The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-24
HOW IT WIS @ONE
By A. A. BeckWith.


"eHl anu disgust III Il DurSt or OathS
| and reyilings. NO man shall keep a
hotel with nothing to drink in it In
these partsn' he said. IF you don't
have liquor, and good liquor, too, the
next time 1 call, won't leave a whole
dish or Il whole bone here," And as a
fOretaste of what he would do he
kicked over the table and smashed
three or four chairs by way of leave
taking.
With such n customer on their hands
it is little wonder that our young
friends felt very i'll at ease. Still they
We're bold men, and We're determined
not to be bullied into keeping rum; so
they went about their business as
usual.
Nothing further was seen of Walker
for two weeks, when one morning
while Charles was getting breakfast
Gilbert having gone out to look after
the cattle. The first hint that Charles
had of his visitors presence was an
other volley of shots at their sign
board.
This time Clate had shot the second
letter to pieces. 1t was apparently
his way of knocking. Immediately af-
ter he kicked the door open.
Under these circumstances it is not
very strange that Charles stepped out
of Il back door It about this time and
Went behind the corral. from whence
he heard Walker firing repeatedly and
great smashing inside. When at
length the desperate had taken his de-
parture it was found that he had made
Il complete wreck of the crockery and
furniture. and in the grocery room he
had helped himself to tobacco and
emptied his revolver ut the kerosene
barrel, which, tapped in half a dozen
places, was deluging the floor
shall not undertake to say what
the duty Of my young friends was;
whether they should have resisted the
outrage and defended their property
at the risk of their lives or moved
away from so dangerous neighbor-
hood. What they did was to get out
of sight whenever they saw Walker
| coming, and let him do his worst 1t
CHANGED that after a time a second
cousin of my young friends came
West to see them. II $ name was
f'orney. and he was then II student at
the military academy at West Point.
He dropped i'll upon the Small broth
ers quite unexpectedly one afternoon,
| and 1t is needless to say that they
| were very glad to see him, and that
they passed a very pleasant evening.
Nothing was said about Walker, for
! Gilbert and Charles, having an hon
est pride i'll their ranch. We're 10th to
let Lieutenant FOrncy know how bad
| ly they We're off i'll respect to neigh
| borS. The desperate happened to
| come along, however, the very next
! morning.
Charles and Forncy We're sitting in
the dining-room when Gilbert came
rushing i'll, having seen the gam bier
coming up the road.
| "Oid Clatc Walkers coming he ex.
claimed. Put out at the back door
Charles lcaped to his feet but our
young West Pointer rose more leisure
| ly.
who in the dickens is old Clate
Walker?' he asked.
"A regular border terror! A desper
ado! a Killer exclaimed Gilbert.
Hes likely to shoot any one of us 1T
sight! Come on
What. Run from your own house?"
! said Forney. surprised. why, what
hold has this fellow on you?"
"NO hold whatever; but he's n dead
shot and a doubie-dyed murderer"
cried Charles. You don't know him
as we do. Come along with us auC
get out OF his way"
Not :" exclaimed t'orney. who per
! Inn oh n
was at stake. Take your two guns
and stand ready in the kitchen. IL
stop here aud see Mr.. Walker
He hurriedly took his revolver from
his overcoat pocket then stepped tC
| the window behind the desk on the
| counter.
With his customary oath. the gamb
| Ter and dead shot kicked open the door
and STROBE in. The young lieutenant
! sat on the high stool behind the desk
apparently reading the newspaper He
did not look up
Hello, you sneak shouted Walk
er. Where are the tender kids that
keeps this temperance hotel?''
Il think they've gone out to hide, ::
said Forney, carelessly turning his
paper. ''Thcy said there was n man.
eater, regular anthropophagus, com.
ing, aud they Were going TO hide some.
where
Walker stared.
Well Well" he ripped out. "If YOU
amt the freshest kid I've struck in