Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-08-27

" tH I'll IHJu1S comes CAOStY n1Sn, low
and b'holdl They hain't no Injuns at
all, but some O. Gen raj Augur's troops
a-drivin in strap stock, an Ben was
with 'em.
''Well, o. course they tackles on e
tn widder's wagon an heads fir Green
River, mad hull lot t think a male
critter callin 'issef man d run away
an leave woman t. be scalped by Oga-
lallas-aD they all agrees t. make it dam
hot FIR Sherman ef he S ketchable Ben,
he didn't say much, but purity quick 'e
rides alongside th sergeant an speaks T.
i'm, real quiet, an fore long he's a
chasin off on a side trail t git intuh
Green River first, fore tn troopers
come
Sherman was i'll tn barroom o. tn
hotel, tellin how the'd BEN anlbushed
an tn widder killed at tn first shot
an how him an tn greaser' d fit an tried
e save 'er body, Wen in walks Ben, is
faces whites Sherman's an is eyes
a-blazin. Sherman knowed in a minute
th't Ben was after him, an he reached
FIR lis gun, but Ben was too quick, an
covered i'm.
Hol' on, says he. You dam scoun-
drel, ought t kill ye where ye set, but
/ hain't no coward, an l fights fair
whoever wlth-even a cur th't runs
away an leaves woman t. be scalped
an murdered by Indians And he goes
on an tells tn crowd about whit Sher-
man had did. o. course ev 'rybody want
ed t. hop in an do SIN ropework, wi
tn jedge fggerin as It, but Ben
wouldn't have it, none at all.
No, gents, says he, it don't go. l
b'ieves in givin all kinds fair shake.
1 gives it out th't perpose t. git tn
gent, but / does it fair. an gives him
th same show as me. Step outside yere,
dam ye, an fightr
sherman begged an pleaded hull
lot, but it didn't 60, an after gittin a
few swift kicks firm some o. tn gang,
out he walks, wobblin lots in tn knees
and shakin all over, an lines up in tn
street. Cheyenne Pike was master o.
ceremonies. Twenty PAGES, gents, says
he. Shoot an advance a shootin. Air
ye ready? One, two, three-frel
''How twas did, nobody ever even
guessed. Ben was s good a shot as they
was in Wyoming Maybe tn Jedge
was, too; but he was 50 shaky they say
he cd hardly hold his gun. Anyways,
they was only four r five shots took
then pore ole Ben throws up lis han )
an drops-Sherman'd got i'm in tn
forabaaI elicL az, n1aa,
While they was pickin Ben up an
carryin i'm inside, Sherman got lost in
tn shuttle Eff he hadn't, he'd a. sho'
BEN killed. But he sneaks off an lays
low som 'eres an nobody sees i'm ontell
late that day.
"'Bout supper time one O tn boys
comes rushin intuh tn Eagle Bird en-
sid BILE frustrated 'Wha dye think,
boys?' says he, wen he ketched is
breath. TIL Widder Buck and that
skunk Sherman is spliced'
go course tn gang thinks he's joshin
an snorts at i'm quite lot, but he
sticks t. tn story. 'Yessir, he says,
they was tied up an hour ago b. Jedge
Billings. It's straight.
AN so it was. Pore Ben want even
stiff, mr. they hadn't got i'm laid out,
b'fore that son Of gun an til widder
was hitched duly 'cordin t. law. o.
course tn boys shivereed 'em, and then
give EN- three hours t. leave town, but
that didn't do no good. Jedge Sherman
had the widder an 'er wad, an pore ole
Ben gifts nothin but bang up funeral
an six feet O. dirt t. lay in
''All tn ole gang th't went intuh til
Sweetwater rush r'members all about
this yarn; an. say, III bet they wa n t
one o. em but what's ben more r less
leary O. widders sence then. They re
mighty queer sort o. cattle, these women
folks, an / gives 'em up. Exchange.