The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-30


with art he had boots built to At his small
| feet at a cost of $50 pair and one OF his Mex
| lean hats heavily trimmed with gold. was APP
| praised at $3.50.
Ths Re nn P%a heS
! knew each other by hearsay. and there could
| be but ono result Of the meeting. They drank
! together and took cigars together and had
another drink and squared of for a talk. each
leaning on elbow on the counter and noticing
every movement Of finger. From the, first it
seemed that Fishers personality had a de-
pressing effect upon Lopgley, Something
or understand was tuEging at his hcartstrnGs.
, and as the apparently purposeess CONVERSE
tion went on he grew whittier and winter under
The test test would cor cos and he did not feel HIM
self fitted for Il He hi. had often 1esired the
ton to his reputation to come from Fishers
death. The opportunity was at hand and he
"Wc H. he he said at last in weak effort to
s,pve Of the final moment. let's have an
The The liquor was served. and as he reached for
his glass his hand shook At that moment
Fisher grabbed him by his yellow mnstach;
around Loneley faced him Tor moment
stammerng. but made no motion to draw his
I asG boM appsa h twe
the room The barkeeper had duckcd under
the counter and two or three loungers had
SnS T.bsS re,GS.d hat KP ~
cowed wretchs coat took his six shooter from
its scabbard. extracted the cartridges. threw the
weapon on the counter i and called to the bar,
this here! Its the great Bill Longleys pistol
! He drank the pint OF champagne slowly, looked
! keeper offered Longley the pistol. but he would
not take it, saytng that he was not man enough 1
, horse. weanonless and headed eastward lie
! went back to the Sabine country and a year
| later was hanged for murder.
KING Eiehpr owned "A ranch in I'yDlIp county
and it was Just thirty miles from his front door
to the border town OF Eagle Pass, then con,
mile eopih OF it. Three miles west q Fishers
ran by his front door; the other ran two miles
| to the rear of his home MAXI considerable
the rG oyk Fshe afnR SonrG fs on Se
bearing the legend: Take the Right Hand
load! The, Other is King Fishers Road" For
! uvade and Dimmitt counties who travelled
tha That, route o to go two miles out OF his his way
| probably death. nor was there any one, of this
hardy frontier population bold, enough to bell
thu cat A. Az hs tine it Vas Fshrs
midday and dash down the principal street
| firing six-shooter with each hand and yell;
over the town doors and windowblinds could
be heard banging to as MERCHANTS, saloon
! obey the mandate In fifteen minutes after
! the desperate rufflans arrival the town would
b silent thG tomb 61 Snd te
! barman to open. drink his fiji. issue a permits:
sion for the resumption OF business and
! did twenty times and was never scratched.
One night in an Eagle Pass monte room. his
table. Finally he made some remark reflect
| ing upon the honesty Of the dealer. Sitting
F.tuS S E vino came M ra@ p nd S Nnnn
Without q word Manuel rosn, drew dagger,
| pressed The noint of II against the apple in
hnr ..l,tf
| his hand. forced him to arise. backed him
through the, door to the sidewalk, dsarmeq
leave town. and saw that he did it. All of the
! time he was pouring upon Fisher every OBJ
and snr5nss Of H annSbs Of NOV With 5A
He cringed instead, like a beaten hound.
water and run away from him. He, said after
ward pcturesuuely that there wasn't anything
il" never again attempted to close UP Eagle
Pass at midday. He never fired a shot 10 anger
to his a Hs Seeamc
proved singularly efficient in bunting down
panions. and was killed along with Ben Thomp-
sson in Jack Harris,s theatre in San Antonio in
Manuel Estrada. forsakins, monte for the
lied gang Of freebooters and stabished his
headquarters on the Mexican side Of the river
twenty miles below ola fOrt fWell, Tex. Here
| for time he lived merry life and cleared
money. 1t was his. custom to come into Texas.
gather fifty head Of cows. run them across the
PURCHASERS ' II" task Of sItsrnr the brands,
and come, back again. Often he made Htrip a
given good deal Tor his scalp. To him came
one rahlin9 Coy. apparently Mexican rustler
state o. F fexS4 and S s
Hangers. Gov was with Manuel Tor month
and learned all that he cared to know Of the
panied him on stealing expedition to this
State, left him canned one night near the
Hangers thirty miles away. reported progress
and started to rcJoin Manuel next day at noon
an @nd 2cdr
to capture or kill the freebooter that night
Near sunset they we're riding IN chapaTral
in singIc. NE with coy in front; The, were
which does much ttavell ing. They came, to a
place where mesquite tree had blown down
hf the bh end f" Of this sa se As
started around it they were met by Manuel
SHmng at hand galTPP The meeting was
glimpse OF Qurino and Victor behind Coy
and knew ,H. n the tnous9 na part Of J.,
scky .nallor under his yellow SIX IN. and bis
Wnchs est csrbinc Under his rsht Knee, He
throw " r. his arms: For the flrst and onl,
him and submerged him. He said only in .
tone OF reproach; ''Oh. Pabino. cabron =
Mexican is very bitter opprobrium. indeed
Then Coy shot him in the breast. and Quirinc
and Victor. in order to take n hand and he able
to report good work to their Captain. shot hin
also. The question now is: OF whom is Coy
afraid and when will he meet him
All ~ which goes to prove. aS Hank Moore
says. that no man can he game as a game
cock. which will fight anywhere and all tn,
time and anything or any body.
HUMAN LIGHT GIVERS