Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-11

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stand for his gam and taxing a few
shots at some fHea who resented IL
ell, tae fact that E.arp Was MT
Ting it UP got t. 5ne ears Of a little
hve-foot eochneF member OF the Can
aca mounted police one of whose
duties it was to see that Dawson be-
havet itself New. carp didn't know
much about the Canada mounted
police and the naener of men who
compose it.
Therefore when he was interrupted
in Fhe gentle amusement of cleaning
out faro bank in Dawson one night
by this little chap coming up to him
! with request that he give hir7 his
gun, he opened his mouth and hiS
eyes very wide, sWcHa mighty round
Of oaths and asked the little fellow in
:lolns boots and cap if he wanted 20
visit hades at once or wait fen,
hours.
Earp was somewhat surprised
when the little fellow simply smiled
politely and said:
'1oE must give me the gun or
bury it. sir, and extended his hand for
Lee weapon.
carp swore some more, but no:
quite so eloquently, for all the while
the little man was smiling calmly in
his face. Finally, carp, clean fustered
by the situation pulled his gun from
his belt and fired it three times into
the ceiling, whereupon the little man,
still smiling said:
Now, you'll have tc oury it or III
nave to take 1t away from you, sir
Take my gun away from me!
roared carp.
Exactly said the little man. May.
Sc you doubt I'll do it. sir?'
"The witnesses of this colloouv did
not know what to expect from Earn,
but they knew what would happen
pretty soon If carp became defiant.
because in Dawson people know what
to expect from the Canadian mounted
police. They knew, too, that this lit
tie coclney had squelched every bad
man who had ever come into Dawson
and they didn't doubt that he would
attend to carp.
However, a crisis was averted by
Earp's putting his gun back into his
oelt and starting to leave the place
Just as he got to the door the police
man walked over and tapped him OF.
the shoulder.
81 beg your pardon, SIR he said
3ut If you come out with gXn in
sight tomorrow, shall nave to yke it
away from you
carp turned purple with rage, but
hn ho6 !1r+
fronted that politely smiling face. He
roared a few caths back at the amused
crowd in the gambling house, and then
went to the Golden Lion saloon, where
he took few drinks and proceeded ia
tell what he would do the next dav
when the cockney tried to take his
gun.
Why, III blow him full of holes.'
Ee said
YES said a listener, but when
you put hole in him you put a mole
in the British empire, which it will fill
with two men. II you kill them, four
will take their places. In the end.
carp, you will have the whole British
army here it necessary just to put yov
,ut Better let him alone
"The next day, carp, very sober and
very thoughtful, appeared on the
streets of Dawson in the store clothes
ne came to town with. Almost the
FIRST person he struck was the cock.
pey, who had evidently been waiting
for him, prepared to take his gun
away if he showed it. AS soon as he
saw carp he stepped up very politely
and said:
"'Thank you, sir and then turned
on his heel.
carp hasn't been deuce high as a
bad man in Dawson since that incl.
dent. incidentally, l might say, if he
had elected to mix it up with the
cockney he'd be sleeping under an
epitaph tonight; for Of all the real
tough men l ever saw, either for or
against law and order, those Can
ada mounted rf,1ica ara tho limit