Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-06
% WEHUNG RED SHED

BnI 49, brick dust hair plainly have
b''f tor the first part of his rame.
srs8e' ~, ~ stnpid and heavy man, with
''' ~ ~ voice and a kindly manner
yf, 'oI i-tle TO say. He did not use a
'tI. "a white dry goods boxes and
sE'Ie like most men when loafing
iuG P' 5oor of the saloon, but stood
tne ~. heavy legs wide apart, his
BIS "a 'IJers stopped and his hands
deep in his pockets as II Oh 'ne geek
':1lp his partner, had a pack train
- pei'ih' rrly wife with a jaw like a
U-' She could ride mule and she
fraH ,,ule as well as a Mexican
ID en-, ,b.t meant that she could swear
Y, a"1 "a one knew where Berry and
FhoA' came from. In fact, nobody
Hou' o.rad 10 know where anybody
f' " We had all tumbled in there
pc Ilon n.ben gold was found-a long line
gs'u'' ,rr way from California, through
Is ~ ,I' -, 70 Idaho. We had found
WV sL1 nance one day about noon, and
lH t ',,b, we had "city" staked off,
man the big woman included,
g. and a mining claim. We did not
gtere we we're; we only knew that
.arpral hundred miles from the
',rbire hqbitation; that we were a
", mob and 50 must have law and
-acor,jer to record or claims and
Ia. 4 Judge TO pass judgment, and a
.,f to enforce 1t.
a., one night, by the light of great
-, fire in the center OF the ''city
n The men and that woman met and
~ ur Goodwin, now a rich and re-
"a Wholesale merchant in San Fran
-,,,rdpr Tom Hound, the butcher,
red sheriff and the writer of this,
- had big. woolly, black dog de-
90 him. and that woman was devoted
lin no. We boys all saw this very
Where there is only about one wo-
,r3 Z half to several hundred men,
ab,r. are apt TO see what is up.
=. mack train was off soon for The
w. 80 miles distant, Berry, his big
y. I'D the big woolly dog and all to-
,,s Ina month the caravan came back
IN, and we had the city already
4, And we had a graveyard started
he bill. too, for we had taken some
I'm with us from California.
ltsra time the pack train started for
Dles again, Berry, his big wife, Red
4 the woody dog and all.
|0,s morning four miners met the pack
ri,about half way from The Dalles. as
y we're coming back to Canyon City
: i horses loaded with supplies. The big
Etnan rode the bell mule at the head OF
pack train and swore Justify at the
|en and their laden horses for not getting
1 Of her way faster. Behind the pacL
lin came Red Shed shuffling along, lead
L bis horse, and with head held down.
h dO- was not to be seen and Berry was
h in sight, either.
But Is they crossed a spur OF the noun
In and came to creek they saw off to
/ right, or rather the first bend, old
DOLLY bowling dismally by the edge of a
ticket The dog did not seem to see them
.lOtice them, but would start on after
4 pack train, then stop and howl, as if to
1.-the iswoman and Red Shed that they
iitOygOtten something.
So when the dog, after bowling a min
Z or Sc turned about and ran back into
{ thcEet, one of the men handed his
iile TO the miner nearest him IN the trail,
d. gun in hand, went to see what was up.
there lay Berry in the edge of the bush
ad-shOt through the head, his hair all
OOc and his torn clothes all dust from
wing been dragged there.
The men wrote everything down in a
lie note book with a pencil, SO that there
I'D be no mistake about the facts, and
e, having nothing to dig a grave with,
y found hollow place not far off on
hillside and laid the body there, cover
si with heap of stones.
lhey said nothing when they got back
The pack train came in, Shed, the big
man, the big woolly dog too.
.Ae next day after the pack train got
4 Tom Hound, the sheriff, called at the
iE0man's camp. She was washing a
foi blankets and the water was bloody.
stoId Hound that Shed had killed an
sope and tied it while yet warm on top
IL pack
'here was Berry, Oh, Berry and she
divided up at The Dalles; he had gone
way and She had come her way, land
is all there is Of thatr"
"a myers snapped in the air, she tossed
oIg head as she turned on her big heel
Der jaws snapped like a steel trap.
oGnd found Shed, the shadowy old dog
y heels, out on the hill with the mules.
leet wide apart, his hands deep in his
Nsts and his head bent low, he was
Gang little colony Of ants reforming
FERROUS little city. A mule had set
0o' IN this ant hill, and the big man,
lead down, was so busy, so sorry as he
Satd them that he did not see or hear
l4 III! his hand was on his shoulder.
4" rSht, Tom; only let me lead the
: down to water and sort .er herd 'em
~ Una! was held in the city square
I'snt by the light OF big log fire.
.le dog was surely the only friend
hs4 Shed had. The big woman was
Ieie Why she was not there, why
vas not then a prisoner and on trial
yDes seem strange-passing strange.
AZ 'hose were the days when women
"o'hen rights to perfection. For
'Ue 'riat and the sentence of death
. y, passed-and all rather hastily, so
'Ae boys might not lose any sleep, but
"a good time to see the hanging
' ''',i:. on his way to his cabin saw her
aug taxing down a pair of blankets
'he clothesline.
' . worked all night and got up a
,a'e scailoid by the little graveyard.
", any one to look at it would have
- D. " 4S. equal to the scaffolds of much
civilization.
Iyu " noon suit you, Sheds"