The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06

in. A Chinaman is one thing; but
F., commerce must not an shall not be
shot up
Jack Moore. at Enright's behest,
! brings In the eboolient Cottonwood.
who seems heap cast down. He's
that modest II halfway disarms
Boggs, who whispers TO Enright that
he reckons II he counsels Cottonwood
to practyne more reserve with that
six-shooter Of his, II will likely an
swer all demands
| Which | adopts your view. SAM
observes Boggs, surveyin Cotton.
/ wood, who shore does look mighty
! young an small; It's plain he amt
lynohin' size as yet
For all Boggs's intercessions, En-
right assoomes sour. forbiddin' man.
Nor Cottonwood. he says. 4 wouldn't
II was you, bank too strong on my
want of years TO go pressln' the limit
of the public patience. It's bad
enough for you to so settiu Dan an
' other sensitive folks on edge with
| your hubbub. but to-day you takes n
further downward step. an puts at
defiance the rooles of trade. DO you.
all realize how that Chinaman. when
you singed him. is on his way to buy
things at the New York store7'
| Cottonwood protests that the idee
never enters his head
IT'S then as ! thought goes on
Enright, sort o. relaxin' What you
a In hat IL, -
the same It's indiscrete. Now. I
won't tell you twice. Cottonwood.
Wolfville will not tol'rate interference
with business interests. Yereafter,
when moved TO so burnip' up the
scenery about q Chinaman with your
gun be shore us after he makes his
purchases Now vamos, an avoid foo.
ture criticism
Cottonwood Is more or less con
science stricken over Enright's words.
an promises to mend his ways An
10 show his feeln's has been reeIy
touched an he's irwin to improve. he
takes tho saddle off his pony an goes
on foot for mebby lfs three days He's
so plumb quiet. too that general con.
fidence is restored in bin to sech a
degree that Cherokee Hall, who's
yeretofore barred him at faro.bank as
too young an voylent. considers roe.
movin' these disabilities an permit.
tin him to buck tho game Unchecked.
"Boggs even says TO Texas Thomp-
son. It's amszln' how that Cotton
wood boy improves since Sam advises
with him. II certainly does knock his
horns of. an no mistake
Which igger,' returns Texas.
who's more iudgmatical than Boggs.
that the changes you rejoices over is
the froote rather of fear than of any
resolootion to lead happier an a
better life. Old Sam Enright's got a
mighty piercin' eye, an thar's a gray
CLEAN In It like the shine of new
Bowie
l. "'All the same returns Boggs. I
feels more libral than you about Cot.
tonwood. It's my belief his reforms
is sincere
"'Well, retorts Texas, In a man
ner meditative. while I'll be proud to
lose, don't mind bettin' you a stack
Of reds that this Cottonwood coyote
breaks forth ag'in inside of no time.
Breaks forth? repeats Boggs. To
what EXTREMIST
"1ll gamble you.all he gets that
egreegious the strangers comes to-
gether,' says Texas.
Its CO. says Boggs; although
I'm driven TO remark that your tastes
for specyoolation has most likely be.
trayed YOU into the hole. This Cot.
tonwood boy'll be as tame as tabby
cats.
IT'S the next day, while Cotton,
wood is losfln' about, solemn an Sc.
date, that old Monte swings in with
the stage. lie fetches with him two
tenderfeet
IAN they amt got a thing but
money! says old Monte, as he pitches
T, the letter bags to the postmaster, an
tumbles the Wells.Fargo box into the
street. 1 couldn't quite git onto their
game, but the bsr-keep In the Oriental
jest before ] pulls out of Tucson as.
shores me they're yere to invest
iht stidhBtiS pitNutb camp NJ lne
10 K. Restauraw, an after Enright
gets out of old Monte all he's able to
commoonicate, which is pletny scanty,
for the amount that old sot cant find
out onder the most fav'ble circum.
stances is plumb surprisn'--he an
Doc Peets goes squanderin over.
These yere demonstrations gets pop.
lar anticipation all keyed up
Thar You see the two wisest
sharps this side of the Missouri
exclaims Dave Tutt,' lookln' after
Enright an Peets. II they can't
convince them milllonsires OF Arizo.
mas footure, then It don't lay In the
deck
The same bein' my belief com.
lpleto. says Boggs; who's ceiebratin'
the advent OF the tenderfeet out of a
bottle, You bet Enright an Poets
II rope an hawg.tie these we're capi
talists an have EN- all spread out for
brandin too easy
while we're bankcrin' around the
Red Light, talkin' II over, Enright
comes back, | never sees him more
pleased,
Gents he says, tasln the bottle