Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11

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tr leaned hack aeatns, the table. lov-
e-1ns his seapoa s,iehily. - ke
tlAncec vstetfsiiy about TIE roon-
bat IN keep the gun handy .usi the
sar1e untn ve uncers;xnd each ether
Anyeo-ty else In this neigheorhooe
10; snless its lie Feyre. an LIS
o1ttt-
The. ] reehon you ed the shoot
saS o9t there . biz asof-
The Ean shssle1 uneasiiy. Bat tie
serreAnt's right hand came 70 . level
Did you
! syose thz. a;nt 70 use @ cery-
In II reluctantly. eyeing the eur IN
the ccrDer. -bz; | cicat ne2l 10
shoot cp no outn; but lie Fevrss 80
hel5 ne. : cidnr. The DANCED soov
vas 90 thick couldn't sze rohG~. oai
never sposed any one vAs o- the
tr1l 'cept him Thar Mint beel DO
, white man long yere in three months
DIDN'T bit none o: yer. did -
Yes. you eid.- returned Hs7iir
sioSly. striving to hold himself IL
check You killed one Of the t-ss;
fellows that ever rode these plains
you ,neakins coward. you Shot hin
dead. With his back to you So~, see
here. tie q ;hro~ o. the dscs si;h
ne whether | fll you full Of lead. or
/ let you 20. came in here intending
TO kill you. Il you were the cur who
shot Us up Bat I'm lling 70 listen
I 10 VIA; you have got vsy. In some
on the fight bat pL ..iurder don't
appeal to me How Is IT. Are you
ready to talk, Spit It cut. man
III tell yer Jest ho~ Il vas
DO g my way then; ansEer
straight what ask you Who are
Z you. Wha; re you doing here
Kin I sit down.:
Yes. make 1t short now: ali !
7 want 10 facts
Wal. ny name Is Hughes-Jed
Hughes. ulster hang out around San
Antoine. an heT been mostly in the
Z Cow business The las, FIVE years lie
Fevre an ! hev been grain cattle IL
between yere an Buffalo Creek"
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Wal. by God thought so. TIL Just
lately his voice rising Anyhow, !
Led bunch O money IL on the deal.
though IL be darned IL ! know just
Eha,'s become O Il. Yer see. s;ra. ger
Gene he'd the inside O this lnjun
business. bein' as he's sorter a sqUaW
nan"
What" interrupted the other
sharply. do you mean be married
into one OF the tribes"
"Sorter left-handed-yep; a Chey.
enne woman. Little thing Ike that
didn't faze Gene none. II be did have
a white vife-a blamed good-Iooker
she was too. She was out here onc't
three years ago. bout a week maybe
Course she didn't know nothin' bout
TIE squaw. an the lnjuns was all
huntin' down in the Wichitas. But
as | was sayin. Gene caught on TO
this yere Injun war last spring.
reckon oil Koleta. his Injun father.in-
Law. likely told him what wus brewin'
he's sorter war-ciief. Anyhow he
knew thet hell was to pay. an so We
match ally gathered up our long horns
an drove 'em east whar they wouidn Z
be raided We didn't git all the crit.
ers rounded up. as we wus In a
. hurry. an they wus scattered some
cause OF h d winter So come
back yere TO round up the rest o
Their bunch"
And brand a few outsiders"
lie grinned
Maybe | wasn't over-part!cular
but anyhow ] got a thousand head
together by the last o. June. an hit
the trail with EN-. Then he'll sure
broke loose. Fore we'd got that
bunch O. cattle twenty mile down
the Cimarron we wus rounded up by
gang O. Cheyenne lniuns. headed by
that ornery Koleta. and every horn OF
'em drove of Thar want no fight:
the damn bucks Just laughed at US. an
left US sittin' thar cut on the prairie
They ;iogged hosses an all"
Ho wiped his face. and spat into
the fire. while Hamlin sat silent. gun
In hand.
Il reckon now as how lie Fevre pu,
ol Koleta wise 10 that game, but
was plum innocent then" he went OIL
regretiully Wall. we.-thar gus
four o us.-hoofed 1, east till we
struck some ranchers on Cow Crick
and got the loan O some ponies Then
struck out to locate the main herd
Il didn't take me long. stranger. "a
discover thar want no herd 10 locate
But | struck their trail. whar lie
Feyre had driven EN- up Into Missouri
and cashed in fer pot o. money
: Then the damn cuss just match ally
vanished plugged bout fer two er
} three months hopin' ter ketch up with
him. but ! never did heerd tell o
, him ouct or twice. an caught on be
was trayelin' under 'nuiher name
some durn French contraction-bur
thet's as much as ever did find out
Finally. up In Independence ! wus sc
! durn near broke reckoned I'd better
put what | he'd left in q grub stake
: an drift back yere fggered the'
maybe ] could pick up some o thoss