The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-16

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hiIs for tiotir eoiat1g il just tS,en cstas.
ed him 10 forget his efrnn1 e
the sttsinsce left the table
be vent into the BARRON, ana took tssc
more big drinks. and lien, iaanifis Oh
THE bur he said to d intnie swcetzeI
That he Ind come al grent sfn1fiy Ifailes,
10 make hero pfS himself sHs
fw uu1dn't shy Just exaetiy how he S :ls
going tos do IT. but said tim & tho dis.
strict ttorney Of the count couldn't
sealls him Insane IN one breath ma then
Prosecute him for d sane man IN an:
other. IA
He MISC displayed n revolver and
I boasted that he had killed seven ln le1t
with It Only three Of them Ind lind
time TO utter a prayer, nj they were
mighty 5brfef pray e:.s ii :tha
81 lien the stranger left tile hotel h e
inquired OF Joe Hark the way to
the Kicker Office. Joe IS a stutlerer. as
we NIL know. md he replied B
80 N" y ou-you ego right a down stfts
ss-strect two b:blocl,s and then turn
{turn-turn'-ssSs IN s.
e was going to tell tho rest Of 1t
sif It took nil the forenoon. bnt Tho
stranger said a be hanged = IL he
would WHIT He further observed that
[ IL ne Ind such a tongue on him lle.d
go md play with tic, coyotes.
."ren minutes later the :AlIadow# ct
death crossed the threshold OF the
Kicker office. holding n gun rcndy to
shoot. * Il
5ss I'VE sntf I'm our; sancturn writing d
yellow Journal editorial MS to why mice
loved cheese. It Is really IA scientific
question and one that thu magazines
should pay more attention to. and we
had become deeply interested twhcnitho
;shndow enterel our room und a hoarse
voice exclaimed: "a N. 4 a a
a Fusilfade Of Bullets.
h 81 I" Prepare to meet the idnvIlrsS
The words were. followed by a III.
.sillnde. Bullets tipped past and ali
around us. unl for a few seconds we
were dazcd. Only half I'M hour before
| that our horse itor had asked us to
raise his salary to IS a week. and W
had refused because he couldn't tell
us why n mule always raised his tail
before he started to bray. We thought
the young man had come buck for re.
svenge. Il = /. Il 5
ss Then we got a line on the stranger
and reached for our gum and two shota
dropped him. We had to fire through
"a cloud Of smoke, but both bullct is
went home. The stranger, had icmptled
Ills gun. but we were not even grazcu.
81 The remains were removed to- the
town hail mt once, anu II coroner's jury
:wns impaneled. "A verdict of 'Justlna-
bic homicide was reached in about ten
minutes. From a letter found In one
of the pockets it would appear tlnt
tho mans name WINS Bill Taylor and
TINT he WINS q resident OF the OILY
aStnte, Il but there Is i nothing certain
about It. Why he came here to Kill us
will probably always remain a mys-
terry. We had never heard of him In
our life md certainly had never re-.
'ferred to him IN our, paper. It may be
that he thought we. had Ind enough;
of this cold world and needed rest.
THE mnn, whoever lie wlls. wns
buried yesterday AS usual, we per-
:sonnlIyt bore the expense OF the funeral,
md rode MT the head Of the procession.
lie was buried In our; private grave
yard. and within n month the roses.
Will be. climbing over his grave. nrlG
on his tombstone people will be read.
Ing TINT he was Il just nud upright
man. little eccentric perhaps. hut
prefcrring the narrow. paths OF virtue
to the broader highways OF vice. "a IIei
Will be lnbelcd no. ] D, and he will
sleep well. IF he Is not better or It Is
not our fault. '" 6z5 NJ. QUAD.