The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-04

drinking more or less During the day
be was introduced to a~youhg .Mfss6drian,
Mr.. Howell t
This smart young man acknowledged
the introduction by saying: "'Oh, I've
heard of Mr.. Curry He's the man that
won't let anybodyaspeak to his best girl
not a very model girl either ~
Curry looked him over a moment and
then asked very quietly Are you
armed?' NO" hastily answered the i'll,
hammered young man. Then" said Jim.
IN give YOU half an hour to heel your
sell. II l see you after that will kill
YOU like a rat. l onfy give you this
chance because l am not the legally quail
1fled fool-kiiler." He strobe away ''-
Howell. heated by liquor, got brave and
IN spite of his friends bought pistol and
proposed to do a little b1ufriig on his own
account. In time Curry. saw him ana
approaching him CURLY inquired. Did,
You heel yourself?" ''Ya-as" was the
stammering reply. oblfgrngfyi showing the
handle of revolver. Curry affected to
believe this a motive to draw So quick
as FASH his own weapon was drawn
and fired. Howell seriously wounded.
was taken East on the first train and a
week or so later died at his house
Howell had friends and they c1amored
Tor the punishment Of the murderer AT.
ter this affair Curry gave up his engine.
for the daily trips took him into the land
OF writS and sheriffS. He became a loi-
terer and whisky driniEer at Hays. He
now watched Ida May day and night with
Jealous eye. 1t was dangerous for even
her oldest and best friends to speak to
her in his absence.
Now comes the saddest page in ali +his
tragic history. An undergraduate of
great college, tempted by the access Of
tered by the new railroad, came on q visit
TO Hays City during long vacation. He
was a promising youth, under -twenty-one.
the son of wealthy Hebrew parents at
LedVenworth-people of social and com
mercIal Importance. The boy, carried
away with the novelty, plunged into the
peculiar vices of the place with all the
ardor OF youth. Every night found him
at the dance hall, dancing, throwing away
his money on the games. One night Ida
May entered for a few minutes, escorted
by Curry. The visiting youth at once.
demanded an Introduction, but failed to
recognize either in name OF. the Innocent
looking girl the famous Ida May whose
acquaintance had proved fatal to so many
men. She declined dancing, but did it
with so much grace and sweetness that
the boy fell as helplessly in love with
her as had the many before him. 1t was
too late when he found that this was
really the queen of murderers'" herself
He refused to believe i'll of her and even
sought to rescue her from her surround
ings, as has been the fashion with gen
erous and passionate youngsters ever
since the days of Cain and Abel. Friends
seeing the danger, tried to get him to go
home, but he would not leave her. The
woman knew all this and, perhaps, was
touched by his devotion, though she had
met him but once or twice before At
any rate she wrote him a brief note beg
n for he tn
made him more obstinate than ever
At this juncture the devil himself must
have inspired Jim Curry to go buffalo
hunting to the PaWnee Fork country
He was to be gone over week The
coast thus clear, the headstrong lover
practically took up his residence at the
wonans house, while the latter believed
she could persuade him to leave town
before the ex-engineer returned.
The end came swiftly and sure. In four
days Curry returned He had no sus-
PIGEONS Of this boy having looked upon
him as little better than child. His trip
was failure for lack Of game only.
It was midnight. The visitor was In
bed and asleep in the woman's room She
was preparing to retire when she heard
knock at the door followed by a Won1an's
snaethered scream. She instantly knew
what had happened. She bolted the door,
Weakened the boy, and, in a passion OF
terror begged him to throw himself
from the window and run into the dark
ness. In her excitement she opened the
window and tried TO pull him toward 1t.
Before he was fully aware Of his danger
the door was burst open, Curry having
torn himself from the terrified woman
outside and flung himself against the
thin partition, breaking hinges and bolt.
Thus he found thenl-the man sitting
up in bed stupidity staring at the intruder.
With all the womanly instinct Of her ma
ture aroused for the protection OF the
helpless youth the slender girl sprang at
the burly ruf1ian and desperately strug-
gied for the loaded weapon. While he
laughed mookingly at her futile efforts,
concentrating all his strength into oaa