The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-18

tuck is measure. TIL old Tucson bank was
down that time on ConTr"-S street, an alter
that's good place 1 make KILN. So he
writes to Tom Twrndv-thnts g brolhnr over
IN Benson-to come 0crost an help 'nm with
~ )" Tom come, al! right. Least he start,d .r9m
Henson. hut hef'ry he gets tJere Somethln
Hassnyampa ur in ia" taia!nas struck big
pocket in prospect hole he WIS rihn!n,. an .
pectors he comes down town { bank IL. std
'a!cA4eh'in, 1t In cans undGr : iiIcp'ngr. 49,,
strike an how this ola Nussbnck has saltcd
nigh burro load "A dust inter til bank. Lem
hears along = ~ rest an he fHnr"s Us too
t clean ou, tn bank sinGie-handcd. thout
waiMti Tin, G,G G"T cana ~, On -, ro,d an,
picked ,ip a mighty likely l0okin' bronco with a
fine saddle. BIT h-in' n tn town hadn't tuck
ieIier Is a stranger there wqrnt no close
investigation male. when Lem. he says IA how
he bought tn h rse out on tn nidgo 'atown an
that tn, other man changed his mind an
~" Balm summer, business were mighty slack
bout n middle "a tn day. Long bout that
hour there was sure not y" more'n two clerks
in tn bank, ma "a. ! OF that. 1t was roulette
chances thcro wou,lnt be 40 customers there
figured { ride his new horse down / tn bank,
oh ac I'M M ya" Ht
his horse an capt 9ut,n town H.. ,r :,
ned a Gr sSpsn' &6Sn he d RS wy III
bank there wern't but one clerk there an no,
body else. 1t were, hot enough in tn street >
there wernt no people in sight, Everything
might II gone of nice an eaSy Of Il hndn been
hs s"rs IL tank big
black cat elonEing I tn bank layin' there In
tn shade. guess that eat 'spicons somcthin'
sptcful as Lem passed him an Twecdy. bein'
sort n nervous an irritable. beside bein as
an lifts IN eat out inter tn, middle ath street;
Then he goes in an drops his gu, on tn,
starts nllin, HIS saddlebags with coin But
while he's dom. that an, the tomcat IS sort a
c col hsseIt out il tn middle "a tn street
bou browns bun pup; m ,6u!! pup had been
in, with Caribou takin'n drink in tn Fashion
tn .lat door Just in time I see tn tom cut or.
as i were. from his base a supplies; Bein, a
ness fer KILN cats, an he, made a dead set fer
| tn tom tn tom. bc in shut on from his own
cmbSbie in in reach, what does this fool cat do
but make q runnin shoot an light atop a Lem
"As say. III horse were a bit bronco. an
! guess III cat must a stuck a claw er two inter
him when it landed Anyhow tn, 9rone lit
come bcarin' down on him, all sails set An
! he landed tn terrier back in tn Fashion snloun
| through tn transom. Nachery, when tn horse
kicked tn tOmrat lust mOrttscd all four feet
inter his rumr an h"lt on, an tn pony lit out
down tn street, clean stampeded.
| outn tn bank with his sadd!ebags full a dust
| in one hand an his gun in tn other Just as
| luck would have il. old Brown comes cavortin'
outn' tn saloon acrost tn way with gun in
| his I'm Iookin fer tn man that had mishand-
| lin his pup.
Lem sees Brown an tn gun. an he nacher-
| " thinks tn towns dropped onto him he
| uni climbers his artillery at tn old man. tryin' t
! dodge round tn corner at tn same time.
Brown don't know what tn game il. but seem
| hand dealt him sits in an wings Lem on
| general principles before he gets under cover.
! Didn't Kill him, though, an tn barkeep comes
| chasn' out with n sawed-otr shotgun. an tn
popuIace strs itself out with miscellaneous
| collection a hardware. an. LENS horse bein'
| gone. they gathers him in.
| Tom Tweedy got in from Benson next day
| Just in time to see tn health authorities takin
| Lem down from street lamp where he's been
| nctin' as a decoration all night"