Gunnison news-champion., 1911-09-01

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sssss tho victim OF soseshiag -
as rot exactly . hosx. bsz 49, -
him IN ;hs ssaes of oEs sho ha1 -
pszyea sgon. used. sad then aaDcoro
ed. sishoaa even an iHklsnG q ~
came Perhaps also. his o0cial -
sifioH had be.H srrcsessntly 49,
pish But there wss poshsag =
ooald take hold Of An 0Gscsss uuuuu
of ths matter ~ossla he a. shuusG1nv
And. someho~ he felt that he U~u1r
never kBox any ythine more abosa -
matter than he did then.
Frisidly mechanically. NettisU ~
examined the securities. fossad 49,
10 tally with the notes. ssshsrsd -
bsack wallet 10 depart
4 vin say" he protested. tsrn6nn
the Indignant S.srs 6 his slaasus
apos Major kinGman. thai pour
ststements-yoar nisleadinG seaas-
n.ents. which yoH DC not condsscooA
to explain--do not appear 10 - 0u3ss
the thing regarded either - buaDsno
or hsmor ! DO not unasrstaRd suca
motives or action.
Major Tom looksd down st hin -
renely and not unkindly
Son he said. there ere plenty =
things IN the chaparrsl and O. -
prairies. and up the canyons that yos
don't understand But ! want to thonh
yog for listening TO q garrulous -
mans prosy stories. We old Tease
love to talk about our adventures cd
our old comrades. and the home foahs
have long sso learned TO run WAea
We begin with Once upon Q tise -
We have TO spin our yarns to the
stranger within our gates"
The major smiled. but the ezaRtoss
only bowed eoidly. and abruptly SsAt
ted the bank. They saw him trsve,
diasonslly across the street " .
straight line and enter the os0hr
mems National bank
Major Tom sat down ct his 1sok.
and drew from his vest pocAst tAo
note Roy had given him. Hs hoA s0on
1t once. but hurriedly. and nov, Wtah
something like a twinkle in hio OVso,
he read again. These were the UesAo
he read:
Dear Tom:
Il hear there's one Of Uncle 0an0
grsyhounds going through you. 80
thst means that veil catch him inot1o
Of . couple u hours. maybe. NoW, .
want you to DO something fer Ne.
We've sot just q zoe in the baah. snA
the Law requires that we have ooo,.
900. ] lot Rose and Fisher have ola,.
600 late yesterday afternoon to buy
up that Gibson bunch Of cattle. ThsVu
realize o4e.e in lsss thea thirty
days On the transactioa, but thas
woat make ny cash g hand look sny
pretttsr to that bank sHsnissr. ROw.
! can't show him those notes. foe
they're just plain notes Of hand with
out any security in sight, but yos
know very well that Pink Ross apa
jim Fisher are two of the fins 81 v lite
men God ever made, and they'll do the
square thing. You remember Jim
f1sher-he was the one who slot that
faro dealer in III Paso. | wired Sam
Bradshaw's bank to send me S2p 200.
and u Will get in on the narrow gaues
at 1885. You can't let bank exam.
iner In to count s2 200 and close YOUR
doors. Tom. you hold that examiner.
Hold him. Hold him If you have 10
rope him and sit on his head. Watch
our front window after the narrow
gauge gets in. and when we've got the
cash inside well pub the shade for a
signal Don't turn him loose tn
then. I'm counting on you. Tom.
Your Old Para.
BOB BUCKLEY.
'Prest Stockmen's National"
The major began to tear the note
INTO email pieces and throw then into
his waste basket. He gave a salts.
Aed little chuckle as he did so.
"CoAfounded old reckless cou.
puncher," he growled, contentedly
ssthat pays him saraa On ,uua-.