The National tribune., 1904-08-11

which information they received in a sui
len sort OF way, as though they already
| saw from my looks or manner that they
would not probably have their own way
SO much In future as they had been
| used to.
Mr.. Lndley." / remarked in hearing of
all, Il have made arrangements with the
Captain, here, TO bring my own Assistant
wagon Master with me. l will be sorry
to throw your Assistant out of job. but
the Captain has promised to provide him
other employment, SO that he will not suf-
fer by the change. / will be here in the
morning after breakfast to take charge -
AS We walked back to the Quartermas-
ter's office. Lindley remarked,
| don't want to discourage you, Mr..
Ieck, but L think l ought to warn you
| that you have assumed the command of a
tough lot of men. Several of those fell
lows have the name of being desperate
men and man-killers. You may be used
to such fellows, and know how to man
age them but for my part l must confess
| there are several men in that outfit that
| | have been afraid to Offend There's old
Isaac Marshall. and his big son, Louie,
and Steve Foreman and John Smth-each
| OF whom are said to have killed q man
or two, and didn't want to be the next
victim for either of them"
tota Ihs ERE }gs sd where you made your mis-
allowed those fellows to find out that Won
would rather not have any trouble with
them, and they were going to keep you in
that way of thinking"
| That is" interjected Capt Thomas,
with more bluntness than had used, "they
soon found out that Lindley was afroid
of them, and by buster they have scared
him into letting them have their own way
in everything"
at is in my line of business to control
such fellows" l continued, without open
ly indorsng the Captains plain way of
putting 1t. we frequently find such men
not much of killer, I'm a pretty good
buffer. and in such affairs | find that q
stif bluff is all that is necessary | make
them believe at the start that / am going
TO be master, and l never let them lose
slght OF that idea. / keep them at dis
mlllarities. for. you know familiarity
breeds contempt the world over. | show
| them that l am thoroughly posted i'm nv
duties and theirs, and require them to
perform their work well and promptly
| carry good pistol and know how to use
ment than use-just to be fashionable, you
know-Just to put me on an equal footing
with other men who carry them When
I'm among people who don't carry arms
l don't want gun; but when I'm among
men who go armed find it's good plan
w NC thc Anu among these
rough fellows the fact of. mans having
n good revolver hung TO him will often
save him from being imposed upon"
Your heads level!' exclaimed the Can
tain. You've got that subject down fine
| believe you'll know how to handle those
fellows: but if you find it necessary tc
make an example OF some fellow, and xii
him, don't hesitate to do it. You shall
have no trouble about it. Or if you want
to put one in the guard house occasionally
or administer military punishment of any
kind, I'll arrange to have the guard in
structed and ready to take care of then
for vou."
"All right Captain, but don't antici
pate any serious trouble" And then we
parted.
! A WAGON BOSS AGAIN.
On going back to take charge of the
train in the morning, Lindley was there
ready to render me any assistance, or give
any information in his power. haG
brought one of my old teamsters, Simp
son, as my Assistant. / found that thu
SINNERS were all messing together insteaf
of being divided into convenient small
messcs; and they had also appropriated
the Wagon Bosss tent, as Iindley haG
allowed them to do-he having been mess
ing and staying with Capt Thomas.
l told the men, what many Of them al
ready knew. that the tent was for the
Boss, and the Transfers place was with
his wagon; and directed them to gather
up their stuff and go to their places.
also informed them that a. soon as ration