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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE DECEMBER 8, 1907..
SHOOTING DAYS IN DODGE
Stirring- Life in a Khobm Towb When
OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS
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15th and Douglas
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NIGHT RIDERS BURN TOWN
Maked and Armed They Terrorize
HopkiMvill, Ky.
MUCH PEOPEXTT 13 DESTROYED
Tobacco Bar' Whlp4 Brake
ma TtrUug av Cajr Snot
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no Flee.
HOPKIN8VILLE. Ky., Dec 7.-Fiv
Aundrd "night rider" masked and heavily
l armed, marched Into Hopklnvlll early to
Jy and destroyed property valued at mom
than 1200,000, while the elttsena. In terror
of their lives, (eared to open their window.
The polloe, fire department, telephone and
telegraphic offices and even the railroad
stations were in possession of a wild mob
hooting right and left. The flames from
burning bulldlnirs meanwhile lighting up
the olty and the urrouh4mg country until
it seemed that the whole town wa ablas.
ly two men were Injured, one of them
lng JUndsey Mitchell, a tobaooo buyer
who was severely beaton with .switches
and clubs and the other, a brakeman who
vu shpt In the back, while trying-t
move hts train from the path of the flames.
Qaerr Coins la Cwlleettom Plates.
"it's really true about qhuroh collectlona
I mean these J ok re you hear about the
Queer coins that gat Into the oollectlon,"
remarked the treasurer of big East Knd
congregation yesterday.
"Yes, said the treasurer, "It's seldom
that I fall to find some curious oolne when
I get the contents of the several oollectlon
plates each Sunday. There are seldom. If
ever, any buttons, that's all Just talk about
buttons being nut In the collection plate,
but there are plenty of coins that wouldn't
pass at any store. It's not unusual to And
foreign i coins that are worth something,
tout which can't be passed for their fare
lue at the stores. I don't suppose there
any dishonesty In putting such coins in
the basket, because the donor may have
Intended to give only a fraction of the face
value of the coin. Then, of course, there
are scores of coins, notably 10-cent pieces,
that have worn smooth from use, and will
no longer be accepted at the banks."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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(Which Has FAILED to)
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CASHIERS' CHECKS AND
CLEARING HOUSE CERTIFICATES
are rapidly disappearing, but
Molony has a few fine business
suits to dispose of--best fab-
rios stylish designs -- good
workJnanship comfortable and
stylish--and made to Uolony's
measurements. They are also
sure to disappear rapidly . Bet- '
ter order now.
The best dressedmen in Omaha
wear Molony roomy ' suits,
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CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS nX HATS
IPre - Inventory Sale
On January 1st we take our semiannual inventory
and we find we hare tome broken lines of suits and oretv
coats left from the season's selling which we wish to close out .
We hare about 30O suits and 200 overcoats which we
will sacrifice to close them out,
Monday morning we will place them on sale at the
one price
i These suits and overcoats sold up to $2500
one is a real bargain.
. "We have placed them on separate tables
size Is there.
Plain blacks as well as fancy mixtures' '
Sizes 34 to 50. V
J 13th and
i( , Streets
O. WlLCOX, Mgr.
CHIEF CITY HEUS
Haw Soot Print Ik.
jklnefcart, photographer, llth Farnam.
Br. X. O. Parker, dentist, removed to
201 Neville Blk. 'Phone Red lt22.
9. A. X err am. Tailor, tOfr-10 Brandela
Bldg., will make a suit to please you.
Ws always have Bock Spring Coal.
Central Coal and Coke Co. of Omaha, 15th
and Harney streets.
Xdtdiea of the First Christian Church,
Twenty-sixth . and Harney streets, will
hold a rummage sale every Saturday,
commencing II o'clock, December 7.
Dlvoroe for Abandonment Thomas A.
B. Wlnward has filed a petition, for. divorce
from Mary Q. Wlnward, charging abaria'on
ment County Teeohers' laminations County
teachers' examination were held in the
city hall Saturday, with several to take
examination.
rire Department ugi Bold Four fire
department horses told Friday afternoon
brought till. The highest price paid was
1140 and the lowest 160.
Alleged Xiamon4 Thief Louisa Wlnth
roll of (11 North Eighteenth street was ar
rested Saturday afternoon charged with
stealing a diamond ring, valued at 1130,
from Rose Reynolds. -
Mutual Club at Council Bluff The Peo
ple's Mutual Interest club of Omaha will
hold a meeting Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock at the African Methodist Episcopal
church In Council Bluffs..
