The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-16
ii FN'C Fl 0DFMFNT M AW0AzEMnALAAEzS STORY X
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BY ALFRED HENRY LEWIS.

weepon some 20 make good my p'siticn.
But it's never meant for that pastor! When
I'm taikin' TO him. 70 prevail On him to
come along, an that gun in my hand at
the time, I does sort o make references to
him with the mUzzle. But he needn't go
gettln' hirthscicd an timid over it; thars
shore pCthin' hostile meautt
"'EnriGht explains TO hin satisfcctry.'
gays Boggs. An as you urges, II con :
mean rothIr'. Folks on the brink ot beiu'
married that away. gets 50 exyooberant II
comes mighty near the same as bein' To-
coed
Well says the oinfeather party. who's
been stackin' up a dus,-cioUd where some
Cre's gauopiu' along about three miles over
on the trail towards Tucson, II I'm any dab
at q guess, that's your infuriated paw pi-
roCtiu' along over youGsr. an Te batter ger
these matrimonial hobbies On without FUR
Their unreasonable delays. That old muir
derer would plug me; an no more hes tatio1
than II I'm q coyote. But once I'm mover
I'd into p's..iJn as his sJu-iu-law. this yere
fe-lin' Of kinship mighty likely o?'rates 10
stay his hand. Elood's thicker than water
an I'm In q hurry to get r@elated Z "A0'S
lot to your paw
But Enricht has his notions Of what's
proper. He suggests then. services oe y
iavef ontjl old Glegg gets IN. Meanwhile
he dispatches Jack Moore an DaH boHss
as z Eyard Of honor 10 lead old Giegs 70
our trystin' place in the MOO YORK store.
IAN the frs. thing you-all do, JACK
says Enright - Jack an Dan rides away
you get that Cutca5ts guns
1T Amt no more'n time FOR one orhk
when Jack an Dan comes sursa up in
company with this yere Glegg- Hes a helce.
gray old gent with a eye lk a woli.' jest
before he arrives. ElTiEht advises the PIN
feather person an the bride Alloy 20 go
camp in the rar room. so the sadcen slsh'
OF 'em won't exasp'Tate this parent G4ess
10 madness.
'whstever's the meainln' % this we're
ooucourse?' demands Old GIesg. as he comes
into the Nos York store. an pinun' 70
where Poets an Texas en- Cherokee Han.
along with Enright. is sort o caInped
about: an why does these outlaws yers
he indicates Dan an Ja~ck-'denoode me OF
my hardware. I'd Ike to know
These yere gents, says Enright, IS
q quorum OF that respectable body known
as the wolfvil!e Strangers. otherwise a Wig
lance Committee; an your guns was got
so az TO reaooce the chances o, hangil'
you-ths same bein' some abundant mach
eral-to z minimum. Now. who be you?
Also, what's your little game?
My names Benjamin Glegg,' respond.
old GlecE. I owns the Sunffower brand an
ranch. As fo- my game: thar's n member
OF my family escapes this mornin'-coInss
stampecin' over yere. / orderstands-an'
! III III AAS Sd-haC at0 -
Gents concloods old Giegg. an he displays
emotion. Tn simply 4 harassed parent on
the trail OF his Grant offspring
Then Enright makes Old GIegg a long.
soft talk. an seeks to lmboc him with
ca'mness. He relates how Abby an the
pinfeather sport do,es on each other; an
c~ounsels old Giesg not to go pesterin' In
with roode objections to the wsddin.'
(which 1 says this as your friend re-
marks Enright.
Its as the Scripter says replies Gleeg.
who's Modified a lot. it's as the. good book
says: A soft answer turnath away wrat,.
More speshuily when the opP'sition's got
your guns. I begins TO see things different.
still. l hates TO lose my abby that away.
Since my old woman dies. Abby. gents,
has been the world an all to me-
us YOUR wife dead?' asks Enright, Ike
he sympathizss
tShorer says old Glegg. Been out an
gone these two years. She's with them cher
uoim in glory. But folks. you oughter seen
her TO Understand my loss Five years ago
we has a ranch over back OF the Tres Her
manas. by the Mexico line. The Injun:
used 20 go lopin' by our ranch. Moth an
| south, all the time. You-an recalls wher
| they pays twenty-five dollars for skelps II
| Tucson7 My wife's that thrifty them days