The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11

thing aWIuI 10 SEE. Ill WY ne run
this town. In way he got all hip
drinks for nothing. In way, II la
said this earthly globe was fat nobpdy
else dared to say II was round
."rhe undersigned isn't going to al
NIT that he also stood In fear of Zero.
clous Jim hut he will 20 as far as to
say that when Jim entered the Red
Dog saloon with whoop on his lips
and blood In his eye there was h,istllng
to set out his favorite beverage. Yes.
the undersigned admits that much. and
he feels a quiver Of Indignation In his
soul as he does SO. t
Jim Not as Wicked 90 Hs Looked.
f"None of us can say that Jim ever
b0asted OF having killed twenty seven
men and held mp -haif a dozen towns.
We took him for the baddest kind OF q
had man simply from the way he
chanked his teeth and blew the frOtli
from his lips. We had an instructive
feeling that II lie ever turned loose
he would reduce the population OF
sandy Bend by'sat least a hundred.
and we took care not to rile him.
"Fcller critters, what happened six
weeks ago? Twas calm and peace
full day when he went up to Ching
Lings washee house TO leave shirt
TO be washed, Holy tcrrOrs wear shrts
the same as humble men. have seen
the shirt he took under his arm and
carried up the hill. Most Of you saw.
1t In this courtroom II was marked
Exhibit AP. d. O. ! hain't saying
how many holes could be counted In
that shirt. ! hain't saying how many
patches had been put over other holes
l hain't saying how It was shrunS up
and squeegawed and kinked. 1t ls suf
iicient for this yere court to observe
that OF all the shirts he ever beheld
In this glorious commonwealth Of WyN-
ming, either on mans back or OF,
That particular garinint will ever re-
pose In his memory az taking the cake.
sWhen B'crocious Jim entered the
washee house he slammed the shirt
down on the countcr with some oil.
servatIon BETTING the occasion. The
sound of that shirt striking the table
was like the SOUND Of a lump OF pntty
dropped from a third story window to
the stone sidewalk. err
How the Trouble Started.
f"'what wanteer asks the heather In
that molasses way Of his.
"'Washeev yells jim.
"'No clean washee' '.
'Washee, and washec like blazes. or
you won't live Ave minutes.
Teller crittersAEou know Ching Ling.
You know his humility. You know that
Ills ways are ways Of peace. On one
occasion, when this yere court damned
his eyes for washing most Of the tail
of a shirt. he fell on his knees and shed
tears.
"When threatened by Fcrocious jim
he picked up the bundle and tossed II
out of the window 1t was hard to
credit this, but several good men and
truc went up there aud found the shirt
In snow bark.
"Then Jim whooped. =
"He jumped up and down and crack
ed his heels together.
His eyes glared like those Of a tiger
wounded unto death. 9e
"He chanked his teeth ana foamed at
the mouth and screamed out
1T was an awful sight to witness.
but Ching Ling stood there on the burn
Ing deck and never gave the fact away
/ that he held four aces. II was only
when Fcrocious Jim started to pull Ills
guns that the lenthcn moved. aud then
be moved like q cyclone fifteen minutes
late In keeping nn appointment with
J.. +. Morgan. He took Jim's guns
away. lie einntied out the cartridges.
! He tossed guns and fodder out of the
| window after the shirt. He didn't get
the red eye, and he didn't froth and
wh0op He just turned Jim around and
gave him the boot, and then this enter.
| nylsing town OF Sandy Bend was treat
| "a to spectacle that our graudchil-
dTen wiz blush over. That spectacle
dropped The price pf rssl sstats 70 pes