The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-03-05

matter, he feplleu, passing his
hand across his forehead matter,
Look you. Ye all heard them boys
frors Sawyer's Dam coming over the
hill? Ye heard their music -mebbe
ye heard us join in the chorus? Well
on they came waltzing down the
hill, like old times. and we waitin' for
'em. Then-just as they passed the
old cabin who do you think they ran
right into shooting iron. long hair
and mustache and all Understanding
thar plump in the end? Why Bul
GER
"Well?"
well! Whatever it was-don't ask
me-but durn my skin ef after word
from him them boys just stopped
yellin,' turned round like lambs and
rode away peaceful like, along with
him. We ran after them a spell. still
yellin, when that thar Bulger faced
around, said to rs that he'd come
down here for quiet, and eff he couldn't
hev it. he'd have to leave with those
gentlemen who wanted it. too, And
I'm gosh darned if these gentlemen
you know 'em all-Patspy Carpen-
ter, Snap Shot Harry and the others
ever said a darned word but kinder
nodded so long and went away
Our astonishment and mystifcation
was complete; and, [ regret to say,
the Indignation OF Capt. jim and
Mostly equally SO. If we're going to
5e bossed by the first newcomer" said
the former gloomily, Il reckon we
might as well take our chances with
the Sawyer's Dam boys, whom we
know"
EFF we are goin' to have the legiti
mate trade of Rattlesnake interfered
with by the cranks of some hidin'
horsethief OF retired road agent" said
Mosby, I'VE might as we'll invite the
hull of Joaquin Murietts gang here
at once. But | suppose this is part
Of Bulgers particular business" with
a withering glance at Briggs.
L understand it ALL" said Briggs
quickly. You know [ told you that
3oullies couldn't live in the same towI
together Thet's human nature
thet's how PLAIN men like you and me
manage to scud along without getting
plugged. You see Bulger wasn'
going to hev any of his own kline
jumpin' his claim here And [ reckon
be was pow'ful enough to back dowr
Sawyer's Dam. Anyhow the bluff
) told-and here we are in peace anC
quietness."
Until ne let's us know what Is hi
little game" sneered Mosby.
Nevertheless such is the force .
mysterious power. that although /
was exercised against what we tirml,
F.: believed was the independence Of tn,
! camp, IL extorted a certain respec
| from US. A few thought If was no
"a bad thing to have professional bul
| ly. and even took care to relate th
| discontinue of the wicked youth o
| sSawver's Dam. for the benefit of a Ger
tain adjacent and powerful camp VIII
; bad looked down upOn Us. he, him
/, self returning the same evening iron
/ -Ai= self-imposed escort. vOuchsafed n
i other reason than the one he had al
(. ready given. Preposterous as ii seem
! ed, we were obliged to accept it, an
the still more preposterous inferenc
! that he had sought Rattlesnake Cam
] solely for the purpose of acquiring
and securing its peace and gnietnes:
( Certainly he mad no other occupation
the little work he did npon the failing
or the abandoned claim which reach
] -ad his little cabin was scarcely a pre-
tense. He went over on certain day
TO Bigwood on account of his bushes
/ but no one had ever seen him ther,
/ nor could the description of his MAJ
ner and appearance evoke any inform
alton from the Bigwoodians- 1t ri
] manned a mystery.
/! 1t had also been believed that til
J, advent of Bulger would intensity thu