Show YOUNGS LITTLE GAHR four kings and a hoodoo vs four aces EDITOR JUNCTION A few days since tho people aho vho biad gathered around tho post oskco about mail kiino were highly amused at a sortie between sheriff brown and deputy marshal young it appears that young is in tho habit of devoting bif leisure moments of which he seems to havo not a few to the fomentation of among neighbors limping thereby to reap his perquisites for so doing this time however he tackled the wrong man brown was alio party against whom his impuissant arrow was directed young had frequently asserted that brown won at the classic game of poker the most of poor grahams money and boasted to billy studer that his little game on the sheriff was perfect that tho grand jury would surely find an indictment him and ihen he would bo removed from office and young appointed in his stead and that if billy would help work the matter up he should bo appointed deputy when young came into power and receive besides young would pay 50 from his own pocket and the city council would pay the studer apparently took the bait and so did several other persons whose names I will not mention and young threw himself into manufacturing testimony with great fecal meantime brown was kept thoroughly posted young never knew how much he was indebted to brown until they met that night in front of tho post office brown had actually procured every witness upon whom young had served one Tann cran alleged lawyer had drawn up a long and rambling was easily upon to sign it as lie supposed th whole matter was a force but as lio sub learned that tanner waa a notary public lie feared ill consequences would follow to him and eo he called upon that gentleman in his office and asked to see the affidavit and immediately tore it piecemeal yow wo come to the funny busi ness brown was passing along the street when he observed young and immediately opened liis battery in the following style so you and tanner have played a shrewd game you you thought you had me cincher cinched cin ched because you dealt yourselves four aces but I hold four kings and a hoodoo and the pot w mine it was not necessary for me to raise a cold deck I only had to piny ahe cards you and tanner gave me you lave your pockets now full for witnesses against me and I have furnished them A man must moro brains alian you and tanner have to put a job up on me but young denied having anything to do with it said it was all tanners doin gsand it looked awhile as if the doughty young was going to chastise the sheriff on the spot but he soon however cooled his wrath and wanted brown to take i with him aliis lie refused to do then youna mado all manner of apologies begged that the matter should not bo made public because his wife was sick and so this communication has been loft ou file until his difo had fully recovered young even went to ho officio and wrote n card retracting everything but as no compositor in the office could make out what he meant to say it had to be left out if mr youn hoh brer feels aggrieved at this neglect I will endeavor to indica you to print he card as it is veri atin el sept W S |