Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-03-05
HOW ENGLISH DIED.
OLD "reH BENDER TELLS A YARN
OUT OF nls EXPERIENCES.

OUT or his EXPERIENCES.
The Qsist stranger whs ws. the Rssp~es
81 the Cowboy. E,.s Learned
ef nis r.-,-rhs ballet In,snded fss
Another ws., Throagh ui. ne.st.
Tho falmsr bou-s hai two guests who at
tract~i no lit,ls attention from their apy.ar-
snoe They wore the regulation brad
hrimm~i hat, their hair Was long. ami about
their waist was the hslt that, when ca thar
native heath, csrri~i small arScnal Thass
strangers wcre two genuine s,outs frum the
plains AMI hal s-n much -rvioe One ~
ihcm was Ter Bender. soou; who had
tsen one q Col Drums chief ai,ls In tho chA..
fcr ColorOs. tho Ute chief Bender ws
found In tAlkative mooi. anil tho drift q
oonver~aiion turn~i upon insianc's q psople.
~ whom nothing wns known morc than. Ier-
haT-, nirkname. loslng their lives aud ioav.
Ing no chance for friends or kindr,si ever
knowing what had t-ooine u them.
"rhe~s caass are more oommon than cue
would think the -cout Eaid. "sni many II
than make tho Ssdisst Kind q story"
Upon tsing urcci to sp.n yarn. Bender
relai~i thu following incidents
Nh WAS rREAsURL
'siooutingr be saii, has b..n moro ~
pasiims with me than anything el-a Ny
main inier,<t on N. plains Il cattle raising.
ami ths story shall tell u one that occurrc,i
on q ranch Onc day q young fellow cams
Into our camp looking for ioh Ills nation.
ality sas ~ cloaTly marked that AZ bis firs,
spIsannco be was greeted with thu rough
but hearty saluiation q Hello, Rng'ishr lie
vas English without any doubt, lie all be
hal b-cn iramping for long time, hAd b.cn
~ any number - CAMS, but had found them
ell fall. anl be wani.i 90 10 to work taily
Wei. We ne.isi another hand Just thon. -
-e took him, though Il was with rather an
idoa that hs vas -nmethtng % ienderfoot.
In this we sron found ourselves MISTAKEN II
was mihlno-. AMI evident gcnilsnc~ q
character that hal given the impr-sion-
English hal t-~n on the plains long enough
% know bic busines-. bui thu roughnsss, the
bravaio that ~ many aoluir, had Tass.i
him by without a mark The days we're few
t.forc wr found 80 had trvas~re-at last
b. was such 90 the fellows who wcrc Alwsys
Wiling sims one el-s shouh Do What they
ought 20 do, ami English was N rori naturvd.
- wiling, that AZ hst ! am afraid he wa
lmp.r-,i up1n dreadfully, bat before long b.
-1rt - crvp, into our i,sarts. AMI wc felt most
a. though Il sas sick@i 90 take advantage %
his good nature
"Or camp was pretty tough. and Ne
diint ordinarily stop much on account -
thing. belng s,ctcl. but Ne 10 up CA English
lust iha .AIne You ~. b. bad done every
boy In camp more or ic- favor. When ons
fellow was sick English dd all his shars ~
ths work and his own. too, And then tended
the sick chap nights. staying awake 90 givo
him his doT. regularly Thcre vas hardly
ons of us that diint owe English money
lls always All be- had no u-s for u, ami aid
II. To-. With a sallne.s that made fellow feel
thcrc sas bitter hoariache t.hind all hi,
make tslisve chesrfulnoN 40 hrt the boys
u-,i % guy poor English, AMI ask him ques-
tions aiout his hons AMI AL that Kind -
s;uff. and have -sn the tears start In HE
eyu. as b. iurnci away anil lcft the crovl
English c-rialnly hai a history, anil ii vas
und0abt,lly a AL one Ils got - b. would
ssilom 10 In the cabin with "a, bu, would go
away by him-lf. not In any moru-s spirit,
bot b. always -osmel afraii tho Toys sOad
spsak to him q thinss b. dhl not carc %
h.ar I all awhile ago that We wrro pretty
tough. | guess 40 wero m w0re than
M, % The fellows out there, bot wc dh play
cards 20 bat anything.
THEY'D DONE ENOuon SHOOTING.
"Ouo nighi-and you can h., shan never
iorrri it--there vas a game gong on One
fellow bal t.en lcsing right along for several
iays and hal g0t pretty sorc. This night
his luck was a. had, OF wor-. than u hal
l--sn. ami b. lost all bis money. AMI, In fact,
about everything b. had, and his anger gOt
ths upt.rr hanl q him one fellow ssefnei
to have t..u ulorc lucky that night than all
tho resi - us. AMI very naturally the fellow
who bal lo-t felt particularly bitter toward
TN. chap. and In a moment ~ rage b. AID
The thing that ncyer-amoug us fellovs-fAils
a. bring ou, gun lie AID the winner bad
chsaisi Knowing ful well himself the ~
suit q such q charge, his pistol was Out as
sDon a. tho vuris, and in a blind rage he
arci Cio-o a. was his intended victim, bis
anger unsieadioi biz arm AMI he failed 30 bit
him III. position was such that be- faced tho
door q The cabin This door. unevcnly hung.
vOul. when 0I-nsi, swing % q IT, own az
corl. and In the excitement q The moment
NJ one hal no,icssl the door op.n ami cios',
but lsfore a wori could b. spoken there came
to W tbs souni q a fall AMI a groan
Two ai least u tho-e who AT there In a
kind % ave stricken wunirfneui, ~ the
smoke circlci Ia clouds arouni the rom,
hsard that nol-. They iump.,l 20 their feet
ami Tass.,i 0ut.i,le The ~; u ~ were too
much excited 10 notice anything cnccpt tho
| comtatants. 10Th bal their guns out now
ami hal tump-f for shelter, each cagrr 20
t.pt..r the other. but before another shot
| oOuil L. fird ana occurrence took place that
ma,ls ~ Instantly forget cur exciicuent q a
moment lslor, The two boys who had gune
out returnsl - they pushe'i open ths door
II could L. -cn they were carrying so-ne bur
deu IN = moinsnt they wcro In the rcom,
ami one Of them AID, In voice Sa1 AMI IL
enn, 'Boys. gti,-ss you have done shooting
enough for oDe night. Do YOU 80 what yO1
have donef They laid tho form they were
BEARING gently down uPon the door and We
all rlshcl forward 10 - who u WA IL was
poor English lie had bcen sitting ali alone
vhlis we were carOusing and had Just at
tempted 20 enter when a bullet, iniendesl for
another. vent through bis heart English
was dead anl all 80 knew of him was the
nickname wc bal ourselves given him lie
hal never told us % his friends, aud ~ could
only bury him and put ,lab Al the bead oi
his grave. on which was scravled a. tssi We
couLl the ono word "English.' Perhaps his
friends or relatives are stili waiting for him
10 return They will never 49, him, nor viii
huniross a.. other friends - thoso they are
hoping AMI expecting 20 see They lie In
lonely graves GA the opcn plains, unmarked
sIcep, by nicknamcs. r-Chicago Herald