The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-10-10
Q. HENRY STORIES

hammer that egg some more if it's the
inside Of it you want. Now, what did
you shoot Mr.. johnson of Bildad for?
"'And may I ask who you are?
| says he.
"'You may says 1. GO ahead
81 suppose you're on says this kid,
without batting his eyes. But what
are you eating: Here, waiter" he
calls out, raising his finger. Take this
gentlemen's order
"a beefsteak.' says I. and some
fried eggs and a can of peaches and a
quart of coffee will about suffice
1--WE talk awhile about the sundries
Of life and then he says:
"'What are you going to do about
that shooting: l had a right to shoot
that man. says he. He called me
names that l couldn't overlook, and
then he struck Inc. He carried a gun
too. What else could l do"
"'We1l have to take you back to
Texas says I.
I'D like to go back says the boy.
with a kind Of a grin, If it wasn't IN
an occasion of this kind. It's the life
I like. I've always wanted to ride and
shoot and live in the open air ever
since I car remember
WHO was this gang of stout par
ties you took this trip with" I asks.
my stepfather,' says he, and some
business partners of his in some Next
can mining and land schemes
~ saw you shoot Pedro Johnson
says l. and I took that little popgun
away from you that you did it with.
| And when l did so I noticed three or
! four little scars in a row V your
| right eyebrow. You've been in rookus
before. haven't you"
"'I've had these scars ever since I
! can remember says he.
"'Was you ever in Texas before?'
says l.
"'Not that I remember off, says he.
But I thought I had when we struck
the prairie county. But I guess I
hadn't
Have you got a mother?' 1 asks.
"'She died five years ago. says he.
skipping over the most of what fol-
lowed, when Luke came back l turn
ed the kid V to him. He had seen
Scudder and told him what he wanted,
! and it seems that Scudder got active
with one of these telephones as soon
as he left, for in about an hour after
ward there comes to our hotel some of
these city rangers in everyday clothes
that they call detectives and marches
the whole outfit Of Is to what they
call a magistrates court. They accuse
Luke Of attempted kidnapping.
This snipe,' says Luke to the
Judge, shot and wilfully punctured
with malice and forethought n of
the most respected and prominent citi.
zens of the town Of Bildad, Tex, your
honor, and in SO doing laid himself liza
BILE to the penitence Of law and order
And l hereby make claim and demand
city for the said alleged criminal. And
l know he done it,
""Have you the usual and necessary
requisitiOn papers from the governor
Of your state:' asks the judge.
my usual papers, says Luke, was
taken away from me at the hotel b!
these gentlemen who represent law
and order in your city. They was two
Colts ass that I've packed for nine
years, and If l don't get EN- bacl
there'll be more trouble. You can ash
anybody in Mojada county about Lux
Summers. l don't usually need all!
other kind Of papers for what I do
II see the judge looks mad. so l step
up and says:
"'Your honor, the aforesaid defend
ant. Luke Summers. sheriff Of Mojad'
county, Tex, is as fine a man as eve
threw a rope or upheld the statute
and codicils of the greatest state il
the Union. But he
THE Judge hits his table with
wooden hammer and asks who I am.
"'Bud Oakley says I, office dep
uty of the sheriff's Office of Mojad'
county, Tex, representing says /, tn
law. Luke Summers l goes on, REP
resents order, and if your honor viii
give me about ten minutes in privat
talk I'll explain the whole thing t
you and show you the equitable an
legal requisition papers,
The Judge kind of half smiles an
says he will talk with me in his pr
. vate room. In there l put the Who'll
thing up to him in such language a
I had. and when we zoe outside h
l announces the verdict that the youn
. man Is delivered into the hands of tn
: Texas authorities.
q skipping over much Of what har
4 pened on the way back. I'll tell 70
how the thing wound up in Rildad.