The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07
cIANx,s: rpert1srlo aLUFE.
News Spare ana Decentralization Mhn Rested
a Giant apoiIine fsr n EfGht.

FfONl the Chtcu0o heVpVSF
Returning from q month's hunting IN the
Teton Mountains. three OF us who had como In
over that trail thirty days before were lin.
rnonsely glad 10 sec the little red station build
Ing at Beaver az Il lay away down there In tho
basin, looking in the v~asiness OF space ike some
Kind OF tired bug. We wcrc glad, TOT Oiark, tho
telegraph operator and station agent, mad
proved himself to be O worthy citizen during
the two days We had waited there on our way
in-two Of us-for the third OF the hunting trio.
CLARK was a spare, peacefullooklng man OF aoout
30, who seemed 10 delight In doing gooa turns
to his follows, and no was tho last man on earth
to suspect OF nursing combAtlve tendencies. We
were therefore vastly surprised when on our re-
turn trip the door OF the little red depot opened
and a norce-looking creature stepped out to
welcome us.
close to his skull. his mustache wac shaved Oft
10 n stubble, a thick sweater in defiance OF tho
S SSSi hand al az ss d SslS Sii tho rope sp Witch " aa' ended Sa'S in tho
form of a vile.looking bull pup, The strange
RGn was smSSs ok o q ySfy ssSoSS si sn' Very Stng0' t S'HH6.
rsaS hsilo,s e 'G sSIisd. Then we know it was
Ciark's own transformation was immense, but
greater was that OF his office. In me days Ok
been enabled to strike q rather fair Inventory OF
the, furnishings, and wo knew them ail. from
ever. D tSo 70 wSsV a great !metemorpho.s.
"Why-what docs all this meant y johnson
.aThsm r said CLARK; The bcEine gloves and
pr IAns iAe 5 P,s}tSrssii W Wscn .f S,a III EG shd ssso ft VI shs
'"weihl'." saia Clark, I'm blessed II l know. 1
hand things that had to do with prize fighting:
f a. t fnst; pIis dS or .n ego oIhs q sInS. but te sSem G msSs
n daisy bluff, don't you think Z
here %d should hoala "a; ssks So VOW VIZ ~ t Sny S ons fS and Tslt Il
these surroundings. to 30 the champion middle
weight q the mniverse.. ... c,,., ava,
Then he explained. Three weeks before 10
new operator down the road at Canyon. and the
debate over, the wiro had ended on Clark's part
offai tinats Of 4 a iiar, and on the part, OF The Can;
yen man OF promising to drop IN ABOUT thS end
And hos a big stif, with arms like -four bsr-
rels, I have heard, - said tho ,eGcnt, SO l de-
sidGd that ,IcH IS him Z thin dns pssSoff9 s TN ma" !, a NIKE ! @e
He thinks Tn Just what 1 am, q common scrub
railroad operator. All right. When ho gets OF
going to whip Corpott,, and when he SEES these
1pSsnS he ." iishts on the SeT phRp 5ceStii, I K Kind q think
h he,n,S decide he .f ain.t got any TS,i business mes p IN mg
ronnaness Of This sweater.
johnson 2nns h Locked m T.. ,hs slender lie ieTd operator yS%, sSdi Hn
against kHIH a Rorrllbl S' mistake &c ffI saw that man at
Canyon as we came In last month. and he's a
giant. Cotton batting and sporting pictures
Giant comes into ,he reach Of little old NJ;
mustsehe. holi find some way Of excusing him.
selt out ot 1t and taking tho first train back to
We were loahng at Marcy's general store
when No. q rolled up from the southwark tho
n sion. % t%iEInRs on W he w s ! Of TX GiE,r SSsF q to aas p stHi
Of impressing and blufing the enemy. when sud:
denly johnson cried; by GEORGE who's mon that
Canyon; We'll, the slaughter of the innocent is
The Canyon operator. o big.thewed villain,
opened the door Of the telegraph room and
looked fercely in. Clark wasn't there, but his
s sRem IN so Sntn surprise wS Snd them nne s @aF sii towar "a
a chair, doubtless intending to sit down and
ozark GH1fii Stepped Tsf' c fs . sai " In FROM a"a the ssE Baggage u az;
rom q irs swen ! ,,i stub cigar bristling head aud
-"what do you wantI' Clark called loudly,
Cant a man take a twenty.mile run to keep fr
training without some big dub coming in and
any q this athletic npparntusi II thought you
had I'd pick you UP and throw you ont over The
c sSasn' Hill Hill CHI Ghfcfen saat Of the u ring in San
francisco three years ego. yet out OF mere; you
sSsstf fEF"R RPa Se isnde Spa a S crack a %SH g rt 4;
Canyon mans head. The visitor drosppod of hi
eh %sa II f 9Th tS sns s %is u S Ss t erie aoo! Fl don,
mean any harm TO yeI4, I leone up. here to lici
oh! You didt Well. get up. I'm Clark"
"Youf" Rasped the other. Why, / didn'
know-you-were a fighter. or-say!" as an lido,
came to him. rs this town Granitef
mo. It's Beaver"
That's III That's it. There. now, don't hi
at Granite. I'm awfully sorry. mister. and |
you'll be kind enough to accept my apologies
and lot mo go ont so I can catch 30. II and rid,
up to Granite III promi c you'll hear of q igh
that il remind you of your old ring days. Thanl
YOU" And he bolted for the train, which wa
now leaving the station.
He really did go to Granite, the next station
north. but instead of making any hostile demon
~stration at the ngent, n man named Mcpherson
he hou ut n ticket and took tho passenger trail
back to his own town. Canyon. The conduct
said that when the train was passing Beave
the big man from Canyon hid under q seat.
The next day Clark sold his pugilistic effect
to the proprietor OF a newly started saloon. e
hate to SEQ 'em go. somehow he said to John
son, " for they did their part nohly. ospeciall
the pup. I think 1t was the siRht OF the pu'
that added the last straw to tho bluff tina
blMffed him "-.meaning the man from Canyon.
Hawkins. however, insisted. that IL wa
Clark's own sbort-cropped hair and tough
stubby mustache curling scornfully over tn
butt OF o cigar.