The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-11-30

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sr,4 xrebbs uasaver honey man
re 5a6 red hair. was freekled. several
tech were gone and his beard stood
ont nom his face Ike brtsdes- Kfe6oe
1>Sa afty-dve ycaES old and as unfo-
mantle a person a could Be imaelned-
He had been stage driver an be lie
M now that TIE FIIlrOads had elb0Nsed
the staeacoaeh or the main Ines OF
travef Mart was handling the rSlEgila
the Yellowstone PARK, driving p9t1es
OF visitors there. One day some rle
ladies were occupying the next scar
back Of the driver, one pretty MS on
EIGHTEEN sitting beside him. she WAS
irving to get AEaEts experiences Of Wild
western I6e out OF HIM
eAre there any romances among these
episodes OF yours, Mr.. Krebb9? she
asked.
81 don't know what episodes Is, ne
replied, '.but II by TOmanceS you mean
love there's one love story. but mats
the only one 50 Tar a. I Knows
EDO tell it." came from all the girls
at once. Mart began by sundry tnstrnc-
lions 10 his horses, eased the coaen on
a down grade by putting his loot on
the bake, hemmed several times ano
told his story: $4,000 49,
This park when Twas younker was
4 part Of the western wilderpeSa but
they called it what they ealt Il now,
and ouct in awhile there was a party
yisftfn' it. I'd been drfvin; n coach be
tween Denver and Georgetown. but
had Cravitated over yere. The Ute IN
fIians was we're in them days. Snd they
was friendly to The whites. hIit the
fiendship of redskins means nothtE4
dom between them as n tribe and
the whites. It don't take in sHl;ia ''f
fairs
scwaaI. one day was sInrci'in
around Iookin' for sOo'I place wi'''T'
there was water 10 stay awhile w1irl
I beerd the crack Of = ride. w'1-
In a boiler, and couldn't see not!ti1
and didn't know which direct iun .
was comm from. but as there. WAS a
road Just beyond the rise on my right
I kind O. flaort there was soneIfn s"tu
on In that direction ] elm HT l'saTi
o. the way and crawled up the rest til
stuck this ugly mug o mime Mas
almost as ugly then as an now-"vHi
the ridge.
GsVhst saw was this A party Of
visitors was ridin' in a tlre. seated
waeon-tbree on seat-and three Utes
was maxim road agents of theirselreS-
caIculatin, to do 4 little civilized pinn-
deriu'. They had stopped the wagon
by the shot I had heard. and the party
In the wagon was handin' out tneir
valuables. There wasn't one Of. 'eIn
armed. and they hadn't no business
drivin' there -withU1CF srtecttou- They
had been told there wasn't no danger.
and mostly there want.
Il was only one man with one.rHe;
though had plenty OF ammunition.
didn't feel like iutcrferin- 81 long as
the redskins acted Christiap-iil1C a9d
didn't do notIiin' lnore'n rob. But wbe;I
they'd got all the cash there was IN
the party and found there WASH
much Of it after al one Of 'cn saw 4
mighty purity young grI. and heard
him ask her to lie his sqUaw- know q
lust enough Of their lingo to under
stand what he meant. but none u them
in the wagon did. The rcd devil TOOK
hold o the gal and pulled her out O
tfle wagon. She was skeered pur:E
nigh to death When they got her Ia
the road they was takiD- her Oh into
the forest when calclated IL was time
TO Interfere. I WAS lain CD my Stona-
lex with my rife before me havin =
perfect aim with rest. I sent bail
into the skull of the red man that was
pinin' FOR matrimony aud dropI'ed bins.
His two pals in about one second
had got their eyes on a bit o smoke
sailfu' OF from where was aud kDow'd
where the shot come from but they
didn't know who had tired it or how
many there WAS OF me. didn't give
en- time to make plans. I let fy an
other lump o lead. though 10y this time
the two live IudlianS was maxim tDr
trees. and only winged one D en-
The other took the wounded man and
helped him away. ! sent another bali
after 'em sos 20 discourage EN- from
comm back l waited awhile reckon
in they might. but heariu' notiIin o
EN- went down and joined the party
The rasEiI killed had most o the
pIunder- Oh him. and that was SAVED
But the principal thing saved was the
gal. When she got It through her
head whit I'd done she jist wabbied
up to me and tllrowed her arms ai'ou;
my neck and collapsed
How interesting" exclaimed the
girl beside the narrator. I thought
we'd get to the love part after awhile
said another DO so on" cried
third Let's have your proposal.
chirped a little SirI not quito fourteen
years old.
..Thcy want no proposal krebbS
continued. DO you reckon 4 yo'nS
reJicr with red Ilair aud frecEles would
have the gall TO propose to a young