Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-10


laughed, picked up the shears. cut the
lapels OF the side-pockets OF his coat.
walked out, and wandered away up the
gulch.
Now. something the owner OF the Daily
Dove didn't know was that Robinson had
pitched for three years on the college
baseball club. He had been the best
pitcher the club had ever had. lie could
throw n ball harder and straighter Tor
crookeder, as the circumstances might re-
dureo than almost any man who up TO
that time had stood In the centre OF the
diamond. He had made mp his mind TO
utilize his talent In this direction. Up the
guch he began selecting stones about the
size Of hens eggs. hard and jagged. !
think he picked out galena specimens
largely. as being the heaviest, and fire.
quently rough and square-cornered. He
dropped haf dozen nuggets In each side
pocket and took off his hat and filed
that and returned. At the office he
emptied the hat on his desk and went to
work.
"The second day after this his employer
said to him: Robinson, there's a man
come to town named Wash Galley. He is
a criminal ana deadbeat who has killed
five or six men. He is now drunk and
going about town destroying the property
of some OF our best advertisers. Just
touch him up tomorrow morning. Ro-
binson wrote ripping Item. in which he
called the man a coward tramp
'chicken-thief.' and so forth. and warned
him 10 get out OF town under pain OF
further disclosures In the fearless col
umns Of the Dove 1t was n hot para
graph. and when the foreman read IL he
simply remarked: We'll hope the man
that takes the city editorship tomorrow
will write a palmer hand
About 10 o'clock the next morning Ro-
binson was walking quietly along the
main street Of the town with his right
hand resting carelessly in his coat pocket
Suddenly Mr.. Galley stepped out OF the
door Of a saloon. He reached for his re-
volver. The young man from Yale who
couldn't shoot took his hand out Of his
pocket In II was an irregular specimen
OF lead ore. remember how the local
doctor tried 10 explain subsequently that
the specimen didn't hit Galley I'm ne
cessarily vital spot: but IL was vital
enough for all practical purposes and the
next morning the Dove remarked casually
that when the cutthroats Of this town
meet around the hearth tonight there
will be one vacant chair. Jim Galley is
no more
1.-THE fate OF Galley ought 10 have
been enough for the other obnoxious citi-
zens Of the neighborhoOd, but. Of course.
n wasn't. 4 week later man came
down from Placer Bench. winged the
Chief Of Police. shot out the lights in the
post-ohice. and rode his horse on the side
walk. The Dove reprimanded him. He
took foolish and errlng shot at the city
editor. who replied with "A stone. and re-
turned to his office and wrote that an
other old settler has gone out from our
wldst. Life is indeed uncertain. Now is
the time 70 subscribe.
Robertson STAYED n year before he got
tired of the place. and went TO San Fran
cisco. but / don't think that after the
first three months he had any trouble
During that time | would not dare to say
how many he popped over. Of
course most Of them he only wounded
But. as he remarked in his valedictory
far more than we intended have gone
with less preparation than we could have
wished. II should only serve to remind
us that in the midst OF life a rock may
catch US in the jaw
II never knew what became Of him,
but I fancy he has continued 10 take
care Of himself"