The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-09
TIE TENpEREsr SOFT DE a TENpERroo1

TIE TENpEREST SORT oR a TENDERrooT.
but promised you to uphold the legends
and traditions OF glorious old Wyoming
to tbs. best of my ability. lds 81.
~ II was elected by m overwhelming
majority. and I have been dispensing
jcsttce for the last three years In hunks
and chunks and Jumps. 1t may not al
ways lave been law. but 1t has been
Tjestlce MS far as L could make out. s55i
ION the way from the Red Dog to
this court this morning tho court was
cusslng Mt every step. jest Mt the pres
fcnt minute the court las tears III his
eyes. and one tune on n hand organ
would make him weep. The banner OF
our state Is trailing III the mud. Men
nre looking encl other lii the face and
turning away their heads III shame and
humiliation. The word Disgrace hns
been writ In large letters across tho
fair nnlne of this commonwealth, and
even the kyotcs In. The hills cnn nc
longer look Il tenderfoot III the eye.
Listen to me. SONS OF. the fathers
Of Bunker! I'LL. Over there by the
wintler sits Arizona Peter He has his
hands in Ills pockets and look Of
triumph on his face. He struck this
town two years ago. q Hc llad two
gains and a reputation MS man killer.
He looked the part. None OF us dis
puted Il. We all stepped high and
softly when we, passed him, and no
one dug nn,elfow into his ribs.
No Spring Chicken.
T am no sprins chicken, MS you
Will MI admit. but ! must tell the truth
mud say that I took cnre not to roll
Pete. Whenever he called for the
drinks chnlkcd 1t down. and when
ever the ,chnlk marks got too many 4 I
rubbed them out and began over ng In.
Yes. took him for. man OF sand
Twas sure he was nll In. I didn't
turn away 4 from him. but 3 always
hoped We wouldn't. have to draw on
each other. 5F
Great shndes, but when think OF
the numerous times he has sat III
the Red Dog and blu1fcd our crowd
down ! could howl with sorrcr! he
hns lied and Dragged and bonstcl. ana
VIC have sat there and taken It nll
In md forced a smile!
WHO skecred Jim Williams out OF
Sandy Bend? K 5i y. ). f,
who told Watt Taylor to get a
move on himself?
who had M ace up his sleeve while
playing poker? 3. y
"Wllo has been the terror OF the ten.
derfoot for fifty miles around?
"N'ho Inns talked OF stnrtIn. a prl.
vatc graveyard? "a s.is,1 I. I!
WHO has hccn nel1, a railroad ana
civilization and bonsted: that. lie would
die first? III 4! j.S yf59
Echo don't answer, but i 10. Arr.
iona Pete 10 tho critter-thnt thing sit
ting over there with mans clothes OH,
Three months ago. as you will re
member, he started to 70 over to Jack.
pine to kill n man who had doubted
his verncity. On the way lie meets
up with tenderfoot-thc tendcrcst
sort of tcn1crfoot. He was d cross
eyed, bow legged. one lung son OF q,
gun who had been sent out here lly
Ills Inn to get some hurs OH his coat
tails. As they meet Pete sees It's a
GOOD chance 10 make. some Doodle, and
he yells out in that bull voice of his:
- Hands up or Eou are n dend mani.
WHAT'S the row?' asks the stranger
n IN casy way.
Shell out or I'll bury yc!
The stranger orter have gone to
shaking and trembling, but he didn't.
Although he was klvered by n pop lie!
made lightning draw and raked Pete
! ucross the cheek with n bullet. You
can see the scar there now.
Feller Patriots. do you know whnt
THIS lol;' terror. this man killer, this
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