Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-09-16

trfdl, grSWled old Ball. Isc1n TO III
: kinsmen.
Well hold Dale right here, boys
entel the shuriff he's sent after comes
And We'll not move Adam, which same
lis accordhn to law. reckon Ehurin
Tom FlowersHl find different JOB
from what he expected to find, won't
he, boys2 Say, wisht one o. you
fellersfd 81 me a good, big chaw o.
tcbacker. Be burned eff don't. Adams
death, IL has made me feel sort o.
bad. by comics, and tobaeker's aiiss
| a consolation
"Biil Dale, you hain't got ehaw o.
tobaeker on ye, have ye-bought to-
hacker, store tobacker? It's burned
sight better'n homemade, | says. Ye
say ye don't chewl Chew-hIi
I Whyn't ye say 'chaw,' like mani 1
| alus knowed We wasn't no count, no
how. Nobody at don't chaw tobacker
amt no count. >. All right, Jim
Ike" to his nephew. "FH take chaw
O. yores. then. And TIL take tol'ably
big chaw. Jim Ike. cause Adams
death has made me feel sort o. bad,
and tobacker's allus a consolation"
The sounds Of the shooting had car
ried far, and II wasn't long until the
scene of the tragedy was crowded with
Balls and Torreys, Littlefords and
Morelands. Major Bradley and Hayes,
too, were there. Every man of them
was armed; a very little thing might
easily turn the place into shambies. !
The major saw this, and he was
afraid. He drew the leaders of the |
Morelands and the Littlefords aside,
and finally prevailed upon them to do
their utmost toward keeping peace I'M
I'll the coming of the sheriff.
AT first Johr Moreland and Ben Lit
tleford were for taking Bill Dale from
the Balls and Torreys who guarded
him, If they had to depopuIate the
whole Ball settlement, Jerusalem Cove
and Hatton's He'll to accomplish it.
Happily, the majors counsel prevailed
Sheriff Tom Flowers was tall and
1.-THE, smooth-faced man. He arrived
with Luke Moreland at noon, after
hours of hard riding He saw the high |
tension, and Immediately steeled him [
self to handle the situation. After
riding straight to the center of the I
and there hating his horse,
he said evenly: q
"In order that l may know who to
arrest, | must know something of the .
Only one man must
speak at time. No playing bad with h
ne; and remember that, gentlemen. fl
I'll certainly drop the fellow who "
starts playing boss with me, If it's the n
asst move | make on earth. Now some Al
'ody gently use his powers of speech"
Major Bradley, more sOldierlike than
YER went forward. "As the attorney
# Mr.. Dale, who stands accused of
illing Adam Ball." he said to the of
cer, II beg leave to state that my
lent will do no talking at present" OF
Dale understood, and he did not e
pen his mouth 10
But old Ball had something to say, tn
nd he proceeded to say it: of
"He killed my son, ADAM" pointing WI
, Dale, lin cold blood. Me and about To-
dozen o my kin was on our way te
yer Long ridge to look at a bee tree tn
hen we heered three pistol shots. We ST
as right up thar" pointing to the lif
orthward, "and we come a-runnin' w,
YER here to see, by comics, what was
lie matter Well, by comics. we found an
i'll Dale char down on his knees do
side o. my son. Adam, who was as ca
cad as HI or deader; and Bill Dale sh
as a-sobbin' and a-sobbin about it. Ds
nd eff he never killed my son Adam,
hat was he a-sobbin' and a-sobbin' CIR
bout. | ak you that? And my son la
dam, he had rifle, by comics, but co
never shot none at all. He was Ds
It'll us up to a few minutes before, and ba
} hadn't shot none all mornin'. pls
iurift Flowers, | wisht yed gr me ca
'od, big chaw O. tobacker, by gon- be
es. cause my son Adam his death wi
has made me feel bad" tn,
Major Bradley stopped caressIng his 1t
ell-kept gray imperial. walked over to
e dead mans rife, picked 1t up and lea
/ its muzzle to his nose. He scented the
ssh powdersmoke. Then he faced am
| Ball with a strange, hard glitter lev
his blue eyes. hol
you are liar, sir" he said with a goI
culiar politeness. all
A stir ran quickly over the Balls the
d Torreys Sheriff Flowers called the
/: say
Quiet, there ~ and there was quiet. He
continued: "Where is Mr. Dale's the
Tolver?" ing
rhe Balls had 1t. They produced it. Iik,
had three empty chambers when see
should have had but one anC
Pass 1t to me butt first" ordered san
. laws representative. He knew S
i many man had been shot while She
ing a revolver barrel first, and he ste,
S taking no chances. for,
I'D Ball obediently turned the weap- and
around. TO
Say, sheriff." he chittered, "have her
plumb fo'got about me AKIN We fo' len!
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