The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-12-02
JoHNsoN'S DEBTOR.
1t Was an Extraordinary Job to
a Collect from Him.

Collect from Him.
when O. M. Carter, now president
of the American Loan q Trust COM
pany Of Omaha, sold his post traders
OUTFIT at the Rosebud Indian agency In
South Dakota TO Charles Stemwindcr
Johnson, as Ed Hall used to call him.
there were some accounts on the books
which he threw in as uncollectable.
1t was Col. George Barry starting an
bther story OF HIS frontier life n, the
cafe at the Lotus club the other even
ing after the coffee, says the New York
Hnn.
"Well, one time, after he'd got pretty
fairly we'll used to the redskins and
some Of the surrounding territory, It
struck johnson one day that it would
be n good thing to collect some of
those uncollectable bills. Every cent
he got out OF them was clean
profit. The worst man on the whole
list was n Frenchman named Buche.
who was ranging some cattle over
toward the head waters OF the south
fork Of the White river. Carter had let
Buche run up a bill Of one hundred and
sixty dollars, and he couldn't get a
cent OF 1t.
Courts, the head clerk, who had
been at the post for years, told johnson
that II he could collect Buche's bill he
could get every dollar every other man
on the Rosebud owed him. Well, one
day johnson got Buche at the agency.
and 1ollied him along until Buche actu-
ally agreed TO pay.
tell you vat, Zhonson,' the
. Frenchinan said, 4 got some cat,les
opon zc rcevaire. II gif you some of zem
cattles'
All right Buche,' johnson said.
Jack Arkwright an I'll 90 up an get
'em some day before long,
so they had drink and Buche went
away In ten minutes he'd changed his
mind about the cattle and concluded
not to pay the bill. lie bounced back
into Johnson's store and excitedly ex-
claimed:
Thomson, keepczose cattles nv.
sell don't tsink gifts you zose cat
ties Zose Is my cattles.
"All right, Bnche. You can keep
your CATTLE said johnson. But the
cattle you gave me are niue, an Jack
Arkwright an I'll go up an get 'cm
next Sunday
det you ain goin' get zose cattles.
Nevairel Zosc is my cattles. Eth? |
Keep zem. know. Eth? You see me9
! am Buche Zose is my cattles. So. /
Keep zem. Vat you can do? Nozzinpl
! know Eat is good cad. Zere is
worse 'eads as Eat in con-n-gress. Eh?'
AND out of the store he strobe.
johnson saw him once or twice after
mat before the next Sunday and each
time said: 8ft 80
IN be down on Sunday for my
cattle
'Buche raved around the agency and
swore by all his vigorous oaths that
neu NIL johnson full OF Winchester
noles IL the trader made an effort to
see the cattle. So on Saturday John
~ went 10 the agency building and had
sack Arkwright sworn in MS a deputy
United States marshal. There isn't
,ery much law on an indian reserva-
soh' ana In most cases might is right;
oue arkwright's long officiaftitle had
pifiylng sort of sound to the half
oieeos' and Jack thought himself only
n. souu IN Importance to the president.
ne nad Mexican, Indian and negro
.,ooa In his veins, and was as fine
speelmen as you'll see in u,anv. a davis
Tayei in that country OF stalwart men.
besides that he didn't understand how
70 Dc afraid of anything, and he be-
heved that six-shooter was made for
use rather than ornament
We'll, on Sunday morning johnson
and Arkwright. with his commission as
eeputy marshal and herdcr, started
ior Buche's headquarters seventy-fye
miles away on the river, leaving Ruche
poiiing around the agency and swear
ing all sorts Of things. They rode
pretty hard, and made about sixty-five
miles before sundown. They hadn't
nuch more than gone into camp before
nucne came by riding like whirlwind
WIN winchester balanced on the sad
die IN front of him. M
be down in the morning, Buche,
'nouted johnson, an get my cattle
with an angry shout, Buche rode on
toward his camp Very early the next
morning Johnson's party started. They
naae the ten miles To Buche's camp IL
aoout an hour, and couldn't fnd sign
Wen, Pm gormed, said Jack Ark
wight, II the d. Frenchy hain't hid
MS cattle in the buttes,
Aney separated and began TO hunt
~ lne cattle. While they were al
WI. molk huche came riding up at a furious
gay a.. from the Nebraska line 1t turned
,a' ,s al1erward that he'd been over aftel
.ae ..herry county regulators to hel,
.an fght the cattle thieves. But tn,
ss1 .h person he met after he got across
sle me was man whom he owed TO
mAgon. The man spotted him for th
tIen asy, and Buche tied for the Enscrva