Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-09-21
A MAN OF JUDGMENT.

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"'scnd 'em through on the jump,
Monte. says Cherokee, stickin' out his
head.
$50 the six horses lines out ut ten.
mile gait. which rattles things q whole
lot. an makes the black. coat man sigh,
while the young ones sets up some ap-
palm shrieks. The female gets spesh.
nj mad Mt this, thinkln' rs how they're
playin' 1t low down on her family. But
she takes 1t out In cufiin' the yearlin'
now an then. jest to keep 'em yellin',
an don't say nuthin'.
swell, the stage gets about half
through the canyon when all at once
up on both sides In the rocks about
twenty Winchesters begins to hop and
jump mighty permlscus, the same gOln'
hand In hand with some whoops Of on.
usual merit. With the first shot old
Monte begins pourln' the whip into the
team, and them bosses goes into their
collars like six lions. It's plenty lucky
aboriginees amt 10 shots. They never
seems to get the phllosophe Of hind
sight none. an generally you can't
reach their bullets with ten.f0Ot pole.
The only thing gets hit this time IL
Boggs. About the beglnnin' O little
cloud Of dust flies outen his shoulder
an his face turns pale. an Cherokee
knows he's creased.
"'Did they get you hard. old man =
says Cherokee. some anxious.
emo says Boggs. tryin' to brace him.
self. I'll be around in a second. I
wishes had that whisky I hurls over.
board a minute back SO graceful
"Well, the Injuns comes tumblin'
down onto the trail an gave chase, q
shootin' an yellin' heap jealous.
As they was on foot and the bus was
maxim fifteen miles an hour by now,
they could jest manage to hold their
own In the race, about forty rods to tho
r'ar. Finally Cherokec--an' yere comes
In his jedgMent-after thinkin' O sec.
ond. says to B0ggs:
""rhis ycrc Is the way Hggers II. If
we keep on this way these lnjuns will
shore run In on us half mile further
Mt the ford. They're due to down q
horse or MOnte-maybc bOth-in which
event the stage shorcly stops an its a
fight. This yerc bein' troo, an as I'm
elected for fight anyhow, I'm goin' to
hop outcn the stage right yere an pull
on the fight mesc'f. This'll stop tho
chase, an, to tell the fact, It's about the
only chance In the box this ycre pore
female an her offsprings has to live o
little bit, an I'm goin' to play It for 'cin.
win or lose
"'Thcm's my notions says Boggs, q
tryin' to pull himself together; shall
we take this yere shorthorn along
an he puts to where them four ten.
derfect Is mixed up together In the back
of the stage.
"'He wouldn't be no earthly use,'
says Cherokee. an you're too hard hit.
Dan. yourself. So Jest take my regards
to Enright an the boys, an smooth this
all you know for Faro Nell. an I makes
the trip alone
"'Not much says Boggs. my stack
goes into the center too
"But he didn't, though. cause Boggs
had bled hemp more'n he thought.
an the first move he makes he tips over
In q faint. So Cherokee picks up his
Winchester. an Openin' the door Of the
stage Jumps clean free, an they leave
him thar on the trail.
"Well. the stage comes into Wolfvillc.
ten miles further down, on the lope.
Boggs Is still In a faint an about bled
to death. while them exhortin' people
Is shorely 0utcn their minds. In NO
time dozen Of us lined out for Chero.
kee. Did we find him? Well, should
say We shOrely found him. They'd got
one bullet through his laig an thar he
was, with his back agin a rock wall. an
his eyes glitterin', a.holdin' the can
yOn. There never was no Injun gets
by him. OF course they all runs when
they hears Us a.cOmin', 80 we don't gel
no fight.
~ hopes You nails one, Cherokee,
says Enright, 'playin' even on this yere
laig they shoOts?'
"'I win once, ] think says Cherokee
over behind that big rock to the LETT
"Sure enough he's got one Injun, toe
dead to skin, an comm along little
further sack Moore finds a second.
"'Yere's another says Moore, (which
makes even on BOggs.'
4 That's right says Cherokee, u
remembers now; there was two. The
cards come some fast one time an
overiooks bet
swell, we gots In Cherokee all right
an the Mex day around comes the fe
male teuderfOOt to see him.
~ wants to thank my preserver,' she
says.
"'YOu Amt under no obligations
whatever, marm,' says Cherokee. rails
in up little In the bed. whilo Faro Nell
puts another gOose-ha'r pillow under
him. 4 simply prefers to do my light
In In the canyon to dom 1t Mt the ford
that's all. 1t was Jest matter OF
straight business-;jest preference
has. Another thing, marin, know
you'll excuse 1t, SEEM I'm single mar
an unused to childish ways; but was
mighty glad for an excuse to get away
from them blessed children Of yOur'n.'
San Francisco Examiner.