The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-10-24
LOTS OF FUN.
hot NJ wssn't Just Exactly what the Boys
Frperted-

10, n wasn't just Exactly What the Boys
Frpected-
That's all right about them British
ers,' said a l~ong-legged western man
TO a group OF reporters. n of whom
had told a story Of how an Englishman
had been fooled by some Americans on
q train In the far west by a cry OF train
robbers
Yes, but they don't like the robber
business a little bit, asserted the re.
porter.
II reckon not. admitted the west
erner doggedly. 'Leastways. after
W hat ] seen and felt ! should say there
was one, anyways, that didn't like it
overly"
What did o do? Scare him ont Of
sSesr's GROWTH
Well. no. was the hesitating an
swer, Il reckon it wuzn't quite as much
as that
Tell us about It" put In an impa-
tient listener.
1T was this away said the west
srner, in a tone OF semi-Sadness.
There was abouta dozen Of us ~fellers
goin' through Texas in a sleepin' car,
and the only stranger in the lot was a
strappin' big Englishman, with a voice
on him like a bass drum. We got him
put in the smoker. and it wasn't MORN
eighteen minutes till we wa ioadin'
him up to the neck with stories of
train robbers and that sort OF thing.
At first. he kinder Quoted down a bit,
because we didn't tell no kind Of yarns
but blood curdlers, but IL wasn't long
till he had his second wind. and purity
soon he was braggin' what he'd do IL
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. II was about eleven
o'clock at night, l reckon. in a
mighty lonesome place. when the train
same TO a stop and we heard a shot
outside. That was a sign for me. and
! jumped up and yelled robbers Sc
lid the other fellows, except two that
somehow wasn't around. The next
minute a big chap with his lace
masked stepped in where we was and
stuck his gun right at us. throwed
up my hands and 80 did the others.
and we begged the Britishcr not &c
xiii anybody. but do like we done. lie
was meeker'n a lamb, and put his paws
up like a 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.
| neve knowed jist how it happened
at this pint, but the first thing /
knowed the Britisher let his two fists
go, and the two masked men went
down in a pile, and on the
next lick | jined 'em with an
other Teller on top OF me, and
the dern Britisher sat fat down
On the accumulation and called for
the rest of the gang. L~eastwise that
was what | afterwards heard he said,
fer | didn't know anything fer two
hours, and we had to git a doctor fer
the first two he hit. l thought a mule
kicked me, and they told me after
wards they thought lightnin' had
struck the train"
How did he get onto your scheme?"
inquired the reporter.
"Derned il we could ever find out. I
guess he didn't git on; jist kinder sus-
oicioned and took the chances. He had
al the advantage, fer we couldn't
'hoot him, and he didn't give us time
10 do any sluggin'."
| How did it finally come out?"
'Oh, fine, When we got to the next
pig town we paid for a banquet in his
aonor, and before daylight we had
cleaned him out of about three thou
and five hundred dollars in a quiet
title game of draw upstairs. Wash
ngton Star.