The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-14

l IlIN HTS u"A ''f'' M
last that they mnlc q hummlng noise. Ihe
Texans were a ~.uilslcss gang IN seeming, ~
invariably his 'ur'cs gu' ON q, uo 'Hi ~ n ur
POO Yards. " were sctougrd against the ran
Or were cut down n the, stretch. The Iehau
book makers regularly ,chlked w ms entries u,
100 10 / shots, and iubody fancied them AT tha,'
urlrc. The Texan crowd s danced along the ran,
lngS snd yelled IN staccato fashion M my utel
g~allorcrs hoprcd past Vow ana ,hrn " irHes
fudge came down from the stand, p,,hcd a letgn
moustache within three inches Oi Martin ia'a
and asked him II h" thought these here ,IiIc| 81
speed and indurun were pcd,str,un mn,rlr.,
slIb'" lilo could not get nc!t othcf o"hcfS
would drink With him. hut would not decker.
Why'd We let you in'" they querrd, not Win
GU, reason. "Wc'v We rot you beat 10 n I%,onsnmp-
| tive whisper, an, your moneys as god az any
| other Money" Martin logan at ,San, Anionlb
and ended n, Fort worth, lie, had pulled 1"wh
ono purse II $40 for q mile and an eigm,h uasn,
Inc failed To start "'rhis," ne said To the i,,chey
With a WIN smile, "is not the dnch II lo"ks ftnni-
ho IL certain 10 hang his left hind hnni tchlnd his
END lin along anyhow" Tim 2is fiat,
Cheers and a salyo Of sin skaters from the granl
stand, where snt q committee from me IeAas
skuptschina, which hal come over rom the cap
III ,o inyesiiratc a railway and hold M the prcsi'
dent for . wine supper Martin paid ms locsey.
bolvh, him n ticket To New Orleans, and put ms
string u space Gryourers Into q pasture nteo9
,ents a head a month. You needn't lie skcered
any a. my hoys is goin' 10 use them crowhaits %
yourn" snid ,hs rsnsnm.n. as sR h. rghT' sa, mo mo-
nrSt mOnln \ lee III hINuH''' ~ "''
| COWS roun' here they could ketch u.,
| The victim, however, was resourcctrl ne had
$500 and his l0gsuge In luke Short taio
emporium he meta man who told him about White
buck Lake. II was eGry In December he
wrrts TO Chicago dealers, and contracted 10 deliver
them 800 pairs q ranvns'acks nt g 4 pan.
n, 3, rs a pair Naturally, he did. not expect 70
Kin 100 ducks, but his guiding adare had been
always, BET 'em high" Ais" he figured, IN MS
own "hG5Se EN-, on s", + ID "1 Pr r .nt finnish Them,
and The chicago people could have the remainder
II there uerc any renal d"r lie went To Calves
ton and chartered Ter 500 an 90 scht.hei v n,rn
men, Of sails and q rudGer that ~squeakct like a
rusty .hinged barn door. lIl she was u deep
draught and water tight ne packed hri hmi.
over IL. hired four shooters, who had become drunk
out Il season and consrNucruy discouraged, GOV
tg skiffs and i've tanks, engaged a negro COOK
laid in = large stock 4 pTuVls,n ms decoys, powder.
shot, wads. empty shells and n couple ~ loadlng
outfits. did not I tget three well filed Jugs i.r
rheumatism or snakes and set sail, dead broke
hut confident The weather v AZ as mild asthat nia
northern juno. the sea surface was only cIlnkled
and inc bluff bowed Last Chance driited do,vn
the coast happily. Martins men were as rough "
lot as could he found IN y Summer day march.
