Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-13

"We'd jest climbed the hill and it was
O'Clock in the afternoon when the robber
they used to call Harry Blossom steps
out from behind rock and levels his gun
on line with my face. I stops right then
and thar. Harry mods to me not to make
fool of myself while he was busy, and
steps along to the door and orders the
passengers to git down and view the
scenery. He was gentleman, Harry was,
and mighty gallant to the ladies. The old
maid had Travelled enuff to know what a
holdup was, and at fust she refused to git
down. She sot right thar on the back seat
and wolloped that chap with her tongue
till he didn't know whether he was afoot
or on hossback."
And she wouldn't get down9"
'che did arter bit. He wasn't goin to
rob her, fur he wasn't that kind of
| greaser, but he figgered that the men had
| passed her their wallets, as was often the
case The three fellers was like lambs,
but didn't blame 'em any. A man who
| plays fool when thar's q shotgun and a
road agent lookin at him never gifts any
sympathy. She finally got down, and l
could see she was bilin over with madness.
Harry got 'em in a row and was calm fur
their wealth when the old maid yelled out
| like a cat pinched in door and grabbed
him. He had pistol in his hand at the
time, but she didn't seem to keer. She
got him around the waist and tripped him
up, and it was all done SO quick nobody
could git the hang of it. She was jest
fightin mad and wanted to scratch and
pull hair, but when he went down we all
saw the chance and lit onto him. He fired
twice, but didn't hurt anybody, and by
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the penitentiary yit, and it's all OWN to
that old maid.
"Jest about a year arter Harry Blossom s
captur went out of Austin with only one
passenger, and she was schoolma'am and
wasn't over twenty years old. The hosses
war joggin along as contented es yor
please, when 1 gifts sudden lift. A cuss
who didn't know beans about the bizness
had taken it into his noddle to turn road
| agent, and this wus his fust holdup. In
stead of steppin out like gentleman and
givin me chance to hold up in decent
fashion, he puts bullet into this right
shoulder afore he shows hisself, and then
begins to whoop and dance up and dowr
the road The bosses was for runnin
away, but l finally got 'em pulled down
and waited fur the burned idiot to cum
up. He was white about the gills and a
good deal more skeert than I was till |
told him l had only one passenger and
that gal. Then he begins to brace up
and let on he's terror from way back.
No respectable robber would hev thought
of plunderin & woman, but that cuss was
low down and probably hard up. He
walked up to the door, a gun in each hand
"She fired pistol in his face. She had
one, and she had the pluck to pull the trig
ger, but it war a great surprise to me
when heard the report and the yell which
follered. The bullet hit the feller in the
side of the nose, about half way up, and
the pistol was held so clus that his eyes
were blowed full Of powder. He dropped
his guns and staggered back, with his
hands to his face, and the little gal leaned
out of the winder and says to me as sweet
as pie:
"'Driver, will you hev the kindness te
drive on9'
~ had that very Kindness you bet vel
life, fur didn't know how bad the fellel
was hurt and didn't want any more Of
his lead. l run the horses into Eureka
and the gal hoped outer the coach anC
kissed her mother as clipper as you please
''Six of us drove back thar in the coach
The feler's two guns were lyin in the roat
whar he dropped 'em and we found hin
in the brush few rods off: He wasn't
built fur no road agent. He was whim
perrin like a boy, and as soon as he heart
us he began begin that we wouldn't hur
him. He's in state prison. He didn't
quite lose his sight, but he can't only jes
tell the difference between king and 1
jack in broad daylight"
"And what became of the girls"
"The gal? Oh, she got married in abou
a year of course. Jest went and threw
! herself away on feller as didn't know
plums."
"Ranchman, was heH
"Ranchman! Durn it, no! He was wha
they calls an editor"