Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-01-09

kindly one, so he answered quietly,
Il trust you will like us better when
you know us better" and, after a few
more commonplaces, went his way
There's a man." said Louise,
thoughtfully. on the way to McAllis.
ter's Office. II like him. Mary"
And yet there are men In this coun.
try who would kill him II they dared"
Mary! what do you mean? Are
! there then so many cut.throats in this
awful country"
Il think there are many desperate
men among the rustiers who would
not hesitate to kill either Paul Lang.
ford or Richard Gordon since these
prosecutions have begun. There are
also many good people who think MD.
Gordon is just stirring up trouble az d
putting the county to expense wb en-
he can have no hope Of conviction.
They say that his failures encov rage
the rustlers more than an Inactive
policy would"
People who argue like lat are
either tainted with dishones' y them.
selves or they are foolish, Q ne of the
two said Louise, with &C nviction.
Mr.. Gordon has one stanch SUD-
porter, anyway" said NJ airy. smiling.
'Naybo had better tell him. Precious
Little acourRgaBeat-.o De- ,,,.rtrrtty
gets, poor fellow"
please do not" replied Louise.
quickly. II wonder II my friend, Jim
Munson. has manaf led to escape bat.
tie, murder and 81 dden death includ.
ing death by pois on, and is on hand
with his testimony"
AS they Apr cached the Office the
crowd OF mev. around the doorway
drew aside to let them pass.
Our chanf:es OF worming ourselves
through th7.t jam seem pretty slim
to me-" whispered Mary, gl;tncing into
the already overcrowded room.
Let me make way for you" said
Paul Langford, as he sepa rated him.
self from the group Of meil standing
In front. and came up to tn EN-.
II have watered my horses" he said,
flashing merry smile at !aary ms he
began showing his big shoulders
thfouen the press. closely followed
by the two young women.
1t was a strange assembly through
which they pressed; randhmen and
cowboys, most Of them, Just in from
ranch and range, hot and dusty from
long riding, perspiring fred ly, redolent
OF strong tobacco and u le peculiar
smell that betokens recei t and init
mate conpanionship with that part
and parcel OF the plains the horse.
The room was indeed he t and close
and reeking with bad o lors. There
were also present q lart % delegation
Of cattle dealers and sale on men from
velpen. and some few Indians from
Rosebud agency, whose curiosity was
Unsuitable where the cor ,rts were con.
cerned. far from pictur esque in their
ill-fitting. nondescript cowboy gar
ments.
Yet they were kiJlG y. most of the
men gathered tbereL Though at first
they refused. with Sta lid resentment,
to be thus thrust asid by the breezy
and aggressive owner of the Three
Bars, planting their feet the more
firmly on the rough, uneven floor, and
sereneiy oblivAOus to any right Of way
10 arrogantiy deman ded by the big
shoulders, yet, when they perceived
for whom they way was being made,
most Of them stepp ed hastily aside
with mutiered and a dashed apologies.
Here and there, how ever. though all
made WY, there " ould be no red
faced or stammering apology. Some
times the little par ty was followed
by insolent eyes, son letimes by malig-
nant ones. Had Mar y wiIiiston spok-
en-. truly when she said the will for
blo0dsh ed was not lacking In the
But II there Was gught Of hatred or
In the heavy air Of the impro-
vised courtroom foi' Others besides
the high-minded counsel for law and
order Mary WilIistoil seemed serene
~ unconscious Of n. She held her
he's d proudly. Most of these men she
knew. She hsId done mans work
among them fur two years and more.
Ia her mans work o. riding the ran
yes she had had good Fellowship with
many OF them. After today much Of
This must end. Much blame would &C
crue TO her fat her for this days work
among friends as wen As enemies. for
he fear Of the lRW-dss1ers was an
'mnLDressnt fpsr With che snail opn-