They had been run oil White Duck Lake the year
tc'1rr' and. when tod whittier they were bound,
grinned and said they were game. -,
The pnrty reached the lake In three DAYS, ana
came 10 anchor ut the end near to v hich Is BuiIelo
lawn. twas So c!,tc that they could hear pain
! Iy The snoring II the little tug on Its daily
runs The %schooner was $40 y1rls "u, It N m
and work began. Each morning MarUn ru"ed
two 4 the men Ia their blinds ana ne negro cox
rowcd the Other i%. Meelng AZ we nsIe Smiu =
tank. All day the five men shot An huur re-,
fore sunset gathering the game was begun ~
las ted often until after datk ON The second DAY.
jus; nt srnriSr, Martin had a visitor, a lnnky
native, with a gun, VIII haU,cd from the TANK
and wanted to talk. The chief went ashore alone
and asked him what he wanted. The fellow SEQ
that he wanted him to git cut an GIT u gitun
Martin punched him on the I. Sc, knocked HIM
down, jumped IN his face with his boot heels and
threw his gun into the lake Next morning hNe
81, them came and cursed the schuoner men fer helt
an hour. Martin had some wire cartridges i,adcd
With No 4 lie got into a tCst, rowed half way
10 the shore. STOPPED, rAve the mu77le a slight
elevation aud %pcppcred them That night a Win
chester bullet whiI1ri over the water from the
shore and buried itself in the mast 1t was n
warning,
In the morning Martin took up all Of HI; de.
ooys. kept his men on board and set sail for a
tour Of The like When he saw n tank with a
shooter in II he hove 10, t%rrrori7ed him with his
force, whacked him on the head with an oar,
a gun.mu2Elr or anything that came handy,
took his decoys and dead birds and sailed away
lie visited nearly Ill q them during the day and
that night he made a bonfire oi the captured DC,
coys, They .s"ut him a note by, ? very, small
black boy 1t bore q scrawlcd skull and cross
bones in purple p)keb-rry iuice and ,he line,
"yure B!ud Bee On ,iure He'd Signed sew
hluN IN mn sNfNl lt's HtHN " ~
Rambo. White Pearl, Molly Bawn and all the
rest q my skates rere, but they CAN'T beat me"
Leaving the negro cook on guard with %insruc.
tons 10 shoot any man in n beat who approached
the schooner and refused to stop. he took his four
aides and went 10 each camp. around the lakes
rim in turn. lie cursed item by the hair OF their
heads and the nails on their feet by the n,-mo-
res Of their fathers and mothers, by the blood
Of their SISTERS, their cousins and their auntS.
by Their gods, their affairs and their fires II"
told them that they were flea bitten, turkey trot-
tim a. -apllei pIReOp- tDed knock knPgt.
lie "addSS"dd' III gel away Wien the naF. fSi.s,
bl4nk-blank you, and III mud plaster you, blank,
THis was an taitcIrth0ught FrIey did notkuowi VIA,
he meant but there WAS thrtin Ms dark face which
told hem that he WAS strictly business \ ~,
said one Of them, W at you mean by piro"un,
'roun' an disturhtn' men watts tryin' trr 81.
q sleep" II a. settled it
Through all # the later days II December,
through January and February, the party was
undlSturbed The men were c~on'enied on .
dollar , dav, food aud ammunition They lived
on bacon tour coffee. r"4nrd FSS Fec II ana % wc,c
too precious 10 eat Each days XII was drawn
and thrown into the icy hold The trmpcralure
down there Was below freeing When the ht'e
tug was heard snoring up from the gulf the birds
were taken up without regard To the length IT
time they had lain. Zach II them were strapped
lightly 10 a sheet Of oiled paper and the shipment
forwarded it immcd atcly There were warm
spells wucn the shooting was bad There were
cold snaps When /, was good The men were all
expert ard wasted lutte ammunition They
moved their blinds from time 10 time ~ It became
necessary The local pOtters wanted 10 get
friendly after awhile hut Martin would have
nothing 30 do with them.
When the last flock Il canvasbacks rose from
tie Lake and s~Iirsllcd It's way upward in wide
swrcps, finally vanishing into the hay north,
the Old schooner was CASt loose from her winter
long muo:IrE and staggered back 10 Galveston
MarlH drew his drafts and pad of his men and
gave them each an honurarlum "h'cl b., called
bv the shorter name # Tin II" had filed his
New York contract, bur the Chicago dealers got
only 900 pairs. ANYHOW he took hls 81 atrS' uut
of pawn. frcightod iiCm To Chicago and got back