I. sot nre oa Socialism J. Edward Keys
Will - give a lecture at Crounse hall at
o'clock Sunday evening-, on the subject.
"Why AU Won Should Bo Socialists." Mr.
Keys is a singer of some reputation -and
has promised muslo in addition teethe lec
ture. .
' trenge rieoe of tuck E. C. Hunt Satur
day recovered a valuable overcoat which
he lost a year ago. The coat was taken
from Mr. Hunt's office where he had hung
It one cold night He never had a line on
the thief. Saturday the Paxton hotel called
him' up and told Mm his coat was there.
It had been found hanging In one of the
eoat rooms and was identified by a name
card in a pocket. Evidently the thief
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hung it In the room and was afraid to go
back and get it.
Big Ball on Sea Mouse Another hen
house was cleaned Friday night. This
time ninety-four fowls were stolen. They
were the property of R. Rlne, 5149 North
Twtenty-fourth street. This makes the
third hen house robbery that has taken
place this week and the grand total ot
fowls stolen from the three job Is 232.
Claims Against the County NoaJi
Vanoe and Alfred Vance have filed claims
against the county, the former for $750 and
the latter for WOO. for alleged damage to
their property by the construction of the
West Q street viaduct across the Burlfng
ton tracks. The grade' runs' In front of
their houses and they complain It makes
aeeese and egress difficult.
Poultry Shew at Auditorium Definite
arrangements have been made by- the Trl
Clty Poultry association to hold the big
show In the Auditorium and Secretary O.
D. Talbert is sending out a letter to all
prominent poultry breeders of the stats
giving instructions for exhibitors. Many
dog and cat fanciers are also expected to
bring large exhibits to the show.
In the Slroroe Court Maud B. Oudklrk
hss begun suit tn district court against
Robert. H. Oudklrk for a divorce on the
grounds of cruelty and nonaupport. Ben
jamin Abraham Greenspan asks a divorce
from Bessie, on ground of .abandonment
Judge Troup has granted a divorce to
Otto Herman Bemhard from Elisabeth
May Thompson Bnrnhard oa grounds ot
abandonment and bad character.
Boommate and valuable to at Oaot
I L. Baum, 2717 North Twenty-Second
street, reports to the police that hi room
mate and his diamond stud and suitcase
ail - disappeared at about the same time
and asks the polio to assist him tn loca
ting the trio. Ha admit that he I more
worried over the diamond and suitcase
than over his roommate,, as he believes
the rater fully able to help himself out of
a pinch.
eoond fait Against T. B. Joy The sec
ond suit against Prank E. Joy, growing out
of an automobile accident In which his
car ran down and Injured Mr. Emma J.
Bailey, was filed In county court Satur
day. Albert Bailey, her husband, idled suit
for 1200 for loss of services and cost of
medical attendance. Mrs. Bailey herself
filed the first suit and secured 1450 in
county court, which was reduced to ISO on
appeal to the district' court.
Womaa Oeta Terdlct da Kay A verdict
tor I351.il was awardod to Cora Allen In
Judge Pay' oourt against Arthur H, Rush
ford tor an alleged balanoe-du her. on the
price of a hay crop he bought of her. He
refused to pay on the ground the scale
on which the hay had been welgned had
been manipulated. This is the case tn
the trial of which Judge Day dismissed the
jury last week because of the conduot of
two of the juror. The second trial was
before a new jury.
.lleenae Allowed Monday At the meet
ing of the Board of Fir and Polio Com
missioner Friday night little business waa
transacted, as none of the parties to con
tested saloon license case were ready for
trial Pate for hearing will be set again
at the meeting to be held Monday. James
Adams was instructed to readvertUe hi ap
plication for license, a he had Inserted the
advertisement before he filed the applica
tion. Several onoonteeted application were
considered, but no.no were allowed. They
will be allowed Monday.
Chief Brlfr Opposes X.loease Chief of
Police John Brlggs of South Omaha has
filed a protest with the oounty board
against the granting of a saloon license to
Peter . Anderson, who is now operating
Just outside the city limits of South
Omaha at Forty-sixth and Q streets. Chief
Brlggs charges Anderson has violated the
Slocumb law by keeping open on Sunday
and allowing gambling In hi place and ha
allowed It to become the rendesvoua for
people of bad character, who eongregate
there Bunday, when the lid Is on In South
Omaha. ' '.
