The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-05-23
10 10 Albgd & H0IhgVMl for Vhlmlk Pumps and TnVMt
EDITOR OF THE TOMAHAwK.
fContinued from last issue. ]


sOnng.~
His last act Sunday before he went
% bed was to saw OF the barrel OF 9
shotgun and load the weapon with {
curious mixture OF slugs. He was not
IN expert with irearmsi he never a,f
ried a gun" and on q test shot y
probably would have missed the STA
OF barn as quickly as the next man.
but he kept thinking Of the girl. and
The more he thought the more method
ical his preparations.
He awoke the next morning to find
himself besieged. The store manager
from Sand Bluff had arrived with halt
a dozen cowboys prepared for any kind
OF ruthless sport. They shot the upper
half OF the shack full OF holes without
arousing the editor to a reply. and
then they announced that they intend
ed to hold him prisoner there unit
1880. at which time they would rvs
the shack, set 1t on fire. and shoot hin
down when he came out He heard
the declaration. He could see them.
could sweep with his eye the entire
street
He sat behind barrlcade with the
shotgun across his lap. He was most
carefully dressed and extraordinarily
calm for q man who had been under
fire for an hour or more. He drew at
his pipe with great composure and
studied the time ON the face Of the lit
tie alarm clock that stood ON a table
near him. The cowboys left two or
three OF their number on guard and
rode up the street after liquor. No one
interfered with them. The fact tha
they were from Sand Blum made their
word law in the lesser communities
Many grim jest they passed on the
final fate of the editor. and many an
assurance did the store manager give
that no id friend of the indian !
could live here"
Still, the editor held the fort through
the morning. and the cowboys toyed I
with him as terrier sometimes fools
with the mouse it means to kill
AT noon a big cloud Of dust rose on
the trail from Sand Bluff 1t was the
stage coming in. One of the editors
peepholes gave him such command OF
the street that he could see the ap-
proach Of the stage He noted that as
It was travelling Il should reach tn
Dostoffice in about fifteen minutes
really ahead of time. He got up, shooI
himself, walked to the back room.
looked at her" picture once, and then
carefully loosened the fastenings OF
MS front door He left the door SC
that II could be Instantly swung back.
Another glance out of the peephoIe
showed him the stage was entering the
own. 1t banged and ratified down the
ray to the pOstoffice, halted. and the
lrst passenger out was a tall, 1.-THE
'ouns woman of twenty-three or TO r.
Fhe editor saw her ask questions OF
- hCtANtu tntlI CURIOUS ReS-
lures toward his place, saw her start
or it.
The cowboys, headed by the store
manager, were in front of his office
preparing for their final charge. Hs
wung back his door quickly. stepped
'ut into the sunshine, swung up his
'un, and before his foes realized what
e was doing, so suddenly had he act.
d. gave the store manager and one of
is companions charges Of Hia I
'eapon. They fell from their saddles
he Others fled with volley OF shota
)r parting.
The editor staggered a little, then
lade for the girl. She held out her =
rms TO her. he his hands to her.
That's all yours. Kate" he said.
i'm little gasp in his throat Il
aited f-f-or you. Kate"
And then he was dead az her feet