The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-01

Copyright; 1905, by Joseph B. Bowles9, i
When Little Johnnie first come 10 ~
oow crowd u aGns M, iae r ana set en-
around, Whereul>on Thrce.nnger Bill. who
was tho cock of the walk. and man o.
pa,rts even 4 some o. av ins nterfcred
with the kid they'd get tho waau'ns
Knocked out OF EN-.
When / come TO take a good j look loo a. a.
Johnnie, 1t didn't seem PAD Lin, ,s, h ~.
having some one to look out FOR MN; nc
wasn't more than 1--WE foot two tnil nor
as thick through as q telegram, poe,
while his hands WAS as little as a SUI :
than French Rates. II 1t hadn't been for
the Kids eyes, you'd have said he wouldn't
last three days in Cat Hollow, bu. w den
he looked us al square IN tne iaie, a n,,t
as he'd ever SEEN with our 5O-day old
Boards and hair looking as II It had been cen
cut with a sheep shears. we liked =, ,it-- I'm
on to say that his mission in. life was TO
make people beautiful. and that he Was
going to begin on us t a dollar q snave
and two for q haircut, there come near
being a free fight 10 see who he'd take
first.
Dry Rock. over the mountain, had had
a little sore at no & having one ourselves.
So johnnie unloaded his outfit ana went
to work.
Johnnie was a funny little cuss In some
respects. Didn't layc religion. or anything
ike that; but you couldn'. get him 10 40
stroke of work on n Sunday. Generally
took his gun and spent that day over Bar
ley Fiat way. Always brought home son, some.
thing, too; IL 1t wasn't a mountain lion It
was a story aboutin bear he'd killed.
Well. about this time there was trouble
according to Cat Hollow eitqnette---l,is
Cbrien dies with his boots on, shot IN the
back by Lefty Smith. Nobody cared =. q
wouldn't do, so the leading citizens held
a meeting at Pat Shecdy'st dance hall the
next night and elected Fritz Is; Stoe 49,. !,
that Lefty Smith, when he heard Of what
mining the new sheriff w l q h !. After ter
that nobody wanted the 59p,o.nna. u.s. NO
being as they asihe boys didn't think
twice ABOUT ithe 1o o yonrn n an
be mayor and coroner, TOO. II you on Ike;
The funny thing aboutait was that when
Lefty Smith heard who q been elected ne
he seen Stoessel on the street, instead OF
pumping lead Into him. he takes off his
hat very solemn and says; "liow are w.
very dignified and says: You will go
away, vas? Soon, yes? Or WILL TO the
III lefty ig,''i srins and says: sure, your
honor. I'm leaving for virginia City to-
morrcr.'
so 90! 1t iss we'll" says the Judge y
will no more foolishness have. The next
man who kills will with a rope hang,
Whereupon Lefty goes over to Big
Mixes and tells the crowd that the judge
had ordered him out OF town. and IL going
to hang him the next time he turns loose
on ANYBODY. And the boys all laugh, and
drink q lot and sure enough, Lefty leaves
rext day for Virginia City.
camp. The boys made point Of referring
little disputes to him-getting en- UP on
purpose-and 1t become the custom 1or
tho Judge to turngup at Big Mikes every
evening and dispense justice TO whoever
was needing it,n i 80, .,,,
THAT was the way things stood when e.,
little Johnnie went and put MS foot III
It. It happened ON a Sunday. Johnnle had
gone off for the day taking his gun, as
usual. but he didn't have any luck, 1t
seems. So when, on his way home, he
sees Charley Casey's Chtnk across the
hollow, he ups with his gun and lets fly
a: All Sam; and over goes Sam, dead al
n doorknob 4 cant SEQ what got into
Johnnie to make him do 1t, but that he
dJdn' t think much OF It was certain.
ANY luck ~ asks Threetnger BIZ. when
Johnnie 7strolls into Big Mikes ' about Q
None" says Johnnie. didn't see Moth
Ing but n Chink all day: it was the only
chance T-had, so I took It, Wasn't bad
SHOT, nelthcl-from clean across the gulch
10 in front of Casey's.'