Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-09-06

90 i don Z sru why not. says knright.
Well the idea gains ground an 40 last
gets % be quite a Con~pir cy It's settled
we PLAYS il, with Dave Tut 20 do the
shootin.
An We makes the game complete
saws Jack Moore. hy grnhbin Dave mmc-
diate an ropin IF him before the commit
tee, which cunvcnc- an rcg lar an decorous
in the Red Light saloon a-purpo,e, an we
all lines out ike Sc re -,uin 20 hang him
for the KILN Otherwise II don't look
nachcrai no how, al she ,horcly detect
! It's hluh
80 we gets things all ready, az IN the
middle If the afternoon when Jennie :
draggln her lariat around loose az moth
In much 20 do cause we amt amin 20
disturb her none M her dootics touckin
them hapiack, an salt huss-we all yet :
over in the New York store an lays Jim
on some boxes an a wagon cover over him
for corpse.
." Cl'ar things ont OF the way along by
/ Jim, head, says Moore, who was talSin
big interest We wants 20 fix things 80
Jcn gets at him easy You hayr me?
She, goin TO come when she gets the
! news
When everything's ready Tut Moore,
who conclood, its well 10 have good
deal of shuotin bangs away with his
guns about four times apiece.
80 Jest shootin once or twice. says
Moore, might arouse her suspicious, 1t
would be over heap too quick for the
real thing
The minute the shootin Is ceased we
all takes Tut an surges over 10 the Red
Light 10 try him, a-pendin Of which Dan
BoggS sa' utcrs over To the q. h restaurant
an remarks all CasOOl an carclesslkc:
-" Dave Tut downs Jim Wallace "a
minute hack-good. clean gun play as
ever | sees too Mighty big credit 10 both
boys. this we're Is No shootin up the
scenery an the bystanderS. nor scch slob-
berlin wark, but everything goes straight
10 ccntcrs.
Whar is he'' says Jennie, lookin
breathless an sick
q" 'Jim's remainder Is IN the New York
store, says Dan
Is he hurt;' She gasps
al don't reckon ne hurts none now,
cause he's done Guttercd from the perch.
Why, girl, he's dcad-ls bullets, caliber
AS plumb through him.
No, but Dave; T. Dave shot Tue
son Jennie says a-wringin Of her small
paws.
g. Now, don't you go TO fcelin discour.
aged none, says Dan, beginnin TO feel
sorry for her We fixes the wretch so his
murderin spirit won't Zoe an hour behind
jim ecttin in. The strangles has him
in the Red Light maxim of plans to
stretch him right now
I'VE had Just conSoomed drinks all
round, an Enright was in the chair, an
we re busy -cttin up big front about
hcarin the case when Tucson Jennie with
"a serene ~ scarcs up surroundin things TO
scch a limit that five ponies hops out Of
the corral an flies, comes chargin into the
Red Light an the next instant she drifts
round TUFTS neck like SO much snow
What for game do you call this
anyhow says Moore who's heap scan
dalized Is this yerc maiden playin this
camp
o. She plumb locoed with grief says
Dan Boggs. who follows her in an she's
done got 'cm mixed in her mind. She
thinks Dave is Wallace
That's It, says Cherokee Her
minds stamped with the shock Me an
Moore takes her over TO Jim's corpse, an
that's shore TO revive her An with that
Cherokee an Moore goes up TO lead her
away.
NdNt Dlils MT. EnFlRUt, SAVE. nlla
she pleads, still clingin TO TUFTS neck like
the loop of lariat. Don't let 'em hang
him. Save him for my sake
" Hold on, Jack, says Enright, who is
lookin mighty thoughtful Jest every
body stand their hands yere till counts
the pot an notes who's shy II looks like
we're cinchin the hull on to the wrong
broucho. Let me ask this young female a
N.ftY., no
Tucson Jennie, DE you fully informed as
10 whose neck you re hangin tor
ITS Dave, amt ity She SAYS, looSin
all fearful in his face to make shore.
Enright an tie rest of us don't say
nuthin, but jest looks at each other Tut
ilushes up an looks pleased both AZ once
but jest the same he puts his arms around
her like the dead game man he i
Whatl you have, gents: Enright
says at last, quiet an thoughtful The
drinks Is on me, barkecp.
Excuse me, say, Doc Poets hut as
the author OF this ycrc pot | takes 1t the
p'sen Is on me Barkcep, set out al. yoJr
bottles
"' Gents, says Jack Moore, I'm as
peaceful "A man aS ever jnglcd spur or
pulled "a gun in Wolfville but a. reflects
on the active part takes in this yere play
l won't be responsible for the results If
any man comes between me an payin for
these drinks Barkeep, m doin this
myself
well, it's hard enoomeratin jest
how many drinks we do have Jim Wal
lace throws away the wagon cover an
comes over from the New York store an
stands in with Us. 1t gets 20 be orgy.
9" OF course it : all right says Enright
The camp wins with Tut instead of
Wallace; that's all. 1t Illustrates one Of
them beautiful characteristics Of the gen
tier sex too Nerc's Wallace, 10 say nuth
in of 20 others. a. besicges an beleaguers
this ycre female for six weeks an she
scorns EN-. Yere's Tut, who amt sayin
word, don't bat an eye nor wag a year
an she grabs him. Ii is such uncer-
taintics, gents, as makes the love Of
woman valuable
." You should have asked me, says
Faro Nell VINO comes in right then. an
rounds up close TO Cherokee Why, I
! could tell you two weeks ago Jennie's il
love with Tut. Anybody could see It,
Why, she's been feedin Of him twice "a
good grub as she does anybody else -
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