Ask that. Be' Be Mad Bankrupt Th
creditor oflTtioma Branlgan, a horse
dealer of Columbus, have filed a petition In
the United State district court asking that
he be declared a bankrupt -The petitioning
creditor and their claims are: The Colum
bus State bank. $6,000, for money loaned;
H. A. Clarke, for rent of farm, $700 and the
Branlgan-Clarka .Co.. WOO for money ad
vanced. The petitioners altege that Branl
gan has disposed of ts.OOO worth of hi
property to preferred creditor with th
Intent to hinder and delay tb claim of
tb petitioners.
reeer Ordered Ajveated Saturday
morning Commissioner of Health Connell
ordered warrant Issued for th arrest of
Charier Blind. 1S04 Leavenworth street ; O.
C. Kuenne, trl Leavenworth' street;
Charle - Resntcheck. HOT Leavenworth
treat; B. Andre. ISM Cuming street L
Rosen bl urn. (ot North Sixteenth street and
R. T. Ogdea. l North Twenty-fourth
street la each case the men are accused
of eelllog milk not up te the standard re
quired by th ctty ordinance, and Charles
Blind la further aocused of soiling milk
without a Hems' '
Bat Muterion Wu Sheriff.
GUTT PLATS THAT MEANT . MUCH
l Bad Mts Who Wnt Aaalaet
Him aad Regretted Their Keol
lhae A Boemlai Time
for Cemeteries.
Oklahoma's loud call to Bat Masterson
to cut away from the enervating in
fluence of the federal marshal's office in
New York and hike for those section ot
the booming west where hi fame wa
achieved, lends timely Interest ' to a
chronicle of Masterson' deed when Kan
sas was young and the town of Podge wa
building up It cemeteries. Alfred Henry
Lewis, an artist .skilled tn western lore.
Is the author, and the November number
of Human Life thevyehlcle of the memoir.
In a foreword, Lewis states that William
Barclay Masterson was born tn Iroquois
county. Illinois, about fifty-three year
ago, moved with hi parent to - Kansas
three year later and ha been Identified
with th west for the greater part of hi
life. Hi parent (till reside In Sedgwick
county, Kansas.
Recounting his life In Dodge and vicinity
the memoir say:
Mr. Masterson's hat measure seven and
three-eighth. Wise, oool, wary, he 1 the
born captain of men. Oenerou to a final
dollar, th poor and needy 'make for htm
like night bird for a lighthouse, To a
courage that I proof, he adds a genius
for justice, and carries honesty to the
pitch ot romanticism. To these Virtues
Of mind and heart, adds the thews of a
grlssly bear, and you will have a picture
of Mr. Masterson. Such he is; such he
was when, at the age of iX the public
elected him sheriff for Ford county,
whereof the seat of justice was the stormy
little city ot Podge.
motaerlna Ebullient Cowboy.
A sheriff, Mr. Masterson's duties car
ried him over sixteen unorganised coun
ties, beside th county of Ford. His
more immediate responsibility, however.
was the good order ot Podge, and to pre
vent ebullient cowboys, when the autumn
herds came up, from "standing" that baby
hamlet "on It head." It took Judgment
and nerve and forbearance and military
kill; but Mr. Masterson accomplished the
miracle, and did It, too, at a minimum of
bloodshed. In the words of a satisfied cltl-
en and taxpayer;
"He never downed a man who didn't need
It and kept Podge a steady as a church.
Score of lurid spirit, whose live were
forfeit by every western rule, have been
pared to live a quieter life by the fore
bearing Mr. Masterson. Mr. Sutton, a
lawyer and a present resident of Podge,
was out recently in the papers with a
tory In Illustrative point Three cowboys,
moved of whisky and a taste for violence,
dashed down the single street of Dodge,
their six-shooters biasing like - Roman
candlea. Most peace officers would have
harvested these boys; Mr. Masterson was
more leniently Inclined, since thus far the
young merrymakers had not succeeded in
hitting anybody. Sure of lta aim, Mr.
Masteseon's pistol barked three times. Two
of th ponies fell, and Mr. Masterson drag
ged their riders sprawled all abroad In the
dust ot the street off to ths calaboose.
The third pony lasted until he reached
the south side of the Arkansas, and then
dropped dead. Thereupon, It rider stripped
off saddle and bridle, "stuck up" the in
coming buckboard, and compelled the driver
to turn nose-about-and land tilm at a
nearest ranch more than forty miles aweyv
'There was. a lady aboard th buckboard
who sang In the theaters. She waa coming
north from Mobeetie to fill a Podge en
gagement. . As shortening those tiresome
forty miles,, the dismounted cowboy pietol
in band, eye on the buckboard driver who
might at any moment rebel told the canta
trice that he thought she ought to sing.
