The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-15

IN hia fnce with H. bu4k - - 0enoT
kfHeg jumpfng - hi1 aAoo1dks md orAG-
ging d. hend hock ti1 H. neck-boos
cracksd; Ihsn ~ .out. would issi ssssr-
ish. and ~ wou6 rooch oat Tor aootoer
sup of boer - H. pannikin-
Bus the fancv thot came 70 him most ne
eusnsiy and stAyed with Kim longest w0
oue connected With tAe CREST roll Of fat
under Lessons right 81. He nOsfced Is
Erst On . moonIsehf night, ard thereafter
il was aiWays beloew his eyes- lt ms .
fascsuating roll 81 fsk 4 man could get
his hand on II and tear suay one dds q
bis neck: or be coEld place The muxzie ct .
rife on Is and blow away al tbs heAd Ia .
aash. Losson had no night 70 be sleek and
contented and weiItO-do. when be. SIM
NOES, Was the butt 81 The room. Some
day. perhaps, be would show thoss Who
laughed ~ the '-Simmcns, ye so-oOr,n Joke
thai he Vas - good - the ress. and hekd .
mans life In the crook 81 his foFofnge4.
When lesson snorsd simmons batsd him
lesson Be able to sleep when Simmons had
10 stay awake hour after hour, tossing snd
turning On the tapes. with the duh pain
gnAwirg into his right side and his had
thrubbing and aching after Cantecuf He
thought over this for many, many nights,
and the world became Improbable 70 him.
He even hunted his naturally fne appetite
Win NStI Anu tOUWEG0t 8U0 0A4 tkSE - 0k44
the parrot talked 1T and made mock Of
him.
The heat continued and the tempers
wore away more quickly than before. A
serReant's wife died Of heat-npopiexy in
the night. and the rumor ran abroad that
IL was cholera Men rejoiced openly, hop
ing that IL would spread and send them
into camp But that was false alarm.
Ii was late on Tuesday evening, and
1850 ~rax&sx~ So fhS X~~r~ Ansst1~
versndas for LAST Posts, = whsn Simmons
vent 10 the box II the foot Of his bed. took
out his pipe. and alarmed the lid down
with hang that echoed through the de-
serted barrack Hike the crack Of . rife.
Ordinarily speaking. the men would have
taken no notice; but their nerves were
fretted to fiddIestrsngs. They jumped mp.
and three or four clattered into the bar
rack-room only 70 find simmons kneeling
by bis box.
owl It's you, is it9'' they said. and
laughed foolishiy; I'VE thought I was
Simmons rose slowly. III the accident
had 90 shaken his feilows, what would not
the reality do?
You thought IL was--did your And
what makes you think7" he said. lashing
himself into madness - he went on; ITO
BE-. with yoar shnIns y dirty sp e.
rot in the veranda sleepily. recognising =
weil-known voice. And that was absolute
~ all
The TENSION snapped. simmons fell
back on the arm-rack deliberately. the men
were ct the far end OF the room, and took
out his rife and pack Of ammunition.
Don't 60 playing the goat, SIM" said
qnsver in his voice. Another man stopped.
slipped his boot and hurled it ct simmons
head. The prompt answer was shot,
which. fired st random, found its billet in
Lossonss throat. lesson fell forward with
ont word. and the others scattered.
You thought il vast" yelled Simmons.
you're drivin' me 70 it! tell you you're
drivin' me TO Il! Get up, Losson, an don't
paYrit that druv me 70 IL
But there Was m unaffected reality about
Lessons pose that showed simmons what
he had done. The men were still clamor.
ing in the veranda. Simmons appropriated
two more packets Of ammunition and ran
into the moonlight. muttering: s'l'll make
. night OF il. thirty roun's. an the last
for myself. Take you that, you dogsp'
He dropped on one knee and tired into
but the bullet few high. and landed in the
brickwork with . vicious phwit that made
some Of tbs younger men turn pale. Ii -,
as musketry theorists observe, ono thing TO
fire and another to be fired at
Then the instinct Of the chase f1ared up.
The news spread from barrack to barrack,
and the men doubled out intent on the
capture OF simmons. the wild beast. who
was heading for the cavalry pArade-ground.
stopping now and again TO send back Q
shot and . curse in the direction Of his
pursuers.
.Ili learn you 70 spy on me - he shout
ed; "l1i learn you to give me doYg's
names! Come on, the ole lot o. you!
Colonel John Anthony DeeveY. c. B.!'-
He turned toward the infantry mess and
shook his rifie--"You think yourself the
put your ugly old carcass outside o. that
door. Ill make you the poorest lookin'
man in the army. Come OUT, Colonel John
Anthony Deever. C. b. Come out and
see me practiss on the rainge. I'm the
crack shot of the ole bloomin' battalion"
In proof Of Which statement Simmons
fired at the lighted windows of the mess
house.
Private Simmons. r Comply, on the
Cavalry battle-ground, sir, with thirty
rounds said sergeant breathlessly to
the colonel. "Shootin' right and ief', sir.
Shot Private lesson. What's to b done,
sir 2"
Colonel John Anthony Deever, C. B.,
sailed out, only to be saluted by spirit Of
dust at his feet
.Pull upi" said the second in command.
II don't want my step in that way, Colo
mel. He's Is dangerous rs a mad dog"
shoot him like one. them" said the
colonel bitterly, IF he won't take his
chance. My regiment, too! II il had
been the Towheads ! could have under
stood"
Private simmons hsti occupied q strong
position near well on the edge of the pa.
a.. svxl a II 81
10 come on. The regiment was not anxious
to comply with the request. for there is
small honor in being shot by q feilow-pri-
vate. Only Corporal Slane, rife in hand,
threw himself down on the ground and
wormed his way toward the we'll
.Don't shoot" said he to the men round
him; like as not you'll 1t me. III catch
the beggar Twin"
simmons ceased shouting for q while
and the noise Of the trap-wheeis could be
heard across the plain. Major Oldyne,
commanding the Horse Battery, was CON-
ing back from dinner in the civil lines.
Was driving after his usual custom-that is
70 say. as fast as the horse could go.
AN orf'cers A blooming spangled orr
CERT shrieked Simmons; ''lll make q
scarecrow of that orf'cer." The trap
stopped.
Whats thiss" demanded the major Of
gunners. ''You. there, drop your rife"
why. it's Jerry B.axes. | aint got no
quarrel with you, Jerry Blszes. Pass,
frien'. an ais Welt"
But Jerry Blaxcs had not the faintess in.
tenston OF passing dangerous murderer.
He was. as his ador:ng battery swore long
snd ferventiy, without knowledge OF fear.
aud they were surely the best judges. for
Jerry Blsxes. IL WAS notorious, had done
his possible to XIII Q man each tine the bat.
terry went out
He walked toward Simmons. with the in
iention Of rushing him and knocking him
down.
Don make me do it, sir" said Sim