Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-03-29

Sample Rooms" In the West, be il
remembered, all the drinks are sam,
pies, no matter If the same consumer
gets away with fifty glasses from the
same barrel.
! Parson Jim made his appearance in
! the gulch during the winter immedi-
ately following the summer when
the Hon. Samuel Green made his i'm
portant discovery of the existence OF
silver in the valley. He arrived on a
handsome roam mare, without bag or
baggage, and made his quarters at
the rude hotel connected with the
Rocky Mountain Sample Rooms.
During the evening there was a scuf-
de in the large bar room, and the new
conner looked in through. .one of the
doors to see what was the trouble. 4
young and slender lad of perhaps 10
or 20 years was struggling with bru-
tai looking, muscular giant of twice
his age. 1t was only question Of
minutes when the big rough fellow
would down" his young opponent,
and yet the dozen or so Of onlookers
made no attempt at interference.
Just as the new arrival appeared on
the scene the younger combAtant got
in a nasty blow, which evidently hurt
and irritated his opponent. Quick as
lightning the big fellow drew his
bowie knife. and raised it preparatory
to plunging it into the lad
Hands off. you bully" shouted
the stranger in the doorway. The
burly fighter glanced rapidly in the
direction from whence these words
came, but did not drop the hand
which gripped the ugly knife.
Drop that knife!" thundered the
stranger, at the same time laying his
hand upon his pistol pocket.
The bully noticed the last-named
action and, letting so the boy, yelled,
with added oaths:
Curse you, shut upl Who are
you, anyhow The large man was
evidently very angry. He held the
knife in his left hand, and with his
right drew heavy revolver, which
he proceeded to leve. at the stranger.
Throw up your hands, quick :"
shouted the latter. But the fellow
did not hear this warning. Click
went the hammers OF the pistols. 1t
vas question of quarter-seconis new.
Bang went one revolver-the stran-
gers-and the big man fell-dead.
Then there was a momentary silence,
followed by some queer calculations +:
Dead as a Ipjin! = "Sarved him
right + "Stranger's a plueky un ?"
Be-, ,ewtiful shotI' "Who air GUY,
stranger, anyhow" "
Boys" said the new arrival,
when at last lie had chance to speak
this Is sort OF business that | am
not fond Of. Sometimes it is neces-
sary, though, as it was tonight. am
sorry ; but let's say no more about it.
IL pay the funeral expenses and an
swer all questions. You want to
k"ow who l am? Well, I'm a preach
oF; and therell be preaching in this
r.on, with the landlords permission,
rex. Sunday morniug, at 10 o'clock. .
1t vas strange introduction for
a preacher, but it was perhaps the
be: one he could have had il that
"ili place. Anyway, the respect of
'hssa rough miners was lastingly Sc
cured, and from that time on he grew
in favor as man and a preacher.
In those old coach days there was
one serious drawback to travelling be-
tween Denver and George Washing
ton Gulch-the road was infested bv
small but hitherto invincibls band
Of desperadoes, under the leadership
OF regular dire-devil known as
kansas" This man "kansas" had