Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-05-11

into the back room of the saloon.
Most of the patrons of the place were
upstairs. trying to beat the faro lay
outs,
Hey, sis, said Freeman to the
| tenderfoot as soon as he got into the
room, you thump that thing purity
well, don't you? But there's one
| thing | never seen you do, an that's
rlay the piano an waltz at one an the
same time. Never teached you t. do
| that, did they? You ever seen him do
it, Chop% he asked his pal, turning
! to Pollock.
Not any, said Pollock But it
sounds as If it ought to work pretty
/ sood.
4 don't know how 1t 'ud work,
said Freeman, because | never seen it
! did. But | got a powerful hankerin'
! { see it. Sis, s'pose you heaye us
one o them doublin-up stunts I'm
a-talkin' about I've heearn you do
tn key punchin' end of ii; but
want some ballay with it, Go ahead,-
I don't danth, replied the tender
foot
Oh, yoth you do chimed in Pol
lock, initiating the tenderfoot's lisp.
You can danth all right. You got to
danth,
Il tLay you fellowth began the
| Participating tenderii66t, I m not feel
ing well tonight, and thith it'll no time
/ to-
'Danth' shouted both Freeman
and Pollock together suddenly pull
ing their guns, and both of the bull
les planted balls within an inch of
the tenderfoot's heels, the bullets Dor
ing through the soft pine floor.
'Algenon Montelair struck up On
the Beautiful Blue on the piano, at
the same time shutting his feet about
clumsily in time with the music His
gyrations tickled the two devils be-
mind him to the limit. They roared
out directions, and when the tender
foot's movements seemed to slacken
from WEAKNESS they put another
pair Of bullets through the floor close
10 his feet, and he went on with re-
newed energy. There were a number
of men in the front part of the saloon
who didn't like the thing a little bit
but they kept out Of it from motives
of prudence. The tenderfoot played
the waltz through and danced to it
| twice before his tormentors grew
, weary of the fun and let up on him by
walking up to the piano and bringing
their paws down on the keys together.
They had put away their guns.
" 'That'll do you, sis, said Freeman
/ knowed you could danth an you've
proved it. You danth like you were
born to it. Your mother must ha'
been ballay danther, or else
Freeman was walking toward the
front room with Pollock as he said
this.
q thay, you. called Tenderfoot
Algernon Montclair after him, in a
quiet tone of voice, and Freeman turn
ed around to see what the key puncher
wanted. As he did so he saw the ten
derfoot standing with his back to the
piano and a gun in each hand. n
were two almost simultaneous re-
ports, and both of Buck Freeman's
arms were broken close to the shout
ders. Chop Suey was quick on the
trigger, and he had his two guns ont
before the tenderfoots pair belched
forth a couple more flashes. Then
Pollocks twin guns fell to the floor
like so much junk Both Of his arms
were broken, too.
You dirty dogth, said the tender
foot to the two helpless DULLES, as
they stood and looked at him sayagely
with their shattered arms at their
sides, and then he walked over to
them and spat in their faces, one after
the other, Freeman gave a sudden
reach ont with his right boot as IL ia
trip the tenderfoot--his idea probably
being to get the piano player down
! and stamp the life out Of him-but the
:enderfoot, whose mild blue eyes were
now blazing, was too quick. He hop
ped back out Of reach like boxer
and with his right-hand gun he bored
, hole fair and plump through Buck
Freemans forehead Pollock begged
for his life like q cur, and the tender
foot, after looking him over doubtfully
! for a full minute gave it to him. He
took Chop Suey' by the back OF his
, shoulders and kicked him all the way
to tie front door, where he thrust him
across the wood pavement into the
gutter Then he got his hat and start.
ca out Meanwhile the whole crowd
from upstairs had come down, having
heard the shooting. They held the
tenderfoct up, and for ten minutes hC
had his hand shaken as II was prob.
ably never shaken before, and he
/, would have been blind paralyzed on
champagne that cost $12 bottle If be
! had consented 10 drink ii.
He walked up the street a couple
Of ploaks, when he met the night mar
shai. who had heard Of the shooting
and was on his way at a lope tc
Hardcsty's place. The piano player
surrendered himself to the night mar.
shall and was locked up over night IN
the calabOose. A corners Jury was