, 1888-03-15
WILD Gilt, OF KANSAS

killing Two Soldiers In u Twinkllng,
but Hesitatipg at IA Monkey.
"Wild Bill was u good shot, was he
nots"
"With the six shooter he was simply
wonderful. In my entertainment i give
an illustration of double shot he made
out at Hays City, Kan, In the early days,
when he shot two soldiers, one in front OF
him and one directly behind him, each en-
deavoring to shoot him before he could
draw his gun. He killed one and NOR
tally wounded the other, and the two re-
ports of the revolver seemed almost as
one. The marvellous feat was the talk Of
the country for long time. In fact,
when l came by there a few days ago one
Of the old residents who witnessed the
killing mentioned II to me and said he
could scarcely believe it even after seeins
1t. Bill never missed his mark have
seen him take n pistol in each hand and
fire with right and left pistol at ctsi
thrown In the air, hitting 1t with both
bullets. BY the way, l heard ~ very
funny story told ON Bill some time ago.
If you remember, he married Mrs. Agnes
Lake, widow Of Lake, the circus man.
Bill fairly worshped his wife, but de-
spite his great love for her she never
could induce him to quit drinking H3
would come home fall Of bad whisky, and
one day Mrs. Hickok said to him;
Bill, IL you don't quit this drinking
pretty soon you will actually begin to sea
monkeys
" Monkeys said he. What do you
mean, little oncy'
" why, you know, when people back
east drink too much of the kind OF whisky
they get back there they see snakes, but
this awful stuff out here makes them see
Monkeys
''Bill laughed at her and did not give
the matter second thought, little dream.
ing that she had put up u job' to break
him Of his intenpernte habits, There was
n tame monkey in the town--Cheyennc, |
believe it was-and Mrs. IIickok had in
duced its owner to loan 1t to her for u
night. Bill came home that night COM
Portable drunk, and after he had gone to
sleep his wife secured the monkey and
chained It to the foot of the bed Then
turning down the Light little, she too
retired and awaited results Bill woke
up in the night burning with thirst and
raised up into sitting posture, intending
to get out of bed and get II drink Of water.
There, perched up ON the footboard, was
the monkey, staring him In the face with
hldeous grimaces. He rubbed his bleared
eyes, looked again, and u horrible suspl-
cion came into his bcfuddled brain Had
his wife told him the truthY Did he really
have 'emS Finally, he sprang out on the
floor, seized his six shooter, which lay Oh
table near, levcled it mt the grinning
creature, and said
:. Now, old man, IL you are a monkey
you're in bad fix; If You amt u monkey
I'm In bad fix At the same instant ht
fired and the monkey fell over in the ago
nies of death. His wife, who had beer
watching the working OF her scheme
sprang up in the bed with scream, ant
Bill, turning to her with broad smile o
the most intense satisfaction, said:
" Little woman, congratulate me, fol
have just had IL wonderful escape.
amt as drunk as thought was, ant
there's monkey lynn there on the foo
that'll never intrude itself into the do
mestic felicy of another happy family an
make gentleman think he's got the Jim
| jams. Capt Jack Crawford in Kansn
! City Times.