The herald., 1895-03-24

tie different from the rest She was
young and pretty, had halr and
great round eyes as black as the Mullan
tunnel, and she did not have that hard
look that most of the women Wore. She
was bright and talkative, and would Josh
the players with her funny mixed Eng
lish and Spanish talk, and they all liked
it. Henry Williams told me once that
the winnings at her table averaged 5000
IA night. You see a man would forget
how to play right, in his desire to hear
her talk and to watch her clever dealing
and the glances of her beautiful eyes.
All of the boys in town were dead mashed
on her but they were afaid of McLennan.
He watched her like mountain lion
and she seemed to be devoted to him. Nc
Lehman got into no rows, but it was easy
to see that he could protect himself. He
was always ready with two shooters in
his belt and long Spanish knife between.
and though he was very short and thin.
he moved around as quickly as a jackrab-
bit. He and the woman always worked
in the first night shift and relieved
George Ash and his brother Harry. got
my first hunch that there would be
trouble when saw Harry Ash Josh this
girl one nightnot good naturedly. you
understand but in II mean, sarcastic
tote and noticed that Mci.ennan's black
eyes snapped and his mouth curled wide
open IN bad way, and showed that halt
gold tooth. This happ ned several times
later. when Harry was off his shift and
was well Jagged up One morning he
over played it. The woman asked him to
BEHAVE himself or leave the game. He
said something back and McLennan for
the irst time spoke back.
" Heel yourself" he said.
" IN heecd now says Harry. and
| can kill you or that
"Well. never mind what he said but
bo ,y.,r1 O. III hi li,,- ha,, Ny,
Lehman and the woman fired at the same
flash and sent two bullets through the
young ROSTERS head Each then turned
quickly in opposite directions. expecting
somebody to take up the fight. 1t hap
pened that George Ash had left an hour
before to sit in big poker game, and
never heard of the affair until two hours
later. Then he left that poker game on
run, but in the meanwhile Nc Lehman
ana the woman had gone to their little
cabin down the street. OF course every
body knew that the ii ght was on and that
somebody would croak quick before the
next morning. Now. tnel, how much
more do you suppose the people OF that
gulch ever heard of this affair? Not one
man of them ever saw or heard of Nc
Lehman or his senOr'ta again and the
only ones that ever saw George Ash saw
him in my CABIN. mad crazy with brain
fevar, from which he died"
MT. MCNyUuit. lltTc TtltTS tO Il Written
statement by q orge ASH dated at vi
ginla CITY November 10. 1864 There,
TOO. were notes OF Il conversation with
Ash at that time in McQuaid' 5 cabin, near
the newspape. Office. 1t was an hour be-
fore davbreGk in the valley when Ash
rushed into the cabin and fell on the floor.
H. mind was evidently in ii most dis
t'acted state. there was II wild look in his
eyes. and his disheveed hair and torn
clothing showed that he had finished Il
rough experience. Three hours later he
became violently insane.
1t appears from the statement that Ash,
after learning tnat his brother had been
killed without chance to draw his guns,
made his way by a back path to McLen-
nan 4, cabin. lie knew that Nc Lehman
and the senorita would be expected to re-
turn to work before daylight, 50 he took Il
place at the right of tle door, out OF the
moonlight, with both slx-shooters drawn.
Evidently 1t did not occur 10 him that he
was dealing with people quite as desperate
and smart as he until he heard gentle
feminine voice politely ask:
"Wili senor come inside? The light is
chilly"
Turning about. Ash saw the senorita
mt his left and in her hands were two
revolvers on line with his head. In
stinctively he started to raise his own
weapons, when II voice behind him said ::
Don't do it. George; take the senorita's
advice and 20 inside. -
There was Mcilennan on the other side
v-ith a r1p