Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-24
BUCK MURDOCH DECIDES
TO QUIT ARKANSAS CITY
becomes CmNiaccd lie Is Niisft
in the Company OF
IiusiJtcs.
LEAVES HULK OF roRTryr
Becomes Suspicious Eollowin" Ger
tain Incidents He Noticed During
Poker GnmcS-Old Man GrrcnlaW
Swings His Bungs;artcr.
ny nAy1D A. CuurIs.

company OF huSkleS, into which lie htd
obtruded himself when he came 70 Ar-
kansas City.
\; org, as implied. he cot elonE
with the old man eNcellcntiy we'll aud
tho four outlaws who made tAe Ola
mans little saloon on The leNee Their
constant resort accepted his conoan-
ionshp without; protest MS iovia'
May. and. above all. the neiodramHtlI
act he performed n the time OF us
coming their company coInnen6eo h'n
10 their hearty liking. So. Ter time.
there was ha-mon!ous hilarity, nisi!
tiuks ensued o, who'll! unTohnea
character.
As time went on. however. NJ. Muir
decks popularity wancd ~ hao ocen
;ron, the beginning incomprehonsihle
10 all OF chem excepting PearsaN. old
man Greenlaw oSreNlaNy Regarded =
as entirely bcvord The limits ~ reason
that man n the prime az litS aS
Mr.. Murdoch certainly was,l >hoNla
rana over almost all his earthly pos
sessions 70 the husband Of his niece
as MI Murdoch had done.
Hatred O: the nephew that would
otherwise :nheri, was perhaps PAL
could no, see that even peTieetiS
Natural hatred was any excuse Tor
such mad behavior. Neither couia
Jake winterbottou, nor Jim bialsov.!,
nor Joe Bassctt, when they came 10
think It over.
.,aU.h, 80 never presented itself His
newly found uncle's bounty was Ger
tainly UNEXPECTED. lie had nor 1o'
long time believed that anybody from
Csrcepville. and more especiahy AZ
body related to the Murdoch family,
was capable OF anything SO gracious.
But at the bottom Of his heart ne
considered his newly acquired fortune
TO be tardy recognition by an over
ruling Providence Of the Justice tha'
demanded some compensation 10 ma"
FOR the euftorinrs he had endured 10y
reason of his having married into the
family mentioned
He would undoubtcdly have admit
rcd, If the point had boon raised. 'hit'
Mr.. Murdoch was ccccntric Almost
everybody was more or less eccentric
according to his way of thinking, but
he would have resented holly my suG
Eestion that his bencfactor WAS lack
ing in Judgment.
REFUSES To LIVE IN
PEARSALL HOUSEHOLD
His opinion rs to Mr.. MurdoclIH
Judgment was strongly confirmed when
tho latter refused TO make his home
In tho Pears;tll household.
az reckon I'll stay In Arkansas CITY
TO- n spell" he said. hut Ia rather
live peaccablo Two got enough TO
oclsipy my mind hatin' Sally's brother.
nu' if was to meet M with her
again, now she's done got to nc n
ln;.'ied woman, mon likely I'd have
mon Cd tend to-
NE an her Is NIL that's left o The
family now. nm Ia heap drathcr
keep friendly. No' all en- do mo n Eoor
turn. sam, II yo' was TO say nothlm'
Ia her bout me bcin' IN town"
Mrs. PearSall was, therefore. kept in
Ignorance OF the prosperity that had
come to her husband AZ a partial in
Identification for what he had endur-
cd, and without h"r pr!vIty Mr.. Muir
dock stayed on in Arkansas City, but
presently, us was said. his populnrity
wancd.
There was nothing against him. Not,
even Rass"tt, gifted as he was In Tho
instinct Of strife. could find n neg ON
which 10 hang n quarrel with tho big.
impulsivc opcn-handcd man who Wa
scattering the small remnant OF his
forum" which he had retained for Ni>
own use as freely as ~ II were or no
more consequence to him Than j. for
lncrly had been.
Twin at the poker table" lie s. 10 ,t.r.
lessly w1nen ola .nau Green! ,e-
monstratcd with him II. had ,r!ey d
and shocked the ar mas ~ throwing
half dollar to.-s .iasky.
70 oo.se ] 49, liable 70 DO {; tn
grin. II .ecko; r!gr 'faut all n. cor,
toms done bssr = t@c -eqnl rr
i.'ready. By t!e5s c,asr ,oa0s. y ar
thoy AIM - --ct -E-.-s '.tar- ,-'
] en- 81 20 .-en 40 II Store bra,
GRIEvED 10 sgy
MONEY 90 TO VAST.
And - go vs. t--.zf :,
mot thu: ovs. ~ ~s nj, qu.rt-
fed 70 e: 8 aTE-t. -re z-Ear~as ..t,,
crowd - -F-. . ,&.r4g 49,
cfo"sr2s--. ..s' At- 1rf
vas nc; 7.''y' t.e-e wtA 70 ~
him u tx 49,, -l4 ~ s.,.
THAT Tia: .; a5 ".,ovp.
come In a.!EE. =. 80 .N .
70 meet " ".:E 'e7s= an na.
10 sc. EN- ny ~ r4
Iut MuIdocE c.!y .ned
Time enough = bett:erte aver ~ f-
nc rotorted ";rae. =, c--.ce ,, 49,,
10 set en- up. Just laout nv feeEon.
tts mp to the aolse r.evs 54ay.
scv'ral rounds tDox r4ce,t"
Bit tho ola man ignored .hte .f,.v.,,
ne Others srlnre1 aprrs a:!tal,
and they liked Aiurao.s rr.
some reason Which they Odd r,t Under
lad Al FIRST
y reckon it must he Ions i
hcin' kyind o iuconpr. uu-. ...t ,N,
man one DAY 81 NqrducE' .a...
ieaTsall Neine also away vie a.A
pear to cnsrue wiz We uns some
how
THAI amt 80 cay wnat re uothlr.
asin him 'ectou Dc yaa ,oInbI.
Eood citizen IN Grecu,!lic. bu, Grecu-
INC am n''hiHt ON 2 country town
ittcr all \ man what's bruue uu
the country ain, to too >p.r,u u
c,srue into no such place as .rIa.
city"
"Yo' all done come I'm Grecae
30 own self, didn't yo'?" said I.,...
winterhottom, delivering the tim
with an air OF innocence
When J was young ! iivcd .ia,"
admitted tho old man with loftv ~
difference. "Bn' J done ou;prow,I ,H.
place. I'robly Murdoch amt pro,c1
un yet reckon nc WON'T novor noi
'thoutcn hc takes a fresh start"
Evcn IN Arkansas city time a,.
right on though few Of TIC citizens
going on when Mr. Murdoch ~,
there. Not much 81 II PASSED, thoupb.
before even sam P"arsall said thut his
K urcie-atlaw was indeed iuc0nrr,iog,,,.
as old man Grcenlaw had said