The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1914-04-03
A Little Creaser
Girl
b. r. A. Mitchell

have been anywhere between fourteen
and twenty: no one could tell becaus,
she was Of the small kind went into .
saloon In Arizona to sell some littl'
posies she had made of wild nowerl
for cent each. A cowboy name{
Bucklin-a good looking chap-bough
one. for which be paid her q quarter
and wouldn't take any change. Buck
lin didn't ike the way she looked a1
him when she thanked him. There
was something In that glance tina,
meant suddenly born love. The COW
boy knew something about these hoi
bloOded girls Of the south, these greas
ers. and didn't care to have any Of
them fall IN love with him. EitheI
the love must be returned or the man
loved was liable to have a tarantuIs
put III his bed or knife In his heart
or something of the kind.
After selling Bucklin the posy thu
Mexican girl went up to the bar and
stood beside big fcllow--Jenks. who
was about M bad specimen a. the
country produced. and the bad ones
were very bad-and asked him to. buy
u posy Looking down and seeing the
girl beside him. instead OF buying q
rosy he gave her a cur and, with an
oath. told her to git along" Bucklin
didn't like to interfere, for IN the flrst
place he expected to either XIII or be
Killed II he did. aud in the second place
ne didn't wish to become the girls
champion. for II he did he might not
get rid Of her without tronbla Rut
there was something In him that
couldn't abide jerks act and h.
sprang for him from behind and tum.
bled him on the door. Then, holding
him down with one hand, h> whipped
out his gun with the other ana. press
ing II against his cheek, said 20 him:
I've done this for what you did to
the girl. Your life II mine. ri ave
It to you Il you'll agree before these
witnesses to keep tho peace with ma"
The man. knowing that e was death
OF consent gave his word for peace.
There was an unwrittsn law In that
part Of the country that applied In
such case a. this. and jerks knew
that II he killed the cowboy another
cowboy or some other person would
shoot him from behind. Being re
strained from killing the cowboy him.
sess. no concocted a scheme whereby
rome one else would do the lob for
hi'n He stole horse ard, leading Il
% where Rncklin was asleep alone by
campfire, picketed the animal b.
SIDE him. Rucklin was tried By the
Figilance committee and sentenced to
ne han9ed. but the night before be
was 10 be executed the little greaser
siri collected lot Of vipers Of a pol
sonoms kind and. throwing them
'mong the guard. scattered them. thus
diving Bnckltn an opportunity to light
tut.
But the end Of the story 10 not ret
With feminine diyining powers the
sreaser girl uxderstDod that jerks had
sot Rucklin into the horse stealing
rouble. One day while walking along
road ALE saw the body Of q man u.
ng on the ground. Since there was
10 hoia In him she concluded he had
He'd n natural death. A stroke OF
Genius occurred to her.. Taking out I
little pistol she carried In her bosom.
The fired bullet into the dead mans
'rnin.- then took things she found In
lis pockets-thVre was quite enough
o identify him-then awaited her op-
'ortunity to put them IN jerks peck
'ts. Having succeeded In this, she
won't or and told Z citizen that she
md seen jerks murder 4 man and
itie his pockets.
The recipient Of this secret told 9th.
rs. and several men went to where
he body lay. then proceeded to jerks
nd interviewed him. The visitors
his garments, and jerks was
stoniahed at the result
Unfortunately for jerks, every one
n that region wanted to get rid Of him.
he bullet hole In the dead mans head
ID not indicate that one of jerks snor- |
nous bullets had passed through It
ut It was suggested that he might |
ave screened himself by using diff
erent weapon. And did not the ar.
cles that had been taken from the
ian's pocket prove the murder1 For |
was soon learned who the man was
nd that the things belonged to him.
has been said that ''tho wish Il Il.
Yer to the thought" and the same per.
inns to evidence. Every one wished
enks to be proved guilty 20 that he