With that she thought so too; and so for
forty miles she warbled "Silver Threads
Among the Gold" and kindred melodies of
concert hall vogue at the time. This boy
got clear away, while the ravens and the
coyotes, atUhelr feast over his dead pony,
gloried in th fatal accuracy of the Master
son guns.
Demonstration of Strength..
A demonstrating his huge strength, Mr.
Masterson once seized a recalcitrant cow
punoher, Who, seated In his saddle, was
making ready to "shake up the village."
Th cowboy wa himself aa strong as
whalebone, and gripped his pony with legs
of iron. Throwing his. soul into th busi
ness, Mr. Masterson gave that adhesive
cowboy such a wrench th boy meanwhile
clinging to hi mount like grim death
that both pony and boy were thrown
heavily to the ground. ,
It wa not always convenient nor even
feasible, to spare the blood of the wrong
doer. The following might furnish an ex
ample in line. Mr. Kennedy rode up to
the Alhambre, kept by Mr. Kelly, the
then mayor, and took a shot at that pub
lican and magistrate with hi Ballard. Mr.
Kennedy missed Mr. Kelly, and killed a
lady who bad coma to the Alhambra to
have part In the nightly ball. Mr. Ken
nedyIt waa I o'clock tn the evening on
the heel ot the homicide, dug spurs Into
his pony' flank and flew eouthward
through the darkness. He waa heading for
th Canadian 100 mile away.
Mr. Masterson saddled his fleetest horse
and started 'cross country for the ford
where th flying Mr, Kennedy must oross
th Medicine Ledge. There were three or
four trails, and direct pursuit tn the dark
waa eut of th question. Mr. Masterson
reached th ford In th gray of the morn
ing, bettering Mr,' Kennedy's time by an
hour. He hobbled hi horse and threw
himself In behind a convenient knoll, to
wait th coming of th murderous flying
one. At last the latter drew near, eye
canning the ribbon of trail to the rear,
pony worn and panting. No wonder, thla
last; seventy miles, at a swinging hand
gallon, la no mere canter.
"Hold up your hands!" cried Mr. Master
son. V
Mr. Kennedy almost leaped from the
saddle with th surprise of It; he wasnt
looking for an enemy, in front Th next
moment however, he pulled himself to
gether and drove bullet at Mr. Master
son from the Ballard. Mr. Masterson was
qulto aa brisk. The retort ot hi big buf
falo gun made one report with the Bal
lard. Mr. Kennedy' ahot went wide, while
the tO-caliber bullet from the bufalo gun
tore Its fearful way into hia side. As he
fell, an accidental yank on the Spanish bit
brought the tired, broken pony with him.
Mr. Kennedy rolled a dying eye upon Mr.
Maxtor son.
"You blankety-blank-blank!" said Mr.
Kennedy; "you'd ought to have made a
better ahot than that!"
"Well, you blankety-blank murderer!"
quoth Mr. Masterson. "I did ths best I
could."
Mr. Masterson's brother Ed was made
marshal of Podge, somewhat against the
wish of Mr. Masterson. '.The latter feared
that the "bad men." who came and went
la Dodge, would "out manage" his brother,
whose suspicions were too esslly set at
rest.
The Kflllasi ef Masterssn'e B rather.
It fell out as Mr. Masterson had feared.
Mr. Wagner, drunk and warlike, sought
to enter Mr. Peacock's dance hall, quoat-
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Other Stores: South Omaha,
ing trouble. Marshal Ed MaaUrson, In
stead of pulling his own gun, as prudence
would have flic ta ted, and stopping the vio
lent Mr. Wagner with the cold murile
thereof, eixed that truculent person by
the shoulders. Instantly, Mr. Wagner'
six-shooter was brought to the fore. With
that, Marshal Ed Masterson shifted his'
left hand to Mr. Wagner's wrlBt, and for
the moment put that drunkard' weapon
out of commission. There ttty two stood,
the situation dead-locked, N .
; From across the street, Mr. Masterson
taw event and started to hi brother'
aid. He was still sixty feet away when
Mr.' Walker, who, like Mr. Wagner, wa
a person of cows, ran from th dance
hall, and snapped his six-shooter In Mar
shal ' KA Masterson's face. The cartridge
failed to explode. Mr. Walker wa never
given the chance of trying a second; for
Mr. Masterson put three bullet from his
Colt' 40 through him before h could
hit the ground. A th dead Mr. Walker
went down. Mr. Wagner, still in a grap
ple with Marshal Ed Masterson, got hi
gun to bear, and shot Marshal Ed Mas
terson In the body. Th6 latter (ell, wounded
to th death, coat afire from the other'
powder. . Mr. Wagner fell aoross him, a
bullet from Mr. Masterson' pistol through
his brain.
