Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-08-15

pa1gn, and, with the AID OF TWO newspapers
that Carnis ran, they succeeded In their hight.
The victors called q conference in the biggest
art gallery that the town bossted. The great
question was who would take the Postmaster
ship. The defeated man travelled with bad
gang, who were mad clear through about the
defeat, and who had shooting iron galore and
weren't particularly careful about the way
they let them off.
ST guess you'd better take 1t, Carnis." said
the "bhoys."
fWhat metz
eyes b. hevins, there amt no one else as
can properly represent Us"
"But I've got my newspapers to edit.
"Let them run themselves, and step in and
whoop the Post Office up"
Carnis saw there was no use declining the
honor, and so he said in q despairing tone
that he'd see about it. He had band OF
friends himself who weren't used to standing
monkey business with meekness. They were
the gamblers of Deming. They had taken
shine to Carnis ever since he had said that
the sheriff of the adjoining county was horse
thief in disguise and proved it, despite the
Sherifs threat to blow hA head off if he
didn't retract the impolite insinuation. He
told the gamblers that he was going to Inter
view the Postmasters. The announcement
tickled the gamblers. The leading gambler
said he would go around and see that there
wasn't any monkey business.
Inc Q6I6aGSu IOsLmhstoE WAS h1LLiuS IN q
bank, theiof6ee of which he used as the
postal headquarters. Oarnis started in right
l of:
tive been appointed Postmaster"
"Heard something about that story, bat
don't believe it."
'.Im going to take the Office. Perhaps that
| will prove it,"
| "You can't have 1t, that's ALL"
The head gambler of the town broke into
Il {ha int at this iunctura
"say, we'll give you just twelve hours to
step out of office"
/ ''Ah, you don't say so."
'sSee here don't want any nonsense. We're
| peaceful, but don't get our mad up"
"Suppose give it up, Carnis, where are
you going to take the Post OhceF
"Dickinson's."
Dickinson's was the rival bank at the other
| end of the town. It was sweeping move.
In Deming, wherever the Post Office was 10:
! Gated was of necessity the business center of
| the town. Its removal would mean great in
Jury to the eligible real estate clustered about
the old Post Office headquarters. The de-
feated Postmaster's brows contracted with
CONSERVATION.
That's damnable notion"
'sJust so. Well call to-morrow and get the
letters. Good day"
"Gar-r-r-h."
The defeated Postmaster's friends had been
| very busy during the interview giving vent
to there chagrin. When Carnis got outside
he saw a rag figure stuck up on pole over a
grocery store, with old tin cans ca tied to the
an efigy of Carnis, labelled 'tThe New Post
1 master"
The boss gambler boiled over with rage
when he caught sight of it. He called gress-
1 or over to him:
"Want to make dollar, Charleya"
eyes"
600 and tear that thing down."
The boss gambler gave the greaser silver
dollar, and went back to his fair den, The efhgy
was still there three hours later when hs
strolled back. Charley was there too.
| 'sWhat in h do you mean by taking
nv dollar and not earning its" the boss roar
sThey said they'd kill me if touched it.
+ The boss gambler pulled big shooting
iron and took up his place in the roadway di
reetly opposite the. efigy.
l "Charley, You go over there" he said
"and tell those sneaks that If they move II
blow the daylights out of the first man tina
| stirs."
eyes, SIR" said the greaser. meekly.
'Then you come out and rip that down.
eyes. sir."
The gang saw the boss gambler in the road
way with his shooting iron drawn, and re
eeived the message with the Difference due al
; official edict. Then they stood close together
| and with crestfallen faces watched the de
apised greaeer chin up latsder and teaE n
eadgy down.
"Gentlemen, Pm a man of few words,
3 the boss gambler shouted in through the gro
. eery door at the cowed gang. "The mex
! man who attempts to hang that thing n
dies with his boots on. Don't anybody for
get It,"
That settled the great politica! battle II
Deming Next day Carnis set up the Post OF
| foe In Dickinaon's Bank, and it stayed ther
,, | until Postmaster Carnis come East.