The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-02-02

few days"
/ did not fully recover frum tts effect Of
this interview when had another caller.
He was yUung, goOd-looldng chap, and
smiled pleasantly a. he asked;
care you the new editori'
I adnitfod fhe fart
Il am the proprieior Of the Fl Dorado, Is
Blue Peaks. and friend OfShort SAM
Inervously slipped By hand towards an
/ open drawer IN my desk. but before I had
reached what sought the proprietor Of the
Z Fl Dora was louaIin- a' me over the muzzle
I 81 revolver vhirh a. was carelessly rest
/ ing GA the edge of thc desk.
'-Oh. % isu't lll.. that he said. in charm
ingly affabie tone SAN ran do ms own
shooting Do you know SAINT Noi Thought
I not when READ your piece about his sloping
with the BECKER girl No, ] got q letter
from sam and he asked me 10 drive over
here and say that when he met you he in
tended 70 cut your heart out He OBJ
jecfed 20 your mentioning thai be aud the
girl went b. the hotel before going % the
Justice Of the peace He saw the article In
Carson paper
Nv visitor lifted his hat and departed
For once felt no JOY or pride in being
copied. What should DO, Flight was a.
=
drama with only the deepest dungeon 10 the
end Of her .'oniy avenue Of escape"
The only stage line ran only 10 Carson.
sam WAS in Uarsonl
Plainly had only to choose between sui
eide and Sans anatomical exploits in the
direction Of my heart
The columns Of the Iesaysr that week were
not noted Tor that light and BREEZY indifcr-
ence 70 pubic opinion that previously dis
iiuguished them
They were co'diy conservative. Sam did
not come for several weeks Onc evening
the three printers had gone out for sup
per and was ainne IN the ufficc-a very tall,
slim. cierirai a1king purity entered and
asked If ! was the new editor
YES. ! replied. biiskly .-and Il Is need
less Tor me 10 ask ID yuu ar the new minis
ter we have been exporting
NO" said the stranger, smiling family,
"Tm Sam-Shnri sam"
Thought nv heart would save him the
trouble u cutting u aut
/ tired % reach Tor my pistol but nv
hand would not move believe sam saw
my effort but d. un,y t,rirlei his thumbs
nervously and said. almost sheepishly:
"Do you know Dusty Bob.''
certainly. Every BODY who has knocked
about Nevada mining camps as much a. /
have knows Dusty"
Every body but me- said sam. sadly.
thought And" be continued. I've
knocked about biz. too. To think that
should b. played Tor a sucker by the best
known aud ~iIcka~i female in the State.
And she won played me and won"
hight heg4n to dawn On my agitated
mind
Sam went on after pause. during which
De produced letter from his pocket: Il
reckon her advi,e j. the best. 50 you can
read this"
/ read a neatly written "a te. as follnws:
DEAR SGm: TN "a. 1 take one thousand
and TIE Diamond uih. th-re enough left for
you 10 get o.cs L. Blue Peaks and have a stake
70 stat. with. IL L., sammy Your own little
wife DUSTY Boa
=. S-fou had better got Kill fha new editor
Make use Of hlm O. keep ihi, end &C the story
out o. thr papers ffor those editors learn every
thing. ana square q with him that way.
Dusty.
ais Il COZ asked sam as looked up
from reading De letter
'lt's 60 ] replied
sam left COR q distant camp that night,
and the Nlggctvulr fsstser never men
toned that the beautiful Miss Blocker was
IN fact Dusty Bob.