And after this fashion did Mr. Masterson
maintain law and order In Dodge. Many
were hi 'battle, many the wounds he
wrought; and It wa said that the local
doctor traced half hi practice to th un
tiring effort of Mr. Masterson In behalf
of communal peace.
Averting War.
Once upon a time In Dodge a general
war was missed by narrowest margin.
Thosa dead worthies, Messrs. King, Ken
nedy, Wagner and Walker, had come on
and all from Texas In their day, and Lone
Star feeling, always clannish, seldom nicely
critical, resented their taking off. It I
not too much to say that $10,000,000 might
have been borrowed on Mr. Masterson'
scalp In a dozen Texas towns. Scores of
stark souls came north with the herds,
avowing no other Intention than to wipe
out' the hated Mr. MSTBterson.
Among these was Mr. Drlscoll big, vio
lent, formidable. Mr, Drlscoll was not in
Dodge ten minutes before Mr. Masterson
Introduced himself.
"I'll give you half an hour," said Mr.
Masterson, "to put yourself the other side
of the Arkansaw; and If you ever Jingle
a spur In Dodge again I'll shoot you In
wo."
-Mr. Drlscoll crossed th "Arkansaw;"
and later hi laurel somewhat tarnished,
and not caring to return to Texas under
such diminished circumstance, h Jour
neyed down to Springer, and went to work
for Senator Dorsey' "Triangle-dot."
Mr. Burllson was sheriff of Colfax oounty,
New Mexico, where the Dorsey ranches
were, end Mr. Masterson wrote hi brother
officer a letter.
"Dear Burllson," said Mr. Mastaraon,
"this man Drlscoll, who ha migrated to
your neck of woods, will bear watching.
He' a four-flush and a bully. If he trie
to start anything down your way go right
at hlin and he'll quit."
Mr. Drlscoll "started" something.' Mr.
Burllson went "right at him" and Mr.
Drlscoll "quit." Also when he "quit" he
was dead.
Mr, Allison was a Texan by adoptlcn,
and a friend of Mr. Driscoll. Likewise, he
was lame wtth a club foot, limped when
off his horse, and used a Winchester for a
crutch. He had (lain many men. and took
quiet pride In the fact that. In the teeth
of local ordinance to the contrary, he
never took hi gun off when he visited
any town.
"Kill Bierf Mm vrlth a Bis; Hat."
Mr. Allison waa In Dodge when Mr. Mas
terson Introduced himself to the offensive
Mi. Drlsooll. Being coldly advised, how-evt-r,
by Mr, Mastersun, Mr. Allison w
not wearing hi hardware. In ths day that
followed the banishment ot Mr, Drlscoll,
the whluper went th Dodglan rounds that
the Texas cow people, then and there In
lnrge numbers, were making war medicine,
and would presently "turn loose" under the
leadership of Mr, Allison, With that th
careful Mr, Masterson made preparations,
and such berserk as Mr. Earp, Mr. Brown,
Mr. Kelly, Mr. Holiday, Mr, Basaett, Mr.
Short and other whose names war high
and famous In tlie annals ef that hour,
began cleaning responsive shotguns to be
In readiness fur the Masterson cull to arms.
The word was. If war broke out, to "kill
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every man with a big cow bat on." Th
Dodglana, be It known, wore bat of moder
ate and exemplary rim.
Mr. Masterson believed that If carnage
descended It would com In the night.
Which perhaps Wa tho reason why Mr.
Allison chose the afternoon. Of a sudden,
the latter gentleman rode Into the middle
ot that single thoroughfare so often a
battlefield armed to the teeth. Halting hi
horse In front ot Mr. Webster's Alamo,
Mr. Allison spake loud and fiercely, but he
waa heedful to leave Winchester and pistol
In their scabbards, and, while his' oratory
wa terrible, hi hands continued a harm
lessly empty a a child'.
Mr. Masterson at th time wa sitting In
hi office. With th earliest note of war
from Mr. Allison, he matched up a shotgun
nd "covered" that Texas chieftain.' Since
Mr. Masterson wa to the rear of Mr.
Allison, th latter enthusiastlst did not
notice hi "covered" condition.
