The Cairo bulletin., 1905-02-01
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| I'm goiag 10 leave this place before
that horse thief proyokes me into
shooting him. I'll do II If he
isndd couldn't finish, for the Kid was
"a onr midst ANA at the door ahead of
any one. lie Just looked over B1hds
shoulder and said.
"We've decided 10 raise funds -
build meeting house in liountree. We
need il bad, boys. for the back room of
the yellow Coyote is small, and il
won't Hold our audience much longer.
This naturally provoked Coyote Nike
to anger. for lie would lose trade. But
before he could speak up his opinion
| the Kid had him by the hand
You'll help. for you have prodtei
more than anybody IN Rountree over
! the snfuncss OF man. Wen let you
off with 500 NOW. but wen come back
for more later Next.r
Coyote Mike neFcr protested, for the
| Kid had him dowl for the fu!i amount,
| with his signature At the foot. before
he could recover from his astoniah-
ment. Rudd Brainard once more stare
ed for tie door, saying under his
breath. "flang him. He'll befuddle me
next with his tomfooleryi'
Tile kid replied sorrowfully enough,
holding open the door for Rudd: Wen
take your subscription for tie new
meeting house another time Tile Lord
can bldc his time"
$50 can r. snapped Budd. "And
when my time comes We'll settle all
past scores. Understands
After that the Kid had opposition in
building lis new meeting house. Raun-
tree didn't need such an Institution, for
1t hadn't thrown off ITS swHddlins
clothes ana Il was in need of more
saloons than churches But the Kid
showed his peculiar inherited traits by
not being downhearted over the failure
Of his scheme 10 save The souls of the
Rountree citizens in a real, genuine
church There were, of course some
who followed him and believed in him.
but MOI many.
When things didn't come fast enough
his way Dllworth said something about
"buckling on the armor of the Lord
and lighting for the right" We took
this sort OF talking figuratveiy until
one day he waylaid Mexican Pete and
toted him off to his house 70 convert
| him. Pete was sinner If there ever
was one-horse thief, drunkard and
gamble If the Kid could convert him,
along with Buck Grey. he wonld prove
better man than any of his prede-
cessors Ia the ministry.
Pete didn't show up again for d week.
Some said he was dead drunk. and
others limited that the Kid had made
way with him. But he was all right,
except that he looked scared and pale
when lie appeared at the Yellow Coy
ote bar again
Have one, Peter said Budd MAKE
1t anything
Mexican Pete shook his head and
whispered, lido you mind IL we call
it sarsanarlla?"
thought Budl would fall 10 tie
floor. but he Just gasped and turned 10
Coyote Mike You hear?'
Then when Coyote Nike gurgled ont
an inartculate reply Budd added
wrathfully: This is going too far.
What's the matter vita us. anyway. 60
let that little reformed horse thief come
here and henpeck us3 Why don't you
close up his mouth Mike? II you don't
he'll close up your saloon. Well you're
the finest lot Of blasted, idotic DUN
mics that | ever set. III be hanged If
/ don't shake of the dust Of Rountree
for good! It's too preachy here for me.
I'm sitting, asphyyiating. Sarsaparllla
for Mexican Pete! Huh! Take him
| home and give him the nursing bottle.
I'll go camping on the trail of that Kid
He's a horse thief, self confessed one.
and ought 10 die"
Usually Budd lived up to his word.
and we expected developments. But in
Rountrce you can never tell where
lightning viii strike. 1t was an eccn
gamble on Budd and the Kid
Considering everything, / was little
confused when both turned UP rs Sc
rencly unconcerned as ever Budd said
nothing about the Kid, and the Kid al
ways purposely avoided speaking Of his
old side partner of the days before the
measly i,.e preacher chap brought
trouble to Romtree
Then the bcst citizens began to lose
horses. stolen from right under their
noses. \ horse thief hadn't been hung
in Eountree for six months. Every one
felt himself self constituted commit
tee 10 run the thief to ground, but some
how lie was too wary for us. and we
just hueked our heads against ii stone
wall in vain.
Budd Brainard swore over tie bar Of
the Yellow Coyote that If the thief
touched his horse he'd run him to
ground within forty-eight hours. Then,
just ID show how little he cared for
Budd's threat. the thief trailei behind
him that night and led his horie off to
parts unknown.
We'll have the moose around him
this time" some one says, knowing
Budd for a bad man when outra ged
But the excitement didn't come of.
About half the horses OF RAunree
were stolen before the citizens organ
izad THIN they held a tnppf3ue r.,