Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-04-01

m looking back.
II was a sweet and rather touchin
i little tableau; tc John Stuart Webster
IF imaginative and possessed of a ro
lie mantle STREAK in his nature. IT wa
D more than a tableau. 1t was NOV
e ing picture
e Il suppose her old man objects Il
the young fellow" he muttereC tC
n himself sympathetically, land he CAM
come near the house. They've met
4 here for the fond farewell, and now
5 the young fellows going out West to
I make his fortune, so he can come back
r and claim the girl. Huh II he wants
her, why the devil doesn't he take
: herr Hellol BY Judas priesti Now
know what those two paraqueets are
up to. One of them is the father of
that girl They've been spying on the
lovers, and now they're going to cor
ner the young fellow and single him
for his nerve"
The girl had stood for a moment
gazing after her companion, before she
turned with her handkerchief to her
eyes, and continued on her way to the
cathedral. Webster heard her sob
bling as she stumbled blindly by, and
he was distressed about her, for all
the world loves a lover and John
Stuart Webster was no exception to
this universal rule.
by George, this is pretty tough"
he reflected. "That young fellow
treated that girl with as much gentle
ness and courtesy as any gentleman
should, and I'm for him and against
this idea of corporal punishment. !
Don't you worry, Tillie, my dear. I'm
going to horn into this game myself |
if it goes too far"
The two dusky skulkers ahead of
him, having come to another cross
path, turned into it and came out on
the main path in the rear of the young
man. Webster noticed that the pair
were still walking on the grass He
padded gently along behind them.
The four were now rapidly ap-
preaching che old French market, and
the steadily rising babel of vo. ces
speaking in French, Italian, Spanish,
Creole patois and Choctaw, was sufi-
~ANHN ~ nave hAOMDtu lDe SllR1I LOlSe |
OF the pursuit. even had the young
mans mind not been upon other
things, and the interest of the two
Central Americans centered upon their
quarry, to the exclusion of any thought
of possible interruption.
Webster felt instinctively that the
two men would rush and make a con- {
certed attack from the rear. He
smiled I
"I'll just fool you two hombres a /
whole lot" he thought, and STOPPING. 9
picked up a small stone. On the in {
slant the two men, having approached | C
within thirty feet of their quarry. f
made rush for him. Y
Their charge was swift. but though t
1t was, the little stone which John
Stuart Webster hurled was swifter. If p
struck the young man fairly between 6
the shoulderblades with force suffi- f
cient to bring him out of his senti-
mental reverie with jerk, as it were. v
He whirled, saw the danger that d
threatened him, and-sprang to meet
It, o.
Bravo" yelled Webster, and ran to ".
his aid, for he had seen now that it b,
was to be knife work. Tragedy in b,
stead of melodrama. gi
The man with the puckered eve 81
closed in with such eagerness it was l
to Webster that here was
work to his liking The young man SC
aised his light cane, but Pucker-eye be
lid not hesitate. He merely threw I'D VIC
lis left forearm to meet the expected 70
'low aimed at his head lunged for w
ward and slashed vlciously at the to
'oung mans abdomen. The latter W,
rev back step. doubled like lack 70,
nife, and brought his cane down an
iciously across the knuckles of his
ssailant's right hand pa
$50 1t is thou, son of a pig" he hi,
allied pleasantly in Spanish. 81 fool tb,
d you that time, didn't II" he added
4 English. Thought I would aim sly
Or your head, didn't your"
The blow temporarily paralyzed the W.
hand; he dropped the knife. ms
nd as he stopped to recover it with fin
is left hand, the young man. before fali
treating from rop-eye' kicked Puck "W
o'S III lne race anu quite upset him. Y
"Stop itl" shouted Webster. ua
Pop-eye turned his head at the out- mo-
y. The man he was attacking fell wa,
ITO the position of a swordsman on tho
irde, and thrust viciously with the q
rrule at the face Of the pop-eyed man, We
no. disregarding Webster's approach. por
lied the cane in his left hand and laa,
lth a quick, powerful tug actually wa,
ew his victim toward him a foot be- 90
re the latter let go the stick. cler
Before he could give ground again ticl,
'p-eye was upon him. He grasped :"
e young man by the latter's left "a,
m and held him. while he drew back ans,
the awful disembowiling stroke. that
MS long arm sped forward the hook coll
John Stuart Webster's heavy cane con,
scended upon that fiexed arm in the II