The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-10

KY Il nearly got
.EtN slaug htered in
(sel Cheyenne. say,
" dero's a TELLER dere.
70 hobo killer He's q big slx-footer
IN he kills more tramps than you kin
count | Get he's done for twenty
ramps this summer. His names Carr
Jack Carr-an' II don't make any
difference where you 20 so longs you
un across sn old professional hobo an
mention dat you bin 10 Cheyenne, he'll
want 10 know II y seen Jack Carr.
Dat fellers terror Why. when was
In New York an was starting fer DC
west TELLER says 10 me:
When you get TO Cheyenne look
put fer de big Irish marshal
AN he was right. too. for dat fell
ler'll run q bobo ten miles 10 put him
In jail an like a. not he'll shoot him
somin round the corner Of n car.
got out OF dero. you bet
Down In a little coyote town in Col
orado | struck II pretty rich. though.
I'm a printer. an de town marshal OF
dat place runs a weekly paper. When
I struck the town he was about crazy.
His paper had 10 come out mex day
an his regular printer was drunk. Dat
print was a regular rat whisky para
lyzor. Well. dat marshal tried 10
roun' me up ter 80 TO work fer him.
knew had a clnch on him an held
him up Ter s. Ter De one days work
Il come high. but he had { have me
an be put his hand down deep an
ante'd up ! did a good hard days
work dat day fer me Ave an got de
marshal all Strengthened out Wild his
paper"
"Dldn't he ofer you a permanent
Job"
Nav. stuck him fer de fyer. an
Il a made him mad. but he didn't say
nuthln'-an' de minute de paper was
all fixed up hunk he kicked me out OF
town.
Il Wa down In Albuquerque. Say.
bats town fer your whlskers Moth
DO brakes had heard ne singin' an
Indians. had ter stay dere from G
In de morning till night Cou,eg't get
away. Didn't have any money TO speak
n. neither Coming down dere was
twenty hobos In de freight RATHER. an
10 bakies had heard ne singin' an
Tellin' inside. but they didn't say nuih-
In an dey struck a water tank. Def
Fey got about ten more fellors from a
IwitchlDg crew an come over an held
Sc whole crowd Of Us up fer anything
ley could find. Dcy got every cent
iere was IN dc crowd. / had a s. bill
hid In my shoe. but didn't bring it
lp. not IN dat crowd. Doy'd maze nc
buy fer de- whole push. In Alburquer-
lue fourteen Of IA got locked up. and
I'm a millyonare n was one OF the
quartet dat got away from de push"
you left town that evening.
,hough'"
well. should say. Why. drfe Amt
4 house In town dat's made OF anything
put dried mud. Desc here 'dobe houses.
Why. We didn't DO a ting To DAT jail.
Deere was a smart Teller wid us dat
look De door 10 plec,s an got out a
long iron bar. an We Just waded all
through the walls Of da, jail AZ we
vent through dc ONCE an ouien Dc
street some o. De fellcra rummaged
around an found some revolvers. Dcy
was pretty good ones. too. about seven
Of EN-. an we made a break fer dc
railroad. A passenger come along a
good while after dark. And We boarded
ie blind"
The bllnd7"
Sure. up In between De vesiibulcs
We climbed up on De roof an rode tlll
mornln' widout a stop. Say, but We
was a fine lookln' lot De cinders and
dirt covered us all over an dcre wasn't
nothln' white on our faces except lit
lie rings around de eyes. hut De dirt
wore on after while and De clnders fell
cut all right.
But dat wasn't nuthin'." resumed
the remlniscen, hobo. The crew
found us dere In De mornln' an stopped
de train an ditched rs right dcre-
right In the Ration Foot hllls-an'
dat cola mountain dew was cold. Jes'
like thin slush all noatln around you
-b.r-r-r-r." and the tramp shlyered SO
violently at the remembrance he had
10 stop talking I'LL his tongue and wits
wer loosened by a copious supply OF
thlrst-reduclng liquor
"Yessir. Dat was cold all righ,." he
said a. he gave a reflective shake 20
the big glass. and he had 70 hold Il
with both hands But you see 40
worst OF u was that we was right IN
dc middle Of nowhere. Oh. you might
, think Il funny; but Il wasn't We was
hungry. too. IN tell you. an dere va
was Wild dat cold fog bumpln' up
against as an we started out 10 count
ties 20 dc mex station.
well" and a tear trlnkled down hi.
left cheek. I'VE walked hitecn miles "a
water tank Il took am night an
ders was a train crew wait.n' fer 10
At dat"
"Dld you over set anything 10 oat9
well. II We hadn't der'd been d
now railroad run trough dere Wed
a-ton dat old narrow gauge streak
o iron all 90 pieces from Albuquor'
que & de oddcy end
"And thong"
we didn't DO a thing but mskU a
break Ter S. Louis, an When VIC gol
, dorc we knew enough not ter make a
, break an We got a better place. OATS
dis"
And the tramp cuddled up closer
tho big stove and dropped on into q