The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-01-28

It had been a cold. wet afternoon
and they, with Other-, ware drying
themselves around u big. open ire OF
logs in front OF the camp post Office.
Solomon was quick TO ansWer the
complaint of Burnley.
"He's allus been fghtin' a bigger
force o. well-trained, well-paid men
that had plenty to eat an drink an
wear. An he's st 'em with jest a shoe
string o an army. When 1t come to
him, 1t didn't know nothin' but how to
shoot an dig a hole in the ground.
The men wouldn't enlist fer more'n six
months an as soon as they'd learnt
suthEn,t they Put feFsbum. An with
that kind o. an army, he druv the Brit
ish out o Boston. With a leetle bunch
o. 5000 unpaid, barefoot, ragged-backed
devils, he druV the British u o. Jer-
sey an they had 10000 men in that
neIghborhOOd. He's had to dodge
Ground an has KEEP his army from
bein' ct up, hide. horns an taller, by
the power o. his brain. He's managed
to take keer O. himself down thar in
Jersey an PennsxIvaney with the Brit
lsh ON all sides o. him, while the best
lighters he had come up here to help
Gates. I don't see how he could "a
done it-d-R IL I dO-withOut the help
O God"
GATES is a real general" Burnley
said. Washington don't amount to
q hiH O. beans"
Solomon turned quickly and ad-
vanced upon Burley.
81 didn't 'spect 70 find an enemy o.
my kentry in this ere camp" he said
In q quiet tone. EYE got to take that
back, mister, an do it prompt, err ye're
gOin' to be all musSed up"
aye could see the bar begin to
brustle under his coat" Solomon was
won't to say of Burley, in speaking of
that moment. "He stepped up cluS
an growled an showed his teeth an
then he begun to git rOOined."
Burnley had kept a public house FOR
sailors at New Haven and had had the
reputation of being a bad man In Il
quarrel. OF just what happened there
is a full account In a little army jour
nal of that time called the Camp Ga.
zette. Burley aimed a blow at Solo
mon with his fist. Then as Solomon
used to put 1t, "the water bust through
the DAM" It was his way of describing
the swift and decisive action which
was crowded into the next minute. He
seized Burley and hurled him to thu
ground. With one hand on the napo
of his neck and the other on the sea
of his trousers, Solomon lifted hiy
enemy above his head and quoted hin
over the tent top.
Burley picked himself up and hav
ing lost his head drew his hanger, and
like a mad bull, rushed at Solomon
Suddenly he found his way barred b.
Jack.
would you try 60 run a man through
before he can drawn the latter asked
Solomon's old sword flashed out o
its scabbard.
"Let him come on" he shouted. "rr
more to hum with u hanger than l b
with good vittles."
OF all the words on record from tn
lips Of this man, these are the mos
immOdest, but It should be remen
bered that when he spoke them hi
blood was hot.
Jack gave way and the two can
. together with a clash of steel.
crowd had gathered about them an
was increasing rapidly. They ha
. been fighting for half a moment arOur
the fire when Solomon broke the blR(
, Of his adversary. The latter drew h
= pistols Before ne could raise it Sol
9 mon had fred his own weapon. Bu
ley's pistol dropped on the ground. I