The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-12-05
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f HOItHL anu llltlu rs - Ut open war
with the rest o. the world It's the
middle classes that beats you. There
was one on 'em--the outlaws, | mean
that ! didn't want around, for he'd
carried things too far and there was
price set on his head. That was
Dandy Jim. Dandy Jim's head was
worth $1,000 to any man that could
git the drop on him.
! was always a-Ggurin' how | could
git him In a trap and git the reward.
There wasn't no use In tryin' to do the
Job in an ord nary way, for Jim was
as cool as cucumber and slicker II a
CREASED pole. I'd have to fix some
way o gittin a pint ahead. What |
wanted was confederate; some one to
do the shootin' while did the foolin'.
! One day n young woman come to my
| place and wanted to work IN my store.
tole her didn't want a woman, but
| she said she'd work for her board. and
after talkin' TO my wife about IT | en-
gagged her. She could do most any
thing, but she was handiest about
keepin' my accounts. She must "a
| been a schoolmarm, for one day she
took account o. stock and figured up
and told me 'xactly what ! was wo'th.
''If | could git Dandy jim" | said
to her, "and turn him In dead or alive
| I'd be wo'th $1,000"
but they say Dandy Jim's a hard
man to take" she said.
"Maybe he'll come around here some
day and I'll try It,"
"How would you manage itT'
eff | know'd he was a-comin' I'd
post some un outside to cover him.
Then II he got the drop on me I'd sig
nal the outsider to shoot him"
"What kind OF signal would you
give7 He'd shoot you before you
| could make any signs
"Well he'd likely tell me to throw
up my hands, and that would be as
good n signal as any"
you're purity smart" she said II
| didn't give you credit for so much
sense
| One day the gal tole me that the
| stock was a-gittin low, and il she was
me she'd sell the balance and go and
lay In complete new outfit She was
sich n good business woman that l
did whatever she said, and | got up
"sale" and cleaned out everything. 1t
fetched just 81 200 in money, and with
this concluded TO put in the new out
At. The day before l went away | rode
out 10 collect debt of $50. | had a
safe In which l KEEP the $1,000 on
hand and didn't worry about it, for
none O the outlaws could open II and II
was too heavy for 'em to carry away
The ga tole me might g well leave
her the combinat ton In case any one
wanted any bills paid, but | was too
sharp for that. Not that doubted ner
honesty, but that some O. the outlaws
might come along and force her to
| open It,
Well, got my $50, and when was
a-ridin' up to the store | see the gal
a-comin' excitedlike TO meet me.
whats upy" says /.
-Dandy Jim's there watin' for you"
"Humph," says |. What's he goin'
| to DO with me? Kill me?"
"Oh, no; he won't kill YOU II you
! was dead, who'd open the safer"
IL see"
you might do what you said you
would If he came"
| What was that?'
"llave some one cover him when you
go in and when he tells you to throw
/ up your hands shoot him"
!
"Reckon I'll do. I'm as good shot
as any man
Well | posted her nj wiuder with
a ride right where she could see the
man. then | walked into the house auC
the room where Dandy Jim was asset.
tin. "Howdy, Jim" says "Howdy."
says he. "Jim." says |, There's $1,000
4 offered for you. Reckon | might as
well have it as any one" How you
goin' 10 git itT he answers Well
there's two ways. One Is dead and
the others alive-whjchevcr you pre-.
4 fer" Il prefer dead, says he, and
I considerin' I've got my hand on my
gun thinks It's you that's dead IN
trouble you To throw W your hands
Ell does that" | says, THE drops
on YOU seein' got pal posted out
side the wlndcr 10 shoot you as soon
as | raise an arm. II Is a signal"
( you're mighty smart" he says "lt'i
7 only takIn' time by the forcIock" says
l. who have you got outsidc:' "Oue
o the test shots in Arizona, though
uothiu but woman" Yes and
mighty smart Il she is woman"
How do you know thatf' because
she's my wife | sent her here 70 git
You 10 turn your stock into cash then
she sent Tor me 10 take it in" lis that
the game" asked cold chill runuin'
down Wy Suiuc You eau find out
he SAYS "fr youm throw up your
hands "IIl do 81" says l. "nnd Il
you're lytW yuuN pay for the deecp
lion With your life
With that | throwci uu both hands
and the gal instead O. >hootin comes
10 the wlnder griunin' and asks me II
that was the signal aud whether we
hadn't better wait spell and II II
wouldn't be cruel 70 shoot man in