CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-04-14


tinet voice very deliberately. pausing
before almost every word II WI
easy work for the sleepy stenosrnpher
Il understand. / don't want to e.,
OF my head again before l finish II
II were only for myself should tell
You nothing. because II am to leave
l should like 1t better II no one were
punished. But that's a bad communi
ty over there. They are eyerlastingl,
worrying our people. They've alwnys
been bother to us. and it's time II
was stopped for good. don't believe
very much in punishment. but you
can't do a great deal of reforming with
the Crossroaders unless you catch them
young. before they're weaned. They
wean them on whisky. you know. |
realize you needn't have sworn me for
me to tell you this
Horner and Smith had started at the
mention OF the Crossroads. but they
subdued their calculations. while Mr.
Barrett looked as IL he had known II.
OF course. The room was still. save
for the dim voice and the soft tran.
scribIngs OF the stylographic pen.
II left Judge Briscoe's and went west
and ! stepped under the tree for shell
ter. There was man on the other
side of the fence-Bob Skillet. He
was carrying his gown and hood-i
suppose IL was that-on his arm. Then
I saw two others little farther east
in the middle OF the road. think
they had followed me from the Bris-
Goes or near there. They had their
foolish rcgalia on. as all the others
had. There was plenty of lightning
to see, The two In the road were sim
ply standing there in the rain looking
at me through the eyeholes In their
masks knew there were others
plenty-but | thought they were com
ing from behind me-thc west.
Il wanted TO get home-the court
house yard was good enough for me
so started east toward town. pass
ed the two gentlemen. and one fell
down as ! went by him. but the other
fired shot as signal. and | got his
hood on hts face for II. stopped
long enough. and II was Force John
son. know him well. Then ran.
and they followed A little ahead Of
me saw six or eight OF them spread
across the road. | knew I'd have a
time getting through. so ! jumped the
'eh'e TO cu' across ,ne he'os w III
swarm "t thetn' IL hno faineu mem
Just "h're ]uinfeu- SET m! pach
70 inc renee put one OF inc ieiiows IN
the rond leaned over and smashed my
mead m ra,ner-wi'h the putt OF a
gun, ! believe. I came out from the
fence and they made little circle
around me no one shiu any 'nIhg.
saw tnes haa ropes ana saphhss' ano
uiuh want thh' eAac."- 80 went
IN 10 tnen, so' eooa many mashs
IN before IL was over. ana ! can swear
10 quite number BESIDES those told
YOU
lie NAMED tue men Slowly ana care
'uiiy Then he went on; Il think they
gave up the notion OF whipping. we
sii go, INTO punch ana tney couiont
get clear TO shoot without hitting some
OF their own and there was a lot OF
rouging aud kicking. one fellow near
" got my lett eye, and ] tricd 10 teal
him apart. and he screamed a good
deal once or twice ! Thought might
get away. but somebody hammered me
over the mead ana race again. ana got
dizzy. and then they all Jumped away
from me suddenly. and BOD skiilet'
stepped up and-and shot me he
waited Tor hurry OF lightning, ana
was slow tumbiing down. Some one
else hred n shotgun. think, can't be
sure. about the same lime from the
side, ] tried to get up. but ! couidn T.
and then they got together Tor con
suliation. The man ! had hurt didn't
recognize bim-camc and looked nt me-
IL" was nursing himself all over nnd
si1aned. and laughed. think; ai any
rate my arm was lying stretched out