Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-04-05

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in small locket, which he would hastiI,
conceal when surprised. Through all O
his years OF hardship that girlish face ha
been the one sweet memory which light
ened up his adventurous life.
His whole life has been spent upon the
plains, and his long residence with the In
dians has made him familiar with theil
languages and customs. He is thus mos
valuable man to the troops. The aet
that first brought him into prominence
was breaking through the lines OF Chey'
ennes that hemmed in a party of soldiers
in the quicksands of the Arkansas Valley
Stillwell ran distance of twenty miles
pursued by Indians, to Fort Dodge, and
guiding back reinforcements, rescued the
soldiers when, through hunger and want
of ammunition, they were about to fall into
the hands of the red men. From that
time he became one of the most trusted
scouts, and was often called upon to settle
| difficulties between settlers and hostile
| tribes.
The Indians look upon him as their
protector, and when he comes to Wichita
to attend the yearly sessions of the L. S.
District Court he is usually followed about
the streets by Indians in their primitive
costumes. Jacks opinion of his charges.
| however, are not very high, for he looks
upon them as lot of thieving, dirty, lazy
| scamps.
| The attendance upon the U. S. Court is
considered by him, as by most of the other
attendants from the Territory, as season
of amusement and festivity. He is lion
| lied in way, and on the strength of it
generally keeps himself in good form upon
prohibition whisky.
Judge Foster, who has held his present
position on the bench since 1874, is viewed
by Jack with admiration, by the Indians
with awe, and by the desperadoes with
terror. The expedition with which he
disposes of the vast amount of legal busi-
ness, the fairness with which he pronoun-
ces sentence of Imprisonment for day
| or ''to be hanged by the neck until dead"
makes Jack fairly bubble over with de-
light at the thought of being an officer of
such Court
On the occasion of the session in 1889,
Jack was introduced to Mr.. Bradshaw,
wealthy young Englishman, who ex-
pressed desire to make his acquaintance.
Possibly The foreigner was writing book.
II was thinking, don't you know said
he, putting his monocle to his eve and
leaning carelessly against the counter of
hotel in Wichita, ''of coming down to Fort
Reno and calling upon you. What do
you think OF il ~
Jack eyed him carefully from head to
foot and said brusquely: "Well, if you do
come, come to see me, but" with an oath,
don't you come. Let me give you
pointer; if you do come, don't think you
can ride anything that's got hair on, for
things do buck down that way ALFRED
sometimes"
PRECEPT VERSUS PRACTICE.
Of all the characters have met during
my experience, especially among the
rough, picturesque characters of infant
Western civilization. this man Stillwell is
the most striking in his peculiarities.
Under his rough exterior beats heart as
tender as woman's. A lion in anger, he
is generous and forgiving when he looks
at things in the light of his homely phi
losophy. He even forgave cowboy who
nearly perforated his head one time The
cowboy was drunk, and Jack let him off
! with solemn lecture On the virtues of
temperance when he was sober, and sent
him away full of contrition.
But there is an impossible gulf between
him and old Ben Clark, character who
for border daring is equally as we'll known
as Stillwell himself. The two were friends
before the incident took place, and what
was it, after all?
At Wichita, during session of Court,
Jack sent hotel bell-boy out for some
thing to drink, telling him to bring it
quietly up to his room. At the same hotel
Clark was stopping The two days that he
had spent in civilization had swallowed up
his last penny and left him very thirsty.
As he walked restlessly through the lobby
of the hotel, wondering how he could get
a drink, he saw the colored boy return and
go up to Jacks room. Divining the OBJ
ject of the errand, he met the boy as he
came down the stairs.
Where did you take that whisky ?" he
asked with serious expression upon his
face.
"To Mr.. Stillwell's room, sir"
SIS that possible" ?" asked Clark, with
great severity. "Don't you know that you
must not get whisky for an Indian, and
that Stillwell Is Comsnche ?'
This was frightful intelligence, in view
of the fact that during the day Judge
Foster had sent to the County Jail sew
eral hack drivers and bell-boys who had
aided the red men in obtaining the fire.
| water.
81 will go up and get it, sab, now and
bring it down right away. i didn't know
Mr.. Stillwell was an Injun, deed didn't"
said the trembling darky
He slipped back to the room, and find
ing Stillwell asleep, had no difficulty in
~, Al
! ing it over to Clark. In about an hour
afterwards Jack awoke, and at not finding
the whisky, rang the bell savagely
"Where is the whiskv?" he savagely in
quired.
81 amt got it, sah," was the scared re-
ply;
Where is the money, then?"
| THAT isis gone, too, sah."
"What ?n yelled Stillwell, leaping out
of bed. The colored boy darted down the
stairs.
Where is that liquor ?" yelled the
/ deputy after him, leaning over the ban
| lister.
That's all right, Jack; Eve sthored it
away" came up from the hotel lobby in
uncertain accents.
Jack recognized Clark's voice and saw
how he had been duped. The reply that
went down over the banisters was heated
enough to have raised the insurance on
the hotel. Jack, although inclined to for
| giveness, could never pardon Clark for
that offense. The breach has never been
bridged.
EXECUTING THE DEATH PENALTY.
The hanging of United States prisoner
is another important affair to Jack.
Many of the condemned men are arrests
that he has made, and so his sensitive ma
ture must be well fortified with rum to
withstand the ordeal He claims that he
never wants to assist in hanging, but
that he is ALWAYS urged into sprincing the