Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-07-13
A DEAD SHOT.

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Yatronvmic and be hohhed mn 4, that
poisrelieneops assortmeut ~ human;tv
that foclea 10 Ieadv;lle in tbe t;ret
flpsh NJ the s;lvar sxe;tene,t Tax xrns
an Anollo ~ the nl.;ps n ,,sre how
with lopo vol,oyy c,rls h,ra evos ava
woman's comnlexion and With fra,,e
that towa~ea siv Foot IN Nc stocly;nc.
He bod been n p,en,her ~ ~, ;nn,igr,,,t
train in his tenderer vears which sho
Indians had attacked and v;ped ont Of
existence. Tex had been adopted by tho
tribe and had spent some wears in this
savage society. until General McHenry.
commanding regular troons. one day
swooped down ON tho camp and seized
Tex and restored him to civilization.
And then Tex BECAME a cowboy. That
was his history down to the time that
he Went to Leadyille and became IN
miliar figure about the gambling houses.
EVERYBODY. with the possible excep-
ton of the parson and few women and
children in camp. In these DAYS wooed
the tickle goddess Of fortune in roulette
or at faro. poker and even keno. and
TO- ,,.,,na.;o,, 90 !, ,.os.ss,,,nsr go,
Nor Ala not lower b,s social starS,n,
by one degree. As matter of fact. Tex
was oreat favor;,e Ee was !, b,g
t;n7 haar,o., nov MIR a ,,;at r,,n,,er
and good patured smile. but. withal. n
mana man. too. capable of being
: ro,sed AZ tines and II that con,;t;o,,
ono ~ tho r,ost a.ngn,o,,a ,,,e,, IN Tho
west
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c,,,,o 4, The q. \, Rg.o,n ~, - occae;o,,
so bo,,c he,,, l,sc obsor,,;, :, Il, ;,,,cr.
III sor tho cr,,yv,l made a ,,,sl, for Tex
Who calmly t,,,,ed oronnd a. tho door
and onie.,y a,,ois.,,, ia nrrsne,s 10 ro.
sp,ne tbei, ,,e-cef,,1 occnp,tio,,. at tho
table 10 thcv did no, want to nj n com
mo, GRAY. oyor ~, ,ba otber ssde 81
Can;tol hin Ard verv wisely the crowd
acted on Tex'. advice. And "a ID mat
ter annarc,t1v i,o,y over yyitbo,,t any
se,;ons an,,.v,,,,.e IN the vonnr man
who cent;n,e,, II wall, tho sfrce, IN his
is;y,reIy Wv ,i,,snrslv nome tl,e worse
in cons,.;e,,cc so,. having nasist, i 4, tho
nre,ng tnrc taking o,f Il dishonest
..,r,tler NV ,',a,,v mon T.x II liz
s,,e,rt hnt ,ye,,st,,I ,r,renr h.; tilled no.
~ tnev III H. heor;.g ON this oc.
cas;,-,, ind;cs,a,t that bo nus no rovico
No ,v,,. ..reate.i ,es,,ss., llv bv nassere
a,a ha on -, - ~ ia,,..yo,en,lv and Lina'
" unor tbosa no cared 70 notice AZ
tLongh the PROCESS a. shooting a man
through the heart was an accepted act
of ethical propriety.
And nothing more would have come
Of il If people had not begun 20 twit
Town Marshal O'Connor on his failure
to do his duty. Tie iaarshai had no
laundering after Tcx's society, no vault
ing ambition to arrest him. Tex Ind
been somewhat informal in his admin
istration Of Justice. He might have
waited for his opponent to shoot first,
and then allowed the regularly elected
iustico of the peace TO try the case aft
erward, but Tex, in his youthful mex
perience and very vague acquaintance
with the proprieties Of civilization, had
not stopped to think Of that. A cold
deck and a suggestive movement toward
the seat Of war on the part of an adver-
sary had always been his signal for
prompt action, and his triggerless six
shooter had on such occasions always
been the arbiter Of iustice. from which
no appeal Law. The merciless twitting
to which O'Connor was subjected had
made il necessary for him 10 do some.
thing TO maintain the dignity Of the
law.
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