The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-14

leave town in thc mo-nin for the
Stotcs. ain't ycrg Yer wou't b'ah
word ~ what ton scr. vial ycrl
Yer looks Ike a squar man. stranger
an D guess I can trust yer Yer see.
- the first place. stranger. our preach
er was crsr grit 60 the backbone. lie
had n mighty hard tmc 90 convert us
sinners Why. we used Co go up 70 the
Ola church p'ny poker. drink an cut
MP generally while he was cNh0rtin'
OF as. but De was ciar Evit. stranger.
an rs soon as hc secd that arsguin'
with as Wouldn't couvart as. hut we
went GA iiay.n' poker an got wuSs am
wuss. he jest fixed up 10Y war one meet.
i'm ni-lt am Same rcady for business.
Instead OF opcniu' the meetiu' with
pra'ar. as usual the fust thin- he did
was 20 whip ont "a SIX shooter an blaze
away at Three Fingered jacks hat
that was huns up on The wall opposite
him. an I'm bc seaipcd IL Dc didn't put
those six plu-s I'M a spice that YOU
could cover with "a four bit piccc ON the
crown of that hat
STRANGER. lll hc Scailcd III we didn't
fine the church .v,r, ,,,., ON Ms ,v,th.
I'M SIX month. arf tn.t a-a There =
no r,ar,, lsu.l.ai-. crran in tho die.
sims than we've -ot ON VS. YER
wants o. know af,srf the i,,ort..a..e hft.
I'M. WAL yer Sue. arter we'd rot CON
verified IN. prc..h.f ST. tn work 10
build "a hl.-.-gr AM f.tf.r church huila.
iu. Now. oar di..iu.s ,gsru.t paurfn.
out very well am nt.- nrc..ets ,v.ro
scarce. hut w, ma.ar.a to chin i'm
cnnu-.h e. start tli,. NOW church Tnt,-
hcr was So au fired dear am hulain.
stun -incrallv th,t v.e lad to finally
raise money hv a ninrt.a.., mn. whom
the lu!lin' ,.ss done, h vyns covered
by a prcttv stecp ni.ne.t
On. sunday fha nres.h.r t,,t- his
trxt fr,m tho p1l, an ..i,-;.,. .,,, ~,
ishad mn his sifr,on Dow win. tf,t hs
,,r.efel . ,iSir from ill.,. is.n.p r.,t
sunday mn. h. ,c.,iI r.s.. o.. hove an,
MORTGAGE pai5 on ~ tl.nt s.r,ir. no
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mn fhero on Finn, ar,. ,..f, ,.er o,,. 3D..
/ hin in silenc. no t..,.i-. ,,r,. ,,..
Bic inns lavont l,,t mas, ..f ms ,c.,,if
have made "A nr,ttv -,-.r.fi, .-,,,.s
After we'd rode ltr.lr rar en-, i,o,,r f2i.
Jim called halt tei,fn. MS we. h,l 4,
rob tho Pacific ,vt~ees .l,.f ,-,. d,,,
I through the hil. euf nt ,.f..r- - .,..io.,l.
F He said we vrsrri'f =. sho,t d, l-in ami,
10 scare nm .-n,. ra.n ,,.. ,r as am,
positions. two for tho ,D-,-a.r am
fireman. three 60 make tt, pa~.,ncc.-~
ante up an the rest to do Tie shnot,n'
I'm the mir.
We tied our horses conveniently an
took our positions in The cr-f. Biz Jim
with "a red lantern To s-on the cxpress
Now. we'd AN been ussd FOB this kind OF
business before we'd lot conVurtcd
an kuowed list what % 10.
Tie express came rumnun' along an
stopped as soon as she seed the red
light IL was sich "a Surnrisa 90 the
usdumen-they hadn't been robbed in
a long time-that everything worked
slick. an there warn't amy shootin
back nc US. THE three men appointed
90 DO the hoidu up went through the
passengers. AN they an autcd IN
mighty ohlisin' 'ccpuu' one big. aeshy
party with bald head an glasses
lie asked II this was civilized coun
try an said he'd have the sheriff artcs
US mn wanted 10 nult Bia Jim. but 4
likely young lady that seemed TO be
his dlrter cooled him down an mad,
him come up with the dust. AFTER we
had made 'em all ante we left IA,
train 20. On countin' over the dust
we found we had plenty o. Hft tho
mortgage. Next day when the rob
berry was made known we was The fuSi
I 20 form n posse TO hunt down the rob.
bcrs. but they We're never caught sun
I day we were ali in our places en- church
early an had put the stuff 10 settI,
the mortgage on the pulpit so tho
preacher would see it fust thing be
fore he commenced the sarvice. We
all wore billed shirts an were dressed