Evening star., 1895-06-15
BRANDENBURG, Germany.

gcse toward the bar. eyin' of each other
like two cats, an the tenderfoot still claims
the gun.
up the bottles.
Jest tickle me to death by takin' this
war eagles first says the tenderfoot, look
in out his nose paint.
$50 Boone gets Nine Miles gun, who
gives it up mighty sullen an then the
shorthorn passes Boone's.
TN see you again, says Nine Mile Peter
as he walks Off
Which I'll shorely see me heeled. too,'
says the tenderfoot.
well, the thing makes some talk an
most of US sorter allows as how their next
interview will be some somky. The tender
fcot goes out to his camp, which is two
in Wolfville, but amt sayin' nuthin', one
way CT the other. The tenderfoot don't
show up in Wolfville for four days, which
he afterward confides in me is doc to fear
excloosive.
81 was as much afraid of KILN him as
gettin' downed mysef,' he says, which I
allows I'll be lynched If I do
But one Sunday he gets SO sick OF him.
se'f for bein' afraid to come he goes jest
as far tother way, an makes up his mind
mighty ferocious to hunt Nine Mile Peter
up an have the exercises over; SO that
Sunday afternoon he belts on eight-inch
Colt he's got an comes into town. Wolf
Vile amt got but one street, an as the
shorthorn comes in one end Nine Mile
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As soon the tenderfoot shows up every
one sorter gives the dooelists the cause
way to themsefs. The tenderfoot walks
along up watchin' of Nine Mile Peter
who is standin' on the opposite side.
Neither makes move for his gun. When
the tenderfoot Is straight across he stops
an squares round an looks ut Nine Mile
Peter, who ups an says, in tone which
is so cheerful it sends pang of disap-
pointment like the bite of snake through
all as We peers from the winders:
guard an then he'll drill him. says Dan
Boggs. I've seed the trip made with more
cunnin' people than that shorthorn.
Tt looks like the tenderfoot thinks so.
too, for he heSitateS a minute. Then Sorter
crowdin' his gun round to the front where
he can get it easier. he started. He never
takes his eyes often Nine Mile Peter. an
I can see he's nervous; if Nine Mile sneezes
But Nine Mile never moves an keeps on
smilin', an when the shorthorn comes up
quite close he sticks out his hand to shake.
The other is still lookin' for a dead-fall
an gives him his left hand mighty eau
tious. My regards for the shorthorn be-
gins to go way up yander.
ANY man who ties that tenderfoot
down'll have to sabe his business says
Boggs - ..--..-s. co..
well, they two shakes hands an we
watches, an then they turns an comes
in, an gives their guns to the barkeep an
orders a drink. --.'.'F
This yere town of WolfviIle is all play
ed out says Bill Tutt, Sorter discouraged,
and somehow We all felt the same way.
But he takes a drink with Nine Mile Peter
an the tenderfoot, an Nine Mile says:
was drunk the other night, an 1 un-
derstand me an you has trouble. What
ever do you think yourself"
amt allowin' it amounts to much
says the shorthorn; it amt worryin' me
Lone
So then they gets mighty friendly an
goes to playin seven-up for the drinks, an
sech is their exaltation findin' that the
other amt amin for trouble, they gets
TWO drinks each game. OF course the one
who lose, he sets 'em up, an the other
does the same from mere hilarity They
gets so drunk finally they don't know their
politics nor religion nor nuthin'. Nine Mile
even sssails the very niger he wanted to
near sing for persoomin' to be in the same
saloon with his friend, the tenderfoot
L can stan niggers all right mys'ef'
says Nine Mile Peter, AN likes 'em. for
l m a southern man an un'restan' niggers
but my friends gentleman from the
north an niggers don't go none in his
while I'm aroun. You can gamble he don't
nave to like niggers while Nine Mile Pc
ter's with him. -s.
well, son, they pervades around the
camp an gets awful drunk-these two
sots-and when the tenderfoot gets tired
he goes an sleeps with Nine Mile Peter
an they keep this up for four days and
nights. 1t was marvel to Wolfville at the
time the amount they all thinks of one an
other"