The sun., 1910-05-08


display of temper. so 's't there wouldn't
be no orawhshin when this here yarn
you was goin' 70 tell turns out sOmepin'
dirrent like II gently does
who said was goin' 20 tell a yarnl'
demanded the old man. bsWildered.
"Oh. tn amt nobody done said Il,
fur = that goes replied Winterbottom
placidly. as he lighted his pipe afresb
and pulled along without any further
apparent concern In the subject
Then wotinell--- began old man
Greenlaw with symptoms Of an APPROACH
ing attack Of apopleXy, but what he might
have been going 20 Ask will never b.
known definitely. for on the moment two
pistol shots sounded almost simnlta.
neously just outside the saloon and ths
door opened suddenly
As the old man and his friends looked
up in surprise the tall. powerful locking
man whom they had seen on the levee
stepped inside with a still smoking ~
volver in his hand and looking around
with curiosity.
what sort Of a town is this. anyway
be demanded. addressing the party gen
erally. Does people gen'ly shoot az a
nan f'r bsin' fool enough 90 come hyar?
Or Was IL a loOnatc what jumped out
I'm behind a house an fred 'thoufen a
woFd7'
! The four men he addressed for Sam
Pearsall and Jim Blaisdell we're Of the
party looked az him In mild surprise
/ for q few moments before any one replied
Then old man Groenlaw said.
When strangers coinsa In here lookin
/ f'r inf'mation 'tain't considered manners
lf'r 10 butt in. Vi lent like. with a gun IN
y'r hand. 10 you was wiHhin' 10 De- told
/ a0mepin' conoernin' them dif'renk items
you was gpecifyin' mebbs YOU q do better
| Tor 10 rec 'lect y'r etiqtstte
oh very well snid the stranger.
: good naturedly enough, and stepping
: up 10 the bar be asked. a. hs pOcketed
the weapon. n the grntlefnen would JOIN
him M a drink
They would and they did. and after
old man Gresnlaw had -at forth the
glass ~ and bottle and had dropped
the payment In the cash drawer h. in
auired: How come you was shoOtin'
Outaide?'
Well. just nachully vas shootin'
bein's ! was shot At. BOT how come
t0ther man shot / dunno. / never asen
him afo' He Just come round the corner
an draWtd. 20 O' oO'se there want
nothin frme 20 do but 10 draw too
Sounds reasonable admitted the
old man. -btIt what come o him2-
! I dunno said the stranger. indiher-
emily. -H@ @dFapped. Not KNOWN what
the customs o the town mUught b.
] 4 aaaa Z -
o thing happeped frequent In these parts
That d'pends.' said Old man Green
law. noncommittally 4 reckon the iirst
| thing b do b to find out who vou shot
Was hsa citizen % Arkansas City7'
How do ] xnowf' exclaimed the
stranger Indignantly. @-TwR'n't 40 tirne
f'r me 10 b. astin' him who he was when
he opened fire. was it,
-Mebbe not admitted the old man.
@but Il makes a hellova lot o. din renee
20 We Jne. sam. s'posin' yOu step out an
see who twas
This proved 70 be Unnecessary. On
the moment Joe Rassett the sheriff %
tho county. entered the saloon and in
quirsd with Official stemness II the man
that shot Hank BelknGp was anywhere
I round
How do ! knowY- said the stranger
when ~ perceived that they were an
looking az him Tor a reply Was this
here Belhnap person in the habit o. shoot
IN az strangers. casual. or did he bust
loose I'm the funny house just recentp
Cause II that was the kind o. man he was
likely | shot him but how was ! 10 know
his name was Belknapg-
-YO' pear 20 be pow'f fond o. put
tin questions. said old man GreenlAW
sternly. but ] reckon yo'll do better 10
he AnsWerin' some. io' can't 90 round
Arkansas City kilhn' citizens with i'm
purity. i he dead. Joe? II he Ia. Won
have 10 comprehsnd this man an bring
him afO' me, a. justice o. the peacs. f'r
hearin' II be amt dead AIgest him
f'r cArFyin' concealed weapons
Well. said the stranger anKrily. a.
he started for the door. 'th' ain nobody
gOln' 70 arrest me fr no
Bat toe stranger was greatly mistaken
Powerful a. he was. Joe Rassett was
miEhtiur than be and though he put no
q oreditable fight he was subdned with
comparative ease aftsF old man GrssnlaW
had tapped him gently on the back Of the
head with the bunEEtarter.
Beng ovegp0wered he had the good srnna
70 refrain from struggling and stood
quietly enough while old man Gresnlaw
recovered hia composure enough % ask.
-Who'a " prisoner, sheriff.
Blamed II ! know. said BaaRett Who
be yO'. stranger.
my names Wilkins Bill wilkins 70
piled the stranger.
What's the charge ag'in him, JOe2s
was the next question.
well ! don't rightly know. aaid tho
biR Sheriff. They was pichin' Hank M
when / come In lo0rin' f'r the Yeller Z
shot him. but ] dunno whether he's dead
or not
We'll. how come yo' was goin' round
town ahO0tin' &C citizsns. an 20
atranger?- demanded the old man, ad-
drga1ing tho prisoner
Il done told 20 all a dozen times.
replied Wilkins angrily How come I
vas in Arkansas City. ] done heerd there
was the best poker played hyar what's
played anywherea along tho river, an
bein' 81 ] play my OWnaelf. stopped O4
ths boat for 10 80 In. Then this galO0t,
whaf I BsvBT - af0'
MAY it please thu cot. . aaid Jim Blais-
dall. interruptinG hastily. Il now yO'
What thelB here p'Ceedin'a b. adiOurned.
aubiect 20 the call o. the Chair This
here gentleman 'paars - b. here on
business an faint no time 20 be bOthprin
him about thhes Pears like he'd 0uEhtar
be iel finish up afo' he's Interrupted
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