Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-01-26

Ralstot iiner. Cheney led AT un
r.eka DE- for six months. True
Jwn several cases OF NOR,
Importance. but there Wa,
paSAsb cause tho blood Ia quicker
Ralstins. lie was becoming nj.
pouuth ennui when he was placed
lse requiring dslicaoy. tact
10y and skill. The first and
III Ulities Col. Cheney had; they
I'LL Inherent In him. The second
~ ird. however. were somewha:
developed. The natur,. of the
---leed not be mentioned here. save
II required Cheney TO be dis.
3, and took him south. New
ms being his objeotiyo point.
always was a gentleman. 30
-as M disguise To act the part;
bat as his work took him south. he
assumed the part Of southern plant
er who was just returning from n
trip north. Dyes made his hair and
mustache Jet black: walnut fixed his
complexion 10 suit: and taken all In
all. Col. Jack Cheney was quite I'm
pressivcly good looking when he
boarded the New Orleans sleeper az
Memphis. He had come by boat
from St. Louis.
II was In early summer. and travel
south was not very heavy. yellow
fever had not been conquered then,
M now, and every so often the
Stegomyia got very busy and fever
epidemic was the result. Neither
were Pullman slcepers such !-=-:::.r
ant palaces on wheels as In the pres
ent day. There were only four other
people In the car Magenta as the
train left Memphis. Cheney took them
all In. two single ladies' and a man
and his wife. Cheney's section was
near one end OF the car. and that oc.
cupied by the man and his wife at
the other end. The man soon showed
signs Of liquor. In the smoking car
he preferred Cheney beautiful flask
with the usual salutation:
Have a drink. stranger"
Thanks, no." said Cheney. "Too |
warm this evening"
THAI the only reason7" Just a
faint suggestion Of n sneer accom-.
panied this.
That's the only one care 10 offer
right now" said Cheney. his Diu,
eyes becoming steely gray.
The stranger was big man. phys
scally. lie had long jet black hair.
parted way over on one side. and
his eyes were the same color. His
expression was not very progresses
Ins. and something told Cheney 10
keep his eyes on him.
"wcll. there's no harm done; here's
ny card"
The card read Fred Leigh" and
nave a street address In New Orleans.
Cheney thought minute. and then
the address given was Ia
he gambling district in New Or
cans. lie also had heard OF a bad
nan" among the gamblers named
red Leigh. This was evidcntly the
nan.
Presumably Leigh thought the mere
light Of his name would thoroughly
ow the stranger. and perhaps he
rould give him his card In return.
hat Cheney did nothing OF the kind;
q merely bowed. and CURLY said |
then returned 10 his seat q
4 the car.
During the evening Leigh imbibed
RELY. and several times was engaged
4 animated conversation with his
life Angry words passed between !
hem. Cheney kept his eyes and ears
pen, but nothing untoward happened !
hitch would warrant his interior
nee.
The next morning Leigh resumed
Is drinking. and by iO:s0 was ugly
runk. The conductor and porter did
othing To keep him quiet; In fact. 6
hey Informed Cheney that Leigh was G
bad man. They knew him well,
nd rs the porter expressed IL: "Ef {
nv one crossed Mlstah Leigh. he 7
as turrible bad" Cheney had seen I
turrible bad" men a plenty In his !
AZ. and knew that generally there 8
as a streak OF yellow In their make G
D n some one had nerve enough to ,
ring II out.
Quite a number OF passengers had g
oarded the train since leaving Mem b
his. and about 1885 In the morning a
Ir. Leigh staggered up the isle NUT I
ring imprecations under his breath. Q
q was looking for trouble. and. as Is v
sually the case. he got II. He dropped {
ito the seat beside his wife. who was v
nall and quite pretty. She appeared q
raid OF him. but demonstrated with r
i'm In regard TO his conduct
shut up" he growled. like cur. Q
nd then without the least provOca- n
on or warning. he struck her % T"
10 cheek with his open haad. 8
Cheney had learned never 20 inter. p
re In a wordy war between man 4
I'd woman. but when a blow was 3
ruck. then II az time for action. q
Ike fash he went up the aisle. Leigh o
as a larger man than Cheney. but I
heney's muscles were like bands OF u
eel. His life and training were good. q
ID no knew self-defense from A TO
He caught Mr.. Leigh by the back "
his coat. jerked him out OF the q
ut and shook him like terrier does n
rat. with a feeling OF disgust Che q
" threw Leigh into an unoccupied b.