The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-06-05
|Ia.llIsssoa gatelligeuser.
IA MATTER OF BUSINESS.

IT
MATTER or BUSINESS.
"a Clam State Man Kills Robber for 10
Per Cent of the Savings.
~ e. were staging from Anton Chico
4 TO Sante Be, and there were six passeq-
gers, alImeI. Every man Vas armed,
And ohelmighf safely Judge that every
the passengers was a man from Rhode
island, who said his Fame was Hast
1ngs, and after we were fairly started
he began:
g sentl lemen, .Ihaye q proposition t9 t9
make. # you accept IT ! hope it will
bato your benefit # you de-. not,
Ihen I'D sd harm has been done. Wear4
sauit eshke1yto meet with road agent
4 before Eve Eet through. If so, how
many Of you will fghta"
This was putting It pretty broad, but
Hseeing that no disrespect was meant,
spnesof the passengers looked over the
crowd and replied;
g think every msn can be depended
on. Tas.;s ;ss3 -
ICY Yes, you think SO, but whep the
8spinch comes, the case will be differ
lent: I've. been through the mill, and
I've seen q man with two revolvers 60
$;sdght down into his boots and submit
8.fo Be Kicked. 80
What,is your proposition2''
Well, I'm about dead broke. I
Il want to engage to defend this crowd
Tor 10. per cent. Of the money it is car
8ryin g. - 10. e. s,
How do yon mean2s
by, if stopped, I'll agree to kill
q or run OF IF the chap who does it. lido
Iyou pay me 10 per cent. If I don't you
3 pay me nothing. III leave it to each
man to size up his pile"
~ You must think yourself very
81 brave and smart man, remarked one
|Cf the others.
Oh, no, I'm not at all stuck on my
self This is a matter of business.
aIguarantee to do thus and SO. I want
H$Yo1s to do the same"
We chafed him for while, but see
ING how good natured he was, finally
&agreed thatif we were stopped and he
BILLED Or drove the rohber off we'd
come; down with the per cent. de-
nianded Stages had been robbed on
that route, but we had no fear, and it
q had come along to S o'clock p. m., and
#:wewere$ about to cross creek run
s nm through a ehaparra1 when
sVoice criei sHaltp and the driver
;pulled up.
4 Egad but here's the agentp,
4 3chuck1ed Hastings, who had been doz-
( for an hour. Remember the
3 FERNS, gentlemen-10 per cent. If !
save your Doodle II
Ehrow down your gun!'' shouted
shesVoice, and we heard the driver
comply
q Now get down and unhitch your
q horses from the stagelD
The driver was swinging himself
SaownSwhen Hastings opened the right
hand door and Jumped out, revolver
8 aIn hand. AS tough a looking chap as
: YOU ever saw stood at the horses
B4hea3s, q double barreled shotgun In
= lis hands, and he yelled at Hastings
& as he saw him drop. The latter fell on
His hands and knees. crept swiftly un-
#der the vehicle, used one Of the wheel
horses ssto cover him, and while the
B3Tobber was peering about to locate
s him, and at the same time warning
4 ns not to leave the coach, the Clam
3state man rose up and sent bullet
plnmb through the fellows head. He
i Iran forward to finish his work, but the
Hrobber was as dead as a herring.
Gents, 10per cent, Il you PleaseW
5 said Rhode Island, as we. piled out OF
the stage, .sand whatever find on the
ebodyiis mine.
Heg got: two;reyol lYers a.shotgun, twp
gold watches and $170 in money, and
Wspaid him about 5000 more. We felt
Fiat enough, too, I can assure you, as
#Ye:had been given no show Hastings
sHipped the body, dragged it out Of
! HE road, and took his place in the
= coach with the remark;
ssHope you gents are perfectly sat
ifed with my work, and if yon'want
to contract, for my services the rest Of
81 they way, I'll put 'em in at 5 per cent,
Whichhs an extremely low rate. New
"a York Sun.