The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-12-28
Old Time KanSan
Recalls Frontier Experiences

death o. cold on a raw night Ike this
hey2 Beeause ef vou amt. you want
E be. seein' that I'm a-gning to-
Why He yever Finished.
"Hincune never had chance T..
finish tell what he was COINS to do.
there were two sharp gun cracks al
most together. and HinclITc fell dead
one bullet through lis right ling ano
3he other through his heart Reynolds
partner looked mystifed till he saw
Banks pull his smoking guns from out
the pockets of his sack coat lay them
on the bar aud then smother the FIRE
in both Innings with his sands When
REYNOLDS had sat down to his game
OF seven up he had removed his guns
from his rear pockets to the side pock-
cts Of hts side coat. because they in
terfered with the back Of his chair
lie knew. when Hiucliife got the drop
ON him thai the man was bad enoug
and more thal drunk enough to drill
him te the other side of the Big hi
vide # he made move ac az he
had his hands thrust IN his coat side
pockets when he appeared in the door
way, he was inspired To take advaut-
age Ct the situation to save mis- owr
life and the life Of hi partner
He got the thanIs of the town Tor
finishing HincHfe's evil days The
pocket shooting scheme struck Rey
nolds as heing a mighty good one for
a man H. a tight hole. and. as | said,
he employed it on several other ocea-
sions to put the llibosh on bad men
who cut his path while engaged in
shooting up the town It was the good
work that Reynolds did In uEofticlally
Kidding Abilene Of desperate charact-
ers that induced the orderly men OF
.he camp to urge him to take the job
OF night marshal
Encounters SpiT Pendletom
when Reynolds made his announce,
ment uron lscuming the office that he
Intended to run the town i.y fist per.
iuasion entirely. unless he found him
self in holes too deep to clint out OF
without the aid of his guns, hey all
thought he was only fooling. But. just
lhrec nights after ne went on the
night marshars beat. it was discovered
that he meant what he said.
"Un that light he dropped into Bull
Murnane's dance tent to take Look
around Thole was nothing in partic
ular going On there. only dozen
couples or so gyraiing around on the
hard packed clav floor to the music uf
an accordeou Reynolds stood in 4
corner talking 20 Murane for a bit
and then started &C. so out of the doo-
of the tent AS he dic so he almost
bumped into another mar just coming
M The other man was a big freighter
named SPIN Pendleton. not ad uaI.
when sober. but ve-y evil when drunk.
SPIN happened 20 be trunk on this oc-
casion. and he also had both Of his
guns in his hands he essayed 10 pass
around Reynolds 20 get into the door
Of tho tent. but Reynolds blocked his
way and permitted a distauce Of about
eight inches to separate him f"om
.'endleton
What YOU got on hand, Srif?' he
asked the big freighter.
~2endleton glared druhkenly at the
night marshsl
"'Well he rerlicd, while | don't ad.
nit that it. any o. Your d.---d bus
mess lon't mind say.n' that I'm hik
IN here 1 shoot up that sal with the
sky blue skirt hull lot fr bandin'
me tn douple c-oss. an ef YOU
~ wouldn't go in. SUN, put in
Reynolds. .nildly. stin standing only
twothirds OF foot away fCm the
man with the eAposeG Suns
"'who's runnin' this yerc iolnt2
Yelled Pend'eton Stand clear. you
SON Of skurk, or i1l---'
Interrupted His Remarks
well. REYNOLDS always did have a
great way OF breaking in on men be
fore hey had a chance 10 finish say
ing what they were going to do 20 him
sia saw that l'sndleton's hanos were
tightening on his guns as he spoke
rnd his iel; hand shot out like a
catapault and landed like piston rod
en- the dangerous mans wind. rhl
doabled Spin mp so that his head was
brought forward and downward, and.
when that happened Reynolds got him
clean on the point cf the jaw with his
right. Pendleton was down and ou,
tefore he had time q think What had
happened TO him and his suts wero
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