The Red Cloud chief., 1908-05-01

"'Are you going TO send 'cm all
around, Ayr
1.-The whole bunch. Anybody com.
Ing back from the diggings has gold
In his clothes. % il won't hurt 'cm
one aud l propose To give that stage
line an advertising that won't do it n
bit of good. Come along. Red. Let's
see that lad that has the shack up
the river. We need something Ia eat.
II maybe he's got Il gun. II he's n
decent Teller, we'll let him III on Il
claim. Never mind about ia" hole.
1t won't run away, AMI there's nobody
to touch anything. Come on
: We went NJ the river. The
mans name was White. and lac was II
white man Icy nature too. II" fed MS
well and was just as hot as Us when
we told him about the stag" drivers
trick. Then "" told him ahuu, the
find and let him in.
"'Nuw,' says Ag.y, have Won got y
gum
IL hay" that says the man. My
dad used tu uo ~ duck hunter ON ChcS-
apcako hay Wien you say gun" I'll
show YOU 81 gun He dove In under
his bunk and fetched out what | should
say was q No. l bore shotgun. with
barrels SIX foot long.
"'GcntIcmcn.' says he. holding the
gun ny ANA patting il lovingly. ii YOU
ram Il quarter pound of powder in
each one Of them barrels AND II haul.
full Of huckshot on top of that you'N"
got an argument mat couldn't hc upset
by the supreme court. I'll guarantee
that when YOU point her anywiicrcS
within len feet Of Il man not over Il
hundred yards away and let her do her
duty, all the talent that that mans
family could employ couldn't gather
enough Of him to recognize him by,
and You won't lie in bed niorc'n long
enough TO hea! q busted shoulder
al hope il ain't going TO he my pain
full line Of performance 10 phil the
trigger says Aggy. I think til" sight
Of her would have weight with most
people. When's the stage due back"
"'D8y after tomorrow, about noon
"'rhat gives us lots OF time I" stake
and TO salt claims that cant show
cause their owr selves says Agey. 1
think We're 81 right
1.-THE next day we worked like the
old Harry. We had everything fixed
up right 10y nightfall. and there was
nothing TO do but dig and wait.
Curious folks we all are, aiu't we:
! should have said my own self that If
I'd found gold 10y the bucketful. Id be
more interested in that than | would
he IN getting even with n mut rhat had
done me dirt. but it wasn't 81. Per
haps il WAS because | hadn't paid
much attention to money all my life.
and | had paid the strictcst attention
to the way Other people used me. l.iv-
ing where there's SO few FOLKS ne
counts for that. ! suppose.
Getting even on our esteemed
friend. the stage driver. was right in
your incl" Reddy's line, ana A".y and
our new pard. White, seemed to take
kindly TO II, also.
"If ever ymG saw three faces filled
with innocent glee, it was when we
heard the wheels az that stage coming
why. the nigh, before | was woke
mp by somebody laughing. There was
Aggy sound asleep, sitting ny hu.-ing
himself in the moonlight.
"Oh, my. Oh, my says he. It's
the only ford for 4yOSo miles
I'VE planted a sign in the niidd," Of
the road with this wording on IL in big
letters, made with the black end "t "A
stick:
NOTICE
This and adjoining claims are tl. prop.
erty OF AYamemnor 6. Jones, Red Ssun-
deTs. John Henry White. ct I'll.
TrespassiHp cone ut Your own risk.
Owners viii not he responsible Tor the
remains.
"Tlcrc was a stretch Of about II mile
on the level before us. When the stag"
come in plain sight Agsy proceeds 10
load up Ola Moral Suasion,' az he
called her. so that the folks could see
there was no attempt AT deception,
They come pretty fairly slow after
that. At fifty yards. Az hollerS Halt"
The team sat right down on their
tails.
"'Now. Mr.. ~Suick'umfrilz,' says Az
gy. YOU thai drives. ! mean come here
and read this little sign
Suppose ] dou't!' says The Teller,
trying 10 be smart before the pasSen-
gers.
ITS a horrible superstition says
Aggy, and the innocent will have to
suffer with the guilty Then he cocks
the gun.
God sskes. Don'i shoot. yells Que
OF the passengers. Man, You ought to
have more sense Than 10 Try and pick
him out OF a crowd with a shotgun
liet down there, Won fool. and make II