The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-12
WILD TEXAN ROMANCE.
THE FASTEST TIME ON RECORD
The Astonishing Outcome of Personal
Encounter with the Prong-Horned
ouagSa of Texas-A CONNER
cial Travellers Adventure.
Texas Siftings.l

Texas Siftingsl
HAWKINS Is the name of small one horse
town seven miles from Mineola. Texas
We do not know what kind of a metroDolis
IL Is now, but hive or six years ago it con.
Ested principally of a railroad station. a
saloon, few shanties, a store or So and
Dr. Plrtle. We should put the doctor first
on the list, for lie was the Keely motor of
the town, so to speak. He was bad nan
from Bitter Greek. He was on the shoot,
on the stab, particularly when he was on
the drink, and when it came to being
drunk, he never allowed himself a varia-
ton. DE was on the drunk all the time.
be wore shabby genteel suit of black
clothes, and on the side of his heal hung
by his ear rusty aud somewhat battered
plug hat. Under his coat tail nestled a re-
volver, and in his boot leg a bowie knife.
Inc doctor was engaged in picking his
teeoh win the latter weapon, when the
swinging doors were pushed aside, and in
came Sylvan Lehman, the jovial New
YORK dealer IN tobacco and cigars. As is
his custom he invited everybod in the
vicinity to step up to the bar at his ex-
pense, but he overlooked Dr. Pirtle, the
wild man of the woods, the untamed
J1mplecute of Hawkins Prairie, the prong
/ horned Guagga from the greatest show on
earth, the local Observation-Disclosures
/ aud worse on the Ii ght than an Abyssinian
Ki vi.
The prong-horned Quagga was not in a
gooi humor, any how, that day, and when
he saw that H brew Jew and his accom-
plices gu2zling the nectar, he gently sided
up to Lehman, and said in hoarse wLis-
per-
Are you aware that you are trifing
with a b!oot- u king vampire? Do You
know that l PICK men from between my
teeth after Pvs luichei? Say, you b!eGr-
eyed, body -sua- ching lazzaruni from New
York, do you know pve missed my hash
this III rning:" ami Dr. Pride began to
dan around poor Lehman as does
Sioux chief around a captured U. S. SOL
d or.
The bir-keeper had become weary gath
ering up the remains Of Dr.. PirtIs's VIC
tim, aai not d.siring 10 have his saloon
mussed up again, endeayored to persuade
the prong-hornei QuaGga to moderate
his enthusiasm, and allow Lehman TO keep
on selling cigars and patronizing his bar.
"No, sir" responded the Doctor, sol
emily: - can't accommodate you this
time, but perhaps IN y some other time.
Pm buuni to viviscct a jew before [ retire
to my couch. L couldn't sleep if neg
lected nay professional du'i s. II you have
any her jew mandy jus5 bring Inn out
AMI III look at him. 1 was swindled by
dew twenty years ago, and [ am not
goi"g e. pr"crastlaate aly more," and
making desperate plunge, Dr.. Pr ie
sized eff u section of Lehman's coet-tail.
Lehman daacel around, ana managed
to get the stovs bctw en- item. He did not
seem to be enjoying himself. He raised
his hand, and said, as he kept IN ,vidg
around the stove, to keep it between Lin
and the doctor:
My frien /, Pm not afraid of you, but
think you schentleman. You look like
scilen le'aan, and you talk like one, too
am unIr;asI L want you to give ms a
chance. Phi fight you duel at two
O'Clock All ask time to get arms and
to see my friend, but, for God's sake, put
up dot scycne."
''Kcrrec5 you age" sail DR.. Pirt1a RE-
turning his lalchion 20 it sc iLbar1. "Doc
Pr'i, Is a firc-eatins wizard rom the
suipaur-coated iyrdiries, aud he elbows up
IA ir0ad IRON, but he is gentleman for
All that. He is = Thoroughbred, and was
raised by the code. Pm dccaying for a
tuss!a with a bow egsel son of Abraham,
but | can wai5 few hours uatil he makes
his peace vi Ii God. The jumping Ghoul
from Ghoulviilt will see you later" and
DR.. Ptrtlc ie5irel TO sharpen his scythe.
Lehman waited until the proag-horned
Qaagga was around The corner, and then
he rusiei out to tipd bis seconl, procure
tie i'm slements OF death, and notify the
sexton. His friend, who was to act rs Soc
ond, was out at the railroad d"pot he
was the ticket agent. he was star Id,
when Lehman, after nearly wrenchiug one
Of BIS arms off, Big god him to 10 him a
fovor.
'What is it?"
Telegraph to thu conductor of the next
train TO COME on as fast as he can, and PHI
pay him III y dollars
mo go, the train is SIX hours behind
time. Been consulting DR.. Pirtle, have
you?"
80, mine Colt in Eimpel," said Leh-
man, as he waited himself out Of the Office,
and Eobo !y saw him afterwards in Haw-
kins, for the next moment the p.ong-ilorned
QaaGga entered with whoop LoIling a
pistol between his teeth; but he found no
vic i'm.
This is the true story Lehman told in
1erIS SJjings sane um, after he had sent
to the nearest sal Don.
''Ie IS, schentiemea =, | made dot trip from
Hawkins TO Mineola il choost fifteen min
u5es, aal maybe l wasn't glad when l read
afterwards tlat D. ri tie mad beelsent to
Hun sviie Penitentiary for shooting at
deputy Sheriff"
''Savcn miles in fifteen minutesH' we
asked iiQ.IirinSiy.
"s5even niles III fifteen minutes by the
watch, and carried two gripsacks full OF
SAMPLES, and | pelieve If | had to do il
over again | could lower my record"