The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-12-19

Right then and there the reputation of
dTed years TO come. She was eithc- n
take a squat and declare the gam ,
or stand up 10 her past record ana B.. 1
new medals o. greatness.
Did Rocky Mountain Jim and Eary
Valley sam draw their guns ami i5eE.l
shooting:
Did they stagger AID fall a-d IL
ish the rest Of the fight win t.r.r
knives: rs they lay there Gg'u- :
twenty wounds did they utter o-2'-c5-
sions to be recorded Oh the taa,r.> IF
history:
Not dying, Not an utter. Not a
tablet, Not a history. Not 81 Gurn
thing,
after a minute Jim reaches out his
hand to Sam, and Sam accepts it and
shakes.
= hain't mad" says jim.
''Nor L. says Sam.
"'Have one on meT
81 don't care if l do
"And then they took whisky together
and never asked any other crittcr in
that place if he had a mouth on him!
Yes, sir-nestled right up together like
two loving doves and patted each other
on the back and told what awful fight
ers they was. and we stood there and
looked on and realized what blow
had been struck at the reputation of
Wyoming that would be known in the
farthest recesses of Africa before an
other day had passed away. There
was tears in my own eyes and | saw
them in others.
Then we tiptoed out and held a lit
tie meeting in the Red Dog saloon.
There were but few of us present but
we knew what ought to be done ard
what must be done to prevent a slump
in real estate and prevent this com
munity from becoming the laughing
stock of the world. We marched out
in a solid body. We hunted up those
holy terrors We took their guns and
knives away and trun 'em into the lock
up. Some of the boys was willing and
ready to shed their blood in doing it,
but there wSs no call. Rocky Noun
tain Jim laid down like a calf that
has lost its mother, and Kaw Valley
Sam wept and begged that he might
have the privilege of getting out of
town.
5luffed by Two Men.
There they are over there. Take a
good look at them, and if they don't
hide their heads in shame, which they
don't, then we orter. The town of
Sandy Bend has been bluffed by two
men who hain't got the sand to face a
coyote together.
The town of Sandy Bend, which has
seen fourteen dead men lying along its
principal street as the sun came up in
the morning trembling in its boots be-
fore two yearling lambs!
The town. of Sandy Bend, which
once declared that the whale really did
swallow joiner and shot thirty men to
fore two critters who could have been
stampeded at night by bull calf.
Il have hunted up the law in the
case. and l have found that there
hain't no law about it. 1t was BIG
game of bluff, and the law is silent
about bluffing. | shall therefore make
Il law. | declare them guilty of the
crime of fooling with the feelings of a
community that has allus stood ready
to back up its opinions with its guns
and each one is fined 500 and costs
Their guns and knives will be taken
away and sold for the benefit of the
orphans, and any ole who wants to
expedite their leaving the town needn't
stop to ask permission. | may be
found in the crowd OF eXpediters my.
self. If not, it will be because bust
ness at the Red Dog demands IL. pres.
ence and I feel that the case can safely
be left in the hands of the patriots
who have never failed their country
when the test of true manhood came
NJ QUAD.