The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-15
got Teller. an IL went ridin' with
you he'd Oil you full of holes

got Teller, an If went ridin' with
you he'd Oil you full Of holes
MAYBE | might shoot fust.'
81 don't keer. Ef you want to take
the chances I'll go with you
so that afternoon Johnny drove up
to the house where Lizzie lived and
TUX her into his wagon. and the two
went or just as If they was grown
up man and woman.
Ben Hackstaff was the Teller that
was courtin' Lizzie When she and
Johnny started Ben was a-huntin' up
some lost cows. but he come home
soon after.
Ben. said one o. his pals, yer gals
gone Off to ride with that measly lit
tie tenderfoot in the railroad Office
Johnny Bitternf
@'Yaas.'
(which wayr
"aThat away
.Ben wheeled his boss about so sud-
den that he come nigh THROWN him
and galloped down the dirt road along
the railroad track. Them as seen him
go remarked that IT was pity there
was no parson in the town to make
decent funeral for Johnny.
'The children had gone as far as
they wanted TO and was comm back
when they saw Ben tearin' along to-
wards 'em. furious.
"@There be comes says Lizzie. Git
yer gun out. Johnny
Johnny throwed the reins to her
and took revolver in each hand. Liz
zie TUX the reins in one hand and put
t'other one around him She didn't
think that Ben would dare shoot at
Johnny so long as he might hit her In
stead. though she took risk, for Ben
was mad enough to shoot her too.
lie CO. said Johnny.
at won't says Lizzie
by this time Ben was purity nigh.
He list TUX deliberate aim at Johnny.
and his bullet passed between the two
children's heads.
"That made Johnny mad He let
drive with I4izzie's arm around his
waist. never mindin the danger they
was both in. He seemed to think the
best way TO protect her agin man
that would shoot as Ben had shot was
to disable him as soon as possible. He
had both arms stretched out for'ard.
firm from both pistols. at the same
al. - n t~u Ia n
st may "a been that Ben on second
thoughts was afraid O. hittin' the gal
Anyways. none o his shots TUX effect. |
while nearly all o. Johnny's made holes |
in Ben. There wasn't none o 'em that
killed him at onct. but he lost so much |
blood that he dropped often his boss
and lay in the road as good as dead.
"Some railroad men In a wagon come
along about that time and seen Johnny
down In the road a-kickin' a man lyin' |
there.
"What you dom that forT they
asked.
"'He was a.shootin' at GAL said |
Johnny, and with that he began kickin
ag'in.
"'You better git back into yer wagon
and drive the gal home; Wen look out
for the corpse
Johnny give a last kick, then climb
ed up beside Lizzie. and they driv OFF.
"Jes' IS soon's the story got out In the
town Johnny was elevated from ten
ierfoot that wore chokers to a hero
was down on Ben Hack
stan for shootin' at Johnny so clost
beside Lizzie and didn't give him no
sort o. a funeral nohow. But they all
thort Johnny was mighty right to git
mad about II and didn't blame him
for kickin' the man when he was
down.
1.-THE story got east. and Johnnys
father was tickled to death. He Just
boosted the boy as fast as he learned
The business. and before be was
twenty-five he was made n division
Hes now the presi-
lent OF one o. the big systems Lizzie's
ais wife now"