The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-12

ble',, said the bartender. "and want q
you are married man, thought I'd ask
you how much such a job ought to cost.
Give some idea OF the blowout re-
wei. we're going to Dodge City, go
/ ing to stop at the SWEETEST joint there for
about two weeks, have al the. fun there
is going and then come back home with
Turner made hurried mental caIcula-
ton and then advised his friend that he
believed $500 would 90 the trick Two
weeks later the married bartender hailed
Turner as his train pulled into La Junta-
You're a nice kind OF a friend to have. .
declared the bartender, sourly.
What's the matter?" demanded Tur-
MATTER enough. Didn't you tell me
to spare2"
well. you see,'' began Turner, "I new
er got married in just the grand style
give you my best. judgment"
Wen, if you ask me, it was punk. Say,
that 500 wasn't a starter. 1t lasted for a.
few minutes after the knot was tied, and
sparks went, one after the other: then
Sallie threw in hers. These were followed
BY the watches and other valuables, and
when they were gone we had to steal out
OF the joint we were stopping at, leaving
an unpaid bill. Huh! $5O0I Say, but that
wedding shindig of yours must have been
a. back number with moss on it. Why
don't you get married over and do it up
Not for me If it winds up the way
yours promises to-" declared Turner.
hat interests me now" said the
up to TTinfidad-the waiking's bad - :
Got any collateral?'
These And the bartender pulled out
two new, nickel-plated hammerless revolt
vers The hammerIess was a new inven-
ton, and he had bought them upon ar
They cost 50 apiece" he declared,
fare. - 90 -N9e' ''-e--- 4--''- p'' o-
Turner agreed, and, taking the weapons,
rr4r4o rar1rr Mo ~ III
he left the train that night he took the
guns from his grip and started to his ho-
fore. and he was afraid of them. Not dar-
ing to put the new tangled weapons in
his pockets. and it being dark. he carried
one in either hand, muzzle down and
pointing outward SO that in case OF ac-
cident they wouldn't shoot him through
the foot. While walking In this manner
UP a deserted street Turner suddenly
heard a voice only a few feet in front Of
him call: Hands up. and don't make
fuss about it, either"
Il threw my hands up all right" de-
clared Turner. when telling about it later,
thankful that I had gun in either
hand. As my hands went up began
clawing for the hammers with both my
Never before in my life had I been scared
clear through, and never since have ever
over me as the guns refused to go off, and
realized that was there with new-faIl-
Know how f to work. The 'i Sensation was
terrible. 1t seemed minutes before final
" got those blamed cannOnS in action,
and I wondered why I was alive with
that fellow standing not I'VE feet away
from me-"
He must have been a dub of a hold
up man. declared an old plainsman.
''Well, emptied both guns at him as |
fast as I could, and being something Of |
shot was utterly paralyzed when moth |
ing dropped. Apparently my fusillade had
hit nothing. The fright had felt when
didn't find the hammers gave way to |
utter disgust at what I supposed was loss |
of nerve, and took good aim, and threw !
first one Of those blamed hammerless |
guns at him and then the other one. Both I
hit him fair and square and yet he didn't /
drop If you're the evil one himself,
shouted, I'll get you with this one and I
pulled my own a.
Before I could use it a voice called |
in frightened tones: For Gods sake, Tur- !
ner, don't shoot any more. Where in the |
world did you get that arsenal2''
''Thereupon Is fellows rose Up out of /
the ditch, and / saw for the first time /
that had been shooting at a post, dress
ed up like a man"
Pretty good Joke" commented Don |
Sweet. the tariff manager.
On the other fellows continued the 1
colonel. TT appears they had been dis /
cussing- various men as to their game
stuff, just a bluff, you know, and so they /
rugged up that game to try me out. Dan /
Garfield afterward admitted that before /
my cannonading was over they thought |
they were all dead men, We didn't sup
pose there were SO many guns in the |
whole world he said Chicago Record
Herald.