The sun., 1893-12-17


Later 70 the week. long after midnight ",
row dIs broke out The % proprietor Of ths p plse'
ss6t inches deep With Various O inissiles ss0o o
dsstructlon, and ordered the room, cleared. {
ST5ed on to 60 WITH the ss but BEs hesS
room was empty, Bill said; Young, man
never never taIo, run GTsy @ from gun Bullets scar car
going to be hit. you had better get II In front
than In the back; IL looks better"
lie was a most won derful master Of the old
fashioned, thumb-cockinR army revolver
fifteen feet In the air and he has hit it with two
bullets from the same weapon before 1t struck
his left hand as with bis right, and he was 50
sure OF whatever he vent. after that once in
negro negro soldiers who eau came "HSG IN 10 do H him ur @
he wanted TO bet there wasn't an inch Of dlf-
iseid TO him one morning, as he was lying
| at full length on big log In front OF Utter s
two or three other men retain such con compiete p 1
control on his nerves as to shoot back with
We'll" he replied. after pause. as II he
had never given the matter much thou CHIT
when man really believes the bullet isn't
has he got ito to be sfraid Of ot ~ "' """' TN neil
Wild Bill was everything but a rufIian. under
the control in which he was held by utter. O' I
wac never quite able, TO decide TO my own
him. Rut certainly / never heard anybody
take roastings" with as little concern as that
lashings OF his dudesque little partner I
suppose. perhals. they fully understood each
the thew words there was an impenctrabe "I wall OF
Gttsr's greatest hobby was neatness. a thing
positively would. not permit Wild bill or Cali,
fornia Joe. or Bloody Dick or any Of the
| clared was a shooting point with him. One
day Bill did not get home until after breakfast
With WITH isr Rim very sSpePor article Of bsndWssod
jag. and Utters fine blankets. seen through
s GSHn Of cSad sdsre more tea Of
soon the big fellow was snoring calmly,
there we found him, Utter and j. when
We came over to camp an hour or two later.
colorado Charley Char % was rt At fret amazed by
sleeper, and then catching him by the heels.
Sround. After that he ran % n pulled Julie pSn out s his
blankets. and hung them up on the surround
for fresh epithets to hurl at the offender Dur.
ing the whole proceeding BIZ stared at him
grunt. Climbed into his wagon and went peaeo.
sRsadwcod Sity full f. ,pve5aoyns with
other elements Of disorder. was rapidly COM
ing to the point where come sort OF govern
frontier there is always a struggle. and usual
ah2nd-to hand combat between the lawless
Marshal in other and similar, places. aud peo-
pie began to talk of him for Marshal OF Dead.
mean a short shriit for crooks and disfurbers.
In the town there was q man named Jack
MGCHl ynS TndST an alias was IN ne
The agitation Of the marshalship was growing
warm. The thieves and skins" saw their
around that s Via B could sH never RSd eG Once
In Deadwood City A rumor reached Utter
dozen towns. was to be assassinated. That
evening ne d zane M oyer, oyer to camp !9GkinG ser9us
ar9nnd here. ere don't dor | you Hi" thinEi" " D'e''' 'uh
&Ild Ell baon nodded dookIng into the rs
ESQ Where to P''
T." We'll Il might be a good scheme to organ
ly. and go oyer to Standing Rock and cut out |
swoopng down Of a few white men upon a
herd OF indian ponies, driving them of and |
sstnH d I'm nrsia aan waiem ~ the easy mo.
where Indians are concerned.
Joe will 90 along" resumed Utter. urgent
iy, and so VII liehardsSn u wasn't n SO sure
"WSynot "NW9S5 atS 3, loot
Well, those follows over across the creek
do it, or they amt. Any way, ! don't stir out
OF here. unless I'm carried out
ferdcy sS IN wild Mhf Bis sSss SS the quick nash OF
The, conversation ended at this point. Every.
bod body knew i was useless to argue with Wild
went on about his business as before. Two
days atterward those fellows over across the
Five men, among them Wild Bill. were play
Ing draw poker in a shanty saloon. Standing
back was toward the door Seated next him to
tho lett was an elderly man with his back
about his changing seats with Bill. and alter
hat hand the exchange would have occurred.
safe enough. because few men would have
dared TO attack him openly;
out even the knowledge Of those standing
nearest 70 him. an underszed man. right be-
seen in, all his life. showed a six-shooter to
lis h head p.h and fired There was mufled re-;
'Ser sidewiss dead The undersiled e msn sn ren re
nut. Tho elderly PLAYER dashed through the
1ed up h side Of tns feh shout.
,l%o:s Sls, 'u,s sanSiSrs. Sii1s'''1S
lis only brother had been shot by Wild Bill.
le4th. 1t was all a wild farce. that trial. Just
s S Utter and his friends knew i would be. and !
,een absolutely Without money. nj In "a lew few
lays I rs he turned up in Laramie cry with plenty
iTee GSa hs ~ ba his Wd Hna m mbEastia
onhat,' Where did he get the gold Id ''D"'0
Mccall was arrested and taken to lankton.
ltter pursued him to the very scafod
urnished the witnesses. paid their ex-
'enses out OF his own pocket and fairly
onvicted the wretched coward, who sniyeiled I
nd whined Ike a horsewhipped hound when it |
anne 70 the final show down. Utter was laith- q
vi 70 his old friend to the last. Wild B III was '
prled az Ctter,s expsnge. is ate day to
lnster the mud OF falsehood over the memory
this falle giant OF the frontier '
lock OF the dead mans hair was cut on At
nr MS body had been prepared for burial, Ut
ave the other half tn this day, II Is Ms glossy
spun glass and as soft as down. Near the /
Dots there ts lust touch OF roughness where I
no llte blood OF a brave. great hearted Ameri-
an man gushed out as the assassin's bullet I
urst through his brain.
LEASDER RICHARDSON I
President LIneoIn's Wound. ,
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