Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-13
MEN WHO HAVE NO FEAR.
A Story Teller Thinks That Some People
Cannot Realize Danger.

A Story Teller Thinks That Some People
Cannot Realize Danger.
Courage has often struck me "a rather
being the loss of something than the pos
session Of something. OF course l know
that a brave man will walk deliberately
into death, knowing full well what he Is
doing, but having made up his mind TO do
it at any cost II is no sign of cowardlce
when a man sees that il is useless to die
when he might live with just as much
credit and honor to himself, and so refuses
20 walk into the jaws Of death.
But there is the man who does not know
what fear is have seen in my life few
such men-men who would go into any
danger for the simple reason that they did
not seem 20 have the power 10 perceive
that what they did was likely TO cost their
lives.
remem Der once in the late sixties was
in a town which was bad. There were some
men in that town whose actions were never
questioned and there were many lawless
deeds mt which even the good citizens
shrugged thcirshouldcrs- and that was al.
A man came into the town who had the
mildcst manner of any one whom l ever
saw. lie was very tall had broad shoulders
| and huge fists. but his eye was of a soft
| blue and his smile was always friendly.
One day two outlaws had been riding
around town. running thingsto SUIT them
selves. One Of their tricks had been TO rae
into barrooms and scatter people there.
They were let alone at this amusement
until they both tired of it, for they were
chad men" and no one cared TO have them
begin a savage attack on him.
When the two riders, inhamed with
. Ia, al
fiat for their tastes they looked around for
other mischief to do They found it in a
little store. which was notion shop, drug
store and everything else They charged
IL ON the trut. and with spurs jingling, arms
waving and hoofs gathering, in they went
An instant later two screaming womer
rushed from the place and ran down The
street. when the outlaws rode out to thu
sidewalk they sat in their saddles anC
howled like savages.
Now the mild hammered, blue eyed gian
coming down the street had seen enough
of the affair to understand what had hap
{ pcncd. He stopped and looked at the tw
A mad riders for a full minute. The Who'll
p affair was over The women had dlsaI
{ pcarcd and the Ior,nneu were sittin
4 there, still laughing. But the giant, walk
S ing close to one OF them, reached up qulcb
{ ly and took him by his coat near tn
throat lie pulled the man from his saddl
n as II he had been a sack of bran, and glvln
/. him terrific shake dashed him TO tn
/. ground. where he lay all in a crushe
5 heap.
n The other rider had seen all this at frs
with look Of stupid astonishment an
l. then with "A savage light on his face b
e whipped ont his revolver; but before
4. could use il the giant had snatched hin
h from his saddle, and with one hand aroun
his throat and one gathering up the te
4 low q clothes low ON his chest he hteral
% vIung the strength ont of him.
a BETTER get out Of this town rs soon
lie YOU can. " hc said in a low voice, and !
* flung him into the street on top of his con
,r paninn The two sneaks actually whin
lie porcd when they got up. They had the
be- p,yolyrrs, but they climbed into their saD
~ dies as il they were half frightened
" death and rode out Of town.
A. Now, my point is this No man who ha
6. an idea ot danger would have attack,
" those men when the peril Of the WON'T
he was past. The chances were ten thousar
he To one that he would bc killed He W
r. absolutely ignorant OF fear, for he attt
IN ward became deputy marshal, and VIII
SO irving to arrest three desperate men
nc this fearless way was shot TO pieces
c. tcrvicw in New York Tribune