Omaha daily bee., 1898-09-08

"As knight errant," continued The
stranger now obliyious to all but his sub
ject you should read and profit by this
wonderful book striving for and after greater
things. Why, you are hardly 20 be cousid-
cred at all, my friend with your beggariy
thirteen victims. There was King Arthur
himself, who performed such deeds OF valor
upon the slope Of Badon Hill That day
says the yeracious chronicler, King Arthur.
by himself alone, slew with his sword En-
caibur ~ heathen.' What is your pltiful
little thirteen beside that?'
There Were Others.
Pete's pistol dropped to the floor and ex-
ploded, taking of part OF the shoe Of one OF
the loafers. Another secured the gun and
started for pawnshop without a word Of
remonstrance from the terror Of Routt
county. Pete was dumfounded en,hralled,
up stump. The stranger went on:
Then there was the fearful giant in the
land OF Brittany, an account of which may
be found on page As. King Arthur went TO
the crest Of the hill and saw where the giant
sat at supper, knawng the limb OF a MAN
and baking his huge frame by the fire, while
| three damsels turned three spits. whereupon
. were spitted like larks twelve young chill
dren, lately born Did l not hear you, sir,
remark something about eating a man for
! breakfast every morning? How, in these
! degenerate days, are the mighty fallen.'
Coyote Pete was nearly rounded up by
this time. He dropped limp and gaspins
! into a convenient chair Am | a bad man
or is the stranger making fun OF me?" Pete
partly recovered himself at the awful
| thought that he and not the stranger was
being made a victim. He reached mechan.
ica!ly for his gun but it was missing.
The stranger took no notice Of Petes con-
dltion. He went on:
Here on page l2S it tells a really remark
able adventure OF Sir Lancelots, at the TIM
he took the part Of King Bagdemagui
against the King of Northgales. With tha
came Sir Lancelot and thrust into the thick
est OF the press and smote down with or
spear five knights and brake the backs o
four and cast down the king of Northgale
and brake his thigh by the fall When tn
three knights OF Arthur's court saw th
they rode at Sir Lancelot and each afte
the other attacked him; but he oyerthrev
them all and smote them nigh to death
Then, taking a new spear, he bore down L
the ground sixteen more knights and bUr
them all so sorely that they could carr
arms no more that day. And when his spea
was at length broken he took yet anothe
and smote down twelve knights more, II
most OF whom he wounded mortally.
And yet you pretend TO be a bad man
Here, turn around and let me register III
candid opinion of you"
, Coyote Pete turned around, but he di
, not wait to be kicked. He started for tn
, door, but fell into the welcoming arms d
{ the city marshal and was energetically de
posted in the caaboose by that official. Tn
( next morning the police judge fined Pet
$40 and costs and advised him to go homt
, where he would be safe. And Pete havin
: just money enough left to pay his fare bac
to Wolcott, accepted good advice for th
first time in his life.
II was finally ascertained that the ma
with the book was a professor in countr
4 college in Illinois, who had come to Cole
{ rado for his health, and incidentally TO stud
0 human nature. 1t was supposed that it vi
e the latter avocation that took him into ii
: soil