The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-10-12

unnRszlfEessd, The dam and th1 uta
completed power house. stli ,hxarins
Ia tbs eye aM skrletna mtassss nf spsnl
uaher,ng. lay Just teIa@ G.ieaa, and
ON the hithsr side the fossiiaS ter.
rent thuadsr~d shroagh th- spsIlNay
gates. which had bern ugs~rsd 30 their
fullest capacity. Bwtweva the quarry
and the northern dam head ran the
snAD0tA raaerwted channel cf the saain
siitea canal. with The water In tise rvs-
rrYolF lake ssiii tapping several fest
below the lry~i Of its rntrsnes 10 aise
assuraaer Thai. untu the spsliway~
should be ,lna.st. thu charter ~ ylns
stream woaid never pour through the
canal.
GA the opposite side of the RIVER
the dam head aad the camp stss~,
wvr~ deserted but there were Lights
In the ettnhiissary 10 the asiirs shack.
and Ia blue Pete sinus taptw.n dog
grry t'rum The latter quarter sounds
Of rwvviry r.s=e =say~ the spltlaay
thunftersags. and now sad again y
drunken ngare iarchrst through the
open door 10 make its Nay uncertain
ly toward the rank " bunk houses,
Harding Was staring into the farther
n.mbas ~ the electric rays, trytng 20
pick ap spIne sign Ut the other half u
his possse. whcu saith mad. n sug.
| gestion
y. wa ~ fssasF ss..sx III saa sgr sass
wnskmens bunk hnus-s In range. Mr..
Harding. aud ws pes,nt forget that
] lteiaianI .ha!dwll ANA ;. Williams a rs
rrisonsrs ia D. unekeeper's shack.
II the ssas hAse, 10 be- asesi-'
There Noa'i he sny ~ili shooting.
NJ The kind you're thiaalas es r~-
turned the sheriff sriHils, There
aIu't single man In this posse that
can't bit whs, hr aims al, uine times
ou, o ten, Hut heres hopin' Ne c48a
gather 'em IN without the guns. II
they ain't lookln' foe It's"
| The interruption was III. whining
soas Of a lacscted bullet passing over,
head followed by tbs crack of ride,
Down, boys said the sheriff suttiy
setting the example by sliding into the
ready made trvach afforded by the dry
ditch of tho outlet canal and as he
! said II sharp fusillsde broke out.
with iire spDriings frum the commits
| sary building aud others from the
mesa beyond 10 show that the surprise
was buls.d In both directions
They must have had scoun cut"
was smiths word 90 tbs sheriff. ~ho
was cautiously reconnoIlerin. the new
| ly developed situation from the shell
ter Of the cana! trcsch They are
evidently ready for us, and that knocKS
your plan Ia the head Your n-n
can't eroas these stagsuss under tir-. -
/ Your 'waps' sre all right. anyway
said Harding. They're pouring out OF
the b1nk houses and tina. saloon over
| there snd taking 10 the hits liks n
f,ccs q SCARED chickens Then 10
Mis- r,sstl :'''S SeTtrar' our tfts. anti' t,'s
| the range IN that cammissary shed,
That's where NEST OF the rustlers are
| cached
! Two days earlier two hours earlier.
rr-t'rrrv --r..r wr-t-. .rrv~ .'~ST~4- !,
vaApon and fuug himself Into she
! fpay ,s;th ht,.,j in., b4fpgprg kl,r IA
everything SAVE ghe battle demands IT
/ the moment Bu, now the fnai mite
/ stone ~ The long rsisd of his .nvtamor.
/ iHo,i> Ind bre'n passed and the dark
sa,Ue valley ~ elemvutal passions was
| Etfi hftIAi.. ,s..
| Hold W q mtnutc. for Gods sake :"
/ l,c rlaa s.'a hastily. We've sw u sgy~
tAtAni show Harding Thn chauesys
are thst every mau in tina, commits
Sary believes that M',,raw he's ,hs law
toa hys Sie~sad w afe uHt sure that
h. hasn't. Anyway. they don't know
shst thty are t,yinS to stand ~ a
sheytfs eosSe =
AtaI .aEttA y MANN All NhN NAtAhstlit.
, You aean thai ve'd ought to - over
yoHdrr and r~ad the riot act TO 'egn
urStt That might Do back in the
coantry wherr you came from. Bu,
the msn that san get into that camp
ever there with the serving papers
uoN' d have to h~ appropriated. |
r,vkea"
,~.Ius1 the sane. we've got - give
thrn their chance smith Insisted
,sasyssil,, we can't stand !cs any
pnnrcessary hle.ish~i-I ~oat stand
for IL"
!, Harding shragsci his heavy sheul.
icrs ''oac rcund late that shestirou
eomn,is~a-y saaes1l hrinx era 10 tsnae
8nd nothing eiss ~sIl. hnint got
sny nscn 10 throw away On the dew
tsahs sstl turielo~
Smith Srraas up and held cat h4s
hand
You have az least oas maa thar
yeu san SPARE. NJ tIar1iiae ~
snapped Tive r,e these papers RI.
~ over and ssrse them
AZ this shr ~ sSer.ts 9oanptlx iost
his gsripyr,
~Ieu blamed ftSs r. o. oGr>t oet.
-Ncaa h, dNsS ,assvat hvfNre yoG csala
Syt teg feet sway tran th5s ditch Z"
Never a,iai give rse tAass papers,
r,a not Syias to stand BY quietly and
stv let ~ aaen SauS S0as> en iae
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