The log cabin Democrat., 1909-09-25

| Mountain Stock association-do you want to see it? When we get these l cattle to the Door, any man in the | Cache may come forward and prove his property. l shall leave instructions l to that effect when we go, for l want | you to go to Medicine Bend with me, Du Sang, as soon as convenient, and the men that are with me will finish | the roundup"
 What do you want me for? There's no papers out against me, is there?" No, but I'm an officer, Du Sang. | I'll see to the papers; I want you for murder"
 So they tell me. We'll, you're after the wrong man But I'll go with you; | l don't care about that"
 Neither do l. Du Sang; and as you have some friends along, won't break up the party. They may come, too"
 What for?"
 For stopping a train at Tower W Saturday night"
 The three men looked at one another l and laughed
 Du Sang with an oath spoke again:
 
 by this time I can't speak for my friends; l don't know whether they want to go or not. As far as I am concerned, I haven't killed anybody that I know of l suppose you'll pay | my expenses back?"
 Why, yes, Du Sang, if you were coming back would pay your ex- penses; but you are not coming back. You are riding down Williams Cache for the last time; you've ridden down it too many times already This round up is especially for you. Don't de- ceive yourself; when you ride with me out of the Cache, you won't come l back"
 Du Sang laughed, but his blinking eyes were as steady as a cats. It did not escape Whispering Smiths notice that the mettlesome horses ridden by the outlaws were continually working around to the right of his party He spoke amiably to Karg: If you can't manage that horse, Karg. can.. Play fair. It looks to me as if you and Du Sang were getting ready to run for it, and leave George Seagrue to shoot his way through alone"
 Du Sang, with some annoyance, in- tervened: That's all right; I'll go with you. I'd rather see your papers, but if you're Whispering Smith it's all right. I'm due to shoot out little game some time with you at Medicine Bend, anyway"
 Any time, Du Sang; only don't let your hand wabble next time It's too close to your gun now to pull right"
 Well, I told you I was going to come, didn't I? And I'm coming now,"
 With the last word he whipped out his gun. There was crash of bull lets. Questioned once by McCloud snd reproached for taking chances. Whispering Smith answered simply: T have to take chances" he said. All l ask is an even break" l But Kennedy had said there was no such thing as an even break with 1 Whispering Smith. A few men in a 1 generation amuse, baff1e, and mystify 1 ether men with an art based on the l principle that the action of the hand 1 is quicker than the action of the eye With Whispering Smith the drawing l of a revolver and the art of throwing 1 his shots instantly from wherever his hand rested was pure sleight-of-hand ! To a deXterity so fatal he added a judgment that had not failed when confronted with deceit. From the moment that Du Sang first spoke, Smith. convinced that he meant to shoot his way through the line. waited only for the moment to come. When Du Sang's hand moved like flash of i light, Whispering Smith, who was ! holding his coat lapels in his hands. struck his pistol from the scabbard i over his heart and threw bullet at 1 him before he could fire as a conjurer throws a vanishing coin into the air. ! Squirting his horse fearfully as he did so, he dashed at Du Sang and Karg, leaped his horse through their line l and, wheeling at arms length, shot again. Bill Dancing jumped in his saddle swayed, and toppled to the ground. Stormy German gave a sin gle whoop at the spectacle and, with his two cowboys at his heels, fled for life
 More serious than all. Smith found himself among three fast revolvers, working from an manageable horse. The beast tried to follow the fleeing cowboys. and when faced sharply about showed temper The trained horses of the outlaws stood like statues, but Smith had to fight with his horse bucking at every shot. He threw his bullets as best he could first over one shoulder and then the other, and used the last cartridge in his re- volver with Du Sang. Seagrue. and Karg shooting at him every time they could fire without hitting one another.
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