Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-06-23

Il kin shoot, too" he said, very quietly.
The baby was getting it's teeth
don't know how he got on with jess
after that, but he seemed to be light heart
ed enough, and take it that she liked his
down east ways, his twang and his fresh,
clean look, for he got her picture and sent
to Eureka for brooch.
| wondered when Dorlin would kill him,
The time would not be far away, | felt
sure. The big fellow came up to Lucin's
every Saturday night, and | noticed be
looked sourer and sourer each time All of
US made sure there would be dead Maine
man in camp before long, and we were
sorry that it was going to be Monte, for
he was such a quiet little fellow, and so
clean.
The shooting took place just before dusk
In the second week of August. Monte
had been down to the Beamsters' and was
coming back to camp. I was lettering
along the trail waiting for him to come up.
He was about half a mite away from me
when l first saw him coming along in the
queer little hop trot that his bucksiSin had
When looked over there the second time
saw some one on horseback swooping down
on Monte from behind. The boy didn't
his head when he heard the clatter of the
hoofs on the ground, and when he turned /
saw that he had his six shooter in his hand.
So the fellow coming on was Big DorBin,
Of course, and | was going to see some fire
fly. Mind you, now, it was their own fight.
Why should have taken hand in itS A
two-to-one combination is low down thing
for a man to 20 into, even though you do
faal lila halr,ipo ont n
out Of range and the greasewood sort of
hid me, but they didn't notice me anyway,
any more than as if I'd been a jack rabbit
or coyote.
1t was the prettiest shooting ever saw
for the distance. They didn't get close to
gether. You see Dorkin thought that
would be an advantage to him, but he
didn't know how much practicing Monte
had done at long range Every shot fired
hit something. One took Monte in the
left arm. knew that, for saw the arm
fall, limplike, when Dorkin pulled, and
then there were two shots almost together.
| think Montie's punched a hole in Dor
kin's neck, and | know that the other
struck the boys mustang for he gave an
awful plunge. Well, they had it back and
forth; Monte, like fool firing fast, while
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seemed to be getting lightheaded, for he
reeted and nodded in his saddle and there
was blood running from his head and from
his hand. But Monte was pretty well
pinked. could see that, though he sat
up steadily enough.
Eleven shots fired and Dorkin had the
twelfth.
Monte couldn't slip in another cartridge
W "a " a. l.ge
good, and so he sat there and waited for
that last shot.
Dorkin didn't seem to be in any hurry to
fire it. He had it all his own way now.
He reeled and bowed minute and then he
steadied up and walked his horse toward
Monte with grin that spread all over his
big face. 1t wasn't the kind of a grin that
makes a man sleep well after he has seen
tia CHASTITY, nasty grin.
wanted to yell TO Monte to give his
mustang the pinwheel, but somehow
couldn't do it. May be his clean, steady,
you-be-damned nerve, as he sat there wait
ing for Dorkin to come up, took my breath
away. know this, that it made my face
Jingle and my fingers clinch to see him
there
Was that big brute never going to stopp
Great Godi 1t looked as though he were
going to ride the boy down. 1t was time
that took hand. Why hadn't done it
as soon as the boys last shot was gomez
l jabbed the spurs into Nance and she
gave bound forward, putting me almost
in range, but in that second Dorkin raised
his pistol with an arm that was as firm as
an iron rail and gave another CHASTITY grin.
He was within ten feet of the boy, who sat
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was expecting to hear the pop and see the
flash down fell Dorkin's right hand. His
left clutched his side, his head Topped
down over his horses neck and the ball
from his pistol nearly took the shoe of
Of Montie's buckskin.
One OF Montie's bullets had done its
work just ON the scratch, as you might say.
Monte and / shook hands without a
word. No, he didn't cry that time saw
he needed a doctor, but there was some
thing else to be done just then.
do you really want TO marry that
Beamster girlf" | asked. The young sap
head grinned as he said, YES"
well, you'll never do it in the world till
this things fixed up all right"
l pointed to Dorkin's well perforated
body
w nat 90 you mean!
Cant you seer She won't dream of
having you if she knew that you plunked
the life out of that man. He's been some
thing to her sometime, if he isn't now.
And then, remember, he was Mormon"
ut does look ugly, sure" said Monte.
"Of course it does. What's to be donei
Let me think. Why, killed him"
YOU"
Yes" And before he could say another
word had peeled off my jumper and put
a bullet through one sleeve and another
through the loose part of the back. Then
fired another through the top Of my hat,
Monte looked Oh in "A dazed sort of way.
You see, it was about that old To
brand quarrel Of ours. You remember
that trouble Dorkin and ! had last Year,
Well, that was it,"
But how about mef" He glanced at
his arm as he spoke.
"You-why you've got to 20 to Eureka
In China Jim's wagon on the dead Quiet.