Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-07-22
DEAD MANS HAND.

not posscsbln one OF thcse yere neat gauges
to say ackerate I'm allowin II wns ridin
hard on Jest sech weather as this Tho
Tucson mail was In, AN band Of us was
az the postofiice aImakin Of demands for
letters when In comes Cherokee Hall,
lookin some moody, an sots himself down
on shocbox.
(which you no doubt thinks ~ how
you'll take some missiyes yousc'f this
mopnin, says Dock Peters, a-noticin Of his
gloom an airnin 20 pint his idecs mp some
othor trail. Pass over them documents for
Cherokee Hall an don't try for TO hold out
nuthin on TO u.s. for we'ro way too pceyish
10 stand any olIlshul gaycties today
"'There amt no one weakminded onuf
TO write To mo none, says Cherokee,
which ] remarks this ycre phenomenon
with pleasure. Mallbags pack grief not
JOY an i amt honin for no hand In the
game whatever. It's ID years since buys
"a stamp or gets letter, an all thirst thcro-
fore Is assuaged complete.
Fifteen years Is shore "A long time,
says Enrlght, an then we oil hops into our
letters again. Finally Cherokee breaks In
once more
81 amt aimin to invest Wolfville In no
superstitious fears, says Cherokee, but
jest chronicles as current event how
was sittiD into n little poker last night,
AN three times straight / picks up the
hand the dead man hcld-jacks up on
eigbts-an IL win every time
"'Who all lose To itY asks Dan Boggs,
some breathless
"'Why, says Cherokee, it's every time
that old loghorn as comes In from Tucson
back somo two weeks ago
Yes, says Boggs, a-gettin mighty
decided, AN you bet your saddle an throw
the pony in death Is flxin its sight for him
right now. It's shorely a-warnin, an I'm
glad whole lot 1t amt none Of the boys,
that ALL
"You see, this yere stranger who Chero-
koe alludcs at comes over from Tucson
little while before this. He has long white
ha'r an beard, an, jcdgin from the rings
on his horns, he was maybe a-comin go.
He seemed like he had plenty Of money,
an we takes it he's oil right. His leavin
Tucson showed he had sonce, so we cashes
him at his own figger or course VIC all
never asks his name none, as askin names
an lookin at the brands on hoss is speshul
roode in the west all shows your bringin
up, an frequent your bripgin down, but
he allows he's called old Bill Gentry, to
the boys, an he an Faro Nell arc particular
friendly.
"'Talkin to him, says Faro Nell is
jest like a-lyin in the shade He knows
everything, too, all about books an things
all over the world. He was a-tellin me,
too, as how he had daughter like me that
dies way back some'ers about when l was
a yearlin. He feels heap bad about 1t
yet, an gets so sorry for him, SO old an
white.
IAN you may gamble, says Boggs III
Nell liked him, he's all right.
"If Nell likes him, that makes him all
right, says Cherokee.
1--WE was still talkin an readin over our
mail In the postofIlce when all ut once we
hears Jack Moore outside.
"What's this yere literature as affronts
my eyes pasted on to the outside Of Uncle
Sans wyckeyupr says Moore mighty
truculent. We all goes out, an there shore
cnuf Is a notice offcrin 81, 500 reward for
some sharp who's been standin up the
stage over on the Lordsburg trail.
Whoever tacks this up, ! wonderP
says Enright. 1t never was here ten min
utes ago.
"'Well, Jest you all hover around an
watch the glory of its comm down., says
Moore, acuttin on it loose with his knife
information cold, this yere camp of Wolf.
vile knows It's business an don't have to
be notified Of nuthin. This yere outfit has
vigilance committee oil regular, an
which I'm kettle tender therefor, an when
it comes nacheral to announce some notice
to the public you will perceive me a-per.
vadin of the scenery on hoss an promul-
gatin of said notice viver voce. Am I
right, Enrightf'
"'All right as preachin, Jack, says En-
right. You speaks throoth like runnin
brook.
But whoever sticks up that notice is
the information pants for says Boggs,
apickin up an readin Of the pieces.
4 reckon posts that notice some my
SELF said big, squar' man we don't
know, who comes in that mornin on the
stage, an who was then a-saunterin about
the suburbs of the crowd a-listenin to the
talk.
"'Well, don't do it no more, pardner,'
says Moore, mighty grave We're no
doubt way wrong, but we have our own
pecooliar notions about what looks good,
so after now don't alter the landscape none
round yere till you first gifts our views
"'I'm offerin even money postin notices
wouldn't hurt this camp little bit, says
the stranger.
Well, comm right to cases. says En-
right, 1T don't hurt us none, but IL CRATES
on us q whole lot. The idee Of mere
stranger a-strollin in an a-tackin up Of no.
tioes like he was standin q pat hand on
what he knows an we not In It Is heop
unpleasant. So don't do 1t no more
Well, don't aim to do IL any more
says tho man. but still clings to my
idee that notices amt no setback to this
camp
"'Which tho same bcin mere theory
says Doc Peets personal to yourself, I
holds it would be onpolite to discuss it 80
let's all wheel under cover for drink
so we all lines up on the Early Bird
bar, an the drinks ends the talk, as they
alters ought to.
."Along onto night we gets cooler, an by
second drink time In the evcnin every one
was movin about an as 1t happen quite a
band was In the Red Light, some a-drinkin
nm oxchap uip of yiovvs m san,o htIck m tho