The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-29
.DOmeSticS, Etc.


either The Teton Basin wasn't so we'll
known in those days as it is now 1t
wasn't so almighty safe for strangers to
be dropping around there promiscuo Isly
In fact. it was SO little known that it was
commonly described as being lust over
beyond the big Teton
"Well, when Billy Barsford made up
| his mind to got Three-fngered Jack, he
| didn't say word about it to anybody,
but just took his horse and lit out for Ea
gle Rock. He had to 90 wav round the
| Tetons and the basin to get there, put he
wanted to make sure of the lay of the
! country before he tackled the gang
There werc heavy rewards out for Jack
and Billy didn't regard them with dis
favor, although he used to tell me that
the main thing that started him was the
desire to have the glory of catching
| Thrce-tingered Jack all alone. Queer
ideas of glory some men have.
BILLY got over TO Eagle Rock all right
they call it Idaho Falls now, / believe
and after fooling around there a while
and finding out what no could about the
Tetons, he went out to the Shoshone res
ervatiOn and got an old chief there to
make him map of the Teton country.
The old fellow drew it on a shingle 1t
was an almighty rough map, as you can
mighty well imagine, but it showed the
, y
got pretty good notion Of whore he was
trying to go
by CAD, sir, there wasn't any gristle in
the end of Billy Barsfords breast bone
He's no spring chicken What did he do
but hang around that Shoshone camp
four or five days longer, and then make
ou5 to the old chief that he'd burned up
by mistake the shin7le on which the map
was made and got the old buck to make
him another. That night Billy compared
the two shingles. The maps agreed in
essential details, and Billy concluded the
old Indian was playing fair with him. So
he started out. He went up over the
Tetons and down into the basin, as fine u
picture of little valley as a man wants
to see lying out of doors, with a little
creek running through the middle of it
and fine pasture grass growing.
AS Billy went into the valley, he made
out a little cabin down next to the creek,
several miles from the foothills. 1t was
morning, and he had lots of time. He
got down 10 the creek, got of his horse,
and made as if he were prospecting along
the little stream. AS he came along to-
ward the cabin, he saw Three-fngered
Jack and three oJher fellows sitting on a
bench beside the wall. Their Winches.
ters were all standing against the end
wall around the corner from them. They
were all watching Billy, but didn't seem
to recognize him. Or If they did they
thought they had q cinch and kept on
SMOKING and Ginning without ever mo-
tion to get out their guns. They proba-
bly, figured that when Billy got right OPP
posite them, they'd speak to him, and
while some of them talked one would
hold him up Possibly they meant TO do
him But he fooled them.
He Bept prospecting along the little
creek until he got fair even with them.
keeping his horse between him and the
men beside the cabin. with his bride
rein thrown over his arm. Just as he
came even with them he Wiped out his
two six-shooters like lightning. jumped in
front OF his pony, aud drew on the four
horse thieves not thirty yards away.
Put up your hands, he said.
by CAD sir. they were pa ralyed
But they recovered damned quick The
two fellows on the end jumped for their
Wnchesters. Billy got the first with his
right aud winged the other with his left.
Ills horse jumped a bit. he said when he
told me about II, and bothered his arm
The other two saw they were trapped
ANA pat up their hands. One OF them
was 1hree-tngered Jack.
"'fiow are you. Juck" says Billy
Glad 10 hnd sou 40 home. I've come a.
damned long ways 10 sec sou. &Ow.
won you kindly turn round and stand
with your face 10 that wall there,
while assist your friend q biz