The chronicle=news., 1913-07-09
Remiuiscences Of
Tie Freatier Days

\ Mean Man; The toughest speci'
mems were often the most modest
among aen but appearances were al
ways de-eiviaG and Il did no, pay
To fool around much with = fellow
pIseidity Of Temperament. These
,hits have previously dealt With the
doinEs o. Johnuy Larp. Who was =
quiet little man Of reputation rather
than Of ehsrse'er. but u many re-
spec. he Mas about ~ bad rs they
made them in the Wild aud ~ooly
days. lie was reared In the sunny
southland where they raise cotton
and shoot niksrrs. His career might
ne cr have been mapped out for him
by the Nemesis Of d~viltry had he
not la a frenzy become an outlaw By
killing a conductor on = train In
Mississippi.
Like Robert McGrexor With his
foot on his native heath he was ready
to fight bu, unlike that worthy this
lad was only too glad to run and this
Is what brought him west to become
. despcrsdo. Amonx men quite as
ugly ~ himself h- Mas \ mild man
nered fellow who never drank.
smoked Or ch-wed and was always ~
cool ~ the traditional cucumber. His
mus, have been u frivolous nature
for Il was his repeated custom, TO
meet up with = stranger on the trail
and after riding alongside Of him for
several hours turn suddenly and say:
Il am tired of your company" and
the poor unfortunate was shot dead
nothinx hsd happened. lie was very
fond of playing these little tricks and
In this way must have been murd.
cred q dozen men between Forts
Riley In Kansas and Marcy In New
Mexico. The late Joaquin Miller hit
II about right when he said: Man
and man only makes war on his
brother and dotes In bis heart on
his peril and pain"
Once i.srn came to the stage sta.
iion At Chico. twelve miles north oi
Trinidad on the Dcnvcr-santa fc
highway. The place was Just then
kept by n clever Mexican named
Jesus Luna shortly after J. ". Eos.
tor had removed up TO the Apishspa
where we used to get such good
meals when the old lady was on deck.
Lsrn got into his regular squsbble
by picking on the Mexican landlord.
Luna was = decent sort Of fellow
not given over to the belllGcrcni
habit Of fighting. The brixand
seemed to understand Lunas temper
ament 10 nicety for he said to him.
We are going TO fight with guns at
ten PAGES right In this room and
am going to give you the first shot
I, was = royal bluff OF course but
II went with Luna who like Jim
Bludsoe stood there. with an eye
as keen and an arm as strong as the
man he had to gruppie WITH" bui
there was no more fight In him than
In a horned toad. When f.arn va
moosed the ranch few minutes lat:
cr after helping himself to the
doughnuts aud robbinE the Till. hs
left Jesus stuck UP In the corner.
jesus wcpt. Luna said afterwurd,
he wns never NO glad In his life ~.
to get out Of that scrape and he new
or saw the ladrone again. The man
ner in which Larn was finally dis
patched by the vigilantes in the jail
Hnere he was the sheriff at Albany,
Texas. has been told before and this
was what made pretty Mary Mathewe
q widow. IN fares the man to hast.
eninR ills a prey who acts the rogue
for single day. He never thinks
his way to alter until his neck 10 In
the halter. Field and Farm.
Dealing from the Bottom: Back In
the seventies John Reilly was a min.
Ing man In New Mexico and was al.
ways on the job for work or play
One night he was in a poker game
with the sky as the limit and It came
his time to deal. The black.haired,
hawk-nosed man sitting opposite to
him had pat straight, and Reilly
drew one card. He OF the hawk nose
bet a lot Of money. and John raised
him something like a house and lot.
The fellow with the straight called
and Reilly laid down n, an .ace-hish
'i'ush' Mr.. Reilly Aaid he Of. thf
hawk nose. ANY man who watches
you deal is attending to his own
business" Isn't 1t Just SO in every
walk OF life? The wan who desh