Gunnison news-champion., 1922-03-17
wants 20 hurt you.-

CoTo.iy wants 70 hurt you
That put IL pretty squarely Up TO
ne too. 50 ! turned 10 the old man NJ
ny slie-
-Ir- good advice, Daddy said;
-aas this isn't your quarrel You'd
I,.-.r duck while yol can
DADDY Hiram made no reply =; all
.. ua. dIdu'r pay any attention TO me-.
I--rrat. he stood up on the dOor-sil
ruG .EauE his fst AZ Fullerton
Il BEEN lpokin' for you and your
Erd Z! crowd FOR = year back.
,aa-iry Fullerton. and drawin' pay
iur Gg.a III" lie sArilled. -StAnn!e,
here. SAYS Z yua SAINT this myDs you
eaa cunc and take IL, and. by gum,
m..- ~ay uleiB same Identical
words
AL right said Bullerton again
-Ear Us only fair Co say that We out.
u.H ~ y"u slI 10 one and we've 20;
rhs .aw- and q Few deputy shertfs, o.
our SIDE You two haven't as much
show as cat In he'll without claws,
and when the circus i over, you'H
both 20 10 jail, Il there's enough left
4 y"u 10 stand the Trip Then. as he
vRs turning 10 90 be figIed the deed
INTO the air 50 tina; Il fell at our feet
You may have that" he sneeret.
We'd Ike nothing better than TO have
you produce II In court
Il didn't seem Just ftting TO let him
have the last word. so | pitched
small ultimaium OF my own after h.rn
as he her,isi his two scoundrelly LOOK.
.us Witnesses into the downward
road
"One thing more. Fullerton" called
out Your nas OF truce holds only
until you get back 10 your army. II
yuB or any Of your men are in sight Of
Ciuuabar property ten minutes after
'ou reach your camp. we open FIRE
Since the truce wss thus definitely
ended We retired into our fortress and
pa, up the bars. A. We were closing
the doors and making everything snug
I asked Daddy what kind Of human
timber Bullerton was likely to have
10 his army. and II there were any
chance that bis boast about having
deputy sheriTs In the crowd was to De
aiken AZ its face value.
There's unthin' to the deputy brag.
Ike Eeas!cy is the chief deputy for
this end o the county. and he'd be
here himself II that was a posse com
mytatcrs down yonder. As for what he
has got. there's no tellIn'. Most likely
hes picked up a tstful o. roughs and
ou'-o'-works down In Angels. There's
always plenty o. drift o. that kind
hUngin' round minin' camp"
"FightersT' ! queried.
"Oh. yes: reckon so-if fghtIn'
comes easier than workIn'"
with the doors shut and barred I
climbed up on our breastwork TO bring
my eyes on a level with one OF the high
window holes. The ten-minute ultima.
ium interval had come 10 an end. but
The raIders were milking no move to
yaCate the premises. on the contrary,
their conkin. FIRE was now burning
hriskly and they were apparently max.
Ins ieisurely preparations To eat. II
fairly made me scbOolboy furious TO
see those fellows calmly getting their
noon meal ready and ignoring my
warning.
Hand me up one OF those dynamite
cartridges :" | harkeh AT Daddy HI
ram; and when he complied. lighted
match and stuck II to the split end
of the fuse There was n fizz. cloud
Of acrid smoke TO make me turn my
face away and cough and then
frenZled yell from the old man
Throw 1t - good -gosh-to-Frida -
throw it,'
contrived TO get II out through the
window opening in some way, and lost
my balance on the earth bags doing II,