The sun., 1894-05-13

s.t you MP bIyod raw, said Rogers Win .
vicieus grin; "Yop wouldn,t make MAKE A.. 1t.,,
With that he snstehed heavy Mexican srmy
wsfd and Knocked the weapon from the, dexl-
,Ss but Sot0rs hs sgsd pS sns hi Sot SS
rolled role on Ofp the noor T'S under % billiard table
| There they chewed ears and tore about each
unable to draw his wespoa The faro ssTas ,,r IN
get on their feet and begin. shooting The
bes sOmSS a SSt fS % tGs Mss ever ike
| this. The Mexican, as 1.-THE and 1uick as
nsW Ste tSs sSt sd Sps aSS
| he was to win. Tor Rogers was much the heay-
Ter and stronger. The guns Icing out OF reach.
move he threw both hands on Rogers's arms.
darted tor the mans throat and fastened his
came from the look on. hard men As they
were They lumped for the Mexican. but were
had knocked him from his vlciim, spurt of
blood shot from Eogers's throat Rogers never
moved. His jusnlar had been severed. and
The crowd soon recovered from the scene.
the bar was lined up. aud tho checks at the
The Mexican was hustled AWAY by the City
Marshal. Later he was released and got the
cuatomary twenty-four hours to got out Of the
country, lie took the hint. but got no further
than Helena where he was killed
This was ass efcitsmcnt N en9nsh for one day;
store. After the general verdict that perhaps
the authorities were negle"ting business. and
balls the crowd scattered to tho river. II was
q fine morning in the spring The first boat
OF the season hal churned It's way around the
ina up 10 the IeSee. When the. gangpiSnk
loud hurrah from groups Of dust.covered
freiRhters, merchants whose prosperity war
Esntod the SrinsinE out q thsE iaIi, nj
land OF their golden dreams. Nobody noticed
nne-looking old man wearing a long linen
such as you see on the proudly posed heads
OF Kentucky gentlemen. With the crowd of
sands Of Front street and along the ievee to
the Overland: He may have made iey pass
oid-tmers LETT in Fort benton who will tell you
when the old gentleman stopped short In front
Of the game and sent curious glance toward
lie shaded his hat to be sure that he saw
right, his eyes shone. and in quick. deep
John! John. Is that ysuy"
Ross iumped from the lookout's chair 70 the
old man nan and the crowd around Little" I'd
And, my God. John. e that him. Henry
Ashley exclaimed the old man. pointing to
Edgar face had turned to tho yellowish
white color Of the dust in the road; His hands
the nfs and the card box
Why, father" said Ross in q hollow voice
don't mean the man that took our Esther---''
Yes & yes! % there he isl Let me q him"
: Are you the man ~ asked Ross. turning to
Yes" Vas the reply in I. cool. firm voice,
gun in each hand. Edgar had risen from the
table and was facing the old man. who was
raised weapon: h9.s stoDped his father and
EVEN .h:~ saved co%G S Gat.s Gass and III give an
The other man made no reply. but reached
tW heavily anS TOOK Eo9a out
and the men passed between, and out into the
ievee. were two cottonwood trees fifteen feet
apart and here the men took their places Not
anticipation q a ii ESt where % death must must be @
tho issue. gathered in a semicircle. The old
as man .1s ts,n in the eentis e calm and immoynSs
raised. two pnfIs of smoke met in the air in
rattllng fusilade OF shots. AMI when they
melted away Ross was on the ground and Ed
gar's right hand was hanging limp at his side.
Edgar took two steps forward and fell to his
head. There the two men lay. ciaTinS at each
Il, was evident that Ross had been hit hard
at the hrst iire. Tor blood was o9zinG out Of his
II shooting at q mark he reached his left arm
out and throwing his gun over 1t for a rest
fired twice The first bullet clipped OF EdGar's
right ear and the other was buried in his hin
Edgar replied by sending q shot through his
exchange Of half dozen shots followed with
out results. for both men were becoming very
weak. Then Edgar stopped firing. Ills guns
were cleaned out. Ross. seeing one chance.
fired the last shot. without effect
The two men lay still .or an instant. their
eyes halt blinded by the film OF death. and then
started to crawl through the sand for a closer
meeting. Ross had managed to draw a long
een- edged knife from his shirt. and Edgar
had grasped his revolver by the barrel to
strike the last blow. People who saw the fight
say that the tourney OF the men SCENE ed to last
all the afternoon Each man. with \ helpless
arm and all but dead from loss OF blood
gouged his wav along by digging his
heels into the heavy sand and pushing his
body. The crowd. In breat HESS silence moved
closer around to zee the end. II finally came.
When the men. face down. were within reach
Ing distance. Ross gathered his feet under his |
body. and. with a last desperate effort raised |
himself and lungei with the shining knife for |
E6gars head. The blade fell harmless in the
sand. and Ross's head dropped. At the same |
Instant Edgar started to raise his revolver,
Zasped once. and fell dead.
The old man did not tell the story. He hurled |
his hoy by the side OF Edgar in the little plot |
u bunch grass that serves as a cemetery, and |
vent down the river the next week.