St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-09
evidently came from just outside th,

IL N bound fSr La Junta to drink
i the town dry and bust the bloonin'
bank, /" declared the voice, which had
/ q larger and more fanciful register
than a steam calliepe. II amt goin'
to spend a cent for car fare. own
the train; in fact, own the road,
but the blamed old thing amt worth
owning. Whoopee, but I'm it with a
big I. Why in - don't
some one try to stop meme, the Ari.
zona cyclone"
This challenge was concluded with
yell that split the night atmosphere
/ for fully three-quarte1s Of a mile and
was concluded with revolver fusil-
lade that did the western terror great
credit
II guess he's one of 'em, ali right, .
said Mr.. M, as another shrek set
the telegraph wires to jingling mer-
ry t.
K opened the door Of the private
car AID, towering to his full six feet
and throwing out his Sandowic chest,
demanded: my good fellow, what is
all this row about?'
Well, I'll be blankety, blankety
BANKED If there amt a real 'risto-
crat," declared the bad man. Say,
pard, take off that whitewash collar
and jine me. We're the boys WHO
can do it,"
The bad man laid a large, grimy
paw" upon the railroad mans shoul-
der and tried to kiss him. Upon the
railroad mans resenting this IA
miliarity the fun began. Out came
two forty-fours simultaneously with
another war-whoop which made rec
ord.
''You onery. sneakin' coyote"
shouted the bad man, II like the looks
Of this blamed car and SO I'll just
take it and make you come along.
And when / take possession you can
bet you'll take of that whitewash col
lar"
Into the car plunged the bad man,
emptying couple Of chambers in his
revolvers by way Of emphasis. This
had the effect Of scattering the occu
pants. M made a wild dash in
search of the conductor, convinced
that. ks last hour had come
x made up his mind to the same
effect unless he could reach his own
revolver in the sleeping-room Of his
car. Making a run for it, he tried
to beat the bad man to it, but it was
no use. Like an avenging Nemesis
the terror of the plains came charging
down the center Of the car, letting
loose a picturesque flood of billings
gate directed al x and the
whitewash collar. As he reached
the trunk In his room and sought to
grasp his revolver k glanced over
his shoulder and saw the terrible
westerner standing In the doorway
with both cannons poised for action.
Therefore he decided not to stop at
the trunk, but to go right on out of
the window, which he did. Landing
upon his head and shoulders, the rail-
road man picked himself up and
started for the rear of the train just
as the bad man began to show his ap-
probation of the empty car by giving
vent to series OF blood-curdling war
cries.
On his way to the rear k en-
countered the conductor, to whom he
breathlessly told the story Of the bad
mans invasion Of his car. Without
word, but with a peculiar smile on
his face. the conductor hasensd to
the private car, K following at
distance. Without mo-
ment's hesitation the conductor
sprang into the private car just as
the bad man had concluded telling
the world that he owned it. When
the bad man saw the conductor he
dropped both revolvers and started for
the forward end. But the conductor
was too quick for him, and grasping
the western terror by the coat collar |
he exclaimed:
You measly bhm, I've been looking
for you all through the train. told |
you that if you ever bothered me |
again I'd break every bone in your
body.
Il 5lAN AAAAPAA l0AAOA ~ LAA0 L
car platform, the conductor admins |
tered a lusty kick which sent him |
plunging headlong into the sands Of |
the desert. As the bad man picked |
himself up and limped dejectedly |
away the expression on ks face
was study.
I'm the excitement Of the moment
you didn't recognize your friend, did |
you, Ed?" asked M, laughing. rs
be the real thing?"
Just couldn't bear to hurt him, / |
said another.
well, it wasn't up to Ed, anyway"
declared third. He wasn't running
The blamed train"
We'll, anyhow, boys" retorted the
,restfallen general freight agent, "he's
j bad man else he wouldn't hit the
oooze SO hard. Chicago Record
Herald
GOOD WORD FOR SNAKES.