The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-07

hey fwo hf<s . poa.a fer 4, an that's
sseTe'n I'd Do fer eHnybody sxss -.
well. Sad the gid, II xs1css III
sess Iaok a sosne sksses. and II hin
see par | Ike. III take EN- for Tire
batter"
cadsIie's snosher had gore with her
nan.erzzs.s or srs-irsx - visit friend,
ard ca,issie vas ieff alsne to do her
traalnx. Her ef8eriy adssire- took sd
varltasr IL thi. s6cf 20 plead Bis ezfise
with the handsome girl
Yea re got frzsrry fost- fer . gal
q wouY size be sail. a. she tired on.
pair Of eaEsskia shoes, declining al
1xah p said the lady. too en-
xrossess with her task 70 notice the
rontrsimpnt. ..yas, these here shoes
FL. kfssdeY sick. bat l don't b'liere
they's hold water When the STOW
cones.
.soh. sbsyTI bod wAser fast
enough he answered but they ain :
half nee eanaxh fer seclt a b4n0saui
fysys A. y0arn. Nos here's par q
sil shoes NJ a~szyiu' fer my vile.
We'll a<ke1 CAssdie. Sharply.
chen why don't yoa give gim 10 her Z
Lard knows she neesss ura bod emil
Nsw look a-heFe. Cad" be saiA,
chats totnfoBii<hness. an you knox
Ii. Mirandy don want fer noftin an
she don't care shout tirer5es, lsut most
Girls does. an I tell yoa what. my
1eryrdIs hey the niecst dnds q any
woman In town.
Ca.ssiis had put her shoes on again
| Nv this dine. and she did rot propose
g. listen to him any longer. II would
not h. vile 10 quarrel with the bishop,
That he had no desire % play second
fiddle in no kind o. music, and she
told hisn 50.
HAS. haw. haw. he laughed. j
gsess not. / kin jest zee tae way my
| ole woman u hev to step around wlaeii
yos arc Mrs. Barns zee here lad
| lie. he sided ~ she turned TO 60,
II want 20 talk % you, an you might
| iest n well listen now As emmy DINER
time. Yeu know your pa went pros
fectin' last year. an ! furnished the
| grub fer the trip. Well, he found a
purity good claim. an now an Eastern
| company sent an expert out here 70
iook al Il, an Ike ss not they u BUY
1t. Well, one night yer pa got purity
fall here in town, AMI ! got Inn 70
| sign bill o. sale OF the mine Nov
re don't know nothin' bout the com
pany, an be don't know that the
paper he signed wuz a bill o. sale. We
got a ernbbin' on the mine, ennyway
/ an I've got mines o my own an
money. too. an | wouldn't mind
rivin' this bill o. sale 10 yen II you'd
lie sensible an marry me, Ike your
| pa wants you 10.
II don't b'Iieve you've got no bill o.
sale. - said the girl quietly; show me
the paper
| Her face was dark with anger. She
locked very pretty n she sat there IN
the dingy little store on long pack
ing box her glorious brown hair had
been blown loose by the wind, her
ragged sun bonnet hung by its strings
around her neck, her blue eyes we're
| bright with excitement. and her bros n
cheeks glowed. The bishop looked at
her admiringly as be returned Win
the paper. She rose 10 her feet, and
her slight, round figure showed. even
through the clumsy pink Calico rs
graceful curves. She moved round
between him and the open door OF the
stove. in which wood fire burned,
for the evenings are cold IN these
mountain villages, and then as he read
aloud, she suddenly siatched the
paper and threw il into The stove lie
spfang forward with an oath, but 1t
wa too late, and when he returned to
look for the girl she vas gone.
The next day Dick Johnson rode up
Ia the saloon and grayeiy announces
30 the lounEers there that he meant 10
shoot old Hurns on sight, and that the
said Burns had better have his gun
handy. Then the injured maa began
to fortify himself with whisky for The
approaching duel.
what Is the matter with Burns7 ~
asked one of the crowd; Il alius
thought that yon wuz on the best kind
o. terms with the bishop"
"0h. he's lived long enough, that's
ALL answered old Dick: ian my
arms air a-gettin' rusty fur want o
use -
His enemy had been warned, Dick
was drunk enough 10 I've dangerous,
aud 80 he thought there was no req on
for waiting any longer, and, rising, he
slipped quietly out OF the saloon and
walked over 90 the Coop"
Arriving there he stood near the
door watching the proprietor, until
the latter turned, when the hands OF
both men flew to their ready pistols,
and tue shots rang out. The bishop
fell, and Dick. who was dead shot,
stood calmly looking at his victim.
The murdered mans wife run In from
her rooms behind the store and flung
herself beside the body with heart
tending shrek. Then the men from
the saloons Tushsd in and stood around
looking silently at the bleeding corpse
and at the poor wife, who mourned
the dead man as sincerely as though
he had been the kindest OF husbands
10 her.
Her pitiful sobhing aroused the
sympathies of the rough crowd, and
they began to look angfiiy at the vic
tor. One man pointed significantly 10
coil Of rope living on the counter, but
the rest locked az the revolver still
grasped in the fallen mans hand, and
they shook their heads.
Dick Johnson saw and understood,
and he quietly backed up against the
wall and drew another six-shooter,
and proceeded 10 make his defense
He told the story of the hill of sale
'Yoa see boys. he swindled me.
Now. you know a man amt goin' TO
I've cheated like that an not try 10 ii
revenge for it. give him fair warnin, :
an he bad bis chance ~ me. | done
il all up regular, an ihr.e ham no
call fer hard ieelin's again me. I'm
sorry Ter her. bat you know II amt
my fault because her man was scamp
an needed KILN
His revolver, helped him 10 make
his peace. These men we're not COW
ards. but they knew they could not
take him alive armed in that way
and. besides, they thought his con
duet quite proper 20 he eas promptly
acquitted hy this informal jury ana he
went quietly home.
Thus was rude Justice done. Thus.
too. WAS IL that Caddie did not marry
bishop. bat became Dan Williams
bride.
SMART AND SNAFfY.
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