The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-11-07
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proprietor OF tile hOOtersTlile Palace OF
Delight to a n. Y Herald man, THAT
quiet-looking fellow in the corner Is
just the spunkiest fellow | ever clap
ped eyes on. though he don't look as
he had backbone enough to stand OF
coyote. But. jec, whiz. he's a cool
one. WHY. right here in this very
room I've seed him stare death in the
face an never turn Il hair. Yes, stree,
I've seed that man look right into the
barrel of Blazer Jim's pistol when
Blazer Jin's hand was ou the trigger.
an he didn't say n word. didn't ask
Blazer Jim to let up on him nor moth
in, didn't even wink. but Just stood
there facil' the music and ready to
drop in his tracks dead game. y
Thanks. its awful dry; | don't care
il do. Well here's luck
Yes. I'll tell you all about it il you
like. You see, the professor that's,
what we aIIus called him from the
moment he first showed up, wasn't
posted on the WAYS of sassiety in these
here parts when lie fust came here. /
guess maybe they're kinder different
from what they are where he cum
from. round about Boston or some such
fossilized place.
well. you see. Blazer Jim had
struck il rich that day. an was settin'
'em up all round when the professor
dropped in.
Name yer pizen, stranger said
BlazerJim. just as perlite rs any feller
with an imported pariay frongsay
polish-'scuse my Freneh-could be;
it's all hands this time. an Im doiu'
the treafin.'
..As l said the before the professor
wasn't posted on sassiety ways in these
parts, IN instead OF steppin' up like
msn an orderiu' his drinks. he held off,
kinder naughty. an saws. he. / beg
your pardon, / don't drink; I'm a
prohibitionist. an besides it's not
my habit to allow strangers to pay for
any refreshments l may partake Of
Now. accordin' to sassiety reg'la-
tions down here that was 4 downright
insult an | didn't feel like blamin'
Blazer Jim. nor did anybody else,
when he whipped out his shooter an
told the professor right up an down
Just what he thought of him, an didn' t
spare the cass words neither. But
when we seed how the professor, in
stead of piumpin' on his knees an
beggin' for mercy. just stood like a
staloo an said nethin' why. there came
| about resnlsion IF feelin'. an Candy
Jack voiced the sentiments of the
neetin' when he said:
Look ee here. Bill: You've been in
| suited aud yer deserve satisfaction. but
I'm - If the professor amt game.
an | don't want to see 4 game man die
like dog Its my opinion that he
| only insuited you eos he was ignorant
| of sassietv wars up here an its my
| opinion that if yer let up on him this
| time you'll earn the gratitude of this
| assembly,
Well. Blazer Jim. ike the gentle
man he is. did let up on iinl. and right
then an there told the professor that
| he forgave him. aud told him that he
was brave fellow. an that he could
| knock the spots out of anS fellow who
| said he wasn't. an other complimentary
| things OF that sort. An after that we
fcuud out that the professor wasn't a
bad sort of fellow at aIl-you made al
iowanee for his ways. An, though /
don't believe th4t I'd ever do anything
of that sort. sent 10 town and got a
| lot of sarsaparilia so he could drink
| with the bows without hurlin' his
| principles
i | waS ii new arrival in Roo,ersville
| myself. atiracted thither By 4 boom
which proved more epiiemeral even
than most boomS, and busted lots OF
people. But before thai happened the
| professor aud L became quite .-ehum-
N.Y." He WAS niiid-manner. be-
| speetaeled stooped-shouldered in
| dividHal. ehnck full of ''book-Iearning,n
hut almost rs ignorant rs 4 child on
the ways of the world.
When we had got pretty well ac-
quaintetl | asked him about his ae-
count with Blazer Jim.
MI FRIEND" he said, I'm truthful
man aud IN honest man. and like moi
to be thought that which am not But
feel that ! can make a contidant oi
you. The reputation which acquired
out of that incident has been a grievou:
burden upon my conscience. The
truth is that when that rude and pro
fame man leveIed his pistol at me
was so completely paralyzed with feal
that | was bereft of all power oi
speech or motion. | couldn't ever
move a muscle. Often and often
have felt that ought to tell these meu
tthe truth about the matter. but the
fact is | have lacked the courage to de
So Now. do you think ought to tel
them?a
| told him bluntly that If he did hs
would deserve TO he in an idiot asylum
for the rest of his life.
He took my advice. and as long as h
was in RooterSyille nobody eve
veutured 10 modest him.