The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-03-04
How We Hung Red Shed.
JOAQUIN MILLER IN SAN FRANCISCO WASP

JOAQUIN MILLER IN SAN FRANCISCO WASP
Where or how he had dug up tn,
name of "Slled' no one ever knew
How or where or when he du.
himself up no one ever knew O.
cared, | reckon. But his biz
round, red face, heavy red bear,
and brick dns' hair plainly have
I" answer for the first part of his
name. he was biz, stupid anc
heavi man. with low soft voice
and Il kindly ranners with yer,
!''l!e {" say. He did not use q
,ack-knlie TO whitlle dry good
boxes and hi'chlng posts, like mos,
men when loaling about The d, OF
0! the saloon, but stood with his
big, heavy legs wide apart. his
broad shoulders stopped and his
hands thrust deep i'll his pockets.
as il on The deck of aship.
Sid Berry, his partner, had a
park'lrain and a big. ,burIy wife
with a inv like Il wolf.trap. She
could ride mule and she could
drive Il mule as we'll as a Mexican
could; and that meant thai she
could swear terribly. No one
knew where Berry and the woman
came from. In fact. noholv knew
or cared TO know where ANYBODY
came from. We had all tumbIpd
IN there together when gold was
fonnd-a long line ni us on onr
way from Califsrnia, through he
wilderness to Idaho. We had
found gold hy chance one day
about noon, and before night We
haI "ciIy" s'akel off, and eyerv
man. the big woman included, had
lot and a uiinin. claim. We did
not know where We were we only
knew that We were several hun
dred miles from the nearest white
habi'allon;that we were a lawless
MOB, and so must have law and
older;a recorder TO record our
claims and Town lois, a Judge TO
pass Judgment and sheriff to en-.
force it. HN
And so one night, bv the lish, of
a great pine knot fire in The center
ot he "ci'y square," he men and
mat woman met and elected Mr.
u'odW'n, now II rich aud respect.
e1 Wholesale merchant in San
francisco, recorder. Tom Hound,
me butcher, was elecled sheriff
and the writer of his, Judge.
Shed had a biz, wnoly, black
dog devoted to him, and that wo-
man was devoted to him, too. We
boys al saw this very soon. |
Where there is only about one wo. |
man and a half To several hundred
men, The boys ave api 10 see wha,
S u,.
The pack train was off soon for
he Dalles, 200 miles distant, Ber.
y his big vile, Shed, the biz wool.
y dog, aud all together In y,
month the caravan came back all
'lsh', and we had the city already
'ull'. And we had graveyard |
lated up on The hill, too; tor we
'ad 'aken some whisky with us
rom California.
After time, the pack train
'arled Ior the Dalles again. Ber.
y, his big wife, Red Shed, the
vooly dog, and all.
Ohe morning tour miners me,
he packirain about halfway from
he Dalles as they were coming
'ack 10 Canyon Cilt with horses
oaded with supplies. The big
'omah rode The bell mule at The
cad Of the pack.lrain and sworc
lstily al the men and their laden
orses Tor not getting out of her
'ay faster. Behind the pack-train
anne Red Shed shuffling along.
'ading his horse, and With his
cad held down. The dog wns moi
be seen and Berry was not in
ght either.
B"t as they crossed a spur of,he ,
fountain and came 10 a creek ,
'ey saw off 10 the right, orraiher. ,
'e first bend, old wooly howlins {
smally by The edge oil a thickei ! |
ne dog did moi seem to see them /,
notice them. but would start on !
Ter the pack-train, then stop and I
owi, a. i TO tell The big woman 4
"a ted Shed that they had for.
'llen something. L
80 when the dog, after bowling 8
minute or so, turned about and II
u back into The lhickst, one Of q
'e men handed his bride % the !
'ncr nearest him.in The trail. and $