The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-02

that binds us that they shall nsvah take mo
while I am alive. These trusty weapons
shall always be with meh. msh own,' and
the outlaw pulled his two cute Wig tnot
ornaments m stood Pointing them like z
defiance. ave. to the death, 70 the horde Of
cowardly dogs that would hunt msh DOWN.
@'Yee-owi That's outlA win sonei' yelled
the Al outfit. all In a bunch. t0ive rs tn
rest O. thati' and i've or ak ballS tore holes
in the soft wood floor Close to the outlaws
shiny boots.
"'Blackhearted ~cravensl' pired the out
law hoarsely, giving another extra ct from
his part. what would you with meh?
Through fourteen hundred miles Of wilder
sued meh ike vie b~Ioodhounds. and stiIl
you have meh not MOI are You going to
have inch alive. you pack OF lily hvered
cursl Iscaw WI to tell such foul hearted birds
OF prey that you are hunting down an in-no-
onl / dare. l defy you. one d all. to come
out into the open. out under yon yellow Ia mp
OF HEAVIER swinging in the cerulean skies
and let It be a faiah fight and the blight Of
hell upon him who first begs for qua rterl
Come on!' and the outla ". somewhat puffy
and short OF breath by this time. pulled HIS
souvenir counter weapons again and o o
that challenging attitude Of the sta ge.
We'll. l guess that amt defyin'a hull lott
Yip-eel' roared the boys Of the Archer fitout.
uclUBuUcuuys anu just JIou OUB byOu Sh U1s
the foreman. held up his hand for silence.
Which I'm sure free't' admit, observed
Sam, judicially, when they'd settled down
to listen, that this yere OUTLAY actin friend
o. our'n Is plumb there, IN no mistake.
But they's a little piece that I'm A-thirstin'
T. hear noe more, not havin' heeard it
sence l used & recite IL myself at Sunday
school. They used G plumb fill me up with
gumdrops an jujube paste when they all
heeard me reoite that piece a. Sunday
I hear i again. IT'S called Mary Had a
Little Lamb" Spin It, ombrsy, loud an
fierce concluded Sam, suddenly turning
TO the outlaw and grabbing for his nigh
Y:e-ip-esr b.~led the bunch. ''MAry's
The outlaw gased about pititully and
mopped his forehead with o white
silk handkerchief, which be pulled from
one Of the rear pockets Of his outlawish
velvet breeks, and then he started to necite
the story Of Mary and her little lamb in
Hold oni' out in Sam, instantly. This
yere's a ferce Mary an lamb. an We wan
1t that-a-wayP
~, The ism ou; ,...,! an9Essisd-sSs thing the: n
he'd used in bidding everlasting defiance
to his pursuers, and before hed finished
Luke Cole and Jim Lusk and some Of the
others we're rolling on the floor Of the Pink
Buzzard, just too plumb full Of tho Joy
OF the thing to stand on their pins.
when the outlaw had concluded the ala
Of Mary with a finish that sounded like the
wind-up Of ~Spartacus's address to the
gladiators, the barkeep, who had in mind
what would happen, suddenly began to
play The Sailors Hornpipe' on q mouth
organ:
(which all actors is, or ought e be,
dAncers,' suggested Luke Cole, and Luke
hadn't finished saying it before half a dozen
slugs went through the door within a few
inches Of the outlaws patent leather boots.
That outlaw was there with the horn
pipe, all right, with all OF the motions and
movements from pulling on a rope TO lower
switched TO The Highland Fling the puffy
outlaw, thoroughly tired and winded, Just
quit and pumped himself on his hatnches
in the middle OF the floor where bod been
dancing.
Why, y'hain't through a'ready, are
yer, ombreyT'. they all asked him with
feigned surprise, and a couple Of bullets
went through the planks just back Of the
spot where he was sitting down.
and there was a sudden hush when he
started to talk. I'm good and through.
l don't care a hang IL you bull pokers sieve
ne up With lead tn I look Ike a cross SEC
ton of wornOut sand screen. I'm through
being made o blasted monkey Of, and you
can all go to the devil and stay there
The dead silence that followed this lasted
a good forty seconds, during which the
rudey and defiant outlaw sat quiet, and
the boys Of the Archer outfit gaEed at him
with open II stunned Rdmirat ton.
Which I'm plumb free I, maintain
One-eyed Sam broke o. then, that this
yere ham oTnbrey's sure got II on us frr a
mean an onnery lot o. sageprush polecatR.
which We are fr butttn' 10 am interferfnI
with q nan what's eneAged- IN bic lsgiti-