The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-05-19
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Courage" he said. '.has often struck
me as rather being the loss of some
tning than the possession of something.
OF course, know that 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 1t i, no sign Of cowardice
when man sees that it is useless to
die when he might live with just as
much credit and honor to himself and
SO refuse to walk into the Jaws of
DEATH
.'Rdt there is the man who does not
know what fear is have seen in. my
lie few of such men-men who
would go into, any danger for the
simple reason that they did not seem
to have the power to perceive that
what they did was likely 70 cost them
their lives
Il remember once in the late Co.'s /
was in a Wyoming town which was
bad. Thereswere some men in the
town whose actions, were never ques-
TONED, and there were mary lawless
deeds at which even the good people
shrugged their shoulders--and that.
was ALL -.,.~yass.ss.s.sS
"a man came into the town who had
the mildest manner of anyone whom /
ever saw. He was very had road;
shoulders and huge fists, btts Els eye
was of soft blue and dis smile was
always friendly ~
''One day two drunken outlaws had
been riding around town, running
things to suit themselves. One OF their
tricks had been to ride into bar-rooms
and scatter people there. They were
let alone at this amusement until they
both tired of 1t, for they were both
bad men and nobody cared to have
them begin a savage attack on him.
When the two riders, inflamed with
whisky and brutality, found the bar
room charges too fiat for their taste
they looked around for more mischief
to do. They found it in little store,
which was notion shop, drugstore
and everything else. They charged in
on the trot, and with spurs jingling,
arms waving and hoofs Gathering in
they went. An instant later two
screaming women rushed from the
place, and ran down the street When
the outlaws rode out to the sidewalk
they sat on their horses and howled
like savages
-" Now the mild-mannered, bIue-eyed
giant, coming down the street, had seen
enough of the affair to understand what
had happened He stopped and looked
at the two whisky mad riders for full,
minute. The whole affair was over
The women had disappeared. and the
horsemen were sitting there still laugh
ing. But the giant, walking close to
one OF them, reached up quickly and
took him by the coat near the throat.
He pulled the man from his saddle as
il he had been sack of bran, and gave
him terrific shake, dashed him to the
ground, where he lay all in crushed
heap.
1.-THE other rider had seen all this at
first with alook of stupid astonishment
and then with savage light in his face,
he whipped out his revolver; but before
he could use it. the giant had snatched
him from his saddle and with one hand
around his throat and one gathered up
the fellows clothes low on his chest he
literally wrung the strength out of him.
Better get out of this town as soon
as you can, he said in low voice and
he flung him into the street on top of
his companion. The two sneaks actu-
ally whimpered when they got up.
They had their revolvers, but they
climbed into their saddles as if they
were half frightened to death and rode
out of town.
Nov, my point is this: No man who
had an idea of danger would have at
tackled those men when the peril of the
women was past. The chances were
ten thousand to one that he would be
killed. He was absolutely ignorant of
fear, for he afterward became deputy
marshal, and while trying 10 arrest
three desperate men in this fearless
way was shot to pieces. IN. Y. Trib-