The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-12-27
THE COWBOY.
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Ae was eoucaueu anu not hksiy " use
nis OWL "nhe cowboy. ~ was pot
known that ne was college bred man
and an athlete, for he never told them
so. He was not graduate; he had
| taken SO much interest In foils and
boxinr gloves that he had NJ t,ma for
study when ha- was se;nti bwav afrop,
the university ha 5idn,t 90 home. he
went vast and tao,xs tbp -f,rst ,oh nfrerad
.-punchinr cows Y
He was sitting IN Tho Alhamhr. so.
loon with = glass of whisky before
rim 4 marty ~ man rare IL thas bar
among them Tranbayan IA wnrst nan
n tha terri,orv uttl. aJoxican cirl
ca,na IN with ON anntvl bosr hott,a
and asked for ! nnarter,s worth "a
s.your moe+n maanip, & tha mnst tba
harl,eanar would Give Tar that sum-.
that L rho noorest 1 She nusbed
apainst Tranh ran wbo .looLinr ao1vn
ana saa,nr ! craasar oIrl hattas har
With tbe naIrn ~ h,s hand ana sant ber
snra WING IN +ba AMOR
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sccorn+ ~ y ana show,no ! motive
thra,r d,scraa,t on Tranbaoan,a test,.
r,anv T,ha srdea r.s r,,zv,ed
~I a,s,,Las ,,,,oh,v ! ~ aaid a,vhen
r,vo baorn ona sida ~ ! ease N hear
Tho otbar r aims mixes me mn
whiIa no was delIheratjnp what To
do who should onnaar but tbe little
gressar Girl whom Arnold had cham
nIoned and said she had seen the mur-
der
"wbn done it2v asked the fudre.
She noInted n Tranhaean
Tho indoa n he had been puzzled
before was now thrown into absolute
confusion ",This case is a bad un,"
he remarked sand see no way outen
II but to hang ,em both,
"Why NOT let us two who have been
accused Of the mairder fight 1t out?e
said Arnold.
"That's good idea, Judge one Of
the men who had seen the fracas be-
tween the two and longed to see an
other aI,et ,em decide.it with fists.'
aMake It guns. said Traphagan. "and
ri agree ,
"No,p said the Judge reflectIvely;
awe hearn the witnesses tell that the
cowboy. who's q leetle feIler. topped
Won. 4 biz feller without d gun, and /
think TIA for. the eddIca ton Of this
we're community to have him show us
how be done Il Nv decision is that
the weepons be !: fists ana the fight
co,pas ~ A. onct the man that eets