The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-01-10

lou -il iNifNcND II run you OUT
like a Wolf" he said 70 scartace Boyd.
the Laredo bully Ana scarface lid
git Old Haushroueh, the toss,
drunkard Invoked his doom by refus
ing to leave table IN the Echo saloon
one night when Gadsoe wanted TO sn.
tertain two friends at the same table.
The marshal didn't wait for explara-
tions. on the contrary. he hardly gave
Iansbrough time TO measure the dis
tonce to the door. but shot him who' q
ne sat and after the drgnkard was or
the floor emptied his Colt into the do
hant one That made a stir in Flag
stone and some were bold enough &C.
hint that Gadsoe was bully and ever
coward There was another hiai
but tho marshal proved that Hans
lrouah hal made a motion for H.
gun" and there was another acqultta
After that there was no stoppr
Bunk RE lored IL tc a degree tSo
terrified all classes of men He boas
rd openly of his prowess and itr
larger tribute to the saloons, gand
sorts and dance halls. Gu the 81
e., p-ovcc lon his SUN was out. anu
his method OF enrorauIns what he un.
defstood as the law oa a high plano
was a terror to the daring and a dis.
grace to the gentle. When Captain
Callaway and ten rangers came down
from Jolla to round UP the smuggias
above Flagstone, Gadsoe looked the
band over With a naughty eye and de.
clared;
They amt fust-class man amors
EN-.
But il was Willis Pierson, the dud,
OF Callaway's troop, that "rlled" Gad.
soc tue most rhe rangers circulated
all right-quiet fellows most Of them
but mol .dy expected trouble between
them and the marshal till the later
and willis Pierson sat in at the same
wheel one night, and while Gsdsoe lOst
continually on large bets, the dude
ranger won necessarily on small ones
Cash EN-. Carroll" sneered Gadsoe
At last with leer at 'ierson. q kaint
win settin next to no French doll
Pierson looked up, 5lushed and laid
bis chips on the spot vacated by Cad
soc.
Take them cheap bones out O. ny
graveyard" snarled the marshal.
hitching round so that his pistol was
easy, and with his left hand sweeping
away the stack Of white chips.
Beg pardon, Colonel Gadsoe." suiiu.
ed the ranger in voice like a W..
mans; Il thought you were through,
who the HI cares what sou
thought?" sneered Gadsoe. rising. Wy
I'm very sorry. resumed the polite
man of Callaways lroop, also rising
while the players all snickered at what
they regarded as the little fellows
lady-like cowardlce. But the latter
kept step with Gadsoo as he stalked
away. and when they got near the
doorway said Colonel, will you
kindly let me have a match2"
Gadsoe, fattered with his triumph
and with the dudes humiliation, hand
ed out match Pierson took it with
many thanks, and sweeping it across
the leg OF his corduroys as TO light It.
whipped out his revolver and held 4
glistening at the nose Of Bunk Gauge.
you bone-pieking buzzard," he said,
smiling, too, like girl, you come
with me-"
The crowd. gathering one by one,
saw the sudden change OF the situation
and followed as Gadsoe. the gun level
ed at his ear. skunk out of the Buckci
Of Blood. A few PAGES behind Troop
9r Willis Pierson they followed ihf
pair TO the onice of the Flagstone
Herald and lingering on the sidewalk
they watched old Gudsoe walk up to
the counter and take a pencil He
wrote for five minutes, paid the editor
something, and at intervals turned 70
look into the muzzlc - Persons gun
And the next day they an under
stood, for on the front page Of the Iei-
aid was this card;
Il hereby humbly apologize TO W1n1
Pierson. Texas ranger Heis a gentle
man and ] am low down cur