The Portland daily press., 1897-10-06
One Of "Buokv Kilgore's Adv entures.

There are men in every quarter of the
Union who will regret to hear of the
death of Judge Constantine B. Kilgore.
at Ardmore, I. T.. For, eight years
"Buck" Kilgore was notable man at
| Washington. In person he was the typi-
cal Texan. Above six feet tall, above
sixteen stone in weight, above the aver
age man in sincerity, straight as an In
dian and strong as an OK. "Buck' Kill
ogre was marked man wherever he ap-
peared. 1t was the kicking down of the
door leading from the Legislative cham
ber, to the House lobby that gave. him mo-
toriety. 1t was characteristic of the man.
messenger shut the door in his face; he
knew he had right to go into the lobby.
He raised his foot, clothed In an enor-
nous cowhide boot, and kicked the door
down and went his way. The notoriety
that attached to him on account of the
act was always distasteful to him.
During the war he was ordered home to
assist in gathering up some deserters.
One evening about dusk he was out in
the country in quest of deserter who
had been off the "layout" for year. He
was very hungry and very weary. He
called at house by the roadside and
there he found woman just taking from
the spit nicely broiled chicken. The sa-
vor Of the fowl made him ravenous. He
| had Mexican dollar in his pocket,
which he had carried for years and to
which he was much attached, but he was
bound to have that chicken, and ne
pulled out the dollar and proposed a
trade-the coin for the fowl. The lady
said the chShken was for sick friend,
and that she could not sell it.
"But," she continued, "Tll jump you
for it."
IT mean that we will see which can
jump farthest from this doorsill out In
the yard, and the one of us that beats
shall have both chicken and dollar"
"All right; that suits me exactly. +"
said Buck. The dollar was placed on the
dish beside the chicken and his I'm was
leaned against the wall by the door, and
Buck slung his arms and made tremen-
dous leap of over twelve feet. He re-
covered with difficulty, and when he
| turned to the door there was the lady
With his cooked gun in her hands, with
the butt against her shoulder and finger
on the trigger.
'tNow you just hirt the gravel down
that road. young man," she ordered.
There was shoot in her eyes, and chuck
and ball" in the gun. So Buck "firt-
ed the gravel" his bosom swollen with
impotent rage and his mouth overhowing
with eloquent profanity.
| By this time it was dark. Over in a
field Buck" spied ginhouse. He went
to it and climbed the loft, lay down on
the floor and soon was fast asleep. After
time he was awakened by voices down
below. He listened and made the discove-
ry that one was female voice, and a
moment later he realized that she was re-
lating the jumping episode" to her COM
panion, who gave vent to peal after peal
of laughter. There were the chicken
and his dol ar which he could see by the
light of the tallow dip. Peering about
he saw his gun also. There was big
hole in the floor of the loft and just az
the man took hold of the dish to eat the
chicken ''Bnck" plunged through the
hole and seized his gun. Before they re-
covered from their astonishment Buck
roared ont: Madam, you just fiirt the
gravel back home, and as for this gentle
man, he and will flirt gravel to the
office of the provost marshal. He is the
deserter have been after for week"
There was shoot in Bucks" eye now
The woman left. BUCK recovered hii
dollar, eat the chicken, and before mid
night surrendered his prisoner TO the pro
vost marshal. 1t was worth q journey
across the continent to hear "Buck' tel
tho story.