the most unscrupulous claim
Jumper in the diggns, found himself,
much to his own surprise, converted by
force of circumstances into a nurse. He
had shot several men, and been fired at
at odd times himself, and through all
malntained feeling Of comparative in
difference. Therefore to watch, and
work, and hope for the life Of a man to
whom he had not spoken more than a
dozen times. was enough to surprise
Bill Ragsdale, or anybody who knew
him. The event had come about in this
way:
One night, when the darkness had
nearly worn itself threadbare, and the
gray OF the morning was peepng through.
nni' ana u"Aeli ol HIS companions were
seized with a desire to wind Up their
noisy carousal with dance
In the corner sleeping, with her head
on bench, was a woman whose 0ccu-
phtloil ~ was 1" ASSIST lile oalReepef IN
ministering to the bibulous desires Of the
ln!Aefs, ana lo pay the hurdy-gurdy
when these tpr0ciGUS hacchaDajs wished
10 ll'IlptF thelf Joln1s win their clumsy
''dlife'
Nit "i lie men Went up 20 the woman
an" hieheH htI l"ushiN Wlih MS poo(
zee mere. COL Molly, give Us tune
"ul "a liia' "id music poA OF yours, ne
c'ieu
L'lu"i ana 'dliSut hla0e the Wretched
creature lhSehSl"le' even t" TINS rude
lieSS' seeing th2l She did not move the
IllHIl SaIe ief an impatient snake, theh
LWiS5oH MS hahd IN her halF' ana by 1t
lIited ler TO hef Ieet- he men laughed
Nel! upro"liouslS as SAe screamed ana
S,lucN out "licl! al ler persecu1or, put
, niil, III WON some idteiII spark ol cnlV-
an seellieu suuuei.lE a"aheheG' SPrans
W ,lI hel "S1isVdnce Ii WIN an oa'h anu d
lllelace' EVERY man III the CROWD nat
uIAnS eoliSlueleo tillS lhteIIerelGe ,5, an
iiliiisolie,it upoii MS 5o'doilSileu ilVel-
aiu'' i'ld lilo l;loGli.it"oio pili was sui
~, Iou'''.ee' .15 oH LIS ldue c"nipail'olS' VINO
>'''" o,'?','eilS ooli'o 'eu themselves iil.o
AeouIio'ltiS oio f D. eaen ueeeIiniileo 10 ueieho
us 'Tuo 'Iaoo ~ 'a1,1er l"" iH9o,i''? ~. ,ae
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,,,'il dnin iit"io y, ie'' uii1'ea'.lS a. htss-
n"'r, WIZ o"uenl u? pien'n f. Inaue d
ll',r,r AZ 20 n9 neiv' lpu'lu ,s
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tai'l, ',n 'n ,l'o''''o'i.e -" piotesI VI
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~ "a 0pol'' en- "a il's' ooufiueu ~
le "'u 81 {. p''ii1t etl' ie, oli ili' llsli lti.
f 'dl,ou oll1 Ip0i 90 III 'o
t,o3 ot l y, ~ 'opi ''l' 'iio i7'' Wis
''o.' i'''. ilil iir,l 'i.." ''t ou.oi an
- eoI"l'u la.ei' VIC nan Niio iIau a
ati S uoN t1' rrlo N"lli"il ulopPeu uea, oii lhe
uoui: ,n!,} lleli we SMOKE rose anu shower
i'l,i III po9oeSSloll VI lile ueau MAN le
Nonet' ll,tI. -, ,,.,,
.o so' lho uloP on ~, salu Dill
covering the heaieSt TWO WIN MS leEol-
WI W W W guns 'ii t'ho Dis 'lili
ouI ~ /" ii1ie'
lioli nc Slasptu tlle stranger nailu'
"nloh e'li neiu tne summing ienoiVeI'
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uoH hHo" VINO you pe' ouI tlleTe 5
liulnil Se cant nave II ye want II. Let
~ Moil' ah SlI up, ne sali roughly 10
INC "oillah' VINO sun Clouciled Oh lhe
saMu'iSt iloor, ciutchliig HIS reg.
''eSeial VI 'he ilieii ndu carried piS Jlhl
lh'o nack fooll' "hcn the par keeper
SIuihoiihgl9 prepared lor then' ne
ne"Goinel plched up HIS perforated hat. e.
uot hho" "no was III the llSht'
ne salu. Il only Sd" an uhariheo man
utlehuluS "olilali against uoZen arm
ed men was d'recliy III the llne OF
lleir 1le, anu ! koli Know tllat ne!ped
you any more iiiah helpeu myself
lne young stranger se1Iied do"h 10
lile u,ggihgs, ,s:S anu from tiat Gay OUT ne
t. aliu nail were iliellos. hes Sd" M Dnt
,i't,e oi eacii otner, 'or 'bosloh, aS pm
i"u VI, i9,elieu 'iie new coiile.' seluoii, !
eli'oieu nasSudio nauhts' pu' no" anu
'iei .no July s"liioiel !ooh OCCASION ~ "
Sl>e lls Ploeese 9 Malhlns Molu' "heil
:. ne "a" tne youlis lildii was likely 10 pe
pi'le', ps Piospec.ors more experienced
.naa .iaa, ne ~ olauudtiS enele sprans up oe-
'Ito h;oh erG, atd a 9oiI y, lous Solnl auel
WHICH, eA,S'eo, without ili'ich uelilohSIrd-
.loiii anu "ilion' peihals' they potil
s @"uiu nave ooeii q li''io "silaliieo W ooii-
ie9ri "a .;.,. &c .,,o ;
.,dr ne ilsols =, ane "in'ei % proven iiioie oit3
@ pansdao o'o on bs th"nh uu,u b'aiu th ih t,i
ha n"Iuar' 1nr VI, is way oi'oasi ,.. tne euien'
hiah Id' h'n, u, do nc passeu ole n.'i1 Gaoili
ml,oa poSeo'i ,,'u ou'iI iioa, nio oiaiiii'
iilail clyihS out anu Srodliil9' anu Oh
en'ei,ls ;e l ioullu 'lle soul,g stranger uelll-
@ lous' no e iile 10 heep puI tlle ifee-''s coio'
anu n,l Ho aoou oil lile s,iel'; l';;.,e...