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the animal and she supposed he was com
Ing for that purpose. But he had been
an eve witness of the shooting and told
her that Ernest was dead. Once moro
Shc gave herself up to the authorities ana
this time they took her down to PikcSvil'
and locked her up, for when these shoot
ings result in death it is the custom to
go through the motions of a jury trial.
In this case, Mrs. Coleman has wit
neSSes to prove that she acted in self de-
Tense but they probably would not be nee
essary In the feudal gun-tOting dis
tricts almost invariably trials result in
acquittalS and for very GOOD reason.
Everybody knows the twelve men on the
jury, where. they live and where they are
to be found some dark night. Each Of
these twelve realizes this and that rcla-
tivcS of the prisoner would consider il
bad manners to convict him and that an
execution would be avenged. Instead of
one murder there would be twelve.
While letting the murderer 20, the jury
comforts itself in the knowledge that
sooner or later the crime will be punished
privately. Some evening as the killer
is returning to his mountain cabin Il hid
den rifle will speak and then there will
be another trial and acquittal. That is the
way feuds are made and kept going.
Besides Ebert, the twO-gun boy whose
school rebellion caused all the shooting.
Ernest Coleman leaves another, eight
years old, and a widow from whom hr
has been separated for several years.
Mrs Coleman. the school teacher and
final winner in the gun-argumcnt has
three children of her own. She is little
woman with gentle, pleasant personality,
hard to imagine as belonging to one who
would stand and fight it out to the death
with full grown man, only fifteen feet
away.
The one saving grace to anyone who
wants to reach old age in one of these
gun-toting communities seems to be the
fact that almost all the inhabitants are
wrctchcd shots when they shoot to kill.
\ man may be able to knock the neck off
a bottle at thirty PAGES or drill the bulls
eye, but when, like Ernest Coleman, he
tries to shoot woman only fifteen feet
away, he misses her each time and hits a
horse
Mrs. Coleman probably would have
missed him also if the kicking, plunging
horse had not interfered with her aim
The Coleman brothers emptied two pairs
of guns almost in each others faces, and
nothing happened, except that a just
Providence caused ono of the bullets to
pink Ebert, a byStandcr. True. Mrs.
Coleman did manage to hit Ernest fl"
times in succession as he was getting off
the train, but that time she was right on
top of him and could not miss.
And the historical value of this is that
all the two-gun men are not movie actors
and that the scenes of the old Wild West
days are not to be seen on the screen
alone.
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had gotten a job as carpenter
for the Consolidated Coal Co., at
Jenkins, Ky. and Mrs. Coleman
started to wind up her affairs at
Greasy Greek and join him.
She was quite content to leave
town and let her detractOr live in
peace because she had gotten so
much the best of that argument
in the railroad station. Before
she was ready to go, brother En-
nest got out of the hospital with
five sore spots to remind his of
five unanswered points which she
had made against him.
Sore in body and mind. Ernest
Coleman was sitting on his piazza,
thinking about that last argu.
ment and wondering how he
would get a chance to answer it
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when he caught sight of the lady hereslf
approaching in her buggy. She saw him
too but neither looked straight at the
other. Slowly the mare drew the old
Squcaky buggy nearer and nearer to the
house. The wOmanS gaze was pointed
somewhere between the mares ears but
the tail of her eye was always on that
motionlcss figure. with expressonlcss face
that sat in the attitudes of Robins
thinker on the piazza. A stranger
would lave said that here was one man
and one woman who had no interest in
each other.
As the buggy came opposite the figure
and was only fifteen feet away the eyes
bIazed and the right hand dived into
his pocket whipping out a revolver.
The man fired two shots before the
woman in the carriage could get into
the argument. One of these shots went
wild and the other wounded the mare in
the flank, causing the animal to kick and
threaten to run away.
While the tail of one of Mrs. COleman'S
eyes had been on that enemy on the pi-
azza, another was on her revolver, which
lay ready to hand on the seat beside her.
The moment she saw him reach into his
pocket she grabbed for her own weapon.
Holding the reins with her left hand and
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Mining Village Greasy Creek Kentucky Where the Pistol
DUEL Occurred.

