New-York tribune., 1911-02-26

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ri W.bal's argument sounded rather plausible
III bn b,rked up "But that was no reason for thee
.; Ien no Prother Sam he declared hopefully "What
did he do! . t., ,.t,u
49, Ton, rcplicd as if the whole town had not been
J,a more or less yelling on the previous memorable
;nh, aNIorcn that, he got a notion the war on
nn,;r and said he could lick every ex-Confcderate
,;tb;n fortv miles, and started in to do it too"
Rrotbor William shook his head and, IN another tone
6 ,n;co asked Tom to come down and get them out.
aCot IN take 'em before the cote, Tom insisted with
oeio;oI ansterity; but compromised by saying they
could do il then Just well as not and proceeded to
dress. ,. a.; ;.;sI c.. -,
t ia,, and order when Tom, Brother William, and the
two culprits walked up to Judge Sirnons house and
,oI hin, m he being the Justice Of Peace and the
acote- He was quite inclined to be lenlent as unot-
fIIv be was the proprietor of the Ranchers Delight,
and dreckoncdr dollar and costs ought TO be about
;bt ;r,cmuch as nothing had been broken but the
eace which was cheap. Brother William paid the fine
and saw 10 il that Hanky had to start on long trip that
very morning. 50 the freight wagon ana the stage rat
lied away in each others dust the came up over
the hills on the other side of the sleepy Nodaway And
Torinda laughed in its coat sleeve when II heard about
It in the Judges inmitable way.
aTom was irwin to look like the President Of the Con-
fderate states of America he said, Brother William
Iootod nc Il he was so sorrerfu he could about cry and
San, patch WAS sure some sore but Hanky Pank-he
was the worst He Just sat around until cote was oVah
then he leaned on my desk and says, Jedge how much
does it cost to put this whole town under bonds to keep
the peace? I'd like to have you do that says he, be
cause give YOU fair warnin that if ever get thrown IN
again the St thing do when get out will be to kill
the man that bought and the that sold me the tust
drink So it'll be the town that breaks the peace when
that happens an not me, won't 1t! Better put EN-
under bonds I'm teln you And then he walked out
griffin his teeth, with Brother William afah him tryn
to cool him off few.
And thus ended the incident OF the fall from grace OF
Hankv Pank and Sam Patch but it is a well known
fact in Tornda that Hanky Pank, from that day until
the Sioux got him. with Clusters men, never took any
thing stronger than Arbucklcs; also that Sam Patch
drove sraghtcr also that the arrests were the cause
for Brother Williams forming distinct dislike for lon
IN time the first railway surveyors appeared on morse
L back Then more came with gang driving stakes.
And at last the first rails reached the east side OF the
hills and a big gang started to cut. As the big work
increased more men arrived, until there was an army
of the toughest labOrcrs ! ever saw cdmped out on
the hill about three miles from town.
When railways built in those days and the con-
stuction had to stop any place for more than week or
ten days there was regular following Of sharks who
prowed about the outskirts opening up saloons in tents
and all sorts of trouble shops The laborers did most OF