The Mineral argus., 1885-02-05

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Louisville Times.
II was glad to see Judge Finiey NC
quilted, said IN old lawyer in the Gus
tom house this morning. Finley is
fine fellow; q thorough partisan, it is
true, and Of fiery passions, hut as brave
as o lion, . true friend and sincere
party man. ] happened to know Finley
when he was district attorney. He had
his Office in this building, and really
believe that with but one except IN. he
didn't have q friend here. All the Office
holders were jealous Of him. His one
friend was Col. Buckner, who was then
internal revenue collector. Col. Buckner
knew Finley and his father. He served
in the Legislature with one or both OF
them, and had y great admiration for
the manly qualities and warm heart OF
the judge.
AT the time speak of John Wyatt
was q deputy marshal. Everybody
knows John Wyatt, the most recklessly
and desperately brave man that ever
pulled tigger. He was t11gr terror of
uI1 Tic l0WlcSS SllIIVS III tllc lllOuuthsuS.
and was as dare-t devil a man as even
brcathed. don't know, and probably
no one knows, how many men he
killed.
"Well, Jack Wyatt, for some reason
or other, took a dislike to the district
attorney which he took no pains to
conceal. Finley said nothing and
Wyatt grew holder. One morning Fin
ley moved the court tina. Wyatt he dis
missed from his position for drunken
ness and for reckless shooting ut inno-
cent people. This, of course, greatly
incensed Wyatt.
"One day Finley went to see Col.
Buckner and told him of Wyatts con-
duct. 'You know, colonel said he, Il
am no coward; but l want to uphold
the dignity of my position, and don't
care to get into trouble with any one
Now, what shall l do?"
"'Well,' replied Col. Buckner, 4
would advise you to protect yourself
against the insults and attacks of any
rutfian.'
"FinIey never said word but
morched ont. He walked up to his Of
flee and sat down. Then he went down
into his inside pocket and drew out a
knife about two feet in length and a
couple of inches broad, and slowly and
deliberately began to shaupen it by rub
bing it ON his boot. When the knife
was satisfactorily sharpened Finley
placed it Oh the table beside him and
leaning back in his char, waited for
his enemy to appear.
an few minutes Jack Wyatt. with
,,..t.l IL. G.t
staggered in. He slammed the door
after him. and stared in AN insolent, ag-
gravating way at Finley.
Get out Of tins room," said the dis
-tri-t attorney, calmly.
81 would like to see you put me out,
You blank blanked blanketty blank,
roared Wyatt.
What followed Wyatt used to tell
himself:
Before knew where l was or what
Twas doing Finley had sprung over the
table, seized me by the throat and DASH
ed mo TO the floor. l was no more in
his hands than chicken, saw a long
knife, the very longest, il seemed to me
that had ever seen, flash before my
eyes like gleam of sunshine, and then
ms knee was pressing on my chest with
terrible force. With his lett hand he
forced my head back until my neck was
AS taut asa fiddle-string. and with his
right he pressed his knife against my
windpipe. wouldn't have given two
cents for my chance of life. l felt the
cold steel pressing against my throat.
and every instant expected to DE killed.
| couldn't scream for mercy even il
wanted to. lay in this position for an
age, when Finley hissed out through
his set teeth If you lat an eyelid,
you blanked scoundrel. I'll cut your
blank blankcd throat like ] would u
snakes, And you bet l was scared to
death lest should bat an eyelid acci-
dentally. When he let me up swort l
would never bother him any more, and
| never have"
"And from that time on" said the
old lawyer, Judge Finley had easy
sailing"