La Junta tribune., 1915-06-26
FOUNDER or HOLLY.
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to within forty or fifty feet OF US.
and acted as II he would like like TO
make our acquaintance. Its head
and neck was foot or more long, Its
body about 4 foot long and six or
eight inches wide on the back. II
came nearer. and not liking the looks
Of the stranger. ] said. Mr.. Whst-is-
II. such daredevil bravery win be
the death Of you some day" and then
! hurled q stone at him. and before
the stone had gone half way TO him
he dropped ont OF sight. He did not
turn over like q duck. but went down
straight. like modern submarine.
After several minutes he stuck his
periscope thead and neck) about six
inches above the water and looked
around to see II the coast was clear.
and soon his whole periscope and
body appeared. but another stone
convinced him that we did not covet
his acquaintance. and he went down
As before. This. ! take It. was the
first submarine. and mother nature
made II. ! think Holland. the In
yentor OF the modern submarine that
is playing such havoc In the Euro
pean war, must have gotten his idea
from some member OF this animals
family or species.
Sheridan Lake did not impress
me. Still. a new town sprung up
there, and the Missouri Pacific rail-
road now runs through II. had
many queer experiences in that coun-
try, but IL would make this article
too long to relate all all OF them. so
! will close by giving one. After
proving up my claim at Holly NOV
ed 10 Coolidge. Kan, only five miles
distant. One day some negro chill
dren came TO me and said the school
teacher refused To teach them how TO
read. ! told them I would look into
the matter. told DIR. Dryden. who
was a school director. and a strong
southern man, about IL. but he gave
me no satisfaction. He had import
ed a teacher and his wife from away
down In Dixie trelatives) 10 teach
the young ideas how to shoot. Their
chief qualifications was Down with
the niger" ! asked him II he
knew the Civil War was over. and
that the negroes were free. said.
i guess they must be negro haters.'
and told him they would have TO
teach these negro children or get out
Of that school.
This talk made him so angry he
called me vile names. and retorted
BY calling him another. He then
John l.. Sullivan. The fight was on.
but not according to Queensbeury
rules. but rather II was. Go as you
please There were spectators.
about fifty. and no admission fee
charged. In the third round
landed one on his solar plesus and
knocked him out. and on his back In
the gutter. Then I got down on him
and got my left hand about his throat
and raised my right fis, up for
dead center. when ! fel, myself go
Ing up. up. Four men had caught
me. one by each arm and one by each
leg, and lifted me up as II I were n
mud turtle. and set IN. on the side
walk. Tn. doctor looked a. n he
had been through a thrcshihg ma.
chine. or the European war. His
face being covered with blood. and
his friends took him into a drug
store. washed him off and patched
him up. vas no, hurt.
"A friend Of min. handed me my
hat. and As walked down the side,
walk tn. gamblers, es.pugilis,s. "a
iconk.p.rs, har,.nders. ct al. smiled
and tipped their hats to me. ~ much
As 10 say. Why. Mr.. p. you belong
TO our crowd This made me feel
ashamed Of myself This fiKh, mad.
more fun and laughter In Coolids.
than anything that ever happened In
tha, city, For further particulars.
inaulr. Of II. y. s,ubbs. OF La Jun,a.
or Georr. opp. a barber. Of Pueblo.
Cello. Tn. latter was on. of the men
Who lifted m. off the doctor. Neither
Of as we're arrested. a. the doctor was
the chief mosui In the rims o, bood.
iers Who ~er. running and robbing
the city. and did not wish to arrest
himself.
". fiNirY.