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

AFTER \ MINUTE JIM REACHES OUT HIS
HAND TO SAM.
other from the west Each came in
With whoop and yell Each an
nounced himself a holy terror. They
had guns and sca!ping knives. They
had a thirst for gore. They had
uotchcs cut in the butts of their guns
to show that they had killed twenty
seven critters apiece.
when this yere court is not court
he is running the Red Dog saloon, as
is known to you all He knows man
when he sees one. lie knows a holy
terror from Il teni2.EbD- No one can
say that he has ever seen him take
water for any living thing When he
sizes up a new arrival what he says
goes.
when them two holy terrors ar
rived in town that day there was a
commotion. We hadn't seen one for a
year, was called upon to size en-
up, and | went forth | overhauled
Rocky Mountain Jim and asked him
TO drink and counted the n0tches in
his gun butts. listened to his roar
and saw him foam at the mouth, and
I says to some of you. says |:
The Real Thing.
There's no dia"onut on him He's
the real thing ami no mistake He's
Il cyclone on wheels and must be pat
ted ON the back or tAerp'n be trouble
Then l hunted II? Kaw Valley Sam
| found him eating the raw meat Of a
steer just killed and trying to buy two
acres of ground 70" private grave
yard I listened to bis growls and
roars. witnessed his haHdiupsa at
drawing. | looked into bis aloodshot
eyes. Then come; Hv;.s aud saws
10 some of you fellcre'. ,'aya |:
'Its the simon pre- thing. 1t hasn't
been vhitewashed Or gided over Look
out for it. It's Il -.2s! Oil fashioned
holy terror of tLr ;..."I Of ffteaa
Years ago. If it tGgat ln2se. the town
will swim in blood
And the rest Of ..0u took my size
up as 0. X, and IL" Gown of Sandy
Bend proceeded TO trcmJlc il its boots
We've been Il purt% tn crowd yere,
hut We've been losing or hold for the
past five years. For hree days them
terrors held the town They divided 1t
between 'em and dldn't meet They
told what they would d % each other
in case they did me-. and their Ian
guage made us Shirp' e vas Will
ing to put up with sun lot. a2l earth
uuaEes and volcanoes ~ '-.-UI2ler. but
we prayed that them 80 tpr2ors might
not meet.
con the fourth day some of us be-
gan TO wonder VIII one of 'em didn't
Aeck cut the other ana have TIE Slaugh-
ter over with. Thea re further won
dered if one was afIitl ana the other
d&sn't. They con;iG':a,' to promenade
around and whoop au3 yell and chanll
their teeth, but we lent right ahead
and put up a job to bring them to-
gether This gcre court. not as a
court, but as an individual. was Sc
lected TO work the racket | hunted
up Sam and pat'el him on the back
md rubbed his briStea down and in
rited HIM to taIr walk ! walked
ain along 10 the Blue Moon saloon
ind into it, and there he came face to
'ace with Jim.
Whole Country Held Its Breath
"For one lung mint the country for
forty miles aI@n1t9 hrid lis breath
"For sixty seconds the mountains got
ready TO trembIe and the rivers to run
up hill.
"As them two holy terrors gaZGd into
each others faces we thought OF hills
composed of skeletons and lakes brim-
ming over with blood. We brcathcd in
gasps and stood on our tiptocs.
"Then what happenedF ff ask the
question with quayer in my voice and
tears in my eyes, don't blame me.