Waterbury Democrat., 1902-09-18
Obe Tanning of a Terror By FRANK B. WEIGH

1 AdAsys duu tI was SN1OcuG 1IOun tue way the leading citizens of the sage brush town were limiting around that something would soon be doing Buck was a bunch of badness from the bush and he had thrown chills through the town from the first hour of his arrival He started in by exploiting himself as cataclismic concentration of cussed- ness with the hairy side out, and he had managed to make good the bluff in one way or another, although there hao been nobody to the fore as yet who packed sand enough to go straight against his game. There had been sey- eral hardy persons in the community who were red-raw in their comments on his conduct, but they were quickly converted to the belief that they were pushing in when it wasn't their turn. Tansy talked tersely to them. punctuating his remarks with forty four-caiber astonishers, and the de- cision was in his favor. There was not a man in town who would not have cheerfully clipped in his services toward the conversion of Tansy's husky hulk into fertihzing material, but none of them were advertising his inclination very extensively. Every man Jack of them passed whenit came to make the first play for undying fame. With singular similarity they one and all switched for the under brush when Tansy's arrival was even suspected. ''Mr. Tansy" was always welcomed with the delighted mitt whenever he felt called upon to honor the town center with his presence. That .smeasly wolff was the highest compliment handed out for him in his absence. Commerce and industry waited upon the coming and going of the King-pin of the commonwealth, and trade and traffic hung suspended upon the peg of his convenience. Plots and plans iAnumerable with Tansy as the decadent issue had been laid. hatched-and buried. Hooting, toot- fng terrors with chile-con-carve think words came, saw and subsided on first tete-a-tete with this main guy of the sage patch.
 This was the state of things when one June evening Ferdy Plunker fol lowed his cigarette into the midst of an indignant crowd at the tavern door. He had dropped off a west-bound train to canvass the dry goods trade of the town for an eastern house. His habil- aments were what 1night be considered uproarious in a quiet community, and when the Locovillians got sight of him they stood agape and staring. Some were disposed to make light of the ap- partition, venturing odds as to the na- ture of it, etc Ferdy caught some of the cute comments at his epense, but Souehsafed the gang nothing more than blank stare and puff of ciga- rette smoke He followed his grips into the chuck-house and proceeded to thicken up with the head shower of the biscuit, an easy thing for any one with the price in his apparel.
 The visitation took the public mind off of Tansy for awhile, but not for long, as that worthy happened along in the wake of the tenderfoot. His arrival was the signal for general dis persal of the indignation meeting in his honor, but not before resolution had been passed to take steps to abate the nuisance. Those who remained were pointedly invited by the object of their displeasure to wet their muzzles with him, an invitation that was as good as accepted when issued.
 While the gang were washing down their disrespect for the terrible Tansy, Ferdy chaneed upon them in the bar room. His entrance caused hush to fall upon the boozy bunch. Atsight.of him Tansy nearly swallowed his glass, ls ir,a d. ment.
 Great Gulliver! Whats that?" he roared, pointing to Ferdy. "Hey, there. Jocko, where's your eager"
 Ferdy without so much as a glance at the grinning Tansy sauntered slow ly up to the bar and ordered soda pop. As the bottle touched the bar bullet from Tansy's revolver shivered it, spraying Ferdy with glass and soda Heres the kind of pop you want, 5, said Tansy poking the muzzle of the gun under the, patrician proboscis of the complaeentF Ferdy, who manifested nothing more than polite surprise at the intrusion.
 "I say, old. chap" said he, as he mopped his face with his scented hand kerchief, twill you kindly sneak off somewhere and lie down for awhile and keep quiet?'
 'Well, you cheeky chimpanzeei'' yelled Tansy in amazement; then with hilarious hoot he turned to the men saying: Flows that for pluck, eh boys? He's one of those story book tenderfeet that come out west here and kill off the bad men. Ow-wow- wowI kiddy, but you're brave. You're brave enough to drink with me. Dave" to the barkeep, 'shand out that black bottle with the broken lip. That's the stuff that'lI curl your hair, boy. Fill Ter upl'
 Not my time O day for boozerine, old fellow; beg to be omitted this time''
 "Fill Ter up, Jocko!" roared Tansy, with tornadoes in his tones and four ish of his gun. Fill Ter up there and hist Ter in quick, or out you go to my cemetery. I'll plant you perpendicular in post hole, you little popinjay, if you don't remember your manners and drink when gentleman invites you"
 Ferdy filled his glass to the rim with the alacrity of one thirsting for