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Show TOMMY BYRNE AND THE INDIANS. !! Tir Kai Alerte.l kf a Hood Heart and a t eMUU llrvgu. Oi plain Thctnm Byrne, or "Old Tommy," iw lie was nlTectionntoly cnlliil by all hi awociatm, kail at ono lima diargttof tho llil.llil n tnboof Imliananottliil In uorllnvwt-em uorllnvwt-em Arizona. 0U1 Tommy, i.rlias from Ida 'delndlitrln Uugiie," had an almoat mlroculona nwt.nd'uuy over tho chief and hi.ul men of tltlj trlW, and though Ills natho tli quenco wan tcoondctl only by tho aatntiont allowance, of rntiona from tho autadatonno atonvt of tho uimp he w.-w lorol and trutol by thio ihlhl likii alllo,. To hear him lonliug Ivnk a eulky warrior to good humor wm aomotliliig to lx long rcmim bcrol ' Ojme, now," ho Iim boon heard to nf, "ahuru, phnt Utlo mitthrr uld yet IIao yes iter nn-d mo for any thin that 01 didn't promlso It lo j uz I" Vet Tommy', jiromlwn wtro nl way. kept. .Suddenly ono day tho IIialp.il. Uko a tl udi of liKhtiihif; out of uchur aky, wint ontlie warjulh and Hn-d on tho fifrencybmldintra lipftini huv luff for their old atronshold in Uin ciuiyon of tho Cnlor.ulo Ki nun know tho onuiio nf their euddiMi trcncliory, and Tommy Djrnn rna ono of thoM who nudbr) how murh It would coat Undo fvuu lu blood and treaauro If Ibo outbrvak wero not atnpieil at oncn. Without waltlnR for I1I1 spirited llttln horau to bo .addled bo throw hliiiHolf acrrw. lu hack nnd swept out Into tho bill after tho fuptiviw. When tho Ilualpaj. uw thu cloud of diut comlnR they blazed Into it, but Tommy una untouched and doiiheil imllantly up, hi. hoixi wliito "itll foam, to tho knot of ibicf. who stood awaiting him. At tint tho ludlant wero millen, but they anon incited enougli to tell tho .tory of their grievance Tho now agent bad been lobbing them in tho moat Imrifaecd mannir, nnd in tlirir ignonuico they lmaginnl It to boCnpUUn Ilynio'. duty to regulalo all tlio affair. In Ilia camp. They did not want to hurt him nud would let him go safely back, but for them thtro waa nothing but tho warpath. "Coino luck with mo," wld Tointny gently. "I will too that )ou mo rlghUxl " Uack they t out, follow lng thtt ono unarmcil man. btrnlght lothobctf kcuIo. proceolod tho olllcer, nnd In a few minute ho had detected tho manner in which fnlso weight bad boon kocuredby tntnorlng w lib tho loiao. A Toxa. fctoer, which would not weigh inoro than (00 pound, atoul nt 1,700, and of counto other urtlclm follow el in tho camo mtla Tommy seized uon tho agmey and tookchirgoi the IlualiinU ei o erfoctly Mtialled, and tlio ngent left Hint night. Tlituwn. n bitter Mar uurtod by tho prompt action of n plain, unlettered tnan, who had no idonn nbout managing havagca bo ) ond that of treating them itli kind uou. and juatlco. Chicago Tribune. |