Evening star., 1901-07-27
T URNiNG THE TABLES

4ne5 recent mix-up at one or the New
York beach fesorts Between an alderman
and bad man from the west named Rat
tlesnake Pete, who was decorated all over
with big guns ana bowie knives and things
like that at the time Of the fight, but who
had to stand for a frst-rate punching at
the hands of the tenderfoot, all the same.
reminds me of bad man and tenderfoot
incident Of which I was a witness in the
southwest" said an official connected with
the geological survey the other night.
Il was in the smoker of Saata Fe
train. going through New Mexico. one day
in the latter eighties, when Jack Bradshaw,
who was then one of the real terrors of the
southwest, climbed aboard the car. He
was drunk, ugly and whimsical. He
Whooped like ghost dancer when he en-
last seat, next to the water cooler. He had
hardly sat down before he yanked out one
or his guns and fired shot out of the open
window. and when the dozen and odd
denly, thinking Of train robbers, and faced
the rear Of the car, they saw Bradshaw,
wild-eyed from rum, standing in the middle
OF the aisle and brandfshing both of his
guns.
That's right yelled Bradshaw, seeing
them all standing. That's what you ought
Z ha done when I first come in here.
Everybodys got to stand up when show
up They amt no use hesitatin' or chewin'
tn blanket about it--they just got to. Hey,
you tinhorn up in the corner there'-I was
sitting with my back to him in one Of the
forward seats, and as I was the only one
who hadn't stood up knew that he was
addressing me-'git UP and make your sa-
laam right quick or in half a minnit tn
cinders from tn choo-choo hoss up in
front'n be blowin' right through you.'
i turned around in my seat without get
ting up and Bradshaw saw my face. I'd
known him off and on for a good many
q nd hnd 1Y1n cd n ItvV,c
before he became known as bad man.
oh, that's all right. podner,' he said
when he saw me, I didn't know who all
you was. But you git into tn mex car SOS
not TO mix me up none while l toy along
with this bunch O. jumpers for awhile
knew there was no use trying to talk
TO Bradshaw while he was in such shape,
and so l got up and walked aft to the
platform l was not any part of a gun man
myself, and l knew Bradshaw for one of
the most dangerous men in the territories,
especially when he had liquor aboard, and
l was pretty glad of the immunity
AS l stepped onto the platform several
or the men In the smoker, no doubt fancy
Ing the Bradshaw was an ordinary drunk,
such as frequently travel short hauls down
that way, began to resume their seats. But
they were no sooner seated than Bradshaw
was In the middle Of the aisle again with
below.
Who give you people permission, he
paWled, to squat yet awhile?' and bing-
the ears OF four men up in front that Brad
shaw had picked out as the first offenders
in the sitting down business.
ana don't you talk. either continued
braosnaW. l never could nachully abide
nayin people talkin' round where 1 am
!. KIN do all tn talkin. Just think and let
1t go at that
1T might seem queer that they all shut
drunken border ruffian ordered them to do
SO, but 1t wasn't little bit queer. They
all saw the kind of an edge the bully had
on them. and they all wanted to see their
iolks at nome once more, l reckon
Shortly after this enforced silence fell
on the car, young chap who wore eys-
glasses, and who was stoop-shouldered and
IL rIam-i9oking LILO king got up from his seat and
shaw's gun barely nicked the youths left
ear before he had taken two steps.
~ son; demanded Bradshaw. where you
all goin', dye think?
To get drink of water respond,d tho
youth with the glasses, suikily, feeling Of
his nicked ear.
You are, hey? said the ruffian. Don't
you d,, biieve We nothin. like that: You're goin'
ana you're goin' t. drink it without hattin'
q eye, or you'll drink hot Lead and Brad
snaw passed over to the young fellow a
pint pint. mask ask. OF villainous whisky that was
with the glasses had nothing to do but to
put the bottle to his lips and drink the
stun: He shuddered a lot over II. hut he
nasnai nnal,y got 1t down, and then Bradshaw
OF the cooler and to pass to the next car
Ihe frail-looking chap felt the effect OF
the whisky he had been compelled to drink
a,m9st amos nln Immediately, and it gave him SO
the next car, cut the bell rope at both ends.
Winding the rope around his arm. and
sneaked up behind Bradshaw in the car he
mac nae Just ~ ,s vacated. Bradshaw was sitting
asleep. The tenderfoot suddenly snranr
Forward and threw the rope around his
neck ana pulled 1t taut with a Jerk, and
the swift kick in the stomach that Brad
Jarring that both Of his guns, that had
been resting In his lap while he Illuminated
on further mischief, were jolted onto the
h hoor OF In, 1ne car. Then all hands in the car
hopped Bradshaw at once and in less than
a minute he was securely triced up, with
his arms firmly bound. and the loose ends
or the rope neatly tied in many knots to
the seat. Then the tenderfoot-by this time
nearly as drunk as the ruffian from the
whisky that had been forced on him
turned the next seat over. deposited him
seif there comfortably gave a preliminary
'Ahem! grinned around and began malkine
an address to Bradshaw, who was choxin1
with wrath as well as with the rope. You'd
never nave thought that a tenderfoot could
possess such vocabulary as that youth
with the eyeglasses slammed at the bad
man. He just went ahead, easy like, and
called Bradshaw all the things that mean
death and burial down in the country
through which the train was passing. ana
al! hands in the car cheered him to the
echo and encouraged him to keep on. He
took glass Of water to relieve his hoarse-
ness and began all over again on Brad
shaw. The bad man foamed at the mouth.
but he had to stand for it. The tenderfoot
was still cussing the ruff1an back to the
forty-second generation when the train
pulled into Santa Fe. Then the tenderfoot
lifted the ice cooler up in his arms, re-
moved the cover and deliberately poured
the contents, ice and ALL on top of Brad
shaw's head. just to keep him from getting
excited when he was turned loose the ten
derfoot remarked. with a cheerful grin.
1T took four brawny Santa Fe GODS to
get Bradshaw to the calaboose when they
united him, and during the performance
the tenderfoot stood by with his hands in
his pockets and continued to say startling
ly derogatory things right to the face Of
the tethered bad man.
The whole job was as complete turn
ing OF the tables as ever / saw, and II
never would have happened that way had
not the bad red liquor which the bad man
forced upon the tenderfoot served to rem
der him reckless instead of helpless"
Hospitals I'm Cities.
From American Medicine.