The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-05-30
Stranger
a ssgp llasfstns How Posse,
va Hang oa %
Ihoosy
BY william l. Chew
ccgtfAets w. Amsssoas Press 1850
By william l. Chew
ceYsFAeks w Amssaoas Press Ass.
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Co TIE osair8i gar1 q ne Cr0w val
ief Vts one = thafe riiiaErs tlsat
tlNing 20 mushfoots lac open The d..
rlFsfy q Egia Newcomers vefc ~
ralnE FROM The e8kt aDa from the
uesi Ameue those from ihe west VAS
asaB " 10 seemed ~ hate siaulad
ua biz oaaEicnancs = haze expert
fnrne \ rY4ef We hbd 10 SOONER ea
tered The town ihan b. walked through
tie street ibcre wss oEly one street
i.sgking VI even obe ~ met a. though
b. wers searching Tor some one he
kept thla 81 uptll be seemed 10 te sai
isBed that be lad sccn every cue 10
ghs town. then difrontipBed IL
lie was . yeIy uneommnuifaiiFe
man had made 20 iviends lIis name
was mol forthcoming ~ Re soou hc
qalred ihe soubfiquei q Stranger lie
sufored . ciain and went T. work With
IiEk and shovel Ike tie rest ~ the
nlen Ia the town Wheu the DALI
coach arrived from the east be was al
uAyt On hand lie pcrurnized every
psrson who alighted. sud when the
roach bad been empiled walked away
Who Is be and who's be l0oklh
fary aste1 one 81 knot of men one
evaHlBg a. s,raugcr walked away from
tbs coach Wiih his usual look OF disap
polnimcnt
Want { know who be is and who
he's io0ktn FOR DO yT' said Bnl
stubbs Wei. 10 tell Hes one
them fcilcrs wao's lie has been
wrecked ~ woman and another man
Hes been married and another Teller
has taken bis wife from him It's my
oplnlon that Strangers expoctln The
Teller thst robbed him Of bis wife, and
when be comes you'll see a shootin
match
4 don't think much Of that expla
nation" poi 10 Andy Jones II reckon
Strangers been doln somepn 10 git
himseif wanted somewberes When
be fas, come yere tux notice be salts
rvd himself arore be settled down that
there wasn't 10 one yere as knowed
him. then be entered his claim an
wpnt % work he ain't tellln' nothlu
sbaut himself lie Amt a goln' 10 fur
nish nobody who's huntln him with
Information about where be Is
These are but few OF the reasons
conjured up Tor Strangers presence in
the town and bis singular actions The
only person who wns not interested
Ia them was Stranger himself, but be
was the only person who didn't hear
any OF them He pursued the even
tenor Of bis way, digging ia bis hole
~ the ground and going every evening
90 the coach 10 inspect the incoming
passengers.
one day Stranger was missing from
bis hole His absence at once set es.
cry tongue wagglng with accelerated
yigor Every one wondered where be
had gone and Il be would ever come
back
Where has be gone" exclaimed Bill
Stubs, why. he's got wind OF the
Teller he's lookln' for As to his com
ia back. that depends which man gifts
the drop on t'other one. III Stranger
gits il-and hope be will-he'l come
baekJi reckon. and he'll feel better
satisfied with himself Like enough |
be may take another holt on matrimo
nv
"0h. rats. Bill Stubs" exclaimed |
Andy Jones when you git notion |
into your head you make everything |
NJ Il Stranger has got wind % au
enemy. shore enough, but not the enc
ms you mean Hes heered that sher |
Ia has got wind Of him, aud Strangers !
jist M out 10 give him the slip. That's
The most reasonable view 20 take Of It.
Seems TO me" suggested Enoeh |
Nudge. that both you fellers Is fttin'
Strangers eoln' away 10 your explana.
tons I've Hllus tub notice that when
a man gifts an idee into his bead be
makes all his other ldees run that
way Did you ever hear o. out aud
out Demmyeat turnin into Repub
lcan or opposite wayf"
The remark did not change the views
u Bill Stubs or Audy jones. who
both declared that they were ready 10
listen 20 any other reasonable theory
Strangers abuse than their
,wn, bot when Nudge advanced one
hey both attacked II vigorously lie
llank away leaving the two men nr
suing with each other
Then came information that added
roium. 10 the fame or conjecture
stranger returned looking happy
What did tell your said Stubs
He's met his man and got the drop
10 hin"
Hes lodged the sheriff" Andy
Zones claimed
Al this polni a small boy spoke up
\ seen Stranger 80 into his cabin
shen be came back The fust thing
ie done was 70 take a piece o paper
rom between two logs and tear II
nio little bits
How you goin' 90 account for that
sll siubbgT asked Andy Jones
How you fuln' 10 account for it9'
Since both needed time 10 make The
aeideut accord With their pet theories
o explanation was brought forth
iui the mystery " the bit Of paper
nj quie;ns UPON most OF the theo.
les heli by Strangers fellow citizens
nd was the only event that had &c
urred during bic residence among
benz that tended 10 check the forma
Ion ~ ncs ones
one day after The distribution 81 the
lail the postmaster gave out that
rltsr had come for Edward Trues
ale and sTanEer bad claimed II,
\ Watched hlm when be read e.
fded the informant and seen him
Govt snd giye lis revolver hitch"
Reckon he's gone o. meet his man
als Time Shore sash Bill stgbbs
4 ,hort you saia he'd Killed his man
rteu BE- went away Yeu Re, sonle On
as sifsa him llp that the shenif's
ensin' Tor him
nnhp rssoTgcal siutsss That sher
: o fourn has been eomin for Sran
n ever ssnee hes beeh gs thts ycre
swa