Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-09
RadIY Hurt but Game

Arcadia and send for me to come over
and identify Buck
Badly Hurt but Game
"He was badly hurt but game, and
when | went in he never said word.
l pulled his hat off and looked at his
head and saw that he was pretty bald,
with little lock of hair in front
"'That's right, | said to him. now
let me see your hand and see if the
scar that you got the time you grabbed
the Indians knife is there.
For Gods sake, BILL he says don't
give me away.
You bet | will l says, and went on
out and told the boys they had Buck
English right enough and then they
doctored him up and sent him to San
Quentin and there he is right now, for
life"
Another story that he tells about
Newt Stith, an old-time stage driver,
that worked for him until he got tired
of handling horses and went to work
for DR.. Prather up at Adams Springs.
"One day when Newt was tending
store" he says, "a fellow that he'd had
trouble with came i'm and wanted to talk
the matter over with him, but Newt
wouldn't have it that way and made
him get out. In about ten minutes he
came back again and said: Newt, you
an mes had trouble an we'd better
talk it over
"'You get away from here says
Newt, else you'll get hurt Just then
l came into the store and the same
fellow followed me. Newt he says,
you an me has had some trouble
and we'd better end it right here.
Hit Him With a Shovel
"'All right says Newt, 1 guess we'd
esI,.n Il
and hit the fellow with the flat of it
alongside the head and knocked him
clean out through the door. In about
a minute he comes to and sits up and
looks up at Newt, who has gone to
the door to see how bad he's hurt the
fellow, and he rubs his head once or
twice and says: Newt, you an mes
had some trouble an l reckon we'd
ought to settle it,, an l guess he has
settled it, but a man has to have an
awful hard mead to stand crack like
that.
"'All right says Newt, if the trou
bles settled I'm glad of it so far as I'm
concerned, for | don't like to have trou
BILE with any man
"The fellow that Newt had hit with
the shovel gets to thinking matters
over and goes to a friend of his, big
Cornishman, up at one of the mines,
u,
who loves a fight, says he'll go down
and clean up Newt.
He walks into the store one day
when I'm there talking to Newt and
says he's come down for a drink of
whisky fight and bed and he just
naturally has to have all three.
One Wouldn't Do
zone of them won't do and two won't
do N bItt fJTaN w < .
going to make. Well says Newt,
there's the drink of whisky and hands
bin out a drink. The bed is upstairs,
but We'll have it moved down for you
if you amt able to git up to it after
you've had the fight, and any time tine
fighting spirit gets hold of you just
lam in on anybody around here, for
this store is run to please the public
an gives 'em what they wants.
The Cornishman says he reckons
he'll take another drink of whisky be-
fore he starts to consderin' the fight
an says that anyway their amt any
hurry, as both me and Newt looks kind
o. puny and then he tells Newt he
don't like his looks anyway and calls
him name, at the same time asking
him for another drink, and Newt
reaches under the counter and takes
the whisky bottle and hits him on the
side of the head
"'There's your fight he says, begin
whenever you get ready and afterwaHd
We'll take you up and put you TO bed
real gentle.
Cornishman Put to Bed
"The Coruishman hleeds a lot and
staggers to the wall and leans against
it, hardly able to stand up. What he
needed when he come says Newt, was
beedin' an soon as he's Gained down
some We'll take an fix him up a bed,
Bill, but it's a shame he amt goin'
to get the fight he come after. When
he comes in here he was an awful bad
dog, but now he's beginnin' to look
kind o tame to me. How does ne
strike YOU?
Il said he looked tame, all right, ana
then we washed the bully's face and
took him to bed, and the next morning
he went back home Saying he'd had Il
lovely time, and found Newt the most
accommodating man he ever met"
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