The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-10
ARIZONA KICKLETS.
There Are Always Good Things Com
veaE ing Out of the West.

There Are Always Good Ih1ngD Conn
ing Out of the West
Giveadam Gulch was aroused from it's
slumbers the other night to see a sa-
loon and poker room damaged to the
extent of 5000 by the devouring ele-
let such an incident as that jump the
price of real estate.
Colonel Joe Tavlor is a cross eyed
man, but he never found it out, and his
friends never mentioned it until Tues
day last. when he fired fourteen bullets
at Chinaman and didn't hit within
rod of him.
The friends of man named Harper
are out in the direction of Wolf Creek
looking for him. 1t seems that he got
in front of a stampeding herd of TO-
600 steers the other day, and they ex-
pect to find enough remains to fill
pill box and hold an inquest on.
We haven't said anything about the
circulation of the Kicker for the last
four weeks. but advertisers can send
in their favors with the full assurance
that the figures are crowding the bill
lion mark very closely. There are
times when we hesitate to lie as to ex-
Mr.. A. NJ Tyler. SINISTER lawyer
whom we have denounced in these col
aAliiS OAl SCvcId4 OSCdSlJIlSs SIllcIcA Jul
office the other day and got the drop
on us and secured our promise to an
nounce our belief that he Is entirely
worthy of public confidence as law
yer and that all stories affecting his
reputation as a gentleman are base
canards. While we made this promise
under compulsion, we carry it out just
the same.
On Sunday we mounted our running
mule and rode out to commune with
nature We had just got fairly to com
muning when six of the cowboys from
the ranch struck our trail and ran US
three miles to cover. They had a rope
with them which had been properly
soaped for doing our business, aud we
were only saved by the speed of our
mule.
In an article published three or four
weeks ago we eulogized Columbus for
his discovery of America, and all our
readers seemed to agree with US except
old Tom Williams, the wolf hunter.
He read it and got jealous. and the
other day he came down from the hills
to say that he would damage US if we
didn't put him on top the heap. 1t is
with pleasure that we announce that old
with more bears and sent more panthers
into eternity than Christopher Column
bus could count up in week; also that
G. C.. couldn't have held a candle to
bucking broncho.
Certain people in this town. jealous of
our rise in the, world and anxious to
| witness our downfall, have sent COM
| plants to Washington about our playing
poker and being postmaster at the same
time. Last week an inspector arrived
here to Investigate the matter. He sat
down to a game of poker with us, and
| inside of two hours he was dead broke
and had to borrow money of us to get
| down to Prescott He will, as he as
| sured us, report to the postmaster gen.
| erai that our way of holding up an ace
| and king and making the biggest full
house in the deck Is worthy of imitation
| by every postmaster in the United
| States and cannot fail to better the pos
| tai service at large.
| We are preparing a lecture on Plu-
tarch. his life. and adventures from
his birth to his death, and will be ready
to deliver it anywhere within fifty miles
of the Gulch by Sept. 1. Our charge
win be $25, and we agree to give more
for the money than any other lecturer
| on the boards. In case Of our being in
/ jured by the audience we pay our own
hospital expenses, and in case we are
overtaken and lynched after the lecture
our heirs and assigns will raise no row
| and make no attempt to collect dam
| ages. We look out for ourself and guar
antee straight goods, and If we cant
stir up an interest in old Plutarch in
| Iu1S territory we won lay the plane or
| anybody elSe's shoulders.
We can't expect always to get the bes
of an argument and have learned to submit
gracefully when Providence seems to be OF
| the other fellows side Monday last SIM
Lee, q Chinaman about whom we had {
joke the week before, caught US unarmef
| on Apache avenue and put his gun at eul
chin and made US hold up our hands ana
stunt to his satisfaction and hold n.
grudge against him.
If Mrs. George jackson has not ru1
away from her husband, as we stated las
week, then it is horse on us, and w
tender her and her husband our humbles
apologies and our deepest sympathies a
the same time. Whenever we find our
selves mistaken we are always cheerful,
willing to set matters right.
Monday last we had close shave at tn
hands of stranger from Tucson. We wer
| sauntering down Apache avenue withou
our guns when he stepped out on us an
n we to ss
prayer. We couldn't have done it in 6
minutes, and it was fortunate for us tina
George Swift turned the corner and she
the stranger In the right leg The fellow
is in the hospital and doing well, but re
is reason to think that the late hot wealth
| er may have affected his brain.
| ciety leaders of Giveadam Gulch, is writ
ing book and we cheerfulIy insert one Q
i
us there no hope?" asked F1tzwilliaM
| after a long silence.
Positively none'' replied Hesteria a
she looked at him with tears in her eyes
Father says he would rather see me dea
than married to you.
| "'But we can die together"
Eyes; let us die together.'
Eyes: let US de-
Come"
And he rose up from the log on whic
| they were sitting. extended his hand t
| her, and in silence and with broken heart
| they walked toward the precipice. In te
| minutes they stood on its brink.
I'VE will enter the golden gates togeth
| err" he said as he took her in his arms.
Yes. together" she replied.
Then they sprang outward into spac
| and went down, down down, a distanc
| of ten feet. where they brought up on
| feather bed which had been carried
| that spot by the last cyclone. After alighi
ing they looked at each other. long, nI
gering, never-to-be-forgotten look an
. | Hesterda went home and Fitzwiiliam RI
!. | turned to the coalyard office. They neve
, met again.-(Ccpyrisht, 1902, by c.