The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-01-20

now"
"Bue how did Buck Leatherwood get
killed. Julge?" asked young Starr
Go-uns. addressing the court.
II heard afterwards from reliable
sources tina: when he and I got back
to the point near where the steamer
had landed, and where he left me to
pursue my way to town. he found that
his father was rapidly removing all his
most valuable possessions to the boat
And when the fight began at the tar.
ern it was Buck that took his sister
and mother to the steamer. The sher-
i'll suspected that the most valuable
booty was about TO slip out of his
hands and followed with half-dozen
men. arriving only a little after Buck.
and just as the big box of gold coin
was being hoisted into the vessel.
There was short, sharp, bloody fight.
The sheriff and Buck were both
killed"
They killed one anothuh. gentle
men," interrupted the old judge. "A!l
the fighting men of both pahties
WIN wounded. But Buck and that
plucky fellah. Huntuh Smith. as he
called hisseff. shot each othuh full !:
lead, sub! Plum FIJI 4 lead. H-yuh's
my little mcmento NV the skuhmish,' ~
and the judge pulled up his sleeves
and showed Il deep scar below his left
elbow.
20 then you were in it too. Judge?"
exclaimed all the younger members of
the bar. in admiring delight.
Judge" said Old Doc Daily. with a
very broad, ruddy grin. and talking SO
slowly as to put everybody in suspense.
II wush you'd rippeat now whut you
said 70 thSm city fellers at was h-yur
last summer huntun up thengs fur Il
history NV Santown. you reckle-leck?"
The doctor. abating nothing of his
rubicund grin. the judge only paused
while a few lazy old citizens struggled
in to sec what was going on and to
hear old stories and new anecdotes.
Among these l noticed some of the
Dikeses. the Sparkses, the Shipleys
and the Ellets.
80 yes" said the judge. laughing.
''Iou see, one of them slick little high
school fellahs come down fwom the
city to Git up picto-yal histwy of San
town un Feel County. In the cose uv
convuhsation he med the wemahk that
it couldn': be twue that the foamah
citizens of this country had come
fwom lawless set NV dcspewadoes.
He said they-uh pwcsent social status
wcpelled such an idea. said:
Subj and here the Judge stood up
to be the more impressive. 'Iou. in
yo-uh day can fAvm no idea of these
people. have no doubt, sub. that the
man Bogus Luthuhwood. rs he was
and is called. was no othuh than Jean
Latte. the buccanneeah of the Gulf.
And have no doubt that shc men who
came up h-yuh and staid round about
him and suhved him and lived with
and about him wuh the identical men
who had suhved unduh him befoah
and unduh noah pehl-is circumstances.
sub. Men that had tiah'd the cannon
and dwawn the buccannecah's swOde
unduh the black flag, sub.
".Bu. who can measu:.h the wefawm-
ing influences of a quiet inland conf
muni.y and the daily westwaint of we
ligion and law! Men may fight against
weligion and law. Bat nevvah agin
Aalt-uh o,cm weligion and law. Itonly
goes to show that this Nommun-Saxon
people h-yuh, sub. have in themselves
the elements of wcfawm an wegcne-
walton. sub! that enable them to lay
aside life of bold and wcckless I'M
lawful dah-wing. and take upon them
selves all the habilimen:s of law
abiding. God-teah-wiEg civilization,
sub"
4 rapturous round of applause greets
the conclusion of the judges eloquent
defense of the progenitOrs of Sand
town. and out Of this somebody is call
ing the new judges name at the door.
20 that's it. is it?'' Judge Banks
says. with n twinkle in his merry old
eyes. "Them, gentlemen. IF You'll
assist me, all NV yuh! we will escoht
his honah. the new judge, down. Y"-ah
cal-ige is ut the do-ah, JUDGE Silkit.
And yo-ah wife's waitin' thah foh yuh!
Come avn, gentlemen! Fawm in double
file THAN. with Joe Ei!it an Doctah
Daily in fwoat. Judge Silkit an will
take up the post NV honah. Now then.
gentlemen. fohwad eft you-ah ready"
With merry imitation of mock dig
nifty these practical joke-ioving old
HoosierS take me down the stairway
and out to bran new twn-seated car
rage which jim Silket. Jr., young
gentleman of sixteen. is driving, with
Il critical eye upon the two bright bays
which he fathers himself he can handle
with rs much eclat as his rcvered
father.
Mrs. Silkit, allow me to present
to You the new judge Of the Sandtown
circuit court on the conclusion Of his
first day upon the bench. as such
judge"
Then, amid n great deal of laugh
ing and humorous remarks from all
quarters. full of pleasant and compli-
mentary illusions, rosy. fair, I'M
wrinkled. bright. sunny face with
flaxen hair about it, and by its flaxen
quality Of color showing no: Il thread
of old Times gray spinning. leans our
of the door of the carriage with a bow
that satisfies me on the point of ele-
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