The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-07-01
DISGRACE OF TETLOW
= CLARENCE HoLcoMa


climbs down Of me box 81 the stage
he looks up an down the sEset afore
he gets Of Fraid he's gOin' p step
II front Of 4 trolley car
Sure he's green. but he's good
stua. I'm runnin q bunch Of control
cattle on sdnkin Water mountain
that summer. an ! gives him 3 JOB.
shars IL looks like maxim him a pres
ent or them wages. but he's such .
decent sort a chap ain't got the
heart To turn him away hears about
him every month In Tompsons report
he says
thought when you sent him out
here you must be losin' your mind.
bur I guess you knew wot you was
doin' He's fine chap. an q hard
worker.
1t amt long after this It'll the first
snow falls on the mountain, an the
cattle has 10 be got In on the home
ranch
IT'S hard work this fur strange
camps don't appeal to the cow-brute
none. 80 after it's all over gives the
boys a week IN town hangs around
the bcardin house principle. an Joe
keeps me COMPANY The house was
run at that time BY a little widow By
the name Of Cummlns
IT seems a fellow named Black
Jack Tetiow was playin all suits both
ways from the middle tryin' to win
The widow. bLt she don't entnuse
Final. when Joe arrives on the scene
she passes him up Ike he's white
chip. which makes him imagine Joe's
aIienasla them affections
Harry. Jed an Barney is all down
TO the saloon. an before Ee turns IN
Joe an lights our pipes an strolls
dosn town AS we pass the saloon
tht boys Is IN ! takes Il into my head
to drop in an try to get them TO come
to bed an Joe follows.
We amt no more than entered
when a slab-sided kid called Google
Eye George. sticks his foot between
J0es legs an trips him up. This Cog
gle Eye Georges eyes stick out like q
shrimps. but when Joe gets up he
shure puts one OF them back normal.
Just one lick. an Google Eye amt
got no more fight in him than a sheen
but he don't need to do his own fight.
in. fur right hyer Black Jack takes
bis hand an plays It fur him.
"Gettln' up from the table. where
he's been dealin' stud poker he walks
up to Joe.
Wot do you meanF he snarled
a hitting Of my particular friendy
Joe didn't say anything. just stood
his ground
Wen, III make you talk shouts
Black Jack, haulin' of an inockiR
Joe over a couple Of chairs
Joe picks himself up. brushes his
clothes. an faces Black Jack.
You're not goin' to shoot me?'
asks Black Jack like he's alarmed
Yes, says Joe. I think I shall
Now you're Salkin' like a sport,
even II you amt got the ear marks,
spouts Black Jack
with this he motions the crowd to
get on the frin line, pulls his gun. an
goes to the further end OF the room.
Joe. be pulls a bulldog S2 he's
raked up somewheres, but keeps on
standin in the center OF the room.
"'You picks the quarrel. and you
suggests the weapons Now. I'm goini
to name the distan z, says Joe.
Wot's the matter with this2 asks
Black Jack.
.Nothin' says Joe. only the school
/ attends when I'm kid teaches mar
ners instead OF sharp-shootin'. which
same systsm seems 20 have been re
YeFsed where you're brought up. Now
Il You VIII be so kind SAYS Joe
bovin' low. you wiz step this way
Wot do you mean? sia1 mers
Black Jack.
I mean, says Joe, cool as q mint
tulip that this affair is goin' to be
breast to breast
For a moment Black Jack looks az
bin in surprise, then swallows several
times an hangs his head
II he don't except he knows its his
finish in the COW country. an likewise
It's the same If he does, fur even 3
tenderfoot like Joe cant miss al thar
range Black Jack is a bad man. with
more than cne notch IN his gun. but he
don't dare run his brand on the little
glick-ear that's standin there In the
middle OF the room even II his horns
amt out OF the velvet He looks
around at the crowd. then seein' It
aln't no use he shoves his gun IN his
pocket. an goes over an gets his hat.
As he does this, Tompson gives q hiss.
an though you can see it hurts he
never turns
BLACK Jack Tetlow is a gambler,
says the judge. as We arose ana
] pushed our chairs against the wall,
but he lets tenderfoot make him
lay down a cinch"
+ Copyright, By Daily STORY Pub. co.l
Worth the Money.
Sam. the chore @an, returned from
the city with a Hcarfpin that contain
ed A diamond OF no usual size. Il