The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

THE TENDERTsT SORT OF TKNDERFooT
but promised you to uphold the legends
and traditions of glorious old Wyoming
to the best of my ability.
81 was elected by an overwhelming
majority. and | have been dispensing
jestlce for the last three years In hunks
and chunks and Jumps. II may not al
ways have been law, but II has been
jestice as far as | could make out
ION the way from the Red Dog to
this court this morning the court was
cussing at every step. Jest at the pres.
ent minute the court has tears In his
eyes, and one tune on a hand organ
would make him weep. The banner of
our state is trailing in the mud. Men
are looking each other In the face and
turning away their heads In shame and
humiliation. The word Disgrace has
been writ in large letters across the
fair name OF this commonwealth, and
even the kyotes in the hills can no
longer look tenderfoot I'm the eye.
Listen to me, sons of the fathers
Of Bunker Hill. Over there by the
winder sits Arizona Peter. He has his
hands in his pockets and n look of
triumph on his face. He struck this
town two years ago. He had two
guns and reputation as man killer.
He looked the part. None OF us dis
puted It. We all stepped high and
softly when we passed him, and no
one dug an elbow into his ribs.
No Spring Chicken.
"I am no spring chicken, as you
will all admit, but must tell the truth
aud say that / took care not to roll
Pete. Whenever he called for the
drinks l chalked 1t down. and when
ever the chalk marks got too many
rubbed them out and began over ag In
Yes, ! took him for a man of sand
| was sure he was all in. didn't
turn away from him. but ! always
hoped we wouldn't have to draw on
each other.
"Grent shades, but when I think OF
the numerous times he has sat in
the Red Dog aud bluffed our crowd
down could howl with sorrer. He
has lied and Dragged and boosted. and
we have sat there and taken 1t all
in and forced a smile!
"Who skeered Jim Williams out of
Sandy Bend?
"Who told Watt Taylor to get
move on himself?
"Who had an ace up his sleeve while
playing poker?
"Who has been the terror of the ten
derfoot for fifty miles around?
'Who has talked OF starting a pri
vate graveyard?
"Who has been agin a railroad and
civilization and boosted that he would
die first?
echo don't answer, but | do Art
zona Pete is the critter- that thing sit
ting over there with mans clothes on
Three months ago, as you will re-
member, he started to go over TO Jack.
pine TO kill man who had doubted
his veracity On the way he meets
up with a tenderfoot--the tenderest
sort OF a tenderfoot. He was n cross
eyed, bow legged, one lung son of a
gun who had been sent out here by
his ma TO get some burs on his coat
tails. AS they meet Pete sees It's a
good chance to make some DOODLE and
he yells out in that bull voice OF his:
Hands up or You are dead mang
What's the row. asks the stranger
In an easy way
"'shell out or I'll bury ye"
"rhe stranger orter have gone to
shaking and trembling, but he didn't
Although he was klvered Wy pop he
made lightning draw and raked Pete
across the cheek with bullet You
can see the scar there now.
"Feller patriots, do you know what
this holy terror, this man killer, this