Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-21

Then they drifted around for year
or two and finally stranded high ana
dry in that dugout in the short grass,
l left her some money and went OF
the next morning. feeling mighty
chesty over the thought that ! had
helped some one out of the hole, but
] remembered the name of the town
and the bank and made Up my mind
some day l would break "Ven with
the cashier for robbing those people
of their home.
About a year later | was in n
little town in eastern Texas with a
couple of friends. l had business AZ
the bank, and as stepped in the
door it just struck me that was the
lad been touched and that the fellow
sitting at a desk behind the railing
was the one who turned the trick |
didn't like his looks anyhow. /
leaned over and Rocked at him for h
minute without speaking and finally
he looked up and snapped
"Well, young man, what do you
want?'
; You,' l said, and jumped over the
! railing, He was RATED and when |
told him to back himself up in a cor
ner and stay there, he minded like a
good boy and stood still while |
wasted valuable time telling him
what l knew of his misdeeds and fam.
lily history. | broken even on that
farm loan. By the time was
through with him in his institution
the town was popping pretty lively
ana the boys were yelling for me to
come on. Every blamed citizen of
, the hamlet and a few 'nesters' who
were rank outsiders felt privileged
10 take a crack at us, and one of the
boys was winged But we got him on
his horse and retreated in good order
I They were persistent bunch, and
we had to stop every little while and
kind of brush them back, but they
hung on till we got across Red river
and away. Another overland trip to
southern California was in order. and
soon / was again in western Texas,
/ this time with my friends, and we
I stopped at the same dugout over
night. The man was ct home and
didn't act as friendly as | thought
he ought to the man who had kept
the wolf from his door, but | never
thought anything of it, as we were
not a particularly pretty trio to look
at The next morning when we woke
and went to look after our horses
the man was gone. Well, we saddled
up right away, but almost before we
could mount there came a sheriff an l
whole posse comitatus, after us.
, There was some lively shooting AMI
the last thing / noticed was that
skunk who had piped us off standing
in the doorway of the dugout smoll.
ing peacefully. He was clearly a
non-combatant, coward as well as a
spy.
I I'VE had a running fight for 90
miles, but our horses were fresh and
the posse was mostly made up OF
'nesters, who don't like the smell OF
powder and we finally shock them off
and continued our interrupted jour
ney to California.
! I'm coming this way just once
more, / said when we made camp
that night, and I'm going to get that
ungrateful hound who have us away
"'Oh. Don't fret yourself replied
one OF the boys, he won't be there
| busted his hide as we rode away"
/ He paused and rolled a cigarette
with the deft touch of the true plains.
, man, lit it, inhaled the smoke deep
into his lungs with evident apprecia-
, ton and nonchalatly blew a curiously
involved series of nubulous blue
rings before he went on.
'Tngratitude always did crate on
me-" he continued, land I've always
, thought that hester got what was
coming to him. He's one illustration
of the saying that a mans sins will
find him out and-well, so am |. but
that's another story. City