That was fine way to treat an ''in-law's'
child-deprive a poor boy of education
Just because he had been little playful
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brother that his school teacher wife was
leading a double life and was untrue to
him, and he called her some unpOetic
names.
Mr.. NJ. NJ. Coleman's answer to these
aspersions on his wife's character was
swift clutch at his right hip, and in an
instant the two brothers were blazing
away at each other, and they kept it up
until the ammunition was gone. The only
result of the shooting was that young
Ebert, who had stood an unarmcd wit
ness of the fray, was slightly wounded by
one of the bullets meant for his father.
Ernest then took his slightly damaged son
and went home.
The two men having emptied couple
of guns at each other were inclined to
consider the argument closed and might
have let it go at that, but the school
teacher when she heard of it was wild.
She wanted to scotch that story about
her double life and finally got the ingcnu-
Gus idea of haling her brOthCr-in-law into
court on a charge of SANDER. II was
ingenious, because personal quarrclS in
that community are settled by direct ac-
ton out of court.
The neighbors smiled at the notion that
a court could straighten out the affairs of
Greasy Greek folk but they all went down
to see the show. They saw Judge Pruitt
listen to all Ernest Coleman had to say
and then sentence him to ten days in Jail
and fifty dollars fine.
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Mrs. the PIucky School Teacher Drove Past Her
Brother laws Home and Out of the Tail of Her Eye
Saw Him Plunge His Right Hand Into His Pocket
and Whip Out His Revolver The Man Fired Two
Shots the Woman in the Buggy Could Get the
Argument. One of These Shots Wild and the
Other Wounded the Mare in the Flank.
Shifting the ReinS the Left Hand Mrs Coleman Picked
Up Her Own Revolver Which Lay Handy the Seat
Beside Her. and Restraining the Plunging Horse Wei
She Could She Aimed the Revolver with Her Right Hand
Fired Over Her Left Shoulder Letting Her Brother
in-Ia,v Have the Five Chambers of Her Gun Coleman
ReeIed. Stumbled irto His House and Fen Dead
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WIFI HIS guns hC
peatedly during the
Winter term the
father argued with
his Sister-in-law, but
the schoolma'am not y
only had Il woman's
tongue, but a good
education, and he
always got the worst
Of it.
Smalting under
these defeats he con-
sOlcd himclf by re-
pcating certain gos-
sip he had heard to
the effect that the
school teacher had
not been true to his
brother. But this was not
getting his OvergrOwn son back
into her school. The Winter
term was passing and some
thing had to be done. His
brother was working on his
upper farm, which was right
next to Elncst'S place, so it
seemed a good opportunity to
lay his case before him as man
to man and brother to brother.
He would have no more of this
arguing with women. On this
important call Ernest took
with him his expelled son, and
also, according to custom, pre-
pared himself for the argu-
mcnt by carrying a revolver
on each hip.
The brothers argued, and
Ernest was panied to find that
NJ. NJ. was taking his wife's
side, which made him angry.
He heard the same arguments
and found himself getting the
worst of it, as usual. The
caller then did what women
are often accused of doing,
and which Mrs. Coleman had
not done, by bringing personal
matters into the argument
which did not belong. Ernest
suddenly informc d his
- l Oh r.,
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-07-15

j. A. Dowdle and William Bourret
combined in the shipment of carload
of fat hogs to the Denver market Fri
day. Jordan Bean accompanied the
shipment and before his return will
make a trip that will cover his old
stamping grounds in the early days,
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-07-15

Mr.. and Mrs. d. w. Columbus. with
their guests Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Lyons
of Red Lodge were visitors in Bridger
Saturday. Mr.. Columbus is candi-
date on the Republican ticket for the
nomination of county treasurer in the
August primaries, and was kept quite
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-07-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Chevaiier and
daughter Ruby, of Cleveland, Ohio, ar
rived in Bridger Wednesday afternoon
by auto from trip including Mime
sofa and South Dakota points. They
continued on out to the w. A. Cheva-
Iier ranch for a few weeks outing--the
gentlemen being brothers. The daugh-
ter Miss Ruby has been connected with
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Mr.. and Mrs. Guy A. Deary and
children were visiting at the home OF
Mrs. Deary's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred w. Hine, Sunday. Mr.. Hine who
has been doing some surveying along
the river near Billings, accompanied
them home.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Guy c. Deary passed
through Bridger the first of the week
on an auto trip that will extend to
the home of Mr.. Deary in Norfolk,
Nebraska. Mr. Deary who has an ex-
tensive law practice in Billings, will
return in about two weeks.
