The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-20
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McNam~. a SEATTLE. ~ho vas a United
state. Marshal In Washington ~hrn thsi
State wa a T-rri,wv. III Jim Purify we're
alive III lot lr'd hrDg Tracy In quick
enough. and alive. AZ dat.
.J,m purdy was Town Marshal 20 Walla
Nalla when that town was cragsy TO live
IN. lie kept the I-acc In NallA Walls pretty
veil, hut he earnest hiS paw. Washington
then was q great hidtig-out corner for
fugitive rad men.
-One Of them. a sheep herder. turned
rambler from pucateLo. drifted into Walla
WalA in kind II a hurry one day. furdy
knew Why this fellow, WHOSE name was Dan
Coetigan, had got nut ~ Idaho on the lop~.
and when Cost gan got in the two had a
bit Of a talk. Iur,ly told Coa gan that he
didn't intend To hotu,y him II he wa good
.'It's none ~ my business What YOU We
been doing down the line, even II 10 know
sbou, it, Purdy -Rid to The oad ,pan' 20
long a. YOU tchaNe hrre. But you've got
Co behave. Dan
.Cos,iyan said tina, he would -Four
DAYS later no got into a wrangie with a
barkecr.r and shot him. Not caring TO
tlhe ChanCrs on any gun lsf ""h ~"
Purdy. whom he knew to lie a dead shot,
Custigan liked for It.
1t was two months before PIrdy heard
that Cos,igan was over in II Waco, a settle
meat on Bakers Hay. a. the mouth Of the
Columbia River He oiled his guns and
started after Costigan.
THE first man he me, a. he got out OF the
spruce forest and on to the main street OF
II Waco was Dan Co-tigan. He saw Dan
first and could have KILLED him where he
stood with his hack turned. But this
wasn't Purdy. lie wanted u see II tostisan
would avail himself Of a chanc" 70 come
along easy like. 40 he hailed tostigan.
Hello, Dan. Jim called out, and Cost
gan wheeled about pretty sudden.
-CostiEan didn't go for his guns when
he cav Purdy. He Law that furty's guns
weren't out and. without exactly wanting
to open up proceedings, he probably felt
tina, he could go after his guns as quick
a. Purdy could get his artillery out, II the
lime for that came
Coming along. Dan' Pirdy inquired
As h. walked up to Cos,igan with his thumbs
In his belt strap
No. aid Costigan. I'm not
Better had, Dan. sad Purdy.
Nope aid Costlgan. Can't 500 II
.Puriv. | was told. looked disappointed. |
kind a. thought. Dan. he said. in a |
grieved s0r, # way, that you'd act ike l
You had some sens. and come along with
me
Nope. replied Cos,igan. shaking his
head Cant DO It. Jim, honest I'd
like 10 ublg' YOU. but Just uachully cant
49, II \
NJ right. said Purty. But I'm
a-goinR t. take ,uu back, Dan You
know that ! don't Like "a shoot a man UP
nome But a. ,uug A. yuu'r" honnd hpi 10
come along NICE and decent, why, Then. /
Dan. YOU want 90 louk out for me I'm
SUR a-going 20 TAX" YOU back a nun lot /
We'll, Won grt me, tht'- al. said Cos
tigan, ana Ia began 20 bach down "a" street
lite dldn so ''r u' guns ". kn'M |
that thai would - dangerous, AMI he felt Il
pretty surr 'la, Purdv wasn't going 20 get
he irons olf rRl' tusu - he Just kept i
on backing. Watching furGy narrowly /
Purdy iu-t stood With hs 'humh> IN his |
belt -irap and watched Cos'Igan hack
around ia" corner. |
Jim walked ~ the western end OF the /
settlement aud got a"'pumodations IA
the shack ol a POttugu-- salmon hshct- |
man. He knew hat LustiRan couIGn' +,
very wrn g. ou, Of II Waco. So he felt
pretty Easy
AFTER washing up at tho Portuguese
shack Jim walked down tu IA" main sire, |
to Ct a drink and 20 locate Cost gan iIriy |
found that Cost gan wa hurking ~ IN a
shack that be 4 fitted M down near the |
hav. and that he'd tsru picking up "A pretty
fair living since his advent IA u Waco lay |
ing Iokor with the salmon fishermen
.p,udy strullcd over 'n ~" shlsk that
was pointed uut % him - tcs'igan'~ II
was in IN" afternoon. along toward sun
down. Jim p~uuGNc! ou tuSugin : door
and Costigan wearing his gun u"It aud
two guns. opened r.
Come IN. said Ran. ard Purdy walked
In and ~at on IT, -ig" Of t"stigar'- bunk
'pan, sad rurdv, personal---very.. YOU
sure arr ac'ing IKE a luniJcr '"ndero.t.
ina fellow ,ug plugged lack IN Nal.a
Nalla t-nt t'ad W" wa-n'. anyway, |
when | len 20 come after vuu YOU'D
letter come along hack with me- nc" and
easy l. would Lur' nc q lot Il" ha," 20 !
60 hack without YOU. anyhow "uldn
think a. DOING hat, any way y.u pug. u
'Co-tigan only shook his hand stub
bornly.
for no money IT, not 80 much that N''i' |
Job in Nslla WalIh. but they'd b. along
after me far that work IN Ppcatello I'm
right comiurtahl" h'rr, ANYHOW ! run"
hate TO hav" YOU - back without m",
bu, you s.-' how I'm hy'd
All right. Dan. said PIrdv, and then |
they chattcd on other -uhl~.f- Tor a VhIl" |
BY thu time o. wa~ DARK, and Co-itcap
lt a candle. facing purtv all he rim" b"
was doing y. They m "a drink or two, |
and hen Jim 80" 20 60.
Well. goodnight. Dan. "" said, rising
from the bunk and stretching ~ ARM
There's not much going on ia this CAM |
and I hate 20 hang around herr. bu' III
h taking YOU acs IN a day or 80, Dan, |
and without shooting Won mp none, too, |
Ihopr'
wal. In pr"ttv comfnrabl" her |
goodnight, jim said Costigan, and |
then Purdv hacked 20 the door. urrued
n suddenly with hi- l"ft hand. dart.d uui
backward. slammed the door shut, tool
about four jump- n the ptchy darkncrs. |
and then 7ig-zagg,d 20 IA" left Of the trail
and cruuCh'd. |
1T wa a pretty good thing for Jim that
he did that. lie had no sooner -quatt"d
70 the left 81 VI" trail than 'ostiran'. door
suddenly opan"d. and Co-tigaD fired -four
shots for general results a. the middl"
Of tho trail, where jim might have leen
walking II hc hadn't La lsrn too old a
bird. Then Cu~riran slammed his door |
shut. holted II. and Pirdy got up and walked
down the trail 20 Town
He mad. ~ lie mind ihen. that. a.
Cosiigan had rc-n IT. Ia do him that wav,
he would taxi" IostIgan on the following
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