Having Mr. Allison "covered." Mr. Mas
taraon turned to Judge Colburn, now ot
Bait Lak City, then district attorney of
Dodge.
"Skip out th book door, Judge," observed
Mr. Masterson, "and tell Wyatt and the
rest that I've got Allison dead to rights.
Tell them not to close in on him; If he
reaches for a gun, I'll hlv him. When
they hear m (hoot, let them get busy right
and left; tell them to bump oft every Texan
they find in town."
A Thoaarktfal Drink.
Th warning word went down the line,
and Mr. Allison waa left unmolested In hla
eloquence. But that very fact made him
uneasy. He wa tiot without 4 working
knowledge of homicide as a science; and
the sight of th several head of Messrs.
Earp and Holiday and Bassett and Short
and a oor beside protruding In an ex
pectant fringe from door and window all
along the street, though a common Idea
obtained that something Interesting wa
about to happ chilled him and bid him
pause. Mr.- Allison looked excessively both
ered. Finally he shut down hi oratory in
mid flow, got off hi hone, limped dubiously
into Mr. Webster' Alamo aaloop, and took
a thoughtful drink. Observing Mr. Mas
terson enter, Mr. Allison pretended great
Joy. ,
"Where were you, Bat?" he aaked. "I've
been looking all over town for you."
"I've been see-aawlng on you with a shot
gun for. ten minutes," returned Mr. Mus
terman grimly. "What' th matter,
Clayr
Mr. Allison appeared a bit confused, but
explained that he bad been aroused by the
Insult of a readheaded hardware clerk
who didn't know who be, Mr. Allison, was.
Being calmer now, he would again disarm
In deference to th prevailing local taste
a to shooting Iron.
Thus th bualneaa passed without ac
tual hostilities, and Mr. Allison confessed
later that hi reason for "simmering-' wa
he had ' had a "premonition." It' Just
possible he did. In any event, and what
ever the cause, hi change of offensive front
that afternoon, saved many a life. Also, It
saved Dodge from what would els have
proved the ruddeat chapter In all her crim
son history.
When th new liquor law took effect In
Kama In '81, Mr. Masterson laid down hit
Office. He Wa not sumptuary, and, while
he himself never drank liquor, refused to
be drawn into deadly collision with gentle
men whose only offense had been a too ve
hement thirst. Besides, he urged, consider
ing the many strenuous years he hsd gone
through, he felt be had earned a rest.
There wa at ' leaat one gentlemen in
Dodge who didn't share this vacation view.
The hour was evening, and Mr. Masterson.
no longer sheriff, was sitting in th rear
room of Mr. Kelly's Alhambra. In talk with
Judge Colburn. Mr. Bell appeared abruptly
in th door, a six-shooter in his right hand,
another In his belt Mr. Bell is th sober,
quiet, sheriff of that same county of Ford;
but In these, his younger years, he waa a
sturdy customer, and had "ahot up" several
of hia acqualntancea. For incident, he "had
It in" for Mr. Masterson.
"I think." remarked Mr. Bell, a he
tood triumphantly ia th door "I think
there' a horned toad her I want to kill."
"Like a flash, th sensitive Mr. Master
son who had h been either alow or dull
would never have lived till now-was on hia
feet, th mussle that never missed pointing
squarely between ths eyes of Mr. Bell.
Naturally the latter warrior freae up; he
stood as though planet-struck.
There waa a darkling pause; then Mr.
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Masterson, gun unwaverllngly upon Mr.
Bell, began slowly to advance. Mr. BpII
never moved. Coming within reach, Mr.
Masterson suddenly let down the hammer
of hla pistol and smote Mr. Bell auch a
Jealous blow Upon the head that he went
to tho floor, and from the floor to hi bed
for two weeks.
Tear later I asked Mr. Masterson why
he withheld hi fire. "1 didn't think I had
to shoot," he said, "I once saw Bell Jump
over a bar-counter to get at a man, whim
he might Just as well have gone round, -nd
It struck me all at once that he wa
much too dramatic. If it, had been Wyatt
Earp now, or Doo Holiday, or Luk Short.,
or Ben Thompson, I'd hav begun to bom- ,
bard him out of hand. But I didn't think
uch extreme measures were demanded Iti
the case of Bell;" and here Mr. Mastersun
miled peacefully at the retrospect "My
lxe-up of Bell may have been wrong," he
concluded, "and If it wa I hope h'll par-
don me. He ought to; for, between us. It
was all that saved him that day."
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