The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-06-13
THE WEAPON
or DAVID


won't Farm nothln' except how 10 play
games. Them athletics takes all the
students time nowadays
There are wus things N athletics.
Seems TO me I'D ruther have my boy
git strong than git rarnin'. though
they're both good. 1 knowedAa Teller
onet that got his start in the world
from baseball practice. While he was
In college he KEEP up his l'arnIn.. but
KEEP up the athletics too. When he got
out into the world he found himself In
fix where the l'arnin' wouldn't "a
been no use without the athletics.
This was tae way OF 1t:
when lived out in Nevada 1t was
mighty rough country. Gamblin'
an mlnln' was the two perfeshlous,
gamblln' bein' considered tile more re-
spectacle OF the two. There was two
or three lanyers. doctors an sich IKE
in the place an n few editors. Nike
Gallagher was runnin' the Diamond
Drill newspaper an tryin, to establish
It by fearless course. he was al
ways attnckin' the worthless. an this
way he got the support of the thrifty
But be had to do a good deal of ightin'
an wouldn't have nobody In his en-
ploy that couldn't shoot. One day
young man Just out O. college came
along and asked for position.
Young man. said Gallagher, the
positions are all vacant just now. The
managing editor was Killed last week.
an the local will be buried tomorrow.
For the next few weeks there'll be
pretty hot work for any one that takes
hold on the paper, for we're bound to
run the men that shot 'em out O. the
town. Can you shootT
mo said the young Teller. 4 never
had any practice
well, then, | reckon I'll have to
give the position to the next appli-
can't
The young Teller thought a spell.
then he said: 4 can throw straight
enough. was pitcher for the univer-
slty team and was counted the best
pitcher the nine ever had
THE young man had the edication,
though the next applicant knew how to
fan the hammer and all quick shoot
In tricks, but i'arnin' WINS out of his
line. Gallagher TUX the college man
and set him to work at onct.
'The next mornln' there was siz-
zlln' article referrin' to a certain man
who had shot the local editor. go;a'
over his past history like a barrow
over a field. Backlog, yagaboat
drunkard, murderer, was the terr,s
used. Soon as the Teller saw the arti.
Gle be went TO the Drill Office. climbed
the stairs, and the first thing the new
employee saw was the muzzle Of a
cooked revolver comm through the
door. The next thing was an arm and
the next mans body. or course they
was comm mighty quick, but not too
quick for the editor He caught Up nm
iron inkstand and. jest as the mans
face showed within the door, let ay.
takin' him plumb In the temple.
.'Well. the next mornin' there was an
obituary In the paper reconntin' the cir
cumstance and warnin' the man who
had killed the managln' editor ths.
enough OF his record was known at the
Drill Office TO land him In jail. When
the new editor met him on the street
that afternoon the foiler was a-comin'
out OF the Metropolitan gamblln' sa
loon with two reyolvers strapped to
his hips. The editor had his pockets
full of stones and, seem his enemy
reachin' for his gun. got out two
FOUNDER rock and landed 1t In the mid.
die of his forehead. The teller dropped
like lead, but got of with conclusion
Of the brain. When be got well be was
warned by the committee to light out.
and he lit.
"But the end hadn't come yet The
toughs didn't like the idea of new
teller comm in with what they consld-
cred barbarous way OF 6ghtIn, so
one of 'em-the meanest. low lived cuss
In the territory--glye out that lie was
goin' 10 down the editor with the old
fashioned weapon-the revolver The
next day the newspaper man was walk
in along the street when he heard n
sharp cry. Look outv He had TO do
a pretty quick job OF thlnkln'. which
was this way: Not seein' an enemy in
'front.' he concluded there was one be-
hind and bullet was comm right of.
lie wheeled like fash, takin' stone
from his pocket rs he turned. got his
eye on man bringin' revolver to
bear on him aud put a stone right
bg'in the weapon. knockln' it twenty
feet away. Before the Teller could
draw ag'ln the editor sent another
stone that broke his jaw. This ended
tie scrimmage.
THE fact that the editor set an ex-
ample Of goiu' about unarmed-stones
wasn't considered arms-had lne ef.
feet on the community. The best clti
Eens declared that carryin' of weapons
wasn't necessary or civilized, and the
committee posted notice for all to
dlsarm. Any man that was caught
with weapons on him would be shot
down in his tracks. The Diamond
Drills circulation increased, and as ne
town became safe and respectable trad,
ers came IN and advertisements flooded
the paper.
THAT was the way the young gradu-
ate got his start in life. and reckon