Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-08-08

| to how the two managed to escape.
always could do it," Scissors shrilly
| cried. "Tm wakan witshasha. We
ran away when the Indians weren't
| looking. American Horse? Yes, we
saw him when he came to lead his
braves to the Heart. Crazy Horse?
| Certainly. He's the big man; stack
him up against red or white and he's
! big.-Four bits.-Why weren't we
killed offhand? Why, I'm wakan, /
tell you Used to live in their villages.
Then there was Dinsdale with some
very pretty revolver magic. He's a
cool one. Made Crazy Horse bung out
his eyes-Yes, sir; four bits. Thank
| you"
| San Juan Joe conducted Dinsdale to
the rear room, and after sending a boy
for tray of drinks and making sure
his guest was comfortably seated he
| exclaimed:
"WeIl, this knocks mel Can't make
| 1t real. When Pyrites came back with
out you and said you'd already start
ed for here with Scissors, knew
something had happened. When he
told about you making big killing at
cards and described the fellow de-
cided the agents had got you. Knocked
him off his pins when he arrived and
found you hadn't shown up. Now give
me the story"
First tell me about Jim Omaha.
Has he been here?"
ssrr<> y I xx,i+I, IT., nxooha Hovou'f
seen anyone that could be him. Give
me the yarn"
Dinsdale told of his meeting the
man Easy and winning his money;
how he and Scissors ran away from
Easy's gang only to fall into the hands
of the Indians at Bear butte. After
sketching his experience among the
Indians he dolefully added:
"And that little pleasure trip cost
me four thousand dollars and leaves
me without even a grubstake."
-Four thousand is nothing" scoffed
ing for you. A very big game. You
didn't lose your nerve at Slim butter"
"Not my gun nerve" grimly retorted
Dinsdale. "And what / want first of
all is two Colt forty-fours. brought
a new Winchester forty-four from the
Butte. But feel undressed without
my hand-guns."
"You shall buy as good brace as
there is in Deadwood City. That
means, as good as any in the world.
You did mighty well to pull old Scis-
sors out of the fire."
"Now get this right. He pulled me
out. Sabe? He's an entirely different
man among Injuns. believe he's In
junized until he's more red than white
Not only knows their lingo like book
but he knows their different songs and
secret societies. He says he used to
live near one of their big villages and
played with red youngsters when he
was boy. That was before his mind
went back on him. In here he's half
witted. Matching wits against Sorrel
Horse, the medicine man, he's as
smart as Yankee peddler"
Il knew from pictures he cut out
that he knew lot about their village
life. They caught him early this sum-
mer and he was with them quite a
while"
81 don't reckon he'd been in any dan
ger at all if hadn't been along. But
to get back to my present trouble. I'm
broke"
mot while I have an ounce. And
the tables have been doing mighty
well, thank you. Little off now, but ]
don't care,' said San Juan.
"I'll take enough for eats and drinks
until can make some real money.
What's the big game you've been brag-
ging about? Your message to Rapid
City made me curious"
San Juan Joe studied the reckless
face in silence for full minute, then
glided to the door and opened 1t quick
ly to make sure there was no caves
dropper. Returning to the table, he
poured out two drinks, and demanded:
IF you don't care to sit in will you
promise never to tell what I'm about
to tell your"
think I'd spoil good sport?" holly
asked Dinsdale. IF / don't sit in I'll
never breathe 1t to a living SOUL"
THAT'S good enough for me. This is
the game" and he leaned across the
table and lowered his voice to a whis-
per. Several business men in this
town believe the hills are beginning to
play out except for those who locate
and develop quartz mines. They agree
with me it'll be easy to hold up one of
the treasure-coaches. Profit, two hun
bred thousand and upward Therel
Now you know I'm bad-man."
His black eyes bored into Dinsdale's
to observe how he received the star
Ting confidence. Dinsdale's face re-
manned expressionless. He tasted his
drink and said:
IF the ropes are rugged it ought to
be simple and easy. could get the
stuff alone. Getting away might be