New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-07

M attended dirnfty, q BE no more Lying S,m
SSaHge my the se With
shrek OF laughter at his manner ana MS ss@.e
ment. ~ congratulate you on your selection, ~
any rate. But what Have you done SO iaf "
u'Se( Oh not much es verdad,' answered Jim, ur-
bending a little, "but will by and Dy--rne no
faltere--I won't fail So.
the other he examined them very carefully ana .Sa
laid them down again upon the table with t Inc
sod S@ch %py ~
He had much to say about matters In general
at Mojave, and a great deal more about MS
mother in particular, who sent through ner u ar
son. her best love and ldndest wishes to the
Before he got through the hotel, bell
up the street rang for dinner, ar ana om Sne
after presenting him with q couple Of pesos and
some cigars to smoke until he returned.
When he came e.. 6aGk aver niso MS jim
WI The auafterrnaster went all over the house and
| looked into every corner, but Jlm Was hoI IA
any Of them the pistols slfnsI T SaS
disappeared, and the pistols with him. ~,
THE internal rascal shouted the Iiase t .einf
| had combined with the stage-rooDers 70 worry ms
| life out. II was right when I told him that he
the only scOundrel wanting IN t ms aSn III
| nay him allve Honest John, indeed III noneSp
him, il ever catch him will, by the EternaI =
And being thus 0TRSdanSsG . 81 5ae I'M The hands Of
a kind Providence and went on IN the even TENOR
VI Late one night. about o week aftsrward, the
! opar,eymnster was very busy al his desk, trying
| 10 catch up with his accounts, which Wero very
nn+s,da All sounds were hushed, and the In
aide silence was only disturbed by the mQpot9nons
tick OF The Office clook, as IL comnted nhe nousS
fast passing away one by one INC suiess VIZ
| almost oppre ssiye--it would have been posluVeiy
CO. had IL not been for the tick OF the CLOCK ana
| the scratch Of his PEN ., o.,, .od
All OF once, ne was trying WIN corrugs ,u
| hroys 70 prove on his account current that Two
and two make four, the fimsy once aoot va va
burst open by powerful KICK from wltnoe it sno
NJ tT2u baifSreeds. each with fucccked re-
yover in his right hand, pointing stralght IN nis
fIce, who shouted, both at once, lhro" up your
na Refors he could either comply or MAXI any re-
NV, he was half-bhnded by red lightning nas ~
coming from behind his desk, within rev leeC u
ness,on bv two loudly decorating reports. when
gave him q slckcning sensation, as IL ne had peer
| shot. and when he opened his eyes, wElch ne hnu
,SS c %s lying dead the
! floor each with q bullet hole through MS 10Y
head from which the blood and bralnk were slowg
9osg and Lying jim . S smoESe Gr IN each hand
watching With fierce, ptiless eyes. i've these OF
Wild beast for any sign OF life in the DodleS ia
After waiting q moment, apparently satisfied,
he rave them both o contemptuous KICK WIN Ms
| hare feet and quietly turning toward the quar-
| trrmastcr, with satisfied smile upon bis hps DC
| laid the two revolverS upon tho desk with:
| {" / only borrowed them for while, Tuertmast.
| WHY Jimi" exclaimed the officer, slowly enierg
| ing from his stupefaction; How came You mere
| and what hove you done p
= / bavr been behind your desk for nearly, four
| boura repljed Jim, In his broken English. and
| I have lust saved your life In return for mine.'
| :" But how did you know of this, and how did
vou happpn here so handy p
~ oh, Ia madre, Noltehe heard something from
the sauaw OF one Of the hnlf-breeds, and she SEM
me down last week on the river YSpor, so as to be
| on band in time fo= the ladroncs."
| from his seat after a moments thought, and took
| the Indians hand IN his own, humbly beg youi
pardon for my unjust suspicious, which eouid
| he wiped out To me you are no longer Lying jim
| but as long rs / live you shall be Honest John
| IA. G. Tassin in The Overland