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morning enroute to Chicago where
they will spend the remainder of the
summer months with relatives and
friends. The party left Belfry with
their car and expect to drive through.
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The Martin Hagan family on Dry
Greek have been sorely pressed with
sickness the past few weeks-the chill
dren Arthur and Harley both being
sick at the present time.
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a conservatory of music in Detroit and
is an artist of rare ability. The party
will probably visit Yellowstone Park
and coast cities before returning to
their home.
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The Misses Hazel and Pansy Hoff-
man and Miss Mable Shelmerdine were
visitors in Roberts the last of the
week, going by horseback. Pansy re-
lates that she was thrown only once on
the trip, alighting on her head.
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Mr.. and Mrs L. H. Galloway and
children, who formerly resided South
of Bridger a few years ago, have re-
turned to Montana after residence in
California since their departure. The
family are now visiting at the home
of their relatives Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Baker on Cottonwood.
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Bernardo Mares and Biatress Jar
milo of Trinidad, Colorado and Las
Vagas, New Mexico, but now residing
near Fromberg, were united in mar
riage by Judge Rich Saturday. The
witnesses were j. R. Dowdle and Matt
Diamond.
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which were Colorado, Texas, Arizona
and New Mexico. Jordan bears some
scars to-day that he received from the
"lnjuns" in one of their sorties in the
mountains.
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Mrs. l.. c. Hubner and son and
daughter Jean and Lewis, left this
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busy while here putting up his cards
and visiting with his numerous
friends.
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VIM. Moody, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Duran Moody who had the misfortune
to receive broken limb by being
thrown from horse three weeks ago,
is still confined to his home in Bird
ger.
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Miss Sarah Hetland of Joliet is Wis
iting at the home of her uncle Lew
Hetland at Belfry. Mr.. Hetland is in
charge of the road and crawling crew
now working in Belfry.
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morning enroute to Chicago where
they will spend the remainder of the
summer months with relatives and
friends. The party left Belfry with
their car and expect to drive through.
The Martin Hagan family on Dry
Creek have been sorely pressed with
sickness the past few weeks-the chill
dren Arthur and Harley both being
sick at the present time.
Bernardo Mares and Biatress JAR
milo of Trinidad, Colorado and Las
Vagas, New Mexico, but now residing
near Fromberg, were united in mar
riage by Judge Rich Saturday. The
witnesses were j. R. Dowdle and Matt
Diamond.
Mr.. and Mrs L. H. Galloway and
children, who formerly resided South
of Bridger a few years ago, have re-
turned to Montana after residence in
California since their departure. The
family are now visiting at the home
of their relatives Mr., and Mrs. w. H.
Baker on Cottonwood.
VIM Moody, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Duran Moody who had the misfortune
to receive a broken limb by being
thrown from a horse three weeks ago,
is still confined to his home in Bird
ger.
Miss Sarah Hetland of Joliet is WIS.,
iting at the home of her uncle Lew
Hetland at Belfry. Mr.. Hetland is in
charge of the road and crawling crew
now working in Belfry.
Stanley Ingram returned to his
home in Belfry for weeks vacation
from his duties as clerk in the N. P.
Ry. Co. office in Butte.
William Ryan, better known as
Bill" among his many numerous
friends in Bridger, was a caller in
town Saturday. Bill is ditch rider for
the Jack Creek Ditch Co.
Mrs. Harley Dugfield and son, ac-
companied by Mrs. Frank Weber were
visiting friends in Fromberg Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Johnson and
family of Casper, Wyoming, who were
ISlul llluS llOlll q IIip hiOuSn CiAo W
stone Park, were visitors at the A. P.
Helsop home the last of the week.
