Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-18
TIE MAN WHO DRAGGED.

obvious, even TO total stranger. To |
e,y that he was opinionatcd Is drawing /
II very mild, aud to state that the chief.
,st Of his opinions was the particularly |
excellent one no held OF himself is super
bu0us.
Those were humdrun, monotonous |
DAYS Mt the "liX,' aud there was scant |
opportunity for Billy TO exhibit the |
courage. proves, skill, ability, and 20
forth, which-we had his own oft 70.
reate1 statements for it-ho possessed |
70 "a remarkable degree.
Once In awhile something would hap
psn to relieve the monotony, but Billy.
somehow or other, was never on deck to
show what no WIS worth. He always
turned up afterward withi "lIuh! you
raloots jos make me ache all overt wy
any bloomiu tenderloos ed toll go bet
tern THAR or, "That wuz u fool trick.
Now, ef I'd been thar IA did 20 an
CO., or, "Iuhl dye call thst anytbin ter
iucnshunf wy, back thar. on M Koya
paha, we used Z let tn kids AN wimmcn
do that kind o work.
Aud so II went for nearly year. and
though we invented many n plan to give
Bnly an opportunity to show his worth,
BE- managed, ON one pretext or another,
" keep out Of our enares.
Ono day Gallo Smelling. who was out
looking up some STAYS, fell In with
Maverick steer feeding In coulco, aud
thinking at first that 1t was an "HX"
crittcr rode toward It, But the beast
was what j. known ~ n "bad un," and
horns down aud believing with rage he
turned aud charged on the startled
cowboy. Gale tricd TO turn his pony and
run, but the animal was green and only
reared and suodcd. Gale thought he
was about to take place herding clouds,
but he yanked his gun aud let go, catch
iug tho steer right between the eyes.
aud dropping II not more than ten feet
away.
Gallo was bit now IN tho business. and
be was rather p,lo when lac rode up to
the ranch aud related hiscxprricncc. but
there wasa triumphant tone In hls voice
o hg told Of bis succg iul SHOT from the
buck o. o huci.ins pony.
llly listtnud with superior air
"iuAH 10 remarked disdainfully
"whad jewnnter kali I'm for. 40 cd jes
Y well creased an ropei i'm. Some folks
mover hcy no r'gard fer prop'ty. Waste
not, wnui nuthiu."
We an rrugaed and proceeded 20 con-
graduate Gale ON his lack but Bill did
not seem TO care. He was getting used
% our irrcyorence. II may DO noted,
however. that when We tried noxt morn
iug to got BILLY 20 take a gallopinR shot
at the stripe IN blanket nailed onto u
shed door, to eco how near he could
hayu come 90 "creaaing' mad steer
from tho back Of II fool pony, our propo.
sition met with scorn. There yo 20
asin,' said Billy "Whnts ia blame
use o wastiu or whole lot o cartridges
!oi' L convince cr mess o gabhlin cgiois
that or thing Kin bo didg Aw, go oil an
Try poundin san Ia her rat hole fer ydr
wits. Bet 80 ourn't even 10 that" Aud
he rode Oh, much offended.
When Joe Fleming, brother Of tho
boss, and Hank Barr had a brush with
half dozen Indians, aud just escaped
with their lives, leaving a bunch Of fat
cattle TO bo run oa by Uncle Sans dear.
sweet protegos, phys opinion was at
once forthcoming. "huhl No moGt
3cf "a we'll mscd mos o tn crittou an
got them thiuyin rcd cussos TOO. Wy
didn't yc. wen ye seed 'em ridin down
on yc, jcs' Kill three or four critters,
pile EN- mp fer u barrloade, an give tn
rcd devils regular h-lf Thatd ben bet
tern los!n tn hull bunch"
Whom Bob Hall, cowboy from the
sNt Ilur " tia ~ a..
meanest. ugllest. most quarrelsoinc bull
lies who ever hourished gun-got
killed Mt the hotel In town by an unof.
Tending tenderioot, whom ho had triod
10 compel 10 Ltko drink, Billy, ~
usual, had something to say. "Huh'
That's them tenderieot all over. They
think IL er man tries { hev fun with
'ein hyar tnet they've got shoot, an
shoot quick, Tn galoot oughtor've jes'
took Bob Han b. tn scrntf o. tn pant.
an kicked r throwed i'm out, an Bob
'id'yo pollysized too quick, Bob Hall
never Ind no sand"
All the same, there was an old story
70 the effect that once, when Billy had
been unafcoautably absent from the
ranch for three or four days, he had been
in town, deyoting considerable attention
70 keeping out Of the belligerent Mr.
uall'e way.
But Billy's opportunity came one day
He had been laid up u week and wa
still lame as the result Of being ON tn,
aide next the ground when his pony
stumbled and fell one day, and was sit
ting nj the door onemorning about / / :3(
when the stage came along, Several Of
us were In the ranch house and wer,
Somewhat surprised to hear tho wheels
outside, for the stage road was two
miles from the ranch. Az we crowded
10 the door we saw something was up
for Dyer, the driver, looked excited.
"Mornin, gentlemen no said. AND
then to Boss Fleming; "Fleming, OK
leot . be held up over b. Five Mile creek
Mn one o tn boys 20 with me, Ill &c
mother man at Parkers, an l reckon
three1l be 'nough."
"Why, yes, Of course was the reply
you Gun have more IL you want en-
Ill 80 myself, But why didn't yoI
bring guards II you're carrying any val
uablosyr
Dyer explained, The night before Il
had noticed three suspicious lookin
characters IN town, and observed tina
they eyed him considerably. This morn
ing he had started early, hoping 10 pu,
nll the places favorable TO "hold ~
before the three tough looking gentle
men had time 90 get located. He ht