Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-30
REFORMING AN OUTCAST

REFORMING AN 0UTCAST
~ was a.readin the other day. said
the old cnttleman, tipping back his
chair chow some old Roman sharp
who most likely was Interested In The
town says An roads leads TO Rome.
Not KNOWN nuthin oil Rome mysoi,
nor yet OF tho causcways thar an thar.
aboutT Of course amt sayin nuthin.
an simply lets her tly as "A quotation for
what les worth. IL suggests, however
-lcavin Rome for tho reformation ct
mcn-that all trails leads likewise 20 r..
form. No one can tell how soon or by
what curious means some onory hoss
thief sort Of follow, Of no more value
10 decent camp than an Apache ar
horned toad, will como squar' round
on his hind hools an be- good people.
"This yerc was mighty eminent tho
ease with a hold mp l knows once 10y
the name of johnson. lie comes into
Wolivilie ono day Ia August, along Of
paint pony. lilo comes trailin IA
after tho stage ut the time, for com.
Vauy likes, | suppose, which the same
Is not unusual Old Monte, the driver,
sortcr allows casual like with his nose
Ia his whisky, as how hc sees johnson
first bacl. some thirty miles into the
hills, an as old Monte seemed to reckon
whole lot, that johnson owns some
cattle somo'cs, an as tho fnc's ain't
worryin NJ none nohow, we all lets
her 20 at that
johnson himself Is n long, lean,
good lookin kind OF coyote, with
quiUl. eye, which is gettin It's share OF
the fconery right along, nn II he's re-
marsaole at all its because hos per.
vndin around mighty continuous nn
seems like he's ~ restless "a prairie
dog. As ior as my opinion goes at
that time, / sortcr likes lin. takes
motto OF his alters ddukn whisky
straight, am that, nachorai cnuf, kinder
drors him 10 lay heart Then. ag'in,
ono night I observes him In littlo
game with Cherokee Hail, an johnson
lay down three queens WHOM Cherokee
makes a luah on.a two draw, an then
respects him A man who Is that
sensitive an ncl,crato os 20 know when
90 lay down three queens Is plenty
rare, an whcn found he has my 70.
tpnet
"Wcill this zero johnson Is trackin
round Woliyillc, mny 10 It's two
weeks, n.payiu OF II littll poker, Il
buclsin of little faro nn absorbin Of
bar vi1nds alternate, an an in % way
which puts public suspicion to sleep in
a minute II IL ever uiH il head, which
81 don't.
"Onc mornin we was all outcn our
blankets an assembled Ia the Early
Bird Il was about first drink time an
we was gathered thar for our custom.
airy forty drops-when in comes Dan
Bogg all sprdlod out
"'Gcnta, says Dan Ia a tone as shows
he', all keyed up, Gents, I'm hinged
Mexican ii somebody amt done run oil
ovory boss we had In tho corral -lcnst.
wise he's run OF ton head, bcin six OF
the stage company's ia tho bunch
too
"'Wcll, says Sam Enrisht, calmly
tppin up his glass until ho gets every
drop as IS comm TO Tim, talSin ten
HOSES is different from takin all Moore,
You 20 over an sec ABOUT snddlin four
hosscs get fast ones, Jack, an barkeep,
I'LL up four cUntcens with cough mcdi.
ciuc-givo Us some OF the Willow run
stun. reckon he goes on, turnin TO
the rest of u.s. we oyerhauls this yoro
hoss dealer too oasy.' Enright was
chief Of the Stranger, an prompt,
thoughtful man. Nou can gamble ho
knowod his business.
"'Whilo we all are waitn FOR the
hosses, says Doc Poets, an | wants TO
mention that most likely this yoro Poets
was tho Tmnriest man | ever sec,
s'pose we convcnes the camp an find
who's missin, Il may hop find tho
thief
80 Pests steps out an turns his SIX
shooter loose three or four times an Of
course all the inhabitants comes can
term up eager for 20 see whoever gets
downed 80 early in the day, an when
We counts noses We finds we're jes.
short this yore Sharp, johnson.
~ reckon he's our man, says En-
night. Ioen't 20 myself, but Jour of
You all take the hosscs Booth Is comm
with. an pint out an get him
so Poets, Booth, Boggsnn Cherok"a
Hail step, Into the saddle an, pickin up
The trail over by tho corral, lines out
t,,ravt a., u'r,. tI.rV,uu,s frbnv ,s,u
the trail until late that afternoon an
camps, an gcttin It ag1n IN the mornln,
& takes ON into the hill, Ycro il get,
hard and rocky an they nacheral
snun not beln Iuiuns. lose Il. An In