The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-24
A Decapitating Boot lack.


not 1; depin6s on the circumstances
largely. Did you ever hear the s;oreigh
OF Pete Watson IN the booi-jach2 It's a
kurious storeigh IN no m:staik. II shoaws
that the injun has argument n an intun's
kroolty. 1t kline Of shoaws that the injun
has an Idea of appropriateness IN eternal
fitness IN his revenge. Or in luther wurds.
IL shoaws that the skeam Of making the
punishment A. the kr;me didn't egssactiy
originate with the white man. II also
shoaws that a white man can be krooel at
umez. TOO.
One Of the pekuliarities OF this yere stor-
eigh is that IL cud never hav bin ritten had
there been boot-jack in the first chapter.
VI II never cud hav bin ritien had there
not bin boot-jack IN the last chapter.
Who wuz Pete Watson? He WIZ the
meenest man on the whoal range. IN I hav
knoar about all OF EN- in my tina He
wuz COW man. His brand wuz two bars
I'm an X with the ear of the kow under
bit. He wuz meen sun-of-a-gun. as
hav remarked. No one liked k,m. He
never had a gud word Ger ennybody. But
he he'd cows without number IN he wuz
particularly rich FUR a man in these parts
un of the time OF witch l am riting
One day he found on his door, kind OF
hung to a splinter. an under-b.t ear OF a
cow. He Numbered al il. but he didn't
know what il meant until IN the round
up he diskivered that 1--WE CT his cows
WIZ missing. He accused all the other
ranchsrs OF stealing his cows. but cud
pruv nothing. IN so. gTumbling IN smart
ing, he let II go. But the weak after that
he gets up one morning IN finds eluther
under-bit ear Arranging 10 his door Then
he gits mad un counts his cattle. un. sure
enuff. some moar cows wuz gone He
wuz fritefuliy mad. HIS stormed around
TN Threatened 10 kill almost everypuddy.
but he cudn't find no trace of those cows.
Another weak passed un he gut up one
morning I'm there wuz anuther underbi.
ear arranging 10 his 6ore. He had gut
10 know now what that ment. He knu
more cows wuz gone. So he knocked his
boys around fer their carelessaess. swore
I'm ranted IN sed ne wud watch the nerd
al night himself He did He let 'em
steel three moar cows. He watched 'em
go up 10 his dore un hang one OF the
cows ears on a splinter that jagged out
But he wuz satisfied. II wuz injuus.
That settled him. He didn't say any,
thing, but he prepared to du something
He wuz little man with fritefully small
lectures, little hands I'm little feet un little
nose I'm little wicked eyes. One mite he
announces he IL go,n' 10 the town un
mountz his horse un rides away. Tn there
amt nuthing seen OF him fer three days
un then nuthing but his head. which an
uther cow-man picked up.
No man knows what he IL up 10. But
this liz what he does He goes TO the injuu
lodge quietly un watches II. allowing no
one 10 see him. He hides in the bushes
awl DAY I'm watches the injuns stroling
and lolling about. Tn towards evening.
the squaws, one by one. KUN down TO the
little creek III get water Tn he watches
'em sharply. He SEE this one is too big
un this one is too small I'm. finally, he
SEE: This one IS about rite He creeps
up behind her, young squaw, un gags her
with a scarf, mountz with her un rides
away Ike mad. No one noticed the cap
ture. The young squaw wuz little bit
bigger than ne WIZ. but he wuz strong un
held on 10 her. although she scratched un
bit him. Mite came down un ne dismount-
ed un bound the squaw. He had gut
near enuff hosm to feel safe He bound !
her with rope un then set down 10 wait |
till morning. After the squaw got tired |
she went 10 sleep. I'm then old Pete Watson |
kind of snlckered devilishly an pulled off !
h:Z boots. They wuz new boots un where |
he gut his Gevil!sh idea, / never knew He !
took those boots off un crept up TO the |
squaw. saw that she wuz securely bound, |
un then pulled of her moccasins, put them |
on hisself un then began to pull his boots |
onto her feet. She kicked un sauirmed. |
The boots wuz a trlie too small fur her.
un he had a hard tusse. But at last he !
got them on. Then he let her aloan till /
morning. II wuZn't long until she began /
moaning I'm moving her feet. which made
Pete's eyes glisten. His skeam wuz wurk-
ng. BY sun-up the squaw was moaning
through the gag awfully un Pete seq: ''Tll
tx yu." He picked her up un tux her
down 70 l.ttle stream OF water un held
her booted feet in the water fer a long
time. The boots were already pretty
nearly killing the poor sQuaw un she wuz
iobbing. But he didn't kare. After the
boots had soaked a while he carries the
'quaw back 10 a cleared space, where the
sun would have full play on those boots
IN ties her to a tree. The sun kums out
strong after a while un those boots begin |
% shrink. The squaw wr!thes un means
IN struggles. un bekums weaker I'm
weaker. Finely Pete steps up 10 her
DOLLY takes his knife and s!ashes off ore
II her ears Then he smiles al her, cusses
! word or two, mounts his horse and
tarts away.
That mite Pete crept into the intun vii
age. I'm up to the biggest wigwam un on
he door-tiap Of that wigwam he hung
hat injun squaw's ear. jest az those In
uns had hung mis- cows ears on MS dore.
Then with chuckle ne went away But
lie wuZn't thru his trubbIe yet. by a gud
ong ways. There WIZ trubble cunning IN
lie met it befoar he had goaa twenty
aces. He met squad Of .njuns face 20
ace. The first injun had acros his pony
he body of a sQuaw IN the site OF a made
'ete uneasy-Hke
He kept edging his horse around the
roup un then suddenly he let his nag out,
Irrows un bullets went after him. I, IL
kind OF luck that there in the dark the
1juns' bullets shud miss IN the injun az
ow shud h; him One hit him square Z
n the back The shock kind OF TUX u.
lettle out of him un. though he rode OF
he injuns overlook him.
They TUX him back 20 the village u I
ound him. Next morning they found TIE
ar
Pete knu &; wuz up vita him. re had
,rbiddsn emmy CT as boys following him.
Il he knew tzey wIdn, kun "a Ms
ssku. Bu; Re lad a curiosity 10 Know
hat tie injuns WIZ a gong 20 DO with
TN. He thot that they wud AXE The boots
Il ;hs gi:l put EN- OF him ara he'd nm
yer FIRE. Tha; WIZ MS ijes
They he'd hin bound and isy.r' "a; n ne /
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u0ng I'M I-s. ra-yoJEaliy kV.et T1ey !
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