The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-08-15

quartelsome humanity, the gambling
'apies alive with excitement. Men
sw2ggered along the streets looking
'or trouble, and generally finding It;
cowboys rode into open saloon doors
and drank In the saddle: troops of
congenial spirits. frengied with liquor
spurred recklessly through the street
firing into the air or the crowd, as
their within led bands played popular
airs ON balconies. and innumerable
bankers" added their honeyed invi
tations TO the perpetual din. From end
To end II was n saturnaiia Of vice.
babel OF sound. glimpse of the IN
terno. Money flowed like water: every
man was his own law. and the gun
the arblter OF destiny. The town
marshal, and few coolheaded depu.
ties moved here and there amid the
chaos. patient. tireless. undaunted.
seeking merely TO exercise some
slight restraint This was Sheridan.
Into the one long street just at dusk
rode Keith and Neb. the third horse
trailing behind Already lights were
beginning to CLEAN In the crowded
saloons, and they were obliged to
proceed slowly Leaving the negro at
the corral to find some purchaser for
the animals, and such accommoda
lions for himself as he could achieve,
Keith shouldered his way on foot
through the heterogeneous mass to,
ward the only hotel, long two-storied
wooden structure, unpainted. fronting
the glitter of the Pinoeer Dance Hall
opposite. A noisy band was splitting
the air with discordant notes, loud
voiced barker" yelling through the
uproar. but Keith, accustomed to SINH.
lar scenes and sounds elsewhere,
strobe through the open door of the
hotel, and guided by the noisy. contin.
uous clatter of dishes. easily found his
way to the dining room II was crowd
ed with men, a few women scattered
here and there. most of the former In
shirt.sleeves, all eating silently. A
few smaller tables at the back of the
room were distinguished from the 9th
ers by white coverings in place of oil.
cloth, evidently reserved Tor the more
distinguished guests. Disdaining cere'
monk, the new conner wormed his way
through. finally discovering a vacant
seat where his back would be to the
wall, thus enabling him to survey the
entire apartment
II was not of great interest, save
for Its constant change and the print
tive manner in which the majority at
tackled their food supply, which was
piled helter-skelter upon the Ions
tables. yet he ran his eyes searchingl,
over the numerous faces, seeking i'm
partially for either friend or enemy
No countenance present. as revealed
in the dim light Of the few swinging
lamps, appeared familiar. and salts
fed that he remained unknown Keitl
began devoting his attention TO th'
dishes before him, mentally express
ing his opinion as to their attractive
ness. CHANGING finally to again lif
his eyes. he met the gaze OF maj
sitting directly opposite, man VIII
somehow did not seem exactly in hal
mony with his surroundings He wa
short and stockily built. with roun
rosy face, and a perfect shock of wir
hair brushed back from a broad fore
head; his nose wide but stubby, an
chin massive. Apparently he was be
tween forty and fifty years of age, e,
ceedingly well dressed, his gray eye
/ shrewd and full of grim humol
Keith observed all this in glance
becoming aware at the same time tina
his neighbor was apparently studyin