The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-22
Copvrtah. 1898. b. chari,. D. L.nt.

over ana plckeO up inc stcci Tuio anu asheu.
Arc you a print II
"Yes."
"Where did you wor; last|
"In tho Bnnnt7 Office at Joplin"
"And where arc you Goingy"
"Down to Neosho."
"Got the promise OF n sit. there
NO: going to chance it."
He stood his gun up against n tree. sat down
On n log near by and looked mo over for half u
minute before he said:
P your stuff back into your pockets. 1t
may surprise you to learn that l. too. belong
to the fraternity"
"You don't suy!'
I'm not only an old print. but I'm ex. editor
and ex.proprietor of the Weekly Echo over
At"
"Tve heard OF that paper. 1t busted last
year"
"Yes. busted itself. busted me. busted NIL
my relations who could raise n dollar. and the
Sheriff cleaned mo out. l believe somebody
up in Iowa bought the outfit and moved it
away"
And now I'm not occupying the editorial
chair any more" he dryly remarked. I'm II
good enough printer. but l think / made n
mistake in mounting the tripod. Editorial
work was too combining. and there isn't any
show in this county for my peculiar style. l
think I was too Shakespoarean for this section
OF the county. When / wasn't too Shakes
perean I was too much the other way-given
to calling o man n scoundrel and n horse thief.
and Of having to lie out in the corn field behind
tho Office for three or four days at 4 time. My
esteemed contemporary always vigorously In
sisted that l was no editor and | reckon he
And isis hunting your line row. l
asked with considerable hesitancy. for fear OF
hnrfiny hia fepIinisS
VT t." he repi'ed. THE spot I call my
office is quite a tramp from here; bn: Iye got
hurry NSs tS 81 s sil "a!0nS"
fashioned visit. Hang me-. but l haven't met o
repre- sentative Of the fraternity in months and
We struck further into the dense woods. and
After going about y milo we came to, his tenn
sGtsi 81 t . hiil. "D He mad an army io' BLANKET t"s q
poncho. two or three cooking utensils. and
some bacon. flour. and coffee; nmm
things are not very sllipshare yet. Here's a
May I ask how you CRIME to drift into this
open At the time he replied. "rd got tirei
didn't have tho ambition necessary to make
my living With the axe or .tpade. The foreman
81 e. d dhs Gtp last A Dee / T Yen ws esG killed. hiplstnG iast spri Snt
near Chetopa. Kan. Poor old chap! WANTED
to sn tu gIve = h G45e an nor ob hlm ON but atf e saif1nlai do pn ne
Was he robbing some one when he was
THE papers said no was. ] was i'll at the
time. and he was doing business SINGLE
handed. Jim's great desire was TO acculnu-
Kansas or Nebraska and establish another
weekly. The papers said he tackled u stage
him. Poor jim! He Ind no equal in this
country at working II hand press. He'd make
bis sOG pulls an hour right along without any
And have you never been caught"
p pin fP1 was Only M" lair : success Ts : "olA As s0 an q sii :
tor was an appalling failure; AS u roober |
enough saoS n i"id away HS H to estabiish a we s ) a some.
whore. but ! hesitate to try it. Understand
gun 1T a man since entering into this business:
For that reason n good many OF my intende ed
doe. but tHer rscii Is no blood on my = hands.
teEs q an hour here alone
- want to run back to tho highway and sec
iithere Is any business to be done. Just make
hunting for lost stock and make EN- well
He was gone about an hour. When he re-
turned nc began busting around the fire to
SEA man came i aIong on horseback. and l
stepped out on him and invited him into the
TiG3iS%s. but ut ali sfs 81 a SUDDEN ID Es a i've vs tSr aa'ii a nSr1 pS OF a a
bulletthrough my hat, as You see. and dashed
away. l could have easily brought him down.
but. according to custom. j restrained my
me. but he probably isn't. He win even raise
posed Of INC we haze lighted fresh cigars he
s SSs s%oH III saS ]o ssssss sH soa SsSasf' Of Sat a s 4os Ssa
. copies Of the paper which had busted him. a
.lDst half i a Dozen NJ load nrin pe neRst He T t%ook some 1";
sx sHjt dUs : ley j ami %,n Sat s. and r. , .sns, sa3a IN, old
s ssSl s%r sii.s ss,l i. Listen e thls: M = 5o ssy'S
W. sn on f ths SigsSSay between Joplin In and Seo;
81 bST q 'hishwss%syn al armed with a shotgun, Who
ordered him into the woods e be despoiled
axe. DrS sompIs mIyas By SURPRISE Ma: G,''a appe ane "t to
oheerfully acQuiesce. but lust as no entered
the woods he s.S GSHies dyd d asss his pif hiaDS and ID
trigger he put spurs to his horss, and IN the
caps. The robber fired two charges Of buck
shot at him. but he vas not burt; Had not NJ
hh srs rsR wsy wSn ,sr Killed ah% % Or s sapsars S0 the
scopndre! Mr.. Gillian is one, Of the Pioneer
settlers q this a.d tom ~ S Fis,s Pc tad by by b the 81 : Ire
fortunate escape, He had about 5000 in cash
with him at the time. He has a charming wife
man to introduce a lawn mower. into this sec
ton. IT Is needless to add that he is q regular
subscriber to this paper. That piece OF poetry
we published last week. entitled " Where the
bun Goes" was from the pen OF his daughter
a III an SsS Win 4 , yss TAKE rank among the great
what do you think OF that2' asked the
: se!tfT :. x. he finished reading
But not up and W. It's too heavy-too
shaksSSPeareefn; Our eminent fellow towns,
Pf the paper to send away to his relatives. but
the article would not produce widespread in
terest That was my Riling-nOthin wide
kprsad about nay writings. Ny esteemed con