Mrs. w. E. Pinkney and daughter
Eunice are anticipating a weeks visit
at Hunters Hot Springs, leaving here
the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wilson of Red
Lodge were visiting the Matt Solso
family Sunday in tour of the Clark
Fork Valley. Judge Wilson has been
resident of Red Lodge for good
many years and yields the gavel in
the justice court there now.
S. E. Hughes was business visitor
in Billings, Saturday.
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Stanley Ingram returned to his
home in Belfry for weeks vacation
from his duties as clerk in the N. P.
Ry. Co. office in Butte.
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cuApTER xxxIv

~ ARBARA read the letter sew
TX eral times. Wells looked up
and saw her for the first
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DARBARA LEA YES THE TELEGRAPH AND GOES TO
DNEW YORK TO WORK ON a THEATRICAL MAGAZINE

She selected a chocolate-covered
almond and bit into it carefully.
But you don't see him very often,
do your" asked Barbara.
"Only once year, but I know he
in the world and he loves me. That's
what keeps me going I'd die "
there weren't anybody that belonged
to me. 1 thought I'd die when his
father went. But you don't. You
just live along, whether you're happy
or miserable. Only you're not near
ly so miserable If there's just one
person that belongs to you. Ray
mond Is a good SON."
do you live by yourself?" asked
Barbara.
Eyes, but only because I want dc"
said the woman.
II should think you would be very
lonely" ventured Barbara.
We'll" said the woman, fitting
her head meditatively, sometimes
l am. But there are always things
to remember, like when Raymond
was a baby, or when his father and
/ went to the Worlds Fair You
know 1t isn't what you've got that
counts when you get to be my age.
It's what you've had. Nothing's ever
really lost, when you've once had It..
1t stays with you. It's the people
that never had anything that I'm
sorry for"
Iarhara s+t,-rad ,,noa,iI,, ona
looked out the window The lights
flashed on in the car and an aproned
waiter came through. First call for
dinner. Two cars forward" he
called.
Barbara rose. won't you 60 In
to diner with me?" she asked the
old women across the aisle.
The blue eyes cleaned. but the
woman shook her head. mo, thank
you. It's very nice of you, I'm sure.
but you see I've brought my supper
cold chicken and cake adm fruit"
She produced a hamper from be-
meath the seat. IF you don't eat
too much in the dining car, maybe
you'll be able to enjoy a slice OF my
fruit cake when you get back"
Barbara smilingly assured her that
she would.
The mannishly dressed woman laid
down her trade paper and prepared
to go to the dining-room.
Barbara's friend nodded her head.
zone of those cranky business wom-
en-, I'll bet" she said. unrolling a
chicken sandwich.
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MeL.ovE DoDCER
BgVIRGINIA SWAIN

moment. But. of course, you would
want to go anyway. So suppose we
call 1t settled"
Barbara smiled at him. -'All right, F"
she replied, "but Mr.. Wells is not the
only one who has personal troubles
to mar his temper. Every one on his
staff. has them, too"
With a heart lighter than she had
known for many months, Barbara
went out of the office on her way to
the Claypool, where the retail mer-
chants were holding their annual
convention.
1" WIRE from the F'ootlights
"A Magazine was on Barbara's
desk when she returned from
the convention. Can you come at
once?' it said.
Barbara rang for a messenger and
sent the answer. will report Mon
day." she said.
Barbara went through her desk
that afternoon. collecting her per-
sonal property from it's drawers and
piling the other things in neat
groups on top. She asked the tele-
phone operator to call a taxi for her.
You're not leaving, are you, Miss
Hawley?" asked the girl, eyeing the
dismantled desk.
Yes" answered Barbara happily.
I'm going to New York. Byers
heard the reply and came hurrying
over. Are you really, Babs? Con
gratulationsr'
'It's because you let me do some
of your play reviewing that the offer
came" said Barbara.
Wells was passing. He paused for
a fraction of a second, as though TO
speak, but went on to his desk.
A taxi driver stepped out of the
elevator and the telephone operator
called Barbara. BY this time group
had gathered about her desk, to offer
congratulations and say goodby.
Miss Badger paused to speak to
her. isn't this rather sudden, Miss
Hawley? 1 noticed that you had
quite an argument with Mr.. Wells
this morning. but I didn't suppose
he would dare to do anything drastic,
on Mr.. McDermott's account"
Barbara smiled provokingly. You
notice a good deal, don't you. Miss
Badger? Perhaps you will notice
some of my work i'm the Footlights
Magazine after Monday" She
turned back to the laughing group
around her.
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BIZ VIRGINIA SWAIN

I've just quit the Telegraph"
Sop he inquired.
Barbara bit her lips. YES" she
said, and made for the door.
SMcDermott smiled when her back
was turned. But he called after her.
How important is this flare-up, Bar
bara?"
She turned back. mot particular
ly, perhaps, from your standpoint.
But from mine, it's rather important
that l shall be free from the thank
less grind In fact, it's the incest
thing that's happened in a rather
dull year"
you've quite sure you are not
just acting on the spur Of the mo.
ment, Barbara?" McDermott's face
was grave. i've rather counted on
you, you know"
Barbara melted somewhat. II
know you have, Mr.. McDermott. And
that's the only thing that makes me
sorry to leave the Telegraph. You
have been consistently good to me.
But Mr.. Wells chose this morn
ing of all mornings to practice his
sarcasm upon me. And it wasn't a
good morning to do it. That's all.
came down late today, for only the
second time in the year / have been
here. l meant to come In and talk
to you about leaving. There are rea-
sons why I cannot be satisfied to
spend another month in Indianapolis.
"But when l got here, / found
this" She pulled the gray envelope
out of her pocket and tossed it on
his desk.
McDermott picked up the envelope
and drew out the letter. His eyes
narrowed as he read it and he
glanced at Barbara's back once or
twice. Then he folded it up again
and put it in the envelope.
well" he said, ut looks as If mat
ters had shaped themselves pretty
much. / suppose your heart is set
on going?"
Barbara eyes shone. "Of course,
it is. I've been wanting a change of
scenery for weeks. And the offer is
most attractive. 1t means Broadway
and Fifth Ave. and the center of
things. It also means the last of
your very fine editor!'
McDermott shook his head. I'm
sorry, Barbara, that you should have
left under unpleasant circumstances.
Wells is a nervous dyspeptic, labor
ing under family troubles just now
that make him hardly accountable.
He knows your worth as reporter,
and l would wager that he is repent
ing to the bottom of his heart at this
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"Goodby, everybody. And when
you come to New York, call me up
and I'll show you the town.
The taxi whirled Barbara through
the familiar streets Of Indianapolis.
She looked out at them half visit
fully.
Pennsylvania ST., too. looked I'M
expectedly homelike to her that
night. Every building was stamped
upon her memory, every urchin play
ing in the streets formed q. part of a
picture that had meant home to her
for many months.
Barbara struggled out, Of the taxi
with her load of books and papers
and paid the driver.
She had forgotten to order gro
ceries for dinner. After a moments
contemplation of the larder she de-
cided to dine in solitary grandeur at
the neighborhood tea room, just
around the corner. and to spend the
evening in packing the things that
she meant to take with her.
She returned from dinner still in a
rosy haze Of excitement.
She had not made her bed in the
rush of the morning; so she began
gaily to straighten the sheets. Under
the pillow she came upon the folded
copy of the Telegraph, the hospital
column on top.
"Reynolds-Bruce and Violetta, a
son. born Monday"
Barbara raced through the short
paragraph and laughed shrilly. Then
she stuffed tho paper in the waste
basket under her desk and snapped
her fingers.
The dressing table drawers had ac-
| cumulated many trifies that must be
sorted Barbara sat down on the
floor beside the table. to go through
! their contents.
Gloves, ribbons, handkerchiefs,
broken buckles, cosmetics monde
script collection came to view. Pa.
tiently she sorted the articles throw
ing them into boxes.
The lower drawer was reached al
last The paper that lined It was
old and yellow
Barbara crumpled the paper in her
hand and threw it aside. A piece of
cardboard had been slipped beneath
ii in the drawer. She drew it out and
turned it ove9.
> Bruce Reynolds smiled at her from
the photograph.
With a sharp intake Of breath.