The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-05-10
OUR AWFUL FIGHTER
Why He Joined U.s. and Why He
Left Us.
HIS CASE WAS THE SADDEST.
Indiana the Proud PossessOr of a NOyeIty-A
Friendly Critic-A Natural Inquiry-A
Timely Table.

It having become noised about that W,
were going to make horseback trip through
portion of the cattle country, various indi
viduals made applications for situations. We
needed only cook and man to take charge
of the baggage, but the applicants kept com
ing and the day before we left chap ap
peared who introduced himself as Awfu
Davis
"Look-a-here, fellers," he began in a bust
ness way, 81 want to be counted in on this
Indeed, it's slight On me that you hadn't
applied for my services. You'd have been in
purity pickle to have gone without the un.
dersigned"
When asked to explain what peculiar value
his services might have TO US he uttered q
long whistle of surprise and replied:
Well, you are innocents, and no mistake!
Who's going to do your fighting for youp
As the Indians were at peace we didn't ex-
pect any trouble.
oh! you don'tl Bless me, but what dear,
good little boysl InjuRsl Nobody said In
Juns. It's the white men you've got to look
out for. You're going among the tuifest lot
in the whole world. They are right on the
fight all day and all night. Any one of the
gang can turn himself loose and hammer
Halifax out of the whole five Of you in ten
minutes"
lie wanted TO go along to do our fighting
He would furnish his own mule and make the
trip for a dollar day and his keep. When
asked if he had any recommends he put on an
injured air and answered:
And you never heard of Awful Davis!
Never heard Of the man who has fit iifty-six
fights and come out on top every timel Pur-
fond that Won want a oa,tfGc,., 90 ,t,,r,,+o,.
from Teller who fights standing, kneeling.
or lying on his backI This makes me wearyr'
We talked it over and finally engaged him.
and when informed of the fact he replied:
very well, gentlemen From this mo
ment you are in my keeping. Just pint out
the kuSS you want pulverized and I'll do the
business. shan't put airy limit on you Pm
to fight day or night and to lick six men a
day. Ii you could bring about three or four
day for the next week should feel Obliged,
as my liver is leetle torpid and l want ex-
ercise"
During the first days ride we met but few
people. One of those was an old Indian, lame
in the left leg, and Awful Davis halted the
party and observed:
Gents, did l hear any of you tell me to
lick this copper reptiles"
None OF US had told him so.
Il beg your pardon, gents. want you to
understand that Pm allus on hand. I'd like
10 git down and hammer him for the benefit
of my liver; but of course I'm under orders.n
We had pitched camp and were waiting for
supper when a cowboy rode up. The greet
ings were friendly, and he got down to have
a bite with us. He was hardly on the ground
before he saw our Awful fighter and uttered
humph of disgust
What you got tharl" be asked.
Hes our fighter"
Your fghteri Did you bring him along
to fight anybody or anythingGn
He hired to US to do our fighting, but he's
had no show yet"
well, I'll give him a showl Come out O.
that, you cOwardly kyoten
The Awful was skulking behind the bag
gage. He rose up at the command, and the
cowboy shouted at him:
bill Wheeson, l know ye and owe ye one.
Come out here and earn yer hiren
rs that you, Jim PhilliPsr queried our
Awful as he advanced step.
'Gf course it's me, you yaller cur from the
bottom landsl"
"And you want to fghtln
II want to show these 'ere gents that you
ar the biggest liar and coward in America
Come out bere"
GENTS, is it your wish that l produce a
funeral here" asked the Awful as he turned
to us; shall l bang his feechurs into one
bloody mass-kill him deader'n beef bone
with one bloWF
We answered that it was
"Here-tie one hand behind me-tis both
hands behind me-tie my feet together, and
I'll lick him thenn howIed the cowboy.
Jim Phillips, you haven't got two minits
TO existw solemnly announced the Awful.
Pm comm fur ye like dozen cyclones
billed into one! Look out, nowI"
He spit on his hands and stepped back, as
If to get running start, and next thing we
heard was the thumpI thump! of his feet as
he fled afar into the darkness Some time
during the night he returned for his mule.
Next morning we found the following ex-
PLANTATION scrawled on a piece Of paper and
stuck into split stick: 'Seezed with STUDENT
yillnes- good-bi New York Sun.