Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-17

his diaphragm and nrchly shot the
right ear from the head OF Chinese
keeper OF h restaurant.
After doing this O'Rouke strolled
out Into the middle OF the street.
Tombstone being one street camp
and announced very audlbly that
he couldn't abide any kind Of grub
Joint that didn't provide It's patrons
with stewed puff adders, fricassed
tarnntulas and scorpions 10 Chi.
hauhau. adding that the same was the
only kind of vituals that he cared to
eat when he felt real good, as he
happened to be feeling Just at that
moment OF speaking
Meets Marshal Unexpectedly.
Obviously referring to Day Marshal
Nick Bankstrect. O'Rouke wound up
something rs follows
which. If any red headed runts
what think they're somemew on gun.
breezin' wants T. dispute, I'm shore
here aperchin," and ORouke left the
middle of the road, leaned up against
tho front OF the saloon, and. with his
thumbs tucked In his gun belt. blinked
boozily IN the sunshine.
Presently a dray, hauled by n flea.
bitten and demure mule and driven
by Mexican smoking a corn.shuck
cigarette, pulled alongside the plank
sidewalk in front of the honk.,tonk
against which O'Rouke was leaning
and glowerlng. A large, square pine
box Of the sort that blankets for we,.
tern shipment used to be packoi liz
was the dray's load.
O'Rouke eazed idly at the IN ,ls
and the tiray and the box. He u.;:
not observe that the top of iI.c box
was missing But when the mnyzlrs
Of two bluc.steel forty-fives. Held Ey
pair of freckled, hairy hands, APP.
peared over the edge of the box and
n tousled red head, uncovered by any
hat. followed the guns, bobbir5 by
jumping.jackwise O'Rouke suddenly
became II heap observant.
Point 'em both at tn b,xzar.ls
Flag" said the day marshal of TOMB
stone in persuasive sort of way,
resting his arms on the edge ot the
box and drawing fine bead Nith
both his guns on O'Roukes torso, and
before Bankstreet had got the words
out that greaser driver, rightly fore
seeing that therc'd he considerable nc.
lion in that Immediate ncighbornoni,
presently suddenly dropped backward
off his seat ard sQuatted for protec
lion on the far side off the box.
Too Sow on the Trigger.
CISnrk" assuming the obrlioat air
of the man who knows when he is
buleed slack his left arm up ard
mule II mnve rs If to point lIpwu:d
With his rghE, too, but he dim stick
ne right up He went instead fGr lis
right hand s.CI,--and 1t wa' light.
ming movement at that But 1t wasn't
lightning enough.
Bankstreet broke O'Roukes right
shoulder with II ball before the man
from the Santa Anita co:ntry could
get his right hand gun cleared for ac-
ton. The shock knocked O'Rpnke
down. Bankstreet vnulted with one
hand over the sidde of the box and
in something less than four seconds
he had his man disarmed.
"Wa'ant no way for me to help it
nohow, Flag" Bankstreet explained to
the wounded man as he and the Mex
lean loaded him into the dray to take
him for treatment to the office Of
"reminiscences one doctor down the
street, land so you don't want {
take 1t T. heart none whatever. I'd
ha given you better chanst, ont l
Jest natchully don't like t. stand t.
git sieved up hull heap by boys full
O. the cactus medicine f'r tn wages
I'm gettin', an that's fac"
That looked like Il pretty fair start
for Nick Bankstreet, and 1t began to
dawn upon the 1'ombstoners that
Bankstreet intended to go about the
business of preserving law and order
during the daylight hours in Tomb
stone without taking any chances on
being bunkoed in n lonesome 'dobe
amid the depressing aroma of drugs
lotions. ointments and unguents.
Jim BulIman's Designs.
1t was about fortnight after o.
I Rouke had been tucked away as Nicl
| Bankstreets No. l in his new officia
capacity when Jim Bullman. n lon,
haul freighter from the Cochise coun
try and middling dangerous null,
quirter when he got good heft,
cargo of his surcingle, loped int
tombstone from Tucson with left
over.
! Taking up good position on a lit
tie sand mound at the heal of til,
street. Jim noticed all hands With,
/ sound of his voice that from that mo
ment he assumed the reins of govern
ment In Tombstone and the environ.