The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-14
: The Bulletins Daily Story y,


familiar with the west while the rest I
Of US are more or less green in this /.
respect"
81 should say was familiar with /
/ it, declared K. There isn't any
kind of western character that | am
unacquainted with. and | know how
to handle them, too. the bad man in
cluded %
As K concluded the train
slowed down for water at Winslow
The shadows were beginning to
lengthen and there was a momentary
lull in the conversation. Suddenly
the air was rent by series of yells
which would have put to shame an
Apache on the warpath The terrible
sounds, which were frequently ac-
companied by the crack of a revolver,
| evidently came from just outside the
door Of the private car.
I'm bound for La Junta to drink
the town dry and bust the bloomin'
| bank" declared the voice, which had
a larger and more faneiful register
than steam calii0pe Il amt goin
TO spend cent for car fare own
the train; in fact | own the road.
hut the blamed old thing amt worth
owning. Whoopee but I'm it with
big l. Why in don't
some one try to stop me- me, the Ari-
iona eyclonc?'
This challenge was concluded with
a yell that split the night atmosphere
for fully threequarters Of a mile and
was concluded with revolver fusii-
ade that did the western terror great
credit
= guess he's one of EN-. all right.
said Mr. NJ as another shrek set
the telegraph wires to iingling mer
ry tune.
X opened the door Of the private
ear and towering to his full six feet
and throwing out his Sandowic chest,
demanded: My good fellow, what is
al this row about?'
We'll. III be blankety, blankety
blanked If there amt a real 'risto.
rat. declared the bad man. Say,
pard, take Off that whitewash collar
and iine me. We're the boys who
an do IT.
The bad man laid a large, grimy
paw" upon the railroad mans shout.
der and tried to kiss him Upon the
railroad mans resenting this fa.
miliarity the fns hogan Out came
h two forty-fours simultaneously with
another war-whoop which made a rec.
ord
You onery, sneakin coyote,
shouted the bad man. Il 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 off that whitewash col
lar"
Into the car plunged the bad man.
! emptying a couple Of chambers In HE
reyolgers by way Of emphasis. This
had the effect OF scattering the occu
pants NJ made a wild dash in
search of the conductor, convinced
that ks last hour had come
r. made up his mind to the same
effect unless he could reach his own
revolver in the sleeping.room Of his
car Making run for it, he tried
to beat the bad man to It, hut II was
no use Like an ayenging Nemesis
the terror OF the plains came charging
down the center of the car. letting
loose picturesque flood of billings
gate directed at K 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 30 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 JUS
as the bad man began to show his ap
probation of the empty car by givint
vent to a series Of blood-eurdling wal
cries.
On his way to the rear K en-
countercd the CONDUCTOR to whom HI
hreathlessly told the story OF the bar
mans invasion Of his car without |
word, but with a peculiar smile OF
his face, the conductor hasened t
the private car & following at
respectful distance. Without q mo
ment's hesitation the conducto
y sprang into the private car just a
the BAD man had concluded telini
the world that he owned II. Whei
4 the bad man saw the conductor h
II dropped both revolvers and started 70
u the forward end But the conducto
L was too quick For him, and graspiu
of the western terror by the coat cola
,e. he exclaimed:
"You measly bum, I've been lookin
el for you all through the train. toll
ne you that IT you ever bothered N
,ft again I'd break every bone in yor
IL cowardly body"
q. Dragging the limpid terror to u
ear platform, the conductor admin
ts tered lusty kick which sent hi
,i,,rofuu hnudtnnp into tho gandq