The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-23

went West. I had been in town TO get the plough
sharpened. and on my way home I saw Doc
climbing across a cloddy field behind n harrow,
and he hailed me. Whom he came out he hung
his chin over tho top of the fence and said: I'm
goin' West"
"whenf"
Tonight"
"Nol"
YES. Will you jinc NOR
What's II cost - I asked.
"Forty.nine dollars second class from st.
Louis to Denver"
Have you got the money r.
Doc shook his head.
Did you ever SEQ that much money!
well, not at one look, but I've got IL all
figured out"
How much have you goti'
Haven't got any, but / got q Job at Whit
cer's stable in Carr street, an II you 60 I'll see
that you never want. We can sleep in the hay
NOW and board around"
How'll we get to st. Louis r. I asked.
Ride when were tired o. walkin' an walk
when we can't ride" was his reply.
I'm in the silk and you're in the tassel, - he
added, thoughtfully. "Lifo is all before us,
but you can't get anywhere on a farm. Look at
the jays around here. What do they know :
They simply stand round on one foot like a gan
der till the beard breaks through the freckles,
and then they push the old folks of and take tho
plough, and in a little while get pushed of them
selves. Life on a farm is ono continual round Of
work and want. VIII you jine moi"
Tho thought Of getting up at morning and
not knowing where I was going to sleep at night
frightened me, and I told Doc so, and we parted.
A few years later. when the west-bound train
stopped at a little bleak and dreary mountain
town where I. having gone West. had elected to
drop anchor. I looked out from the car window
| and IN " noN oifttnr nlosn 49, - A.. -zz---
an old sorrel horse that was hitched to an ex-
press wagon.
went over to him at once, for I was lone
some. A mountain town is not q thing one is
apt to love at first sight. Desolate! That Is
better than four columns Of agate 10 describe
the place. The dry March winds came out of
the cafon and swept the sand Of the Mesa up
into eddies that swished and swirled in around
your collar and cut your face. The sunlight
was SO dazzling that It bewtldered and seemed
unreal, and the cold winds were constantly con.
tradicting its warmth.
Are you homesick. Doc !" I asked as I rode up
town with him. for he was there to haul people
and their baggage up to the hotel.
Mop" he said. ITS the dry wind-it's
busted my Lip so that I look like I'm goin' to cry
when I'm tryin' to laugh. I'm goin' back home
this fall" he added. after n pause, "to get my
moncy-I'm 81 now, but I'm comm back out
nere-tnlS country Is all rlRht.'
Doc, who had earned his title by doctoring his
uncle's horses. had inherited a little fortune of
81, 300. and when the summer had come and
gone he went back home in a Pullman car, for
he had saved $50 out of his salary of $50 and
board every month.
Five years later. in the dawning of the morn
ing. as / was climbing out of an upper berth at
another mountain town. a man caught hold of
my c~oat-tail, and I found that the man under
my bed" was Doc Pippin. He said he was living
in Denver; so was I, and in a few days he came
F., stories I had ever heard. He was thin and pale,
and noticed that he coughcd and pounded his
told to me for publication. but know he viii
not care, for he is careless now.
and Sof became @sna 70 a e619asG sI'e W rtfsS'e g Wei. hs m9n ss:
%tective. ! think he said it was Billy Pinkerton.
1t was like the pinkertons to detect in this al.
most beardless boy q remarkably intelligent
,Pippin got an OFFER of employment. he accepted
nois to nnd out q band Of thieves who were steal.
Ing hogs and robbing shops;
we'll. Even clothes that were made for him
didn't 1T and he wore his hat crosswise. like the
ance upon ,nH this occasion was in ii: favor. H and he
was no. long In forming the acauaintance Of the
Doc. as every one did who knew him. but it was
a long time before they would trust him. Docs
R @Snss ya sSys si Gn, he snS ia he tried as .p 0e o1f az and ,dr the :
trick-work." said one Of the men.
What can dol Show me and then watch
Sec Thai Jay ridin' out o town - said the
horseman was going away with the sunset at
his back.
wei. he's soin' GU. to his place in the coup.
M~onday-hold i'm up."
man in tho place. By the description siyen him
at Chicago. and by the middle OF the following
headquarters That he would be held up on the
next Saturday night. Doc Was al hiu post, and
SishSaymans tepped o oStt rom aSI the , Shadows ISSs Of lh a
jack oak and covered his man
Of That rhe ssS 81 the sn gan re, di"I noc up the s. best part
The yerdancy of the gang he had to deal with
made. Docs work comparatively easy. He in
variably drank gin and water. and by 8 simple
trick that . child ought TO have de~tected-tho
When Tho pioeeeds Of Docs raid had been sn,
hardware n, store: The teS had been untertaken
ton. was liked upon election night. A great
many farmers. he said. would be In to vote and
tired, Would Isl sleep ep'e soun Sfiys when f,sne once nsu asleep p.
and the gang voted that Doc was a great
The time arrived. the store was entered, and
when they were all in Doc ducked down behind
the counter and reached the rear end OF the
The dark barrels of q half dozen s~hotguns. Ono
Of the gang. seeing Doc with the Sherin's party,
made a play for his pistol. but the Sheriff showed
his shotgun yet nearer the robbers face and
said. softly: "Be quiet. +" and he was calm.
The next day the father Of one OF the gang,
to kill the detective. and. having done his work.
Doc departed. Friends OF the. accused hired a
innocent lads who had lived all their lives In
this quiet country town, and who had never
been guilty Of a wrong until they were encour-
aged and trapped into 1t by the wicked young
Alas for the criminals: one of the gang gave UP
to the Sheriff, and by the finding Of stolen goods
and the property OF q man who had been
weakened, sent to- Joliet, where they arc still
receiving their mail.
Young Pippin's success IN this now celebrated
agency, and before he had reached Chicago other
important work was mapped out for him, but to
the surprise Of the agency no refused to accept