The Louisiana populist., 1895-10-25
LOTS OF FUN.
But 1t Wasn't Quite what the Boy,
Expected.

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Expected.
That's all right about them British.
ers," said a long-legged western man t.
group of reporters, one of whom had
told story of how an Englishman had
been fooled by some Americans on q
train in the far west by cry of train
| robbers.
"Yes, but they don't like the robber
business little Bit" asserted the re-
porter.
81 reckon not" admitted the west
erner, doggedly. "Leastways, after what
I seen and felt 1 should say there was
one, anyways, that didn't like it over
ly."
What did you do? Scare him out OF
years GROWTH"
swer, 81 reckon it wuzn't quite as much
as that"
Tell us about it," put in the impa-
tient listener.
1T was this away" said the western
er, in a tone of semi-sadness. There
was about a dozen of us fellers goin'
through Texas in sleepin' car, and
the only stranger in the lot was strap
pin big Englishman, with a voice on
him like bass drum. We got him out
in the smoker, and it wasn't morn
eighteen minutes till we was loadin'
him up to the neck with stories of train
robbers and that sort of thing. At first
he kinder quieted down a bit, because
we didn't tell no kind of yarns but blood
curdlers, but it wasn't long till he had
his second wind, and purity soon he
was braggin' what he'd do if robbers
happened to stop any train he was on
That's jist where we wanted him at,
and it wasn't long till we had the job
put up with the conductor and the rest
of the gang to stop the train and skeer
that Britisher plumb to death and back
ag'in. 1t was about IL o'clock at night
l reckon, in mighty lonesome place,
when the train came to stop and we
heard a shot outside. That was sign
for me, and jumped up and yelled
robbers So did the other fellows, ex-
cept two that somehow wasn't around.
The next minute a big chap with his
face masked stepped in where we was
and stuck his gun right at us. throwed
up my hands and so did the others, and
we begged the Britisher not to kill any
body, but do like we done. He was
meeker'n lamb, and put his paws up
like baby.
Then another masked man took the
place of the first one, while he went
through us for our valuables, which we
handed out. all but the Britisher. /
never knowed jist how it happened at
this pint, but the first thing l knowed
the Britisher let his two fists go, and
the two masked men went down in a
pile, and on the next lick l jined 'em
with another feller on top of me, and
the dern Britisher sat fiat down on the
accumulation and called for the rest OF
the gang. Leastwise that was what !
afterwards heard he said, fer didn't
know anything fer two hours, and we
had to git a doctor for the first two he
hit. / thought mule kicked me, and
they told me afterwards they thought
lightnin' had struck the train"
How did he get onto your scheme?"
inquired the reporter.
''Derned if we could ever find out.
l guess he didn't git on; jist kinder sus-
picioned and took the chances. He had
all the advantage, fer we couldn't shoot
him, and he didn't give us time to do
any sluggin'."
"How did it finally come out?"
"Oh, fine. When we got to the next
big town We paid for banquet in his
honor, and before daylight we had
cleaned him out of about $500 in a
quiet little game of draw upstairs."-
Washington Star.