The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-07-31

EDWARD du0&erIOTO. Inc WlUO" OEdy
underwent some very strenuous expe'
riences in trying to determine whom
she loved the more, Abe Perkins or 81
Prime. Their efforts to Guido one al
other through the use Of a buggy, mo
torcycle and automobile caused her to
reject them both.
Sam ]. Ryan Of tom Lewis & Sam
Ryan" vaudeville fame, who took the
part Of Boss Dunn in 1.-The Stain"
Signor Bashinelli in 1.-THE Perils of
Pauline and Uncle Ebenezer in 1.-The
Precious Twins" is always a good
laugh whenever he comes on the
screen.
A rollicking farce by Marc Edmond
Jones 10 now being filmed with Eddie
Dillon as director. The story deals
with the Experiences Of a stranded
theatrical ompany In a small village.
Yes. sir. the west hain't what II
was. Why, they's been a horse thief
rustlin' up on Sleepy Fork fer months.
an they hain't men enough In the
country to ketch him-an' string him
up
He glanced at the woman. expecting
a shiver of horror. He thought he saw
1t and pressed his line Of talk.
"Five. yes. three years back he'd Il
ben In hin heaven by now. An
ffteen-why. ef he'd a ben tryin' his
doin's in Big Bill Daily's time he'd
a furnished sport fer the countryside.
Now. there was II man: ! know the
time he rode into Circle and shot three
Of the. Burgess gang all by his lone
some. He was a gun man right"
The trim shoulders in the blue trav.
cling suit shivered perceptibly. and the
red lips Of the woman dropped from
their amused smile.
The bully went on delightedly:
"Hain't many Of Us left Of the old
gun handlers. l know when Big Bill
trimmed a Johnny Eastern's new som.
brerO into a lacewOrk fringe on his
head Gee! Them was days: Hain't
but a few of us LETT"
The travelling man was gnawing his
small mustache. and the fingers Of his
immaculate hands were gripped tight
together.
The rancher's kindly eyes took In the
pain in the woman's face.
NO." be said. they hain't any left"
"Oh. ] don't know" said the other
In exaggerated offhandedness. hitch
ing his holsters a bit to the fore. mo.
I don't know. I'm Roin' up on Sleepy
Fork right now"
'"The men Of the old days shot," be
said with contemptuous sarcasm: ''they
didn't talk. It's the mark Of the new
~west-these takers like
The sentence was v finished.
There was a startled whoa" from
the old timer on tbs boot. q gathering
Of taut lines. u rr-aking grind Of the
Iurched to q stand In the presence Of
grim tragedy.
At the side of the road where It
turned around q shoulder and spread
out in a wide ledge a dozen men went
about, q work 70 wild. 30 amazing In
its steadiness u to bring forward with
q jerk that old west of which the little
company In the stage were speaking.
With their backs to a ragged pine,
their arms pinioned at their sides and
their silver stars cleaning ridiculously
on their khaki shirts. two officers Of
the law watched in white wrath the
deliberations Of the rest.
These others, nine men in corduroys,
wide hats and 6annel shirts. were
masked. One man alone was bare
headed. b%arefaced. and he stood among
them with bis hands tied and q rope
about his neck. Its huge knot stood
out prominently under his left a He
was q bad type. q heavy featured. bold
eyed man. whose record Of evil was
stamped upon his face.
One Of the others was casting tho
loose end for q high limb as the new
comers stopped abreast.
With a disdainful disregard for in
reference this bunch Of avengers
worked in silence, not wen protesting
against the stopping Of the stage.
Not 90 the two onicers against the
tree.
"For heavens sake" cried one
hoarsely. get out Of there. you men.
ana stop this outrage! This man II our
tprisoner-suspected horse thief from
Sleepy Portland we were taking him
70 Circle to the federal jail when these
men took him from 10 by force! Get
out and do s~omethingw
All left the stage except the travel
ing man, who crouched back in one
corner. and later when the party ~
turned be was found In q faint. Al
the bully got out he tried to edge
around 20 AZ to get behind some Of the
others q much 40 possible. J.
The big black guns IN the holsters Of
tAe bully attracted the eyes Of tbl
sheriff.
n deputise your be yelled. -Cut
tAsss ropss and give NJ : sun! steg
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