The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-02
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| M the d01tor had uarohkd ma mn a hlt va Npnt
eesAa,Hs snonFh no,hin, hnd hnppened.
We ~hr2pkhtup With a lurch. Soon as We could
Ecrathhle baek to our old p~oaltionsAfor we'd
tened. There wss the same soft, m TlnHh 1kind
q voices we'd heard way down the road a-eoih'
tered from sswdust bill. H." H iRG k = %STi
onpe more poked his nose without. When his
dEaWS it IN again, he says;.
Its Crows. Be uulet.' ,
very Ideal Rays the older Boston
Eow iInipns, mum, says Hall. saSiSihln'
as before, and they want to swap hosses With
lodge before long, ~
! then D 'so be sSilS HsSs. SpP tbi sayI,hS *. y9Sp,Hsg ne. woman Woman
ieansd over and touched her arm, too. sothat
between 'em, all thew got herto keep as uliet
the pow4wow outside. tieorse Hames had
finally satisfied the chief OF the Grows BY
mssssbss tG eSya Dss ss sneIr ,S SSoHe tor or. sSe chiefs trya
N, tormake upfor lost time. but not succeedini
~, george. got!Iown aud, out loose the dead
hind boot. For them Grows had out the ami
matsthFoat almost as soon rs George had tied
him; and George was out hisr silver watch.
While the Indians was in that mush. and,
m9Eeoyery had the, horse laugh on him.
Jubei Cobb, He was the most rSeiIess Sd drIye Of
on the ROAD. But we all felt prettyIRood. Just
tne :amsinalI teelin' we'd passed the danger
point. ,Inel Indians was, like Shtnn. behind
Ss. land the road was almost AS level as a
hoor. II sawdgst Bill eFpeqtsd io,winl is bet
kili las. .And. fealin' pretty good, | says 10
Bill, kind o. joshin': !
hero and Hsiennas. y feo Su yv vo,,I WIN t pSesE Set =
and liehtnin' may ~come-ohain liRhtnln'. to-.
seii ii Bill hadn't gone aiittiS daft T2aG und sP III Rs
Ntfnoon 1--WE was sffty ,n,Ie- from, Ha,ano
f Son n99,Eoin, al II iH.e, madIbumG. jolt. luTGh.
W WS%%Se was asI site 5h ss. T TSd,s sG S.s 6 AHEAD = HE he
one 3~potntTJubal Cobb was ss1stSinin' his
ES,n1utatio1:' And shongh I heard Sawdnst
more ttension, sSas he would sdS1 II Bit Bill h ,a j be ss9
turns in and out like a corkscrew, he had us
, spnnih, along on two wheels, And right
q, s snS sbs % 'hfITs, ,iae ,,G road was =. the n9r 7
Snbal gOt, bis, four horses round t. all right,
wagon, aand. after Ihesifatin' IA few seconds,
concluded, toumeaspre the depth o. that hill.
But Gnotii6' stopped us. I'VE VEN, vUn to swoopin'
;doTn, Ike 9lloeE Q, CHECKER. hsyks. -,
, nm ,a arsn = T SIns trSo s1 h m%sS.dhE 6ronght
after me aand landed onVmy chest. I Locked
aCound 90 see what had become ofeverybody.
ever. were bein' helped back to the road!whiIe
thetEastepn doctor was feelin, his head TO see
tHalll4pplsbyi taEin', a drink out o. the creek
ahundred feet still below me. while Jubal Cobb
XX s foq s;f I've t trytR Pon 10 rtEh! to ohec stage coach
until, his 'searchin' eye saw me. and then he
come. rnnnin' down.
..",I / vas iookin' for that, box. Bob, ssys he,
and tes think 9 andin' It 9n'top 9. ySaY "'
says, H !foT'' I've ESd hs Sfp Il n as ont Il; az sp i w wstG t@a sust
And with That be helped me to my feet; not
Ia n n n q - hn Nun n TgtNlN Ehn lNV p
'Three times. and ont / says. as finally we
more, AMI I've got enough Of It, MJdbaI COBB
SSGsets US sgatn, I,tor one, ,Tilf takeaa shot at
'Jubal must have overheard. or else he lis
tened to Bill. for nothin' Of the. sort happened.
"a Jog trot and as easy. as II we rode on 'Injy-
rubber. Then, once at the, stage ofiiee. the doe
" Send vour agent down to this address.
where he can talk damages to me for u broken
A n Hall Appleby adds:
Then tell him 70 come over 10 the Oracle
lighthouse. where III be with q sprained knee
so" Sfh f BE- az the sP Go aaSi az sa has T. T. s Where I ex-
p psett to s re up this dso broken, arm o. mine With
And to the hospital I went.
NOW. I had scarcely, Settled with the agent
before g somebody was brought in and put in
whisperin', You've won'the bet, Bob L saw at
once that. he was Sawdust Bill.
Heavens and:earth!' says I. What are you
dom here?'
" It's a funny thing. Bob says he. but after
them three ,upsets and all the joltin' ,wesgot
from Ogden up It struck me that that box we
had aboard held candles. But it was giant, or
dynamite, just as the O2denraYent-6aid. For
soon as / got Off at the oflee uptown / pried
the lid on and took out a piece. The thing fell
out o my hand and hit the ground as soft-like
as a piece OF mud-buti It was dynamite after |
all. and I've got u shattered leg and only one
hand left to prove It.
We'll, by 'thunder,' says 7 1T was giant |
powder too. asVwellas InIians?,
" course. says .Sawdust Bill beth chuck
lin and Rroanin'. 'ion don't think. ID bet
mp on bein' murdered by Iniuns? No. It
was the giant i WIS barkin'. And 1 lost. Just
reach into my overalls pocket there and pay
Not me- I says. You can keep IT for hos
pltal expenses. For l had you beat anyhow. |
II you'd IA won you'd "a lost. or only made a 4
-of-as how is one dead man Hoin' to
collect. his bet on'n another? And you bet that
we'd all pull n'dead. But It was Rrmeanrt trick
to run In dynamite, on n feller and then bet on |
II you did tell EN- to 20 slow and iholler |
Look out" every time we tipped over
'COmpan ORDERS SAWS Rnwdust Bill, |
Rroanin' again. And then he rolled over and
to sleep as peaceful as a child"
WOOD MANTELS.
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