Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-01-21
MURDER IN CINNABAR.

that gent in the east said Jack Moore
as the stranger disappeared to claim
the hospitality Of the O., * hotel
Cinnabar sentiment was not usually
suspicious Corners to its. gates were
dung a breezy welcome, unoccupied
with impertinent inquiries Names
were not asked nor histories desired.
This we're askin Of strangers
name is onpolite as a play an has its
resks beside" said Armstrong, who
was the Chesterfield of Cinnabar and
un authority on matters of etiquette
Its ass insulun' a gettin curSus over
the brand on mans boss
That's whatever assented Bin Tut
81 knows a party in Laredo who keeps
peSterin' round a-askin' of a strangers
name, an he gets that unpopular the
man wipes him over the head with his
six shooter You bet he was mighty
d.opleased about it."
No; Cmnabar thought was blue eyed
and unsuspicious, Those who came
were cheerfully received and approx
ed Of or lynched, according TO their
after embodiment Jack Moore himself
was of a generous, healthful turn, and
ordinarily would never have held the
| thought which appears in his intewoGa-
tory touching possible eastern rewards.
The truth is, the stranger excited Sus-
picion. No one could tell how or why,
| but there was that in his very atmos-
phere which would make a dog growl.
| Old Monte knew nothing about him.
"He takes the stage in Tucson, said
that worthy person as he removed his
nose from a whisky glass for the pur-
pose Of fuller converse. AN no one
knows nothin' about him. As he don't
do nuthin' comm over but lean back
an cuss the world i'm general an Arr
iona in perticler, which, while it's all
right for a pastime, after all don't adj
vance no facts, you can see I shore fails
short Of bein' fully formed Of this we're
man myself"
"Wel. I don't anyhow like him
none" said Rosewood Jim reheciyely.
| "Of course. he amt earned no word
from me either way. an what l says
needn't go to his loss, but I shorely
takes a notion agin' him, jest the same. "
This appeared to represent the CHINA.
bar feeling Still it is probable that
Cinnabar would have thought and said
no further We're it not for subsequent
happenings at the O. X. hotel.
Cinnabar was Mt its vesper drink
when the rapid reports of a pistol com
ing from the hotel aforesaid aroused
Mat mild interest which Cinnabar had
rown to bestow on such phenomena
81 wonder whoever gets it nowT
said Bill Tut as he replaced his drain
ed glass on the Gold Mine bar.
Curiosity, however, was soon madt
easy when word came over from the
o. X. hotel that it was simply Texas
Thomson, and that no one had bled.
Hes Jest shootin' up the dinin
room some, on account of the stranger
said the courier who bore the news
"an amt meanin' nuthin' whatever
The trouble came thus; The O. Is
hotel was in conduct of a wide an'
liberal management, and its spirit wat
amply shown in its motto, "Therei
Nuthin' Too Rich for Cinnabar.' Blu
nevertheless it's menu was under th'
grinding control Of circumstances. Jus
following those iocund days which
marked the advent Of the freighter
from Tucson the O. X, table d'hote be
came a feast Of richness.
After the freighters had departed il
return, and as days went by, the rich
ness dwindled II was on the ia!
which so1Towfully marked the freight
ers as being absent some three weeks
that the stranger signed the dOgeareS
account book, which served as a regis
ter and claimed the attention Of thu
O. X. hotel MS its guest, and the table
had pinned to beans and coffee. CHINA
bar could be depended on never L
COMPLAIN. II realized the eXigencie'
OF trade conditions and fully exonerat
ed the O. X. hotel from any attemp
TO put it to death by starving Not s'
the stranger, He knew nothing Of the
freighters to Tucson and was a-hunger
ed.
- don't like beans, and ] don't wan
any coffee" said the stranger, with
Z DelilltIl HlRlls sAN Alit fAtAAA'As7 hAN''-A'h
were placed in his reach by Widow
Briggs. "You can bring me beefsteal
and eggs. and a cup of tea, with toast.
Beans an coffee" said the Widow
Briggs, regarding the stranger with
cold and stony eye, 'is the last tw
chickens on the roost an you eat
'em or let's 'em alone jest as you al
please" The widow then made a ma
jestic exit from the room in dignife'
dismissal Of the whole matter.
Thereupon the stranger rallied.
whatever Is the matter with you q
anyhow asked Texas Thomson &C
= dressing the petulant stranger in
wronged and injured tone what 20
all a-tryin' to pull on trouble with ther
thar friloles for? Frijoles is might
! s11cculent food an your stomach is
heap too ladylille when it gets to layiI
: back its years that away at friiolcs.
, "Rut I don't like beans, said tn
l stranger.