The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-11

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| turned in a few minutes with a
slender, city-bred looking young man,
apparently about twenty-five or twen-
! ty-six years old.
There's the man that wanted to
see you one of them said, pointing to
Daniels.
What can 1 do for you?' asked
the stranger, pleasantly.
We're feelin' sOrter Gull an want
you TO entertain us sOme,' drawled
Daniels. Our entertainments centrally
begin by settin' them up to the crowd.
Got no conscientious scruples, have
you| winking at the others. Never
promised our mother or her GYM bed
that you'd die before you took drink,
or anything of that sort, did you"
Never answered the tenderfoot.
and as l came here expecting TO locate,
and wish to get acquainted, l know
of no quicker way. Barkeeper, drinks
for the crowd, please
$50 frank and pleasant was he in
words and manner that Daniels was
slightly taken aback for the moment:
but the drinks were swallowed with
will.
The next thing on the programme,
said Daniels as the last glass was re-.
turned to the bar, is the light fantas-
tic. Not member of the church, are
your with another wink.
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not one of those that prohibits dancing
occasionally. The Scriptures tell us
there is time for all things, and
l suppose this is my tine to dance.
l am a very ordinary performer, but
will do what l can
Throwing off his hat and coat he
began a light, graceful heel-and-toe
dance. This he kept up for several
minutes and then stopped.
Here, what do you mean by quit
tin so soon? growled Daniels. 4
didn't give you the word to stopr
why, I'm tired was the answer.
"'Tired" rOared Daniels, whipping
out his gun. There's no such word as
tired in our dictionary; leastways, for
you! When we're tired We'll say so.
Till then, you move them tender feet
of yours, and move 'em lively! Look
| out, nowp
He fired as he spoke, and the
bullet cut half its thickness through
the edge of his victims shoe-sole.
| For moment an expression of
startled surprise flashed into the young
mans eyes.
eff l must. l must he then said
quietly, and began to dance again.
| Faster! Faster" ordered Daniels,
emphasizing his commands with shots
from his gun, and it seemed miraculous
that he could shoot so close to those
moving feet and not hit them.
He had fired the last shot in one
revolver and was drawing the other,
when a small golden-haired figure,
dressed in miniature miners costume
red flannel shirt, rough trousers, stuck
in boots and held up by suspenders-
stood in the doorway, looked about
the room, and seeing Daniels ran up to
him, clasped his legs, and cried:
"'Take me, daddy! Me so hot an
tired an sleepy! So vehy sleepy
daddyn
Catching Nugeto to his breast
Daniels asked: How did you get here
Where's Manuel?
Hes gone. Me cummed all the
way by myself Me not 'fraidr
well, I'll be- Daniels paused
suddenly, and, searching the boys face
with anxious solicitude, asked: What
ails you, anyhow? Your face is al
breakin' outr
81 will tell you what ails him,
said the stranger, after looking closely
at the child; he has smallpox
Smallpox roared the crowd as
one man, and they fell over eacl
other getting out.
"'How do you know he's got it
Who're you, anyhow? demanded Dan
iels, threateningly.
I'm physician, come here to prac
tice my profession, and tell you posi-
lively the child has smallpox. Ar,
there any cases in the camp?
Haven't heard of one
"I heard some rumor of the diseas,
as i came up from Frisco. Has nj
one in camp been down that way re
Gently, and returned?
my Mexican cook has just
Daniels paused suddenly and relieved
himself Of a good long paragraph o
oaths. That's it, he said, with con
viction; that greaser caught it some
where and brought it back with i'm
noticed his face was mighty red tn
day after he got back, but thought i
was the drink. So he's give you tn
smallpox, my Nugeto, an then rul
/ away TO keep me from borin' his yele
carcass full o. holesi But I'll find lin
| an kill i'm fore the smallpox has
, chance to-whether you live-or-die
But, DOCTOR his voice breaking, 'yoI
can save him, can't you? You won
! let him die?"
"I will certainly do my best; and