The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-10-31
DOCTOR TURBIN, 1903 Randolph St., Chicago, Ill.,


"Say! Those fellers wat smooth
faced, easy-lookin' chaps, butIhey sure
did know how to express their feelin's
under tn circumstances. Their re-
marks kinder worked tn boys up, too.
Hadn't been an excitement incamp fer
some time N tn gang went right,otf ON
a rampage fer want of somethin' bet
ter / do, loaded up guns, filed up on
whisky n big talk, n started out like
all sin dead bent fer lynchin' party.
'Bein' an officer of the Law at the
time, 4 KEEP it on my mind t preserve
law N order'n recover tn lost prop
erty. j knew ,dern well though twas
no use buckin' against a lot of half
crazy gaLoots like them when they've
got Ticker in 'em, an an idea in their
heads so tight you couldn't chop it out
with an AK. So off went TIL whole
bunch; me with 'en. Had t. laugh, too,
t. think of eatchin' that thing with
bosses. They he'd oil enough aboard,
'cordin' to tn owners { go so mile
straight. i mentioned tn fact L one
of tn boys who was a little sobersr
than tn rest
That's all right seq he, how
bout Goose creek?'
Gee seq !. that's SO. Can't cross
there with that. It's been runnin' high
this week. No goin' 'cross country,
either on them spider wheels
Pretty soon we begun t axe III rise
bout a mile this side O. the creek. On
top of the knoll we could take view
clean to the bank. Way down there in
the middle of the road was the ma
chine, standing still just above where
the road dips to the ford. Somebody
was fussing round ii. We knew il was
the machine count of the sun dazzles
shinin' on III nickel parts. Then tn
boys let out yell an hit up tn pace
for fair. little nearer they began to
shoot more t scare tn cuss than fer
anythin' else But ii didn't scare him.
He jumps in, pulls tn levers n goes
down slow over tn bank and out Of
sight. Then he was safe as gopher
in hole fer tn time bein'
Everybody pulls up just ont o.
range, because you'll see there was no
tellin' when lead might be comm over
tn bank in chunks. The game was
sure freed, an the boys went at him
kinder careful, havin' him cinched as
they tho't. We gets into tn bus hes an
covers tn road an tn ford with our
guns. Horny Bill and Dave Smith
sneaks down stream little ways from
tn bank n lays quiet. Then every
body waits awhile. cussin' bit an
sweatin' like tn devil
"Of suddint up pops Winchester
over tn bank. He lets fly six times up
tn road, hit er miss, an by good luck
1T was miss. Then he lodges down.
"'Piute Bill!' we all yelIs as we sees
his ugly jaw just over tn bank. SO il
was, the skunk. In a minute tn ma
chine begins I chug n gurgle down
there. Twas queer il he was startin
up, fer tn creek was full high an rush
in at gait over. But Bill an Dave
from behind tree down tn shore lets
out wi oop an begins shootin'. Then
we jumps out t see tn fun. The fool
was sittil' in tn seat with lariat
round his waist, one end tied { tn
wagon body, an steerin' her straight
into deep water.
"Of course, tn dern thing didn't foat
but she was 50 heavy she run right
down inter tn water an disappeared
under, runnin' along tn bottom. Bill
he stays on top an it pulls him along
like fish ON line. Funny? Lord,
how we did howl! We was laughin' So
hard an most of US was so unsartin'-
handed from tn booze that not man
could shoot straight enough t pop tn
hoater. So there was tn machine get