The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-02-25

nccted with the editorial stan Of THE
/ KICKER can be made TO take "wat0rn by
] such a critter rs Joe Burke ranklcs in our
I journalistic bosom, and the spectacle OF
/ sporting editor Aying for his liio where
I coyote would have stood his ground viii
haunt us for many day Our dead
game has not returned M 10 this writ.
/ ing. We hope he never win. His action
/ has rust such blot on the cscutcheon of
/ n'uE klCKEE that the entire staff viii have
/ to boon The shoot for thonOEt three months
| to remove 10. We owe him sB,i6 salary
and win send II TO any place IN the coun-
try hc mny direct, but We can never for
! give hlu--neyerl
DEAwISG TINE LISE.-About year
ago, Il huIapbachod, rcdheuded cdtter
mined Lawson camc ont into this coun-
! try from Iowa 20 establish a weekly news.
paper We didn't ike his looks, but that
fratrrnnl spirit which the average editor
I feds for another Induced MS 10 be Kind TO
him. We assisted him 10 ostahliah tho
Lone Jack Recorder. No lent him money
md type and white paper, and when he
had itg of homcscl.uese wc pntted him on
the back and helped him 10 work up his
sand. Indeed We ufed that man Ike
brother, md ms arewnrd be began slurrlng
aud slnuduring Ms iu The second Issue OF
his eOwtnil sheet During the last ak
months he has referred Ia us ASA human
hyenu u rasaally villain, "A dangerous
d0maRoguc, an unhung murderer and
trHitor To the country We haven't been
saying word In reply. IL int consid-
cred good form for an Arizona editor 10
snss back. A majority Of the fraternity
realize Tint the public demands rnoy read.
. u
mention is mover discouraged by tryingto
bent the other fellow AZ bis own game.
| We should hnyo let The Recorder bang
AWAY at ma unchecked for thencxt 10 years
but for that orittcr Lawgon making u fool
Of himself lie got It into bis head thotas
man we hnd no sand IN our craw, Oui
continued silence led him TO believe that
at somO time ia Our life we had been toned
up with the blood Of rabbit Rnd though
lac had seen nur nriYQio graveyard with
hia own eyes he made himself believe that
wo had bought tho bodies from medical
college IN Chicago
While we were at our Office ia the city
ball the other dny attaching our signature
0s mayor 10 various public documents we
rot word tint Lawson WIS milo out OF
town on The Lone lncl, road waiting
for as 10 come out and have shooting
mitch We decided To draw the line right
there. In the course Of 10 minutes we
were mounted ON our racing mule and
headed down the road The critter had
come over on an old knee sprung hosF1
hired from livery stable, and no Was
{ heelcd with q double barroed shotgun,
two rovolyers and IA soalping knife le
I was looking for u.s. but our arrival seemed
TO discourage him. At our first yell 80
saw bin bob "A foot high IN his saddle Az
our second he dropped his shotgun, got
bis old horse around before the gale ana
I started 10 nn away. ANY jury 'Yonla
{ have acquitted us had we wade an end OF
him, but when wo saw how scared he was
/ We lost our thirst for gore. We ran that
critter two milrs before we let up. we
cut piece on each ear with our bullets,
and we bored two holes in bis hat ana
shot all the wadding out Of his coat Collar
( Every time we fired shot be yelled NUT
derl" and every time we uttered wnaop
his old knee sprung horse threw np nis
tail and jumped l2 feet on the level. We
are reliably Informed that our esteenhu
created panic when be rode INTO Lone
Jack shouting that the Apaehes had taken
TO the war trail We hure On eSniDiuoh
at The KIcH.s Office bis shotgun fsfolN'