The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-24

What ails your friend7 Is he drunk 81
just plain bughpu-a;'
They only !:ugh"d and IN. Colonel
said He amt drunk. sab He won
10 drunk e. some DAYS yet He's on y
Just stahtln IN. but he docs pear O.
y"arn 10 gun play when h. drinkin'
an Just nhchully yo' beIn = stranger
h. neckuned ON shootin' al yo' all The
bows Een'ly steals his gun when he gets
R"In', an ! reckon that's what they done
this time. - he's mon llkety gone out
for q get h.-.led bur W al uccdn =,
q mini n0th.n about that The boys
won't l"t him corre back
The oId scNundrnl began to as
s'mhl" the cards with he evident OK
i-'"trti'n that the gam" would g. on
uninterrupted. ! WAS still thinking hard.
however and I slid ! presume It's all
rl'ht. but | r,S'kon Id better g and got
h,~'!ri mv-~lf You know he might
come back
Well they sid tina, was all right
ard ] CT ~ frrm ;hs table I dnE't
u.Ld S.ying thT' nv first thought WAS
O. 60 away from thor" nd 80 myself.
hut the second thought came instantly
There ua- no Tlc. that could 60
g. wh"r" Jack wouldn't ha able ~ md
me- and # should run away I would
forfeit any pr-SIt le support ! mi gh' have
"a case uf an encounter. for no one would
have my r-rp"Ct for coward Also
! though the S..f.st place m town for me
vs. right - thFt poker o. be
80 l~ft what chips ! had remaining
~ mark my seat and stepped over ~ tha
tavern Wher" had pm NJ m my arrival.
! had no gun 4 my own, but | thought
| might 10 abb. 20 borrow one from IN,
proprietor. AID sur" enough. when
told nun that a man call.d IL X WAS gun
nIng for me. he produced a Neslnon
promptly
That's a good gun. he sid and It's
mighty hsht p' the trigger 50 v want
IL . Fgaft q #H 4
Ill MN Ir , i.Ir night ! reckon th"ro Won
b" luth'n did ,.h.utI W" 'In- - Cettiu
Nlrd 81 tired O. haNlu' q AiiHn' IN town
ivory tl'u" b." get drums
80 | took m" Gun aud went hack
The NJ r'sUder Stppd m tho outer room
and -mi'-i pleas .n'lV ~ 10 - '.r s~s.i
ln. 'ut h- I'D nutIIlg. nor did either %!
%" Tire" men. whom | found stlll playing
wn'r' l"ft them
4 r.ilo"d tnHt m" Colonel he'd lta1nd
d"rrrng"r lvInE sg"h sid" - Nt- chips
nu me i.sul'' aud when he " mo look 80
them DO" laughed . little aud sad Mud
" 1h'nu i"rfa D" S.ttIu on "m.
lh"r ! ~ 'hF' Inn had ipussucd H."
h'n u m" knit Do" wor" - IN" back g
MS neck 80 thrf ~ showed pLlinly and
/ presumed thar 1911 had some weapon
handy. =" | sad nothing. bat | moven
my s"a' that I III ,uld fIc- m" door
'" ~" outer room ard had the land
lord revolver alpngsId" my chips which
I
o. play
i confess that did nor give a. much at
i"ntIon 10 ID" gam" a. might hav" don"
after that lost what chips | had and
IN" most ~ another stack while I was
thinking whether | was all kinds 81 fool
tn stay thor" "r whether really was doing
th" wis''-t thing pOssir'" Aside from
that. vas wondering hoW I would come
ont of n II the boys should lrt Jack come
hack
We'll. th"v dldnt hut he made a brave
attempt ~ n ! don't know whether h.
had procured n gun or not hut an httIa
Will" h" Vas IA fTon' ~ the saloon trying
~ fight hIs way az There were four or
five other Non there. however. and after
a tremendous struggle hey bore him away
again. and | saw no more of him.
Not long after that aunt tho game and
went over Ia the hotel again. whsre spent
the night IN TIA" hIrToOm with the pro-
pr"tpr who Was very decent f@lluw
~" assured IN" that II was all trjIe abOG;
Jacks homi,ldal mania hut added that
h" was good ,itIZcn when softer and a
prosperous saloon k.sp-r Being wcll
HH~,.. hH had UHv"T 6,-,'n cOi, iCt'.ti of man
slaughter alter one 81 these ARRAYS though
he had had several, hut the community
was tired ~ them
4 took VA" lirs, train ont ~ town and
never returned th"re.'