Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19

He freely admitted that he had had two or
three durls-oue with a distinguished Lon
don journalist. who had scandaliz"d the
Duke de Valambrosia, the father OF the
The marquis soon began TO purchase
small fiocks of sheep and locate them IN
the valleys from five to ten miles from the
station. From the arrival of the tirst
flock. the rustleTs. unGcr command OF
Dick, began TO prefer mutton "a. veniSon
for their ordinary daily diet. The land,
of course. belonged to the government, but
legitimate ranchmen assumed certain pro-
prietary rights. which We're recognized by
the law Of custom. In pursuance of his
plan. the marquis placed Il barbed wire
fence around a certain tract of land to
protect 4 hay meadow. In a few days
the wires were found cut and the meadow
partially burned over. The Frenchman
went to ManLan and secured legal advice;
but he learned that the Missouri river was
the dividing line between two competing
civil law obtained: while indefinitely west
ward from the bis Muddy" the system of
criminal Jurisprudence held sway. Ills
Those fellows out on the Little Missouri
only respect the law of force. If you are
adopt the ways and manners of the people
with whom You are surrounded.'
But / have bought many acres of land
from the Northern Pacific people. VIII
not the law protect me IN what is my
own?'
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of your clothing. and the fact that you
show signs of taking an occasional bath
bring you into contempt with your neigh
bOrS. replied the attorney.
The marquis was quick of apprehension.
"Ah-oui-then | must dress in buckskin.
carry u pair of revolvers. ana eventually
Kill one OF them? Would that be accord
ing 10 the customs OF III" country"
The attorney would not advise murder
the legal guild rarely does that-but in
general terms recommended his client TO
adopt the ways of his nei%hborS. 1t was
immediately after this conversation that
the marquis appeared In the costume in
which he is here pictured. His wifi" came
on from the East-a tail. plain looking
woman apparently older than her husband
and took rooms Ut the Inter Ocean hotel
in Mandan.
som" weeks later the mayor of Mandan
was awakened At , o'clock in the morning,
and on projecting his head from the win
dow to inquire what was wanted, received
from the night telegraph operator, at the
railway Office, the reply:
There is HI TO pay at the Little Mis-
souri,. | have It dispatch for You that
needs immediate attention
The couservator of law and order pro-
ceeded to don his clothes and wait upon
the messenger. The message was a brief
one from The station agent at Little
Missouri setting forth that Yellowstone
DICK and 1t partner in iHiquity were en-
gagged in terrOriZing the town and that
Marquis de Mores' iif" was in danger.
The complete story WIS afterwards
told IN the courts of NandJu. and demon
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stratsh nFEoiu pGLd"fIutlr" IN" capacity
o. me .Tnnetn"oI tT"L.nlnli 20 anAPi MN
and peculiar environment. It appeared
lhAt all.I S''liin& ms new hlok5klh SUIT a
palr ni eH''."n. feyotNrrS ana q itprAt-
!rS tli%' Ir 1910" ,i"ie,iE TO me lIlliS
missouri "t" lI"'e""''! 10 me general
Improvement Of ms ranch. Ee!oTe many
Jays DICK htd gathered a considerable
party Oi iHSt!"FS. Iudf"rS and frontier
tramPs about nm and went wagering
about the, saloons threatening To Kill
that ID French monopoiist who WAS
fencing up at! the roads in the country
and maitrtously destroying the hunting