The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-15

and it was me that turned back a
stampedint herd of 10000 cattle over
IN the Coco valley month ago. How
sumever. don't nobody run away. In
size I'm the biggest human critter west
of the Mississippi river. but as fur sand
I hainFt got a pinch
AT this iuncture. said the court.
.saH the terrors left in town folds thar
tents and starts fur Lone Pine while
the bad men walks solff1y around and
makes ready to bolt when the critical
mint arrives. Two more free drinks
warns the stranger up till his smile
takes IN everything fur a mile around.
and then he naps his arms and goes
o-z
If I'm harmless. why do I carry
these guns and knives around with
me3 Jest bekase I met a crItter who
wanted to trade EN- fur my cayuse and
git outer the kentry. and I did it to
obleege him It was me that skeert
Jim TavIor and his gang outer Cow
City. but l never pulled a gun to do
it. Jest one yell did the bizness. If
one of 'em had stood up to me 1 should
hev run like wolf. I'm goin' to git
of one o. my yelIs here purity soon. but
nobody needn't be afeared- It's all
noise and no sand to foIler it up. I'D
gin heap if I was dangerous, but I
can't he
sThat's the way Blood-Red Jim kent II
Sandy Bend had shivers. 1t may be asked
agin whar this court was2 This court re
piieS tnat ne was tend1n MS own bar il
the Red Dog saloon and gIvin' the stran-
ger plenty of rope. Purity soon. ii was gin
orally believed that the time was nigh az
hand when the big man would turn loose
and one arter another of the crowd went
into hIdiH' till only cowboy was left
asleep in his chair in the Dead Shot sa-
loon The big man helped himself TO a
drink. and then standin' in the door he
yelled a yell which was heard three miles
away and taken fur the roar of the ava
Ianehe- When that yell echoed and rum
bled uo and down the streets the bad
men tumbled over each other to git fur
ther away, and this court don't mind say
in that he felt chill go over him That
yell brung the sleepin' cowboy to his feet
with Jump. and arter Tubbin' his eyes
and IoolZin about a bit he asks of the
. Who's a-doin' of this vellin', and
It's me yeiIin'. and my objeck is to
skeer folks
I'd be glad to obleege but I've got to
keep on yeilin' fur a hull hour. Wit
.'Feller- cftizens'' said the judge. with
something like a frog in his throat. al
of US know who that cowboy is and what
he did His name is Jim Peters and he
takes that holy terror by the ear and
him in and shets the door on him. The
terror don't resist no nore'n a little
him. It was Jest as he said He was all
brag and bluff with no sand, but that yell
of his had driven 200 of our esteemed citi-
i've got him here before me fur trial.
and I'm goin' to be honest and admit that
I wish he got away. I'm faeIi1' that our
reputashun has suffered, and that we
haint looking each other in the face as
bold as we orter. I can't blame the kuss
for maxim the most of his size and voice.
and I can't blame any of you fur not
wantfn' to be sent over the divide. It
seems to me to be about an even thing
and I'm gofn to decide accordingly.
The big terror with his big voice will
be taken out and kicked fur half an hour
by all the Chinymen in town, and the rest
of US will be fined 3 apiece fur thinkin'
ne was a devil of a terror when he was
only a burned kyote. Thar's my coin. and
I want to see the rest Of you cum down
without any fussin'. and if the Chinynen
don't kick hard huff well bring up three
or four mules to do the bizness. That ;
all. and this court now stands adjourned
and won't make no record of this case on
the docket-not by burned sight.s'-
+ Copyright. 1903. by